Aleksey Ovchinin

Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin
Nationality Russian
Status Active
Born (1971-09-28) 28 September 1971
Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR
Other occupation
 Cosmonaut
Time in space
 172 days 4 hours 7 minutes
Selection 2006 TsPK-14 Cosmonaut Group
Missions Soyuz TMA-20M (Expedition 47/48), Soyuz MS-10 (Expedition 57/58)
Mission insignia

Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Овчинин, Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ɐfˈt͡ɕinʲɪn][1]) born 28 September 1971 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR is a Russian Air Force Major and cosmonaut, who was selected in 2006.[2] Ovchinin made his first spaceflight in 2016, and was assigned as Commander of Soyuz MS-10 in 2018.

Education

He graduated from high school No. 2 in the city of Rybinsk.

From August 1988 to September 1990 he was a cadet of Borisoglebsk Higher Military Pilot School and, from September 1990 to August 1992, a student of the Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School where he qualified as a pilot-engineer.

Experience

From August 1992 to February 1998 he served as a pilot instructor in the Training Aviation Regiment (TAR) at Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School. From February 1998 to September 2003 he was a pilot instructor, then commander of the aviation section of Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute (MAI) in Kotelnikovo (Volgograd region). From September 2003, until his enrollment as a cosmonaut, he served as a commander of an aviation unit of the 70th Separate Test Training Aviation Regiment of Special Purpose (OITAPON). He has over 1300 hours flying time in Yak-52 and L-39 aircraft. Ovchinin is qualified as a Pilot Instructor Second Class.

By order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2012 he was dismissed from the Armed Forces into reserve.

Cosmonaut career

On October 11, 2006 – at the meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for the selection of cosmonauts – he was recommended as a cosmonaut candidate at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.[3]

From 16 to 22 June 2008 in Sevastopol (Ukraine) he participated in descent vehicle training along with Robert Thirsk (Canada) and Richard Garriott (USA). The training was specifically for landing on water.

On June 9, 2009 he qualified as a "test cosmonaut" and was presented with Cosmonaut Certificate No. 205. On August 1, 2009 he was appointed as a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. In October 2009, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, he participated in training in the Mini Research Module (MRM). In April 26, 2010 he was certified as a cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NII FGBU detachment. In September 2013, he took part in the CAVES (Cooperative Adventure from Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills) mission[4] in the Sa Grutta caves on the island of Sardinia (Italy).[5] During the mission, five astronauts and cosmonauts (Michael Barratt, Jack Fisher, Jeremy Hansen, Paolo Nespoli and Satoshi Furukawa) from different space agencies worked in a multicultural and multi-ethnic team in extreme conditions underground.[6]

He trained as a part of the backup crew for Soyuz TMA-16M, the launch of which took place on 27 March 2015. In the autumn of 2015, Ovchinin and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka tasted 160 culinary dishes, designed for astronauts on board the ISS, over an 8-day period. Food was evaluated on a 9-point scale.

Expedition 47/48

Ovchinin with Expedition 47 crewmate Tim Peake

Ovchinin launched to space on his first flight as the commander of Soyuz TMA-20M which launched on March 18, 2016 21:26 UTC, to join the ISS as part of Expedition 47/48.[7] He returned to Earth with his crew mates on September 7, 2016 after 172 days on orbit.

Expedition 57 (aborted)

On October 11, 2018, Ovchinin and Nick Hague boarded Soyuz MS-10 on the way to the International Space Station to join Expedition 57, but the launch was aborted mid-flight due to a booster failure; the crew landed safely after a ballistic descent, minutes from launch.[8][9] During the MS-10 flight, the Soyuz spacecraft aborted at an altitude of around 50 kilometres (31 miles), roughly halfway to the Kármán line on a suborbital trajectory.[10] Estimates for the apogee of the flight vary but sources agree that the flight did not exceed the Kármán line.[11][12]

Family life

He has a wife, Svetlana, and a daughter, Yana (born 2007). His hobbies include hunting, fishing and music.

References

  1. ↑ Team, Forvo. "Овчинин pronunciation: How to pronounce Овчинин in Russian". Forvo.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. ↑ "OVCHININ Alexey Nikolaevich". S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "squad CPC VVS.14 second set". testpilot.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "What is CAVES?". ESA. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Again astronauts descended into the cave". infuture.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Meet the cavenauts". ESA. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Dent, Steve (11 October 2018). "Soyuz astronauts safe after failure forced an emergency landing". Engadget. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Family, world watches as rocket carrying Kansas astronaut fails". The Wichita Eagle. October 11, 2018. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Soyuz MS-10 abort: What happened and how will it affect the International Space Station?". SpaceFlight Insider. 12 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Soyuz MS-10". Spacefacts.
  12. ↑ "Jonathan's space report (draft)". Jonathan's Space Report.
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