Roman Romanenko, born August 9, 1971 in the former Soviet Union, is a cosmonaut and a veteran of two expeditions on the International Space Station. His father is cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, a Soyuz and Mir cosmonaut.
Romanenko's first trip into space was aboard Soyuz TMA-15 to the ISS in May 2009, where he became part of Expeditions 20 and 21. He was the third second-generation astronaut after Sergey Volkov and Richard Garriott.
His second trip into space was aboard Soyuz TMA-07M in December 2012. He was a member of Expeditions 34 and 35. He conducted his first space walk during this mission.
He has since retired from Roscosmos.
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