Oleg Germanovich Artemyev - the 118th cosmonaut of Russia, 537th - of the world, the hero of Russia. A very versatile, addicted person, one of the most famous astronaut-bloggers.
It was thanks to the activity in social networks and Facebook that Oleg Germanovich Artemyev became famous. His videos made during the watch on the ISS are very popular, they are watched with interest by Internet users in the world. The theme of space and life at the orbital station has become more interesting. For his services to the fatherland, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, the Gold Star medal, is an honorary citizen of the cities of Baikonur and Gagarin. In addition, he was awarded the honorary title of "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation."
Biography and study
He was born on December 28, 1970 in Riga. His father is German Alekseevich, a former military man, now retired lieutenant colonel. Mother was also born in a military family; she came to Riga from the Far East. By education - technologist of sewing knitwear. Oleg Germanovich has a younger sister - Tatyana. Currently, the parents of the astronaut with his sister and her children live in Vitebsk.
He studied in the city of Leninsk (Baikonur). During his studies, he was fond of sports, wrestling, music, he was always persistent, impressed his parents with perseverance and desire to bring everything to the end. However, he was not in conflict, never quarreled with others. Although he studied near the Space Town, he did not dream of being an astronaut, he treated them with indifference, even some irritation, since traditionally children were gathered in order to meet astronauts who returned from orbit, which was very annoying for the children. Of the two circles - space and sea - Oleg chose the last circle. I got carried away by scuba diving.
After school, he entered the Tallinn Polytechnic, which he graduated with honors in 1990. A few years later after the army he entered the MSTU named after N.E. Bauman. In 1998, he defended his diploma in "Technology and Physics of Low Temperatures".
Professional career
After the institute I got a job at RSC Energia named after S.P. Korolev at the rate of the test engineer. He was engaged in experimental work, tested equipment, spacesuits, equipment in zero gravity at the Selen stand, was engaged in maintenance of descent vehicles after they landed, participated in tests under the MARS-500 program and much more. He has several scientific papers, actively participates in international conferences.
In 2003 he was enrolled in the RSC Energia detachment. Before enrolling, Oleg underwent medical examinations, participated in special training, passed numerous exams, and demonstrated excellent knowledge. I also went through several survival courses in difficult conditions. During preparation for the flight he was on long business trips to NASA, actively communicated with colleagues with whom he was to live in space, studied the layout of the US segment of the orbital station. He was an understudy for 37 and 38 space expeditions.
March 26, 2014 began the first flight of Oleg Artemyev into space, it lasted 196 days. The astronaut launched on the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft. It was the 39th expedition to the ISS.
The second flight (the 40th expedition) began on March 21, 2018, and lasted 196 days. Launched from Earth on the Soyuz MS-08 ship.
In total, the astronaut spent 365 days in space. Three times he went into outer space, performed various tasks, including searching for and eliminating air leakage from under the casing of the orbital station. Depressurization made a lot of noise and provoked various unreasonable, according to Oleg Germanovich, rumors. He believes that this situation is regular, it did not in any way threaten the lives of people and considers all the charges outrageous. Space is out of politics.
In addition, Artemyev aboard the ISS was engaged in the planned scientific work, installed new equipment, launched nanosatellites, took spacecraft with microorganisms from the module skin during spacewalks, and much more. In total, he made three spacewalks, spent 20 hours 20 minutes outside the station.
In addition to the daily work at the station, the astronaut led an active social life, led pages on social networks and Facebook, widely consecrated the life of astronauts in space, started a site where he posted photos and videos of interesting moments of life in space: a mini-football tournament, birthday parties. While in space, he took part in the event "Total Dictation", thereby contributing to the increase in the popularity of this innovation. In addition, he, being an active football fan, took a soccer ball with him to the ISS, which cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov later returned to the ground. It was this ball with autographs of the astronauts participating in the expedition that was brought to the football field in Luzhniki.
