Oleg Kotov
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Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging over 526 days in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.
Oleg Kotov and STS-132 commander Kenneth Ham shake hands at the farewell ceremony.
Oleg Kotov sitting in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft just minutes after landing.
Oleg Kotov on Expedition 38 performs the Motocard experiment in the Zvezda Service Module.
Soyuz TMA-17
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Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23. The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 June 2010.
From left to right: Creamer, Kotov and NoguchiSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-16Soyuz TMA-18 →
Soyuz TMA-17 capsule lands on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Soyuz TMA-17 firing its retro-rockets on landing.