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Roman Romanenko
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Russian cosmonaut
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Roman Romanenko is a Russian aircraft pilot, astronaut and politician, born on 9 August 1971 in Shchyolkovo. He is the son of Yury Romanenko, and holds citizenship of both the Soviet Union and Russia. His allegiance was to the Soviet Union, and he speaks Russian.
Romanenko was a crew member of Soyuz TMA-07M, Soyuz TMA-15, Expedition 20 and Expedition 21. He received the title Hero of the Russian Federation, the Medal 'For Merit in Space Exploration', the title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, and the NASA Space Flight Medal. He also served as a member of the 7th and 8th State Dumas of the Russian Federation, and is recognised in the Astronauts collection.
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Anatoly Vyborny
- Constituency
- Chertanovo (No. 210)
- Born
- ( 1971-08-09 ) 9 August 1971 (age 54) , Shchyolkovo , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- United Russia
- Spouse
- Olga Igorevna Romanenko
- Children
- Maxim Anastasia
- Parents
- Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (father) Alevtina Ivanovna Romanenko (mother)
- Education
- Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School RANEPA
- Occupation
- Pilot
- Awards
- Hero of the Russian Federation
- Status
- Retired
- Rank
- Colonel
- Time in space
- 333d 11h 18m
- Selection
- 1997 TsPK Cosmonaut Group
- Total eva time
- 6h 38m
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-15 ( Expedition 20 / 21 ), Soyuz TMA-07M ( Expedition 34 / 35 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Shchyolkovo
- Father
- Yury Romanenko
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Award
- Order of the Crown
- Image
- Roman Romanenko.jpg
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- Commons category
- Roman Romanenko
- date of birth
- 1971-08-09
- time in space
- 480181
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz TMA-07M
- P10632
- Roman Romanenko
- P450
- Expedition 35
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Encyclopedic overview
Roman Yurievich Romanenko (Russian: Роман Юрьевич Романенко; born 9 August 1971) is a Russian retired cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He is also a politician, sitting in the State Duma since 2021 representing the Chertanovo constituency.
Personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roman Romanenko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.