Nikolai Budarin, born April 29, 1953 in Russia, is a veteran of three trips to space.
His first trip into space was aboard Atlantis (STS-71) as mission specialist in June 1995 to the space station Mir. He remained on board for over 75 days and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-21 in September 1995. He was part of expedition Mir EO-19.
His second trip into space was aboard Soyuz TM-27 in January 1998 to Mir. He participated in expedition Mir EO-25 and returned to Earth in August 1998.
His third and final trip into space was aboard Endeavour (STS-113) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in November 2002. He took part in Expedition 6 and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-1 in May 2003.
During his career he has performed eight EVAs for a total of 44 hours.
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