Evgeny Igorevich Tarelkin (Russian: Евгений Игоревич Тарелкин; born December 29, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as part of the TsPK-13 group in 2003.[1]
Evgeny Tarelkin | |
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| Born | December 29, 1974 |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Space career | |
| RKA Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Captain, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 143 days 16 hours 15 minutes |
| Selection | 2003 TsPK-13 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-06M (Expedition 33/34) |
Mission insignia |   |
Education
Tarelkin graduated from the Yeysk Air Force School in 1996 and the Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1998 before rising to the rank of Captain in the Russian Air Force.
Cosmonaut career
He served in the Air Force until his selection as a cosmonaut as part of the TsPK-13 selection group in 2003, completing basic training in 2005.[2] Tarelkin made his first flight into space in October 2012 as a member of the Soyuz TMA-06M crew, during which he spent six months aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 33/34 crews and returned on March 16, 2013.[3] This was his only spaceflight.
In 2019 he is crew commander in the SIRIUS-19 ground based experiment.