Space · astronaut
Sergei Krikalev
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
RUSSIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
803 d 13 h
Spacewalks
8
41 h 27 m outside
Flights
6
6 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
RussianBorn
27 Aug 1958First flight
26 Nov 1988Most recent flight
15 Apr 2005Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Серге́й Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer. As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko for the amount of time in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 38 minutes.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-6 | 15 Apr 2005 |
| 05 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-31 | 31 Oct 2000 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-88 | 04 Dec 1998 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-60 | 03 Feb 1994 |
| 02 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-12 | 18 May 1991 |
| 01 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-7 | 26 Nov 1988 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026