Denis Matveev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Matveev.

Denis Vladimirovich Matveev (Russian Cyrillic: Денис Владимирович Матвеев; born 25 April 1983 in Leningrad, RSFSR, now St. Petersburg, Russia) is a former Russian cosmonaut.

Denis Matveev
Денис Матвеев
Matveev in 2021
Born	Denis Vladimirovich Matveev (1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 42) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Status	Retired
Alma mater	Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Previous occupation	Engineer
Rank	Senior lieutenant (reserve)
Time in space	194 days, 19 hours, 1 minute
Selection	TsPK-15 Cosmonaut Group (2010)
Total EVAs	4
Total EVA time	26 hours, 7 minutes
Missions	Soyuz MS-21 (Expedition 66/67)
Mission insignia
Retirement	29 July 2024

Biography

Matveev received his degree in computing and networks from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006. After graduation, Matveev began working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia as a junior research assistant. He was promoted to engineer in 2009.

Matveev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2010. He was appointed to begin training on 12 October 2010, and was named a test cosmonaut on 31 July 2012.

The Russian magazine Cosmonautics News reported that Matveev had been selected as a flight engineer for the Soyuz MS-06 spaceflight to the International Space Station;^[1] however, he did not launch on this mission, and was replaced by Ivan Vagner. Ultimately, neither Vagner nor Matveev flew on this mission. He was reassigned to Soyuz MS-21, his only spaceflight, which launched on 18 March 2022. After 194 days, MS-21 landed in Kazakhstan on 29 September 2022.^[2]