Happy birthday, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy!

Oleg Novitskiy, born October 12, 1971 in Belarus, has been in space twice.

 His first trip into space was as commander of Soyuz TMA-06M in October 2012 to the International Space Station.  He remained on board for Expeditions 33 and 34.  He returned to Earth in March 2013.

His second trip was aboard Soyuz MS-03 as commander in November 2016 to the ISS.  He was part of the crews of Expeditions 50 and 51, returning to Earth in June 2017.

He has spent over 340 days in space.

Happy birthday, cosmonaut Pyotr Klimuk!

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk, born July 10, 1942, is a veteran of three Soyuz space flights and the first Belarusian travel in space.

His first flight was aboard Soyuz 13 as commander in December 1973.  It was the Soviet Union's first mission dedicated to science mission.

His second flight was as Commander on Soyuz 18 to the space station Salyut 4 May-June 1975.  The environmental conditions on Salyut 4 began to deteriorate and Klimuk was only able to take a 10-minute walk two days after he landed.  It took him a full week before he completely recovered.

Klimuk's third and final fight was commander of Soyuz 30 June-July 1978 to Salyut 6.