Dmitry Petelin

Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Petelin (Russian Cyrillic: Дмитрий Александрович Петелин; born July 10, 1983, in Kustanai, Kazakh SSR, now Kazakhstan) is a Russian cosmonaut who was part of the 2012 selection group.

Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Petelin
Born (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983
Kustanai, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
StatusActive
NationalityRussian
OccupationTest cosmonaut
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Previous occupation
Aeronautical engineer
Time in space
Currently in space
SelectionTsPK-16 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
6 hours, 25 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-22/MS-23 (Expedition 67/68/69)
Mission insignia

He flew to the ISS in September 2022 with Soyuz MS-22 and is expected to return to Earth after a year with Soyuz MS-23, due to MS-22 spacecraft being damaged while in space.

Biography

Petelin graduated from the South Ural State University in 2006 with a degree in aircraft and helicopter engineering. Following graduation, he worked as an engineer for NIK, LLC. On October 26, 2012, he became a cosmonaut and reported to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He completed cosmonaut training and was named a test cosmonaut on July 15, 2014.

He is married and has one daughter.

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