Mikhail Kornienko Status: Retired 4/15/1960 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut. Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station during Expedition 23/24 and was selected along with Scott Kelly for a year-long mission aboard the ISS.