Yuri Gidzenko, born March 26, 1962 in Ukraine, has flown on Soyuz spacecraft and a space shuttle, and has spent time on both Mir and the International Space Station.
His first trip into space was as Commander aboard Soyuz TM-22, launched September 3, 1995 to the space station Mir, as part of the twentieth expedition, Mir EO-20. He remained on board until February 29, 1996.
His second trip into space was as Commander of Soyuz TM-31, launched October 31, 2000, which carried Sergei Krikalev and William Shepherd (NASA), for the first long-duration ISS crew. Expedition 1. They returned to Earth aboard Discovery (STS-102) in March 2001.
Gidzenko's third and final flight was Commander aboard Soyuz TM-34, launched April 25, 2002, to the ISS. Then he remained on ISS for about 10 days and returned aboard Soyuz TM-33 May 5, 2002.
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