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Novitskiy, Oleg Viktorovich

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Novitskiy
Novitskiy
Novitsky, Oleg Viktorovich
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Russian pilot cosmonaut, 2006-on. Lieutenant Colonel, VVS and PVO 4th Army

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Oleg Viktorovich NovitskIy
Soyuz TMA-M Commander
ISS Flight Engineer 
Test-cosmonaut of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Russian Air Force

PERSONAL DATA: Born October 12, 1971, in Cherven, Minsk Region, Belorussia. Married to Yulia Vladislavovna Novitskaya (nee Andreeva). They have one daughter, Yana, born in 1996.  His mother, Valentina Eduardovna Novitskaya, resides in Cherven, Belorussia.

EDUCATION: Novitskiy graduated from school # 2 in Cherven in 1988 and entered the Borisoglebsk Military Pilot School named after V. Chkalov. In 1994 he graduated from the Kachinskoye Military Pilot School named after A. Myasnikov, where he studied at the department specializing in command tactical aviation. Novitskiy was certified as a pilot-engineer.

In 2006 he graduated from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy specializing in military units/Air Force detachments management.

EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the military school, September to December 1995, Novitskiy served as a pilot of the pilot-instructor fighter aviation regiment of V. Chkalov Training Center.

December 1995 to June 2004 he served as a pilot, senior pilot, flight commander and air squadron deputy commander at the fighter air regiment of the 1st Guard Composite Air Division of the 4th Air Army and the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the North Caucasus Military Command.

After graduation from the Academy in 2006 Novitskiy served as a commander of an attack air squadron.

By the time of selection to the Cosmonaut Corps he has mastered skills of piloting the Л-39 and Су-25 aircraft. He has logged a total of 700 hours of flight time. He is a Class 2 military pilot. Novitskiy is a qualified paratrooper instructor and military diver.

SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING: In February 2007 Novitskiy was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of a Cosmonaut Corps of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

In the timeframe of February 2007 to July 2009 he completed basic spaceflight training and passed state exams with excellent grades.

On August 1, 2009, he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut by the Interdepartmental Qualification Board.

August 2009 to March 2010 he took the ISS advanced training course.

March 2010 to May 2012 he trained as the ISS 31/32 backup crewmember, the Soyuz TMA-M Commander/ISS Flight Engineer.

Since May 2012 he is training as the ISS 33/34 prime crewmember, the Soyuz TMA-M Commander/ISS Flight Engineer.

AWARDS: The Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation medals: “For Participation in Military Operations”, “For Military Virtue”, II degree, “For Distinguished Military Service”, I, II and III degree, “For Service in the Air Force”. Novitskiy has “For Personal Courage” wrist watch award and a title of a Veteran of Military Operations.

HOBBIES: Football, tourism, hunting, fishing, table tennis, reading.

JULY 2012

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1971 October 12

  • Birth of Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Novitskiy. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 2006-on. Lieutenant Colonel, VVS and PVO 4th Army 2 spaceflights, 143.7 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-06M (2012), Soyuz MS-03..

2012 May 15

03:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz TMA-04M - . Call Sign: Altair. Crew: Acaba, Padalka, Revin. Backup Crew: Ford, Kevin, Novitskiy, Tarelkin. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 705. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-04M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 124.99 days. Decay Date: 2012-09-17 . USAF Sat Cat: 38291 . COSPAR: 2012-022A. Apogee: 406 km (252 mi). Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.50 min.

    Docked at the station's Poisk module on 17 May at 04:36 GMT. On 16 September at 23:09 GMT undocked from the station to return the crew to earth. Soyuz TMA-04M flew for 2 hr 47 min in a 403 km x 426 km orbit, then fired its engines for the deorbit burn at 01:56 GMT on 17 September to enter a 13 kmx 425 km reentry orbit. The crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 02:23 GMT.

2012 October 23

10:51 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz TMA-06M - . Call Sign: Kazbek. Crew: Ford, Kevin, Novitskiy, Tarelkin. Backup Crew: Cassidy, Misurkin, Vinogradov. Payload: ISS-32S. Soyuz TMA s/n 707. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-06M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 143.68 days. Decay Date: 2013-03-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 38871 . COSPAR: 2012-058A. Apogee: 422 km (262 mi). Perigee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.80 min. Docked with the Poisk module of the ISS at 12:29 GMT on 25 October. Undocked at 23:43 GMT on 15 March 2013. Retrofire at 02:13 GMT the next day,followed by landing in Kazakhstan at about 03:06 GMT on 16 March..

2016 July 7

01:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz MS-01 - . Call Sign: Irkut. Crew: Ivanishin, Onishi, Rubins. Backup Crew: Novitskiy, Pesquet, Whitson. Return Crew: Ivanishin, Onishi, Rubins. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz MS-01. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz MS. Duration: 115.10 days. Decay Date: 2016-10-30 03:58:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 41639 . COSPAR: 2016-044A. Apogee: 239 km (148 mi). Perigee: 181 km (112 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg.

    Launched on into a 181 x 239 km orbit; docked with the ISS Rassvet module at 0406 UTC Jul 9. The Soyuz MS was a new variant of the ferry ship with upgraded onboard systems. Crew was Anatoliy Ivanishin (Roscosmos), Takuya Onishi (JAXA) and Kate Rubins (NASA). On Oct 30 at 0035 UTC Ivanishin, Onishi and Rubins undocked from Rassvet in Soyuz MS-01; they landed in Kazakhstan at 0358 UTC.

2016 November 17

20:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz MS-03 - . Call Sign: Kazbek. Crew: Novitskiy, Pesquet, Whitson. Backup Crew: Yurchikhin, Fischer, Nespoli. Return Crew: Novitskiy, Pesquet. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz MS-03. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz MS. Decay Date: 2017-06-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 41864 . COSPAR: 2016-070A. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Soyuz MS-03 was launched with the crew of Oleg Novitskiy (Roskosmos), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Peggy Whitson (NASA). The Soyuz docked with the ISS Rassvet module at 2158 UTC Nov 19..