About
Served as a flight engineer on Expedition 23 to the International Space Station, and became Commander at the start of Expedition 24.
Before fame
He was a Russian Air Force pilot.
Trivia
He spent 176 days on his mission to the ISS.
Family life
He married Elena Krasnikova and had a daughter in 1990.
Associated with
He has been to space, like Neil Armstrong.
