Since then he trained in the test-cosmonaut group for the International Space Station programme. Expedition 62 crewmembers (from left) Andrew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir pose for a portrait before their return to Earth. Oleg Skripochka will become the first person to fly on board both the maiden and final missions of a spacecraft, the Soyuz TMA-M. Space News space history and artifacts articles Messages space history discussion forums Sightings worldwide astronaut appearances Resources selected space history documents advertisements. Station-bound cosmonaut first to bookend spacecraft missions. Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka was the commander for Expedition 62. The three-member Expedition 62 crew — Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan — pose together wearing their mission patch t-shirts at the International Space Station, on Feb. 7, 2020. This was his first spaceflight. Oleg is a skydiver first class, with 300 parachute jumps. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard … Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka, born December 24, 1969 in Nevinnomyssk, Russia is a Pilot Cosmonaut with a background in mechanical engineering. A Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Thursday to bring home NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir, astronaut Andrew Morgan and Russian commander Oleg Skripochka. Oleg is from Russia. This valuable data will serve future missions as humans continue to venture deeper into space. The trio departed the International Space Station at 9:53 p.m. EDT Thursday and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 1:16 a.m. Friday in Kazakhstan (11:16 a.m. local time), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan. Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 17 (AFP) Apr 17, 2020 Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Space Station to find the planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. He worked as a mechanical engineer. Meir and Skripochka launched aboard their Soyuz spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2019, joining Morgan onboard the ISS. He returns to ISS in 2016 as part of Expedition 47/48 after having completed a long-duration flight in 2011 for Expeditions 25 and 26 during which he also performed three spacewalks. … Upon graduating from high school in 1987 with a specialty in … In total, Meir and Skripochka spent 205 consecutive days in space for this expedition. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 25/26 flight engineer, is pictured during an ISS habitability equipment and procedures training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A cosmonaut is an astronaut from Russia. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. In November, 1999 he qualified as a test cosmonaut. Then, he became a cosmonaut. He makes sure it goes well. The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. The commander is in charge of the mission. Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka touched down in central Kazakhstan at 0516 GMT in the first … This was his third stay on the space station.

Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space.