Nikolai Budarin
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin | |
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Born | (1953-04-29) April 29, 1953 (age 70) |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Mechanical Engineer |
Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 444d 1h 25min |
Selection | 1989 NPOE Cosmonaut Group |
Total EVAs | 8 |
Total EVA time | 44 hours, 25 minutes |
Missions | STS-71/Soyuz TM-21 (Mir EO-19) Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1 (Expedition 6) |
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Named a cosmonaut candidate in 1989, Budarin's first space mission was a long-term assignment aboard the space station Mir in 1995. Since then, he again made extended stays on Mir in 1998 and the International Space Station Expedition 6 from 2002 to 2003.