Cosmonautics. Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov (2020)

Before enrolling in the cosmonaut squad, Sergey Ryzhikov was a pilot, mastered several types of aircraft.

On October 11, 2006, Sergey Nikolaevich was enlisted in the cosmonaut squad to undergo general space training.

Having successfully passed the exams, he qualified as a test cosmonaut and continued his training at the CPC. He went into space for the first time on October 19, 2016 as commander of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft and flight engineer of ISS-49/50. The duration of the flight was 173 days.

On November 13, 2018, for the courage and heroism shown during the space flight, Sergey Ryzhikov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia with the award of the Gold Star medal.

Sergey Ryzhikov went on his second space flight on October 14, 2020 on the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.

For the first time, a manned spacecraft flew an ultrashort circuit and docked to the ISS in 3 hours and 3 minutes.

The plot includes fragments of chronicles from different years:

The award ceremony.

Testing of the descent vehicle's landing gear.

Cosmonauts training in the CPC.

Survival training in the winter forest.

Preflight conference.

The priest's blessing.

The launch of the spacecraft.

Congratulations from the ISS-50 crew on the upcoming 2017 (Oleg Novitsky, Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov).

Interview: Sergey Ryzhikov, Boris Egorov, son of cosmonaut Ivan Ryzhikov.