A Kemerovo cosmonaut has joined an international expedition to the ISS.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin became a member of an international crew under the cross-flight program. He went to the International Space Station together with American astronauts. Matthew Dominic, Michael Barratt и Jeanette Epps. 

Tomorrow, the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft capsule will dock with the ISS. 

Alexander Grebenkin 41 years old, he was born in Kemerovo MyskiHe graduated from a local school and the Irkutsk Military Aviation Engineering Institute. In 2017, Grebenkin applied to participate in the cosmonaut selection process, and in 2021, he was appointed a test cosmonaut at Roscosmos. In 2022, it was announced that Alexander entered the program to fly to Mars (but when he will fly there is still unknown).

Grebenkin's mission to the ISS was initially planned for the spring of 2024 on a Russian spacecraft. The crew was expected to be entirely Russian. However, the joint plans of Roscosmos and NASA subsequently changed.

Alexander Grebenkin He became the 24th Russian cosmonaut to fly on an American spacecraft. This is his fourth flight on the Crew Dragon.

In March 2023, NeMoskva wrote that the Novosibirsk cosmonaut Anna Kikina She returned to Earth on the American spacecraft Crew Dragon. As part of an international expedition, she spent 157 days on the ISS.

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