30 SEP. 2010
publication date
2273
Views
Soyuz TMA-21
Expedition 27 flight engineer
Expedition 28 commander
Cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko was born in April 1964, in Saint Petersburg. Following graduation from the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute with the qualification Flight and Control Dynamics, Borisenko worked for a military unit from 1987 to 1989.
He started working at Russian Space Corporation Energia in 1989, where he was responsible for the Mir motion control system.
Borisenko was a shift flight director at the Mission Control Centre in Moscow starting in 1999, first for the Mir space station and then for the International Space Station.
Borisenko qualified as a test-cosmonaut in 2005 and since then he participated in advanced space flight training.
Media modal
Paolo Nespoli heads to Space Station on MagISStra mission
ESA PR 30-2010 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is on his way to the International Space Station with crewmates Dmitri Kondratyev and Catherine Coleman aboard their Soyuz spacecraft following liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 20:09:25 CET today.
MagISStra mission: Information for the media
ESA's astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched in a Soyuz TMA spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December at 20:09 CET with Dmitri Kondratyev and Catherine Coleman for a challenging 6-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) as members of Expeditions 26/27.
Follow @Astro_Paolo
Share this page
stay updated
Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest news, mission updates, and exclusive insights directly in your inbox. Be the first to know about our upcoming projects and breakthroughs.