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On August 27, Sergei Krikalev was bron in Leningrad (San Petersburgo).
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Sergei Krikalev was graduated from High school in Leningrad -
He received a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the Leningrad Mechanicak Institute.
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He joined NPO Energia, a russian organization responsible for crewed space flight activities. -
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut. -
He completed the basic training as a cosmonaut.
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He began traing for his first long-duration flight aboard the Mir space station.
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Krikalev participated in his first long duration expedition to at the Soyuz TM-7 as a flight engineer. -
Krikalev returned from the Soyuz TM-7 mission.
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Krikalev returned to Earth after a veriety of experiments and same station maintenace tasks.
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Like the previous mission, He participated in a long expedition at the Mir Station Soyuz TM-12 as a flight engineer. -
Krikalev had decided to stay in the next mission as a flight ingineer, so he participated in the Soyuz TM-13 as replacement. -
The Soviet Union was disolved one year later after Russia's independence, because of some economic and political problems. -
Krikalev returned from the Mir mission after another EVA-this are extravehicular activities done by an astronaut outside the spacecraft- and 311 days in the space due to the disolution of the URSS, which denied him to being able to land in his country(URSS). Thanks to this, Sergei Krikalev was named as the last soviet citizen with a Title of longest-serving man in space. -
Krikalev was appointed Vice President of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.