Andrey Borisenko
Russian cosmonaut
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko (Russian: Андрей Иванович Борисенко; born 17 April 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station.
Borisenko served as a flight engineer on board Soyuz TMA-21 for Expedition 27, the 27th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He also served as the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 28. He launched for the second time in October 2016 onboard Soyuz MS-02 as a flight engineer of Expedition 49 and Expedition 50. He returned to Earth in April 2017.
Personal life
Borisenko is married to Natalya Aleksandrovna Borisenko. They have two children. His parents, Ivan Andreevich and Natalya Mikhailovna Borisenko, live in St Petersburg.
In 2018, in an exhibition on space at the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye organised by the Russian Section, he lent his suit for display.
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