Aleksey Ovchinin
| Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin | |
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| Nationality | Russian |
| Status | Active |
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28 September 1971 Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR |
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Other occupation
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Cosmonaut |
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Time in space
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172d 03h 47min |
| Selection | 2006 TsPK-14 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-20M (Expedition 47/48) |
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Mission insignia
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Овчинин) born 28 September 1971 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR is a Russian Air Force major and cosmonaut, selected in 2006. Ovchinin's first spaceflight has taken place on Soyuz TMA-20M which launched on March 18, 2016 21:26 UTC as part of Expedition 47/Expedition 48. Ovchinin flew as the commander of the spacecraft which docked with the ISS after the now standard 4 orbits.
He graduated from high school No. 2 in the city of Rybinsk.
From August 1988 to September 1990 he was a cadet of Borisoglebsk Higher Military Pilot School and, from September 1990 to August 1992, a student of the Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School where he qualified as a pilot-engineer.
From August 1992 to February 1998 he served as an pilot instructor in the Training Aviation Regiment (TAR) at Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School. From February 1998 to September 2003 he was a pilot instructor, then commander of the aviation section of Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute (MAI) in Kotelnikovo (Volgograd region). From September 2003, until his enrollment as a cosmonaut, he served as a commander of an aviation unit of the 70th Separate Test Training Aviation Regiment of Special Purpose (OITAPON). He has over 1300 hours flying time in Yakovlev Yak-52 and Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft. Ovchinin is qualified as a Pilot Instructor Second Class.
By order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2012 he was dismissed from the Armed Forces into reserve.
On October 11, 2006 - at the meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for the selection of cosmonauts - he was recommended as a cosmonaut candidate at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
From 16 to 22 June 2008 in Sevastopol (Ukraine) he participated in descent vehicle training along with Robert Thirsk (Canada) and Richard Garriott (USA). The training was specifically for landing on water.
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