Salizhan Sharipov
Salizhan Sharipov is an astronaut from Kyrgyzstan affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 2 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two spacewalks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.
- Date of Birth: 08/24/1964
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 01/23/1998
- Last Flight: 10/14/2004
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
Expedition 10 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 01/16/2005 07:43 UTC and ended at 01/16/2005 13:11 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 5 hours and 28 minutes.
Expedition 10 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 03/28/2005 06:25 UTC and ended at 03/28/2005 11:31 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 5 hours and 6 minutes.
