Valery Korzun
| Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун |
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| Cosmonaut, Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Russian |
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5 March 1953 Krasny Sulin, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Other occupation
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Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Time in space
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381d 15h 41min |
| Selection | 1987 TsPK Cosmonaut Group |
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Total EVAs
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4 |
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Total EVA time
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22 hours 19 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-24, STS-111, Expedition 5, STS-113 |
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Mission insignia
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Valery Grigoryevich Korzun (Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Корзун, born 5 March 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks.
He is a Russian Air Force Colonel and cosmonaut of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, was born on 5 March 1953 in Krasny Sulin. Korzun and his wife Elana have one son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori Andreyevich, and his mother, Korzun Maria Arsentievna. His hobbies include tennis, badminton and theater.
In 1974, Korzun graduated from the Kachinsk higher military aviation pilot school. In 1987 he graduated from the Gagarin Military Aviation Academy.
Korzun was awarded:
He has also been awarded with Russian and NASA medals.
After graduation from the Kachinsk Military College in 1974, Korzun served as a pilot, a senior pilot, a flight section leader, and ultimately as a commander of a Soviet Air Force squadron.
Korzun is a 1st class military pilot and has logged 1473 hours, primarily in 4 aircraft types. He is also an Instructor of Parachute Training, and has completed 377 parachute jumps.
In 1987, after a successful tour as Commander of the Gagarin Military Air-Force Academy, he was selected as a cosmonaut for training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In December 1987 he began cosmonaut training and was certified as a Test-Cosmonaut in June 1989. From September 1989 through September 1992, he trained for space flight as part of the test-cosmonauts group and from October 1992 to March 1994 he underwent extensive training as Commander of the Soyuz-TM rescue spacecraft. He also trained as a group member for flight on board the orbital complex Mir from March 1994 to June 1995. Korzun also served as deputy Director of the 27KC crew flight training complex as crew communication supervisor from March 1994 to January 1995.
In August 1996 Korzun completed training as Commander for the Mir-22/ NASA-3 and "Cassiopia" (sponsored by CNES) programs.
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