Roscosmos has confirmed NASA's information about the flight of Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the ISS on the Crew Dragon spacecraft in February 2025. It will take place thanks to an agreement on cross-flights between the two space structures of Russia and the United States.
Along with Peskov, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nicole Ayers, and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi will travel to the ISS.
Kirill Peskov is 34 years old, he is a native of Kyzyl, Tuva. Before joining the cosmonaut corps, he worked for several years as a co-pilot on Boeing 757 and Boeing 767, having flown more than 3,000 hours.
In August 2018, by the decision of the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission, Peskov was recommended for enrollment in the position of candidate test cosmonaut of the cosmonaut corps, in December 2020 he received the qualification of "test cosmonaut". Since January 2021, he has been appointed to the position of test cosmonaut of the Roscosmos detachment. Peskov has not yet completed a single space flight.
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