Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. In 2011 he was in space serving as an Expedition 25/26 crewmember.
Skripochka in 2010
Skripochka is pictured inside the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft on docking day with the ISS.
Skripochka participating in Russian EVA #26 works outside the space station.
Skripochka during the EVA #28
Expedition 25 was the 25th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 25 began with the Soyuz TMA-18 undocking on 25 September 2010. Three new crewmembers arrived aboard the ISS 10 October 2010 on Soyuz TMA-01M to join Douglas Wheelock, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker, and formed the full six member crew of Expedition 25. NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock accepted command of Expedition 25 on 22 September 2010, taking over from Russia's Aleksandr Skvortsov. The departure of Wheelock, Walker and Yurchikhin on 25 November 2010 marked the official end of Expedition 25.
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(l-r) Skripochka, Kaleri, Kelly, Wheelock, Walker and YurchikhinISS expeditions← Expedition 24Expedition 26 →
The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad.
The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:10 pm. EDT on Thursday, 7 October 2010.