Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukraine, is a veteran of three space flights to the International Space Station. He has served as an instructor and pilot for the Russian Air Force.
His first flight was as commander of Soyuz TMA-22, which launched in November 2011 and returned to Earth in April 2012. He served as flight engineer for Expeditions 29 and 30. He made on EVA during the mission with fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, which lasted 6 hours, 15 minutes.
His second flight was as commander of Soyuz TMA-15M, launched in November 2014 and returned to Earth June 2015 after 199 days in space. Shkaplerov's total time in space was up to 365 days. He was part of Expeditions 42 and 43.
His third flight was as commander of Soyuz MS-07, launched in December 2017 and returned to Earth in June 2018 after 166 days. He participated in Expeditions 54 and 55. He performed another EVA with fellow cosmonaut and Expedition 54 commander Alexander Misurkin, which lasted 8 hours, 13 minutes, the longest Russian spacewalk ever.
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