Sergey Korsakov (cosmonaut)

Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov (Russian Cyrillic: Сергей Владимирович Корсаков; born 1 September 1984 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. He is scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2021 as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz MS-18 ahead of a stay aboard the International Space Station.[1]

Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov
Born (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984
StatusActive
NationalityRussian
OccupationTest cosmonaut
Space career
Cosmonaut
Current occupation
Engineer
SelectionTsPK-16 Cosmonaut Group

Education

Korsakov graduated with high honors from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006 with a degree in rocketry. After his selection as a cosmonaut in 2012, he was appointed as a test cosmonaut in 2014.

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