Nikolai Chub, born June 10, 1984 in the former USSR, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-24 as flight engineer to the International Space Station in September 2023. He participated in Expeditions 69-71 and conducted two EVAs, for a total of twelve hours, seventeen minutes.
He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-25 in September 2024 after almost 374 days in space.
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, born May 24, 1990 in the previous Soviet Union, went into space aboard SpaceX Crew-9 to the International Space Station, as mission specialist in September 2024. He participated in Expedition 72 and planned to spend a month in space, but due to the problems with the spacecraft, his stay was extended.
He spent 171 days in space, returning to Earth in March 2025.
Denis Matveev, born April 25, 1983 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-21, launched in March 2022 to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 66-67, during which he conducted four EVAs for a total of twenty-six hours.
He spent almost 195 days in space. Matveev retired after this mission.
Anatoli Berezovoy, born April 11, 1942 in Moscow, Russia, made one record-setting trip into space. He trained as a fighter pilot and reached the rank of colonel in the Soviet Air Force.
He launched in Soyuz T-5 as commander to Salyut 7 in May 1982. It was the first mission to the new Salyut space station.
He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz T-7 in December 1982, after 211 days in space, setting a record at the time for longest stay in space with fellow cosmonaut, Valentin Lebedev.
Alexander Grebenkin, born July 15, 1982 in the former Soviet Union, is currently aboard the International Space Station. He arrived on SpaceX Crew-8, launched on March 4, 2024. He completed Expedition 70 with his fellow SpaceX crew members and is currently involved in Expedition 71. He is scheduled to return to Earth in August 2024.
Dmitry Petelin, born July 10, 1983 in the former Soviet Union, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-22 to the International Space Station in September 2022. He participated in Expeditions 67-69, and spent over a year in space. Soyuz MS-22 was damaged when it docked with the ISS. It was finally determined that the spacecraft could not return with a crew.
Soyuz MS-23 launched without a crew in February 2023 and Soyuz MS-22 returned to Earth unmanned in March 2023. Petelin and the rest of the Soyuz MS-22 crew returned to Earth in Soyuz MS-23 in September 2023. A six-month assignment was stretched to over a year.
Gennadi Manakov, born June 1, 1950 in the former Soviet Union, went into space twice.
His first mission was aboard Soyuz TM-10 as commander to the space station Mir. He spent almost 131 days in space, from August to December 1990 before returning to Earth.
His second and final flight was aboard Soyuz TM-16 as commander to Mir. He spent 179 days in space, from January-July 1993, before returning to Earth.
Sergey Prokopyev, born February 19, 1975 in the former Soviet Union, has been in space twice, spending over 567 days in space.
His first mission was aboard Soyuz MS-09 as commander to the International Space Station in June 2018. He remained on board, participating in Expeditions 56 and 57, before returning to Earth in December 2018.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz MS-22 as commander in September 2022 to the ISS. He participated in Expeditions 67-69, spending a year in space, before returning to Earth in September 2023 aboard Soyuz MS-23.
Aleksandr Poleshchuk, born October 30, 1953 in the former Soviet Union, went into space aboard Soyuz TM-16, launched in January 1993 to the space station Mir. He was flight engineer and spent over 179 days in space with fellow cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov. He returned to Earth in July 1993.
Yulia Peresild, born September 5, 1984 in the former Soviet Union, is an actress and astronaut. She went into space aboard Soyuz MS-19, launched October 5, 2021 to the International Space Station. She traveled with her producer/director Klim Shipenko. They stayed aboard the ISS for over 11 days, filming scenes for the Russian movie The Challenge. She had to train to be a cosmonaut in order to do the movie.
She returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-18 October 17, 2021.
Sergey Korsakov, born September 1, 1984 in the former Soviet Union, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-21 as a flight engineer to the International Space Station in March 2022. He participated in Expeditions 66 and 67 while on board. He returned to Earth in September after spending almost 195 days in space.
Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, born August 23, 1983 in Russia, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-17 as flight engineer to the International Space Station in October 2020. He participated in Expeditions 63 and 64, spending over 184 days in space. He returned to Earth in April 2021.
He is scheduled to return to space on Soyuz MS-28, but no date has been set yet.
Pyotr Dubrov, born January 30, 1978 in Russia, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-18 in April 2021 to the International Space Station. He participated in a long duration missions from Expeditions 64-66. He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-19 in March 2022 with fellow astronaut Mark Vande Hei. He spent over 355 days in space.
Alexander Misurkin, born September 23, 1977 in Russia, has been in space three times. He is a major in the Russian Air Force.
His first trip into space was aboard Soyuz TMA-08M as flight engineer in March 2013, to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 35 and 36, returning to Earth in September, after more than 166 days in space.
His second trip was aboard Soyuz MS-06 as commander in September 2017, to the ISS. He participated in Expeditions 53 and 54, returning to Earth in February 2018, after over 168 days in space.
His third trip was aboard Soyuz MS-20 as commander in December 2021 to the ISS. This time he hosted two space tourists from Japan and only stayed in space just under 12 days.
Misurkin has performed 4 EVAs for a total time of 28 hours and 14 minutes, including setting the record for the longest Russian EVA - 8 hours, 13 minutes.
Georgi Grechko, born May 25, 1931 in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, has been in space three times.
His first mission was aboard Soyuz 17 in 1975 to the space station Salyut 4. He stayed on Salyut 4 for 29 days, setting a record for that time.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz 26 to the space station Salyut 6 in December 1977. He participated in the first long duration expedition, EO-1. He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 27 in March 1978.
His third and final flight was aboard Soyuz T-14 to Salyut 7 in September 1985. He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz T-13 later the same month.
Maksim Surayev, born May 24, 1972 in the former USSR, is a veteran of two space missions.
His first flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-16 to the International Space Station, launched in September 2009. He participated in Expeditions 21 and 22.
His second and final flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-13M to the International Space Station in May 2014. He participated in Expeditions 40 and 41. He returned to Earth in November 2014.
Surayev conducted two EVAs. The first on January 14, 2010 with fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. The second with Aleksandr Samokutyaev in October 22, 2014. The total time he has spent on EVAs is 9 hours, 22 minutes.
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri, born May 13, 1956 in present-day Latvia, ranks fourth in time spent in space.
His first flight was as Flight Engineer on Soyuz TM-14 to the Mir space station in March 1992. He spent over 145 days in space as part of Mir EO-11.
His second flight was as Flight Engineer on Soyuz TM-24 to Mir in August 1996. He spent over 196 days in space as part of Mir EO-22.
His third flight was aboard Soyuz TM-30 as Flight Engineer to Mir in April 2000. He spent over 72 days in space as part of Mir EO-28.
His fourth flight was as Commander of Soyuz TMA-3 to the International Space Station in October 2003. He participated in Expedition 8 and spent over 194 days in space.
His fifth and final flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-01M as commander to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 25-26, spending over 159 days in space.
In total, he has spent more than 769 days in space, which is over 2 years!
Aleksandr Laveykin, born April 21, 1951 in Moscow, Russia, went into space aboard Soyuz TM-2 to Mir in February 1987. He was part of expedition Mir EO-2 and spent 174 days in space. He returned to Earth in July 1987.
Aleksei Gubarev, born March 29, 1931 in the former Soviet Union, went into space twice.
His first trip was aboard Soyuz 17 as commander to the Salyut 4 space station, launched in January 1975. It was the first of two long-term stays aboard the station. He returned to Earth in February 1975 after over 29 days.
His second and final flight was aboard Soyuz 28 to Salyut 6 in March 1978, where he participated in expedition EP-2. He returned to Earth after almost 8 days in space.
Aleksandr Samokutyayev, born March 13, 1970 in Penza, Russia, has been into space twice.
His first flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-21 as commander to the International Space Station in April 2011. He participated in Expeditions 27 and 28. During Expedition 28, he conducted an EVA with fellow cosmonaut Sergey Volkov for 6 hours 23 minutes. He returned to Earth in September 2011.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-14M as commander to the International Space Station in September 2014. He participated in Expeditions 41 and 42, during which he conducted a second EVA with fellow cosmonaut Maksim Surayev. He returned to Earth in March 2015.
