Space · astronaut
Nikolai Budarin
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
RUSSIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
444 d 1 h
Spacewalks
8
44 h 46 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
RussianBorn
29 Apr 1963First flight
27 Jun 1995Most recent flight
24 Nov 2002Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.
Named a cosmonaut candidate in 1989, Budarin's first space mission was a long-term assignment aboard the space station Mir in 1995. Since then, he again made extended stays on Mir in 1998 and the International Space Station Expedition 6 from 2002 to 2003.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113 | 24 Nov 2002 |
| 02 | Soyuz U | Soyuz TM-27 | 29 Jan 1998 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71 | 27 Jun 1995 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026