Yuri Lonchakov
Lonchakov was born on 4 March 1965, in Balkhash, Dzhezkazkansk Region, Kazakhstan. Following graduation from high school in 1982, Lonchakov entered the Orenburg Air Force Pilot School, graduating with honors in 1986 as pilot-engineer. In 1995, Lonchakov entered the Zhukovski Air Force Academy from which he graduated with honors in 1998 as pilot-engineer-researcher. After graduation from pilot school, Lonchakov served as a second crew commander, crew commander, squadron senior pilot, and aviation brigade commander in the Russian Navy. Lonchakov has logged over 1400 hours of flight time, is a Class 1 Air Force pilot, and a paratroop training instructor with 526 jumps. Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997. In 2013, he submitted his resignation, effective 14 September. It was announced that he was resigning for a more interesting job. Lonchakov had been scheduled to fly on Expedition 44 to the International Space Station, and at the time of announcement, no replacement had been named. Gennady Padalka will be his replacement.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-100 MSP 19.04.2001 - 01.05.2001 11d 21h 31m
2 Soyuz TMA-1 / Soyuz TM-34 Flight Engineer 30.10.2002 - 10.11.2002 10d 20h 53m
3 Soyuz TMA-13 / ISS-18 Commander 12.10.2008 - 08.04.2009 178d 00h 15m
Total 200d 18h 39m
