Space · astronaut
Yuri Malenchenko
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
RUSSIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
827 d 9 h
Spacewalks
6
34 h 54 m outside
Flights
6
6 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
RussianBorn
22 Dec 1961First flight
01 Jul 1994Most recent flight
15 Dec 2015Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-19M | 15 Dec 2015 |
| 05 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-05M | 15 Jul 2012 |
| 04 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-11 | 10 Oct 2007 |
| 03 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-2 | 26 Apr 2003 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-106 | 08 Sept 2000 |
| 01 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-19 | 01 Jul 1994 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026