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Dmitry Petelin

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Dmitry Petelin
Дмитрий Петелин
Born (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 41)
StatusActive
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Current occupation
Test cosmonaut
Previous occupation
Aeronautical engineer
Time in space
370 days, 21 hours, 23 minutes
SelectionTsPK 2012 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs
6
Total EVA time
39 hours, 44 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-22/Soyuz MS-23 (Expedition 67/68/69)
Mission insignia

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Petelin (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Петелин; born July 10, 1983) is a Russian cosmonaut who was part of the 2012 selection group.

He flew to the ISS on September 21, 2022 with Soyuz MS-22, which was damaged while being docked to the station, and returned to Earth on September 27, 2023 with Soyuz MS-23 after spending a year in space.

Biography

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Petelin graduated from the South Ural State University in 2006 with a degree in aircraft and helicopter engineering. Following graduation, he worked as an engineer for NIK, LLC. On October 26, 2012, he became a cosmonaut and reported to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He completed cosmonaut training and was named a test cosmonaut on July 15, 2014.

He is married and has one daughter.

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