Sergey Kud-Sverchkov

Sergey Vladimirovich Kud-Sverchkov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Кудь-Сверчко́в) was born on 23 August 1983 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Sergey Kud-Sverchkov is married and the father of one daughter and one son.[1] Since April 2010, he has been a Russian cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos. He is currently in space aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 63/64. This is his first spaceflight.

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
Born (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983
Baikonur, Kazakh SSR
StatusActive
NationalityRussia
Space career
RSA Cosmonaut
Time in space
Currently in space
Selection2010 RSA Group
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
6 hours, 48 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-17 (Expedition 63/64)
Mission insignia

Career

In 2006, Kud-Sverchkov graduated with honours from Moscow State Technical University with a degree specialising in rocket engineering.[2]

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov worked as an engineer at RSC Energia from August 2006 until being selected to become a cosmonaut in April 2010 with another engineer of RSC Energia, Andrei Babkin.[3]

Cosmonaut career

Following his selection, Kud-Sverchkov began approximately two years of training from which he graduated in August 2012, becoming available for assignment to a long-duration flight to the International Space Station.

In 2014, he participated in the CAVES mission of the European Space Agency alongside Scott Tingle, Alexander Mirsurkin, Luca Parmitano and Matthias Maurer.[4]

He also participated in another ESA program: Pangaea in November 2018. This was the third mission of the Pangaea program. Kud-Sverchkov and veteran ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter went to the Ries Crater in Germany, the Italian Dolomites and the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. ESA's Pangaea program prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.[5]

Expedition 63/64
Kud-Sverchkov (right) and Ryzhikov on spacewalk.

In May 2020, Kud-Sverchkov was assigned to ISS Expedition 63/64 as a flight engineer. He launched aboard Soyuz MS-17 on 14 October 2020 alongside Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, commander of the Soyuz MS spacecraft, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins.[6]

The Soyuz MS-17 followed a 2-orbit rendezvous and docking procedure to dock with the Rassvet module of the ISS 3 hours and 3 minutes after launch. This was the first time a crew reached the ISS in less than 4 orbits and approximately 6 hours.[7]

On 18 November 2020, Kud-Sverchkov, wearing the Orlan MKS-N°4 suit, performed his first spacewalk with his crewmate Sergey Ryzhikov. The spacewalk begin at 15:12 UTC and finished after 6 hours and 48 minutes. The tasks were a leak tightness check for the exit hatch in Poisk, replacement of the liquid flow regulator's removable panel on Zarya (aborted because of a "bulky bolt"), work on scientific equipment, commutation of the Tranzit-B antenna on Pirs to the Poisk module (to ensure continuity of communications with the Orlan suits), and changing the position of sensors for the precipitation and pressure control unit on the Poisk module.[8]

A second spacewalk is scheduled for his flight, which may take place in February 2021.[9]

References
  1. "Sergey Kud-Sverchkov astronaut.ru". astronaut.ru.
  2. "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". gctc.ru. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. Becker, Joachim. "Cosmonaut Selection: RKKE-17 Selection". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. "ESA's five 'cavenauts' set to explore the caves of Sardinia, Italy". 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. "Pangaea in November 2018". 12 November 2018.
  6. @anik1982space (9 May 2020). "Вот и новые составы российских экипажей «Союза МС-17» стали известны из пресс-релиза аэропорта Жуковский.
    Основной: Сергей Рыжиков, Сергей Кудь-Сверчков.
    Дублирующий: Олег Новицкий, Пётр Дубров.
    К сожалению, Николая Тихонова и Андрея Бабкина нет..."     (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter.
  7. "TASS Soyuz MS-17". 19 August 2020.
  8. "NASA Blog". 18 November 2020.
  9. @anik1982space (4 August 2020). "В новом журнале "Русский космос" сообщается, что ВКД-47 и ВКД-48 намечаются для Рыжикова и Кудь-Сверчкова (их полет планируется с 14 октября 2020 года до 17 апреля 2021 года)" (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter.
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