Oleg Kotov
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Date of Birth: 10/27/1965
Status: Retired
Nationality: Russia
Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (RFSA)
Biography
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown two long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.
Space Experience
Time in Space: 526 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, and 1 second
Number of Flights: 3
Number of Landings: 3
Number of Spacewalks: 6
EVA Time: 1 day, 12 hours, and 51 minutes
First Flight: 4/7/2007
Last Flight: 9/25/2013