Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov | |
Type: | RKA Cosmonaut |
Status: | Retired |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1971 |
Birth Place: | Kamensk-Uralsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Rank: | Colonel |
Selection: | 1997 TsPK Cosmonaut Group |
Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov (ru|Константин Анатольевич Вальков; born November 11, 1971) is a Russian former Cosmonaut. He was selected as part of the TsPK-12 Cosmonaut group in 1997.[1] [2]
Valkov was born in Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR on November 11, 1971. In 1994, he graduated from Barnaul Higher Military Air School of Pilots and subsequently became a Colonel in the Russian Air Force.[1]
Valkov was selected as part of the TsPK-12 group of cosmonauts to train at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 1997. He then completed basic training in 1999.[1] He retired without flying in space in 2012.[1]