Yuri I. Onufrienko
| Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko | |
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Russian |
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February 6, 1961 Ryasne, Ukraine, 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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389d 14h 46min |
| Selection | 1989 TsPK Cosmonaut Group |
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Total EVAs
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8 |
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Total EVA time
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42 hours, 33 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-23, Mir EO-21, STS-108, Expedition 4, STS-111 |
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Mission insignia
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Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко, Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко) (born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001-2002.
Onufriyenko was born in Ryasne, Zolochiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Onufriyenko and his wife, Valentina Mikhailovna Onufrienko, have two sons, Yuri, born in 1982 and Aleksandr, born in 1990 and one daughter, Elena, born in 1988. He has two older brothers and his parents are deceased. Onufriyenko enjoys tennis, cooking, fishing, chess, and aviation.
Onufriyenko graduated from the V.M. Komarov Eisk Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots in 1982 with a pilot-engineer's diploma. In 1994, Onufriyenko earned a degree in cartography from Moscow State University.
Onufriyenko was awarded the Hero of Russia medal, the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, the Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation and NASA Space Flight and Public Service Medals. In 1997 he was named a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor.
Onufriyenko served as a pilot in the Soviet (later Russian) Air Force, where he logged over 800 flight hours. He has flown the L-29, Sukhoi Su-7, Sukhoi Su-17 (M1-4), and L-39.
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