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Anatoly Ivanishin
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Ivanishin in 2011
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Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin
15 January 1969 Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Status | Retired |
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| Occupation | Pilot |
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| Rank | Colonel, Russian Air Force (reserve) |
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476 days, 4 hours, 41 minutes |
| Selection | TsPK-13 Cosmonaut Group (2003) |
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| Retirement | 15 October 2021 |
Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin (born January 15, 1969) is a former Russian cosmonaut. He is famous for his space missions to the International Space Station (ISS). His first trip to space was in November 2011 on the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft. He later commanded the ISS during Expedition 49.
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About Anatoli Ivanishin
Anatoli Ivanishin was born in Irkutsk, a city in Siberia, Russia. He is married to Svetlana Ivanishina. They have a son named Vladislav, who was born in 1993.
Early Life and Education
In 1986, Ivanishin finished high school in Irkutsk. He tried to join the Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots but didn't get in that year. Instead, he started studying at the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute.
In 1987, he tried again and was accepted into the Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School. He graduated with top honors in 1991. Later, in 2003, Ivanishin earned another degree from Moscow State University in Economics.
Military Career
After graduating in 1991, Ivanishin became a pilot in the Russian Air Force. He flew MiG-29 jet fighter planes in the Borisoglebsk military unit. From 1992, he was a senior fighter pilot in Karelia.
There, he flew Su-27 jet fighter aircraft. He has spent 507 hours flying planes. He also successfully completed 180 parachute jumps during his military service.
Cosmonaut Career
On May 29, 2003, Anatoli Ivanishin was chosen to become a cosmonaut candidate. He began his space training on June 16, 2003. He passed his final exams with an "excellent" rating in June 2005. A few days later, he officially became a test cosmonaut.
On October 15, 2021, Roscosmos (Russia's space agency) announced that Ivanishin was retiring. He left the Cosmonaut training center to focus on scientific work.
First Space Mission: Expedition 29/30
Ivanishin was a backup commander for an earlier mission, Soyuz TMA-20. This prepared him for his first flight as a flight engineer. He was assigned to Expedition 29 and Expedition 30 on the ISS.
On November 14, 2011, Ivanishin launched into space on Soyuz TMA-22. He flew with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank. They reached the space station on November 16 after a two-day journey. They joined the current crew of Expedition 29.
A few days later, some crew members left, and Burbank took command for Expedition 30. More astronauts arrived in December 2011. On February 16, 2012, Ivanishin helped his fellow cosmonauts, Shkaplerov and Kononenko, during a spacewalk. They spent over six hours outside the station setting up experiments.
The landing of Soyuz TMA-22 was delayed until April 2012. Ivanishin, Shkaplerov, and Burbank landed safely in Kazakhstan on April 27. This first spaceflight lasted 165 days.
Second Space Mission: Expedition 48/49
For his second flight, Ivanishin was assigned to Expedition 48 and Expedition 49. He was a flight engineer for Expedition 48 and then became the commander for Expedition 49. His crew was assigned to launch on Soyuz MS-01, a new type of spacecraft.
Ivanishin, along with JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, launched on Soyuz MS-01 on July 7, 2016. They spent two days testing new systems on the spacecraft. On July 9, they docked with the ISS and joined the Expedition 48 crew.
Expedition 48 ended on September 6, 2016. Ivanishin then took command of the station for Expedition 49. Another Soyuz spacecraft, MS-02, was delayed but finally launched on October 19, 2016. It brought more crew members to the station.
After a short time with six crew members, Ivanishin handed over command. He returned to Earth with his crewmates on October 29, 2016. This mission added 115 days to his time in space, bringing his total to 280 days.
Third Space Mission: Expedition 62/63
Ivanishin was initially a backup for the Soyuz MS-16 mission in April 2020. However, the original crew members had to be replaced due to a health issue. So, Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner became part of the main crew.
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Ivanishin launched aboard Soyuz MS-16 with Vagner and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy on April 9, 2020. They reached the ISS six hours later. They joined the Expedition 62 crew already on board.
After only eight days, some of the Expedition 62 crew left the station. Ivanishin and his two crewmates then became part of Expedition 63, with Cassidy taking command.
During Expedition 63, the crew welcomed the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission on May 31, 2020. This was a very important flight. It was the first time the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carried people. It was also the first crewed orbital flight from US soil since 2011. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken stayed on the ISS for two months during this mission.
See Also
In Spanish: Anatoli Ivanishin para niños
- List of Heroes of the Russian Federation
- 2015 in spaceflight
