Space · astronaut
Salizhan Sharipov
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
KYRGYZ
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
201 d 14 h
Spacewalks
2
10 h 34 m outside
Flights
2
2 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
KyrgyzBorn
24 Aug 1964First flight
23 Jan 1998Most recent flight
14 Oct 2004Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two spacewalks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-5 | 14 Oct 2004 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-89 | 23 Jan 1998 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026