Maksim Surayev
Surayev was born 21 May 1972 in Chelyabinsk. Surayev graduated with honors from the Kacha Air Force Pilot School as pilot-engineer in 1994; graduated with honors from the Zhukovski Air Force Academy in 1997 as pilot-engineer-researcher. In 2007, he received a law degree from the Russian Academy of Civil Service. From December 1997 to November 1999, completed basic space training. In November 1999 he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. From January 2000 he was in ISS advanced training. From March 2006 until April 2008 Surayev was assigned as a backup ISS Expedition 17 crew member. From April 2008 until March 2009 he was a member of the ISS Expedition 19 backup crew. In 2016, he was elected to the State Duma from the United Russia party and retired from the cosmonaut corps.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TMA-16 / ISS-21 / ISS-22 Commander / Flight Engineer 30.09.2009 - 18.03.2010 169d 04h 09m
2 Soyuz TMA-13M / ISS-40 / ISS-41 Commander / ISS-CDR 28.05.2014 - 10.11.2014 165d 08h 01m
Total 334d 12h 10m
