An updated list of the Cosmonaut Group was posted by Anik at NASASpaceflight.com, reproduced below:
| Cosmonauts of GCTC Detachment | |
|---|---|
| Baturin, Yurii Mikhailovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Ivanishin, Anatolii Alekseievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kondrat’ev, Dmitrii Yur’evich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kotov, Oleg Valeriovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester, 1 spaceflight |
| Lonchakov, Yurii Valentinovich | Commander of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Malenchenko, Yurii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 3 spaceflights |
| Padalka, Gennadii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Romanenko, Roman Yur’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Samokutyaev, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Shkaplerov, Anton Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skvortsov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sura’ev, Maksim Viktorovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tarelkin, Evgenii Igorevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tokarev, Valerii Ivanovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Val’kov, Konstantin Anatolievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Volkov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Cosmonauts of RSC Energiya Detachment | |
| Artem’ev, Oleg Germanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Borisenko, Andrei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kaleri, Aleksandr Yur’evich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 4 spaceflights |
| Kononenko, Oleg Dmitrievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kornienko, Mikhail Borisovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kozeev, Konstantin Mirovich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 6 spaceflights |
| Lazutkin, Aleksandr Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Revin, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Serov, Mark Vyacheslavovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skripochka, Oleg Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tyurin, Mikhail Vladislavovich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Vinogradov, Pavel Vladimirovich | Commander of RSC Energiya Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Yurchikhin, Fyodor Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Cosmonauts of IMBP Detachment | |
| Morukov, Boris Vladimirovich | Commander of IMBP Detachment, Cosmonaut-Researcher of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Ryazanskii, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Researcher |
| Cosmonauts not included in Detachments | |
| Moshchenko, Sergei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Zhukov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Shargin, Yurii Georg’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Russian cosmonaut candidates | |
| Misurkin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Novitskii, Oleg Viktorovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ovchinin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ponomarev, Maksim Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ryzhikov, Sergei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Serova, Elena Olegovna | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energiya Detachment |
| Tikhonov, Nikolai Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energiya Detachment |
Groups of preparation in GCTC
| Group | Prime | Backup |
|---|---|---|
| MKS-16 (ISS Expedition 16) | Whitson | Fincke |
| Malenchenko | Sharipov | |
| Tani | Magnus | |
| Eyharts | De Winne | |
| Reisman | Kopra | |
| MKS-17 (ISS Expedition 17) | Volkov | Padalka |
| Kononenko | Sura’ev | |
| Magnus | Stott | |
| MKS-18 (ISS Expedition 18) | Fincke | Lonchakov |
| Sharipov | Barratt | |
| Wakata | Noguchi | |
| Chamitoff | Creamer |
| MKS-gr1 (ISS Group 1) | Baturin, Kaleri, Tokarev |
| MKS-gr2 (ISS Group 2) | Kondrat’ev, Skvortsov, Valkov |
| MKS-gr3 (ISS Group 3) | Moshchenko, Revin, Skripochka, Shargin |
| MKS-gr4 (ISS Group 4) | Ivanishin, Samokutyaev, Tarelkin |
| MKS-gr5 (ISS Group 5) | Aimbetov, Artem’ev, Aymakhanov, Borisenko, Serov |
| EP-13 (Visiting Crew 13) | Prime/Backup: Shukor/Bin Khaleed |
| OKP (General Space Preparation) | Novitskii, Misurkin, Ovchinin, Ponomarev, Ryzhikov, Serova, Tikhonov |
| Yuzhnaya Koreya (South Korea) | Ko San, Yi So-yeon |
Cosmonauts not included in Groups of preparation in GCTC
- Yurchikhin and Kotov are performing spaceflight aboard ISS as the Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer-1 accordingly
- Tyurin is on post-flight rehabilitation at GCTC
- Shkaplerov is GCTC representative at JSC (replacing Dmitrii Kondrat’ev, who was there twice more than previous representatives)
- Kozeev, Krikalyov, Lazutkin and Vinogradov are working in RSC Energia
- Morukov and Ryazanskii are working in IMBP
- Zhukov is working in Roskosmos
There was some confused reports that Anatolii Perminov said that NASA had rejected a proposal to co-operate in exploring the Moon, but as reported by New Scientist Space, NASA has denied this. In any case, the relevant thread at NASASpaceflight.com brought out the usual “Paranoid Patriots”.
I am debating whether to transfer this blog to an account at Wordpress.com; still can’t decide! The one thing I dislike about the free WP account is that the style sheet can’t be altered as it can with Blogger. The link to my blog isn’t showing up on my Blogger profile for some reason.
