Konstantin Borisov

Konstantin Borisov
Konstantin Borisov
Константин Борисов
	Borisov in 2023
Born	Konstantin Sergeyevich Borisov; 14 August 1984 (age 40); Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Status	Active
Alma mater	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (BEcon); University of Warwick (MS); Moscow Aviation Institute (MS);
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation;
	Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Current occupation	Test cosmonaut
Time in space	199 days, 2 hours, 20 minutes
Selection	17th Cosmonaut Group (2018)
Missions	SpaceX Crew-7 (Expedition 69/70)
Mission insignia

Konstantin Sergeyevich Borisov (Russian: Константин Сергеевич Борисов; born 14 August 1984 in Smolensk) is a Russian cosmonaut. He flew on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission that launched on August 26, 2023, serving as flight engineer on Expedition 69/70 to the International Space Station.

Biography

He has received a Bachelor of Economics from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics on June 27, 2007. From September 27, 2006 to December 3, 2007, he studied at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, where he received his Master of Science in "Operations Research and Systems Analysis". In June 2018, he completed his studies at the Moscow Aviation Institute on the Master Program Life Support Systems for Aircraft (2016-2018), with the qualification "Master" in the direction of Aircraft Building.^[1]

Borisov was selected as a cosmonaut in 2018, along with seven others, he passed the state exam in December 2020 to be qualified for spaceflight assignments.^[2]^[3]

Spaceflight

Borisov was assigned to the SpaceX Crew-7 mission, which launched on August 26, 2023. He served as a flight engineer on Expedition 69/70.^[4] On March 12, 2024, the mission landed off the coast of Florida after spending 199 days in space and orbiting the Earth 3,184 times.^[5]