Aleksey Ovchinin
Russian cosmonaut
Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Овчинин; born 28 September 1971) is a Russian cosmonaut and holds the rank of Podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) in the Russian Air Force Reserve. He was selected as a cosmonaut in 2006 and made his first spaceflight in 2016 on Soyuz TMA-20M, where he also served as commander.
Early life
He graduated from high school No. 2 in the city of Rybinsk.
From August 1988 to September 1990 he was a cadet of Borisoglebsk Higher Military Pilot School and, from September 1990 to August 1992, a student of the Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School where he qualified as a pilot-engineer.
From August 1992 to February 1998 he served as a pilot instructor in the Training Aviation Regiment (TAR) at Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School. From February 1998 to September 2003 he was a pilot instructor, then commander of the aviation section of Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute (MAI) in Kotelnikovo (Volgograd region). From September 2003, until his enrollment as a cosmonaut, he served as a commander of an aviation unit of the 70th Separate Test Training Aviation Regiment of Special Purpose (OITAPON). He has over 1300 hours flying time in Yak-52 and L-39 aircraft. Ovchinin is qualified as a Pilot Instructor Second Class.
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