Loktionov Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Male, Married, Two. Born in Balashikha, Russia. MAI, 1978

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Space Tourist Group - 2000. Inactive Entered space service: 19 October 2000.

Loktionov worked at RKK Energia as an engineer, including working in Salyut and Mir mission control support groups until 1988. He then took a position as a lead engineer at NPO Kriogenmash. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he turned to politics, becoming a member of the Moscow Region Council. Like Baturin before him, he was able to obtain cosmonaut training through political connections.

9 October 2000 - Space Tourist Cosmonaut Training Group selected..