Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich

Born on August 24, 1964 in the city of Uzgen, Osh Region, Kyrgyz SSR . Ethnic Uzbek ^{[1] [2]} .

In 1981, he graduated from high school there and went to enter the Orenburg Aviation School , but having found out that the school was preparing bomber pilots , and not fighter pilots , he refused to enter.

In 1982, he was called up for military service in the Soviet Army , he served in the technical unit of the aviation regiment in the Primorsky Territory . From the troops he entered the Kharkov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union S.I. Gritsevets . After graduating in 1987, he served as an instructor pilot in the 716th Air Force Regiment of the Central Asian Military District . It has a total flight time of various types of aircraft for about 950 hours.

In 1990, he was selected to the detachment of Soviet cosmonauts (1990 Air Force Group No. 10) of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Yu.A. Gagarin . He completed a full training course for flights on spacecraft of the Soyuz TM series and the Mir orbital station as a ship commander. In 1994, he graduated from the Aerospaceecology faculty of the State Academy of Oil and Gas with a degree in conjugate processing of aerospace materials.

In the summer of 1997, he arrived in the United States to prepare for the flight aboard the American space shuttle Shuttle system. From January 22 ^[3] to January 31, 1998 he made a space flight as a specialist in the flight of the Endeavor spacecraft under the STS-89 program lasting 8 days 19 hours 46 minutes 54 seconds. During the flight, docking was made with the Russian Mir orbital complex .

The second space flight was performed as the commander of the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft and as the flight engineer of the 10th main expedition on the International Space Station from October 14, 2004 to April 25, 2005 . During the flight, made 2 EVAs .

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Talking about his impressions received during two space flights , Salizhan Sharipov noted:

“ Our planet is beautiful, it is incredibly beautiful. If all people saw our Earth from outer space , it seems to me that we would never have wars ... There are no borders from there, but a thin layer of the atmosphere that protects life on Earth is clearly visible. And it is very clearly visible how poorly people relate to nature, even oil spots can be distinguished. The Earth - it is so small, fragile, beautiful, we must protect and protect it ” ^[5] .

From October 2005 to May 2006 he was a representative of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Yu. A. Gagarin at the Johnson Space Center in Houston , USA . Later he was trained at the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin , and since November 2006, he was the deputy commander of the cosmonaut corps of the Center . He was the commander of the backup crews of the Soyuz TM-29 and Soyuz TM-30 ships. In July 2008, dismissed from the post of deputy commander of the cosmonaut team , removed from the cosmonaut team and appointed head of the department in the First Directorate of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Yu.A. Gagarin .

In 2012, he became the hero of the documentary film “Muslims that Russia is proud of.” The second film. The finest hour of Salizhan Sharipov. (film, 2012) ^{[6] [7] [8]} .

He was awarded the highest government awards of the Russian Federation , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan and Tajikistan for the successful implementation of space flights .

Married. Has a son and daughter. He is fond of football , loves reading. Since 2016, he has been an official of Bayball, a company specializing in financial assistance and in improving financial literacy among visitors from Central Asia .

• 3rd Class Military Pilot (05.05. 1989 )
• 3rd Class Military Pilot Instructor (08.28.1989)
• Cosmonaut of the 3rd class (05/19/1999)

• Lieutenant (10.30.1987).
• Senior lieutenant (10.30.1989).
• Captain (11/05/1991).
• Major (11/10/1994).
• Lieutenant Colonel (11/27/1997).
• Colonel (2000).

• Hero of the Russian Federation ( Decree of September 13, 2005 ).
• Medal "For Merits in Space Exploration" ( April 12, 2011 ) - for great merits in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of conscientious work, active social activity ^[9]
• Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation ( Decree of April 10, 1998 No. 372)
• Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic with the presentation of the Order of Ak Shumkar ( Decree of February 3, 1998 ).
• Order “Buyuk Khizmatlari Uchun” ( Uzbekistan , April 29, 1999 ) ^[10] .
• Order of Amir Temur ( Uzbekistan ).
• 2 medals “For Space Flight” ( NASA , awarded in 1998 , 2005 ).
• Outstanding Public Service Medal NASA , 2005
• Medal “Russian-Kyrgyz friendship” ( Kyrgyzstan , 2011 ).

Father - Sharipov Shakirzhan, born 1929 , pensioner, mother - Sharipova (Tashmatova) Turgunai, born 1936 , pensioner, Sister - Sharipova Matlyuba Shakirovna, born 1955 , doctor , deputy akim of Uzgen district . Brother - Sharipov Kadyrzhan Shakirovich, born 1957 , cook , Brother - Sharipov Kabilzhan Shakirovich, born 1959 Brother - Sharipov Sadykzhan Shakirovich, born in 1970 Brother - Sharipov Sobitzhan Shakirovich, born in 1972 , civil engineer . Sister - Sharipova Zulfiya Shakirovna, born in 1974 , pharmacist . Wife - Sharipova (Satkulova) Nasiba Mavlyanovna, born 1964 , economist . Daughter - Sharipova Nigara Salizhanovna, b. 1988 Son - Sharipov Dzhahangir Salizhanovich, born in 1992

• School No. 22 of the city ​​of Osh and several schools and streets in the Osh region are named after S. Sharipov.
• Honorary Citizen of Osh ( 2005 ).
• Honorary Professor of Osh State University ( 2005 ).

• Orbital station "Mir"
• International Space Station (ISS)

• I. A. Marinin, S. Kh. Shamsutdinov, A. V. Glushko (compilers). Soviet and Russian astronauts. 1960-2000 / Edited by Yu. M. Baturin . - M .: LLC Information and Publishing House "Cosmonautics News", 2001. - ISBN 5-93345-003-0 .
• At hand. Zhuraeva B. Zh. “In the name of prosperity of Kyrgyzstan” Encyclopedic publication on outstanding Uzbeks of Kyrgyzstan , 336 pages, “Rizvan” city ​​of Osh , 2017 .

• Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Salizhan Sharipov: “In Iran there are places where the relief is similar to the Martian one”
• Biography on Peoples.Ru
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• Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov was born
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• Salizhan Sharipov - student years. Photo: 1983
• Earth in the porthole. Meeting with the Uzbek cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov
• Salizhan Sharipov: “Do everything to achieve the goal!”
• We were friends with the stars distant