Nikolay Mikhailovich Budarin biography

In the year he graduated from 10 classes of secondary school. Imarily service in the Soviet Army was held in years. He served in Czechoslovakia. In years he worked as a adjuster at the factory. C worked in the NGO "Energy". At first, an electrician, from a year - a master of electrical equipment, from a year as a test engineer, from a year as the head of the group, from a year as a leading specialist, the head of the group at the control and test station.

In the year he graduated from the evening department of the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, the specialty “production of aircraft”, received a diploma of mechanical engineer. In the year he graduated from the University of Marxism-Leninism in the city of Kaliningrad. He underwent a medical examination at the Institute of Biological Problems and on February 26 received admission to special training.

By a decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission of January 25, he was selected as a candidate for a detachment of cosmonauts of NGO Energia. From September to January, he underwent general cosmic training in the CPC named after In February, he was appointed to the post of cosmonaut-test of the Civil Defense of the Cosmonauts of the NGO "Energia". From April to March, he was trained as part of a group of astronauts under the Mir Mir program.

From March 27 to May 12, he underwent direct preparations for the flight under the EO program on OK Mir as a barrarifier of the first crew, along with A. from June 27 to September 11, he made his first space flight as a Bortinner Mir according to the EO of the EO of the main expedition along with Anatoly Solovyov. For the first time, the crew was delivered to the station on the American shuttle of Atlantis STS: Rodnik-2.

During the flight, he made three exits into outer space. The flight duration was 75 days 11 hours 20 minutes 21 seconds. By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 5, for courage and heroism, manifested during a long space flight at the Mir orbital research complex, Budarin Nikolai Mikhailovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the presentation of a special distinction - the Golden Star medal.

From January 29 to August 25, he made his second cosmic flight as a sorcerer "Soyuz TM" and OK Mir under the EOS program of the main expedition, together with Talgat Musabaev. Started with Musabaev and Eyartz. The landing was made with Musabaev and Yuri Baturin. Call: "Crystal-2". During the flight, he made five outputs into outer space. The flight duration was a day 12 hours 51 minutes 02 seconds.

He was prepared until July 6. Since on July 26, automatic docking was successfully completed, the launch of an “abnormal” crew was not needed. Thomas was replaced by Donald Pettit. From November 24 to May 4, he made his third cosmic flight as a sorcerer of the 6th main expedition of the ISS. Started on November 24 on Shattl Endeavour STS as a flight specialist, landing was made on the Union TMA-1 transport ship on May 4 of the year as the ship commander a ballistic descent.

He was at the station from November 25 to May 4 of the year. The total flight duration was 1 hour 14 minutes 38 seconds. After leaving the cosmonauts detachment, from October 1, he works as a replaceable head of the flight at the Central Administrative District. In the year he was elected deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He was awarded the orders "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd