Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko ( born December 22, 1961) is a Russian
cosmonaut . Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas , while he was 240 miles over New Zealand , on the International Space Station . As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). Personal
Malenchenko was born in Khrushchev ,Kirovohrad Oblast , Ukrainian SSR.He and his wife Ekaterina Dmitrieva have one child.Education Malenchenko graduated from the
Kharkov Military Aviation School in 1983, and attended the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, graduating in 1993.
He got more Awards
Hero of the Russian Federation ,
the National Hero of Kazakhstan medal,Military award of excellence,
Commendation medal,
Achievement medal,
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Meritorious Service Medals 1st, 2nd and 3rd class.
After graduation from the Military Aviation School, he served as a pilot, senior pilot and multi-ship flight lead from 1983 till 1987 in the Odessa Region. In 1987 he was selected as a cosmonaut, and arrived at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . From December 1987 to June 1989 Malenchenko underwent a course of general space training. After completion of the course, he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. Between September 1989 to December 1993 he was taking advanced training courses in preparation for spaceflight. In January–July, 1993 Malenchenko trained as commander of the Mir-14 reserve crew. He completed training as a backup commander of the Mir-15 crew from July 1993 to January 1994. From February to June 1994 Malenchenko trained for the Mir-16 mission.
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