In the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region of Kazakhstan.
While studying at school, he studied at the DOSAAF radio school (1978-1982) and at the School of Young Pilots. IN AND. Patsaev at the Aktobe Higher Flight School civil aviation (1979-1982).
In 1986 he graduated with a gold medal from the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots. I.S. Polbin with a degree in "Command Tactical Naval Missile-Carrying Aviation"; in 1998 - faculty "Aircraft and Engines" of the Air Force Engineering Academy. NOT. Zhukovsky with a degree in Testing of Aircraft and Their Systems, qualified as a pilot-engineer-researcher; in 2006 - Russian academy civil service under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.
Since December 1986, Yuri Lonchakov served as an assistant commander of the ship, since February 1989 - the commander of the ship of the 12th separate naval missile-carrying aviation regiment Air force Baltic Fleet (city of Ostrov, Pskov region).
In 1989-1991, he was a ship commander of a squadron of Tu-16 aircraft as part of the 240th Guards Naval Missile-Carrying Aviation Regiment of the Baltic Fleet (Bykhov, Mogilev Region, Belarus).
From March 1991 he served as a senior pilot of the Su-24 of the 15th separate long-range reconnaissance aviation regiment of the Air Force of the Baltic Fleet (Kaliningrad).
From July 1991 - senior pilot of the Su-24M, from July 1992 - commander of the aviation detachment of the Separate State Air Defense Test Center (Priozersk, Dzhezkazgan Region, Kazakhstan).
From June 1994 - commander of the ship, in January-August 1995 - commander of the aviation detachment of the 144th separate air defense regiment of A-50 aircraft (Pechora).
In July 1997, by decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission, Yuri Lonchakov was recommended for enrollment in the cosmonaut corps (12th recruitment), in June 1998 he was appointed to the post of candidate for test cosmonauts of the cosmonaut corps.
In 1998-1999 he completed a course of general space training with the qualification of "test cosmonaut".
In 2000-2001 he was trained in various flight programs at the International space station(ISS).
Since November 2004, he was the commander of the cosmonaut corps of the Cosmonaut Training Center.
He made his first space flight as a specialist from April 19 to May 1, 2001 on the American orbital reusable ship"Endeavour" (Endeavour) and the ISS; made his second space flight on October 30-November 10, 2002 as a flight engineer of the ISS visiting expedition together with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Zaletin and Belgian astronaut Frank de Winne of the European Space Agency (launch and return from the ISS on Russian spaceships series "Soyuz TM").
Yuri Lonchakov went into space for the third time on October 12, 2008 as Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft commander and ISS Expedition 18 flight engineer together with astronauts Michael Fink and Richard Garriott. During the flight, he performed two spacewalks with a total duration of 10 hours and 45 minutes. Returned to Earth April 8, 2009. Yuri Lonchakov's flight duration was 178 days.
In September 2013, the astronauts of their own free will.
From October 2013 to March 2014, he was Advisor to the Head of Roscosmos.
Yuri Lonchakov was born on March 4, 1965 in the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region, Republic of Kazakhstan. His father was a geologist. Graduated high school No. 22 of the city of Aktobe in 1982. In the same year he graduated from the DOSAAF radio school.
IN Soviet army since 1982. He graduated from the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School named after Polbin with a gold medal in 1986. Since December 1986, assistant commander of the Tu-16 ship of the 12th separate naval missile-carrying aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force. Since July 1989, commander of the Tu-16 of the 240th Separate Marine Missile-Carrying Aviation Regiment of the Air Force of the Baltic Fleet. Since March 1991, a senior pilot of the 15th separate long-range reconnaissance regiment of the Air Force of the Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad, he flew the Su-24.
Since July 1991, senior pilot, since July 1992, commander of the detachment of the Separate State Air Defense Test Center Russian Federation, performed a number of cruise missile launches. Since June 1994, commander of the A-50 ship, and since January 1995, commander of the aviation detachment of the 144th separate air defense regiment of the Russian Federation in Pechora, Arkhangelsk region. During the period of service, he mastered 6 types of aircraft, has a flight time of over 1500 hours.
In 1998 he graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. While still studying at the academy, in July 1997 he was selected as a candidate for cosmonauts. Since June 1998 he has been a candidate test cosmonaut, since December 1999 he has been a test cosmonaut at the Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute. In January - May 2000 he was trained under the program "International Space Station". From June to November 2000 he was the coordinator and representative of the RGNII CTC in NASA, USA.
First space flight Lonchakov flew from April 19 to May 1, 2001 as a flight specialist of the American spacecraft "Endeavour" (STS-100) under the ISS deployment program. The flight duration was 11 days 21 hours 31 minutes 14 seconds.
Lonchakov's second flight into space was carried out as a flight engineer of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA from October 30 to November 10, 2002 under the program of the 4th visiting expedition to the ISS. Having carried out the necessary research and testing, he returned to Earth on the Soyuz TM-34 spacecraft. The flight duration was 10 days 20 hours 53 minutes 9 seconds.
For courage and heroism shown during space flight on the International Space Station, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1016 of September 1, 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Yuri Lonchakov's third space flight began on October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TMA-13 manned spacecraft with the crew of the 18th main expedition: NASA astronaut Michael Fink and the American Richard Garriott, a member of the 15th expedition. The space tourist returned to Earth on October 24, 2008 with the crew of the 17th main expedition.
After completing the flight program, the crew of Expedition 18 to the ISS consisting of Yuri Lonchakov, Michael Fink and space tourist Charles Simonyi returned to Earth on April 8, 2009 on the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 07:55. At 11:16 a.m., the descent module of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. The flight duration was 178 days 00 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds. During the flight he made 2 spacewalks.
In just three flights, he has a space flight of 200 days 18 hours 39 minutes, performed 2 spacewalks.
In 2013, he was approved as the crew commander of the next main expedition to the ISS. In September 2013, at his own request, he was dismissed from the Cosmonaut Training Center. In October 2017, he was appointed to the position of Advisor to the General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation and is involved in manned spaceflight projects in the field of international cooperation.
Lives in the city district "Star City" of the Moscow Region. Since June 2009, he has been a member of the Council of Deputies of the Star City City District of the Moscow Region.
Yuri Lonchakov: Pilot - cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Doctor of Technical Sciences. Candidate of Technical Sciences. Military pilot 1st class. Airborne training instructor, has the 2nd category in parachuting. Candidate master of sports in radiosport and judo.
He was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th degree, medals "For Merit in Space Exploration", "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st degree, "For Military Valor" 13th degree, foreign award NASA Medal for Space Flight.
LONCHAKOV Yury Valentinovich
Flight Engineer-1 ISS,
commander of TC "Soyuz TMA",
Air Force Colonel,
commander of the cosmonaut FSBI "NII TsPK named after Yu.A. Gagarin",
test cosmonaut of FGBU "NII TsPK"
named after Yu.A. Gagarin, Russia
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
March 4, 1965 in the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region of the Kazakh SSR (Republic of Kazakhstan).
Father - Lonchakov Valentin Gavrilovich (1931-1999).
Mother - Lonchakova (Benderskaya) Galina Vasilievna, born in 1939, pensioner.
EDUCATION: in 1986 he graduated from the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation Pilot School named after I.S. Polbina; in 1998 - the N.E. Zhukovsky, majoring in "Testing of aircraft and their systems", qualified as a pilot-engineer-researcher.
Marital status: Married.
Wife - Lonchakova (Dolmatova) Tatyana Alekseevna, born in 1963, stewardess of Continental Airlines at Sheremetyevo-2.
Son - Kirill, born in 1990.
AWARDS AND HONORARY TITLES:
Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.
Awarded with a medal Golden Star"Hero of the Russian Federation, Russian commemorative medals, medal" P. Nesterov", as well as the NASA medal "For space flight" (2001).
Laureate of the national award "To the Glory of the Fatherland" in the "Glory of Russia" nomination, established by the International Academy of Social Sciences and the International Academy of Patronage, was awarded the Order "For the Glory of the Fatherland" II degree.
Honored Worker of Aktobe region.
SPORT ACHIEVEMENTS: candidate master of sports in radiosport and judo, 2nd category in parachuting.
HOBBIES: books, skiing, scuba diving, mountain hiking, astronomy (building a telescope), guitar (playing, singing, composing songs), playing sports, photography, collecting samples of minerals and archaeological finds.
EXPERIENCE:
From 1986 to 1995 he served in the naval aviation units of the Baltic Fleet, and later in the air defense units. Military pilot 1st class.
He mastered six types of aircraft and their modifications, including the Yak-52, L-29, L-39, Su-24, A-50, Tu-16, Tu-134, the total flight time is more than 1,500 hours, completed more than 530 parachute jumps.
In the cosmonaut corps since 1998.
From January 1998 to November 1999 he completed a general space training course at the Yu.A. Gagarin.
December 1, 1999 - by the decision of the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission, the qualification "test cosmonaut" was awarded.
From January to May 2000, he was trained as part of a group of cosmonauts under the ISS program.
From June to November 2000 he was the coordinator (representative) of the RGNII TsPK im. Yu.A. Gagarin at the Johnson Space Center in the United States.
On September 28, 2000, he was assigned to the crew of the Endeavor shuttle STS-100 and from October 2000 to April 2001 he underwent direct flight training at the Johnson Space Center.
First space flight performed from April 19 to May 1, 2001 as a flight specialist of the Endeavor spacecraft (STS-100) under the ISS deployment program. Flight duration - 11 days 21 hours 30 minutes.
On March 25, 2002, he was trained for space flight as a commander of the backup crew of the Soyuz TM and Soyuz TMA transport vehicles of the fourth visiting expedition (EP-4d) under the ISS program, together with flight engineer Alexander Lazutkin.
On October 1, 2002, by decision of the Interdepartmental Commission, he was appointed to the prime crew as a flight engineer-2 of the fourth visiting crew (VC-4) under the ISS program, while remaining in the position of backup crew commander.
Second space flight performed from October 30 to November 10, 2002 as flight engineer-2 under the program of the fourth Russian visiting crew to the ISS (VC-4). Start on SC "Soyuz TMA-1", landing on SC "Soyuz TM-34". Flight duration - 10 days 20 hours 53 minutes.
In July 2004, he took part in survival training in extreme situations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
At the end of July 2005, he was included in the mixed group of cosmonauts, which received the designation "MKS-15/16/17". On August 15, 2005, he began training as part of this group at the RGNII TsPK im. Yu.A. Gagarin.
In the period from June 2 to 10, 2006, in Sevastopol, he underwent training on how to work in the event of an emergency landing of the descent vehicle on the water as part of a conditional crew together with Oleg Artemyev and Oleg Skripochka.
On February 13, 2007, by decision of NASA, he was approved as the commander of the backup crew of Expedition 18 to the ISS (ISS-18d) and the Soyuz-TMA-13 spacecraft.
In May 2008, after Salizhan Sharipov, ISS-18 prime crew flight engineer, was temporarily suspended from flight training, he was transferred from the ISS-18 backup crew to the prime crew.
Passed training for space flight as part of the ISS-18 prime crew as an ISS flight engineer and commander of the Soyuz TMA-13 manned transport spacecraft.
September 2008
Based on the materials of the Research Institute of TsPK them. Yu.A. Gagarin,
reference book "Soviet and Russian cosmonauts. 1960-2000"
and the website www.astronaut.ru.
Yuri Lonchakov / Photo from izvestia.ru
A real scandal at the Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK) them. Gagarin flared up after the departure of Gennady Padalka from there, Kazinform reports.
On April 25, the head of the CTC, pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation Yuri Lonchakov posted an appeal "From the first person" on the center's website.
"On April 28, Gennady Padalka, a high professional, cosmonaut with tremendous experience, is expected to leave the detachment. G. Padalka's voluntary resignation was signed last week. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the age of the cosmonaut, who turns 59 this summer. It should not be forgotten that work on the International Space Station, work in open space- this is not only a high risk, but also a stress for the human body, as well as a blow to health," Yuri Lonchakov wrote.
The head of the CPC denied the information in the media that the CPC was firing cosmonauts indiscriminately. Yuri Lonchakov expressed the opinion that the CTC has come to the point where many cosmonauts are leaving flight positions, mainly for health reasons.
"Nevertheless, the CTC today successfully continues to train a new generation of cosmonauts, who will soon be assigned to the crews. The time has come when it is necessary to give way to the young generation of cosmonauts," Yuri Lonchakov believes.
In response to the appeal of the head of the CTC, space flight record holder, Hero of the Russian Federation Gennady Padalka on April 27 published open letter, in which he accused the CPC of lying, nepotism and desertion and proposed to dismiss Yuri Lonchakov from the post of head.
"The man who abandoned the crew, abandoned the Center and after a while returned with a" triumph "as the head of the Cosmonaut Training Center - the question is: how is this possible? - Gennady Padalka is indignant. - He, as a leader, should be removed as soon as possible, and not one, but with a part a team that is recruited not on the basis of professionalism and authority, but on the principle of loyalty, personal devotion and nepotism. Otherwise, the center will be completely ruined."
It is reported that three more cosmonauts also left the Roscosmos detachment: Sergei Volkov, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Revin. According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who explained the situation, the reason for the reduction is the planned rejuvenation of the personnel of the Russian cosmonaut corps.
According to Wikipedia, Yuri Lonchakov was born on March 4, 1965 in the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region. In Aktobe he graduated from secondary school No. 22, as well as the School of Young Pilots named after V.I. Patsaev. Graduate of the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School named after I.S. Polbin and the Air Force Engineering Academy named after N. E. Zhukovsky.
Made three flights into space. From April 19 to May 1, 2001 - as a specialist on the Endeavor STS-100 shuttle under the ISS assembly program. From October 30 to November 10, 2002 - as a flight engineer, together with Sergei Zalyotin and Frank De Winne. From October 12, 2008 to April 8, 2009 - as Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft commander and ISS Expedition 18 flight engineer together with Michael Fink and Richard Garriott. Twice went into open space.
On September 24, 2010, Yuri Lonchakov was approved as the commander of the detachment of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In 2013, he resigned from the CPC, but a month later he returned again. On April 7, 2013, he was appointed head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
