Oleg Novitskiy
- Status: Active
- In Space: No
- Date of Birth: 10/12/1971
- First Flight: 10/23/2012
- Last Flight: 03/23/2024
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Oleg Novitskiy, a Russian astronaut affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 4 space flights and engaging in 3 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.
Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy, lieutenant colonel in the Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut.
Novitskiy was selected as a cosmonaut in 2006.Between February 2007 to July 2009 he completed basic spaceflight training and passed state exams with excellent grades. On August 1, 2009, he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut by the Interdepartmental Qualification Board, and between August 2009 to March 2010 he took the ISS advanced training course.