30 SEP. 2010
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Soyuz TMA-20 commander
Expedition 26 flight engineer
Expedition 27 commander
Born in Siberia in 1969, Kondratyev served as a pilot and a senior pilot in the Air Force flying different types of Russian fighter aircraft. Graduated from the Yuri A. Gagarin Air Force Academy and now a colonel, Kondratyev qualified as a test-cosmonaut in 2000.
This was his first flight to the Station after completing training as backup crewmember for missions ISS 5, 13 and 20.
He also graduated from the Moscow State University for Economy, Statistics and Computer Science in the Economic Information Systems Department.
From 2006 through 2007, Kondratyev served as Director of Operations for the Russian Space Agency, stationed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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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.
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