Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov | |
Type: | Roscosmos cosmonaut |
Nationality: | Russian |
Status: | Active |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1984 |
Birth Place: | Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR |
Occupation: | Test cosmonaut |
Current Occupation: | Engineer |
Space Time: | 194 days as of 7 August, 2023 |
Selection: | TsPK-16 Cosmonaut Group |
Missions: | Soyuz MS-21 (Expedition 66/67) |
Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov (Russian Cyrillic: Сергей Владимирович Корсаков; born 1 September 1984 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. He was scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2021 as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz MS-18 ahead of a stay aboard the International Space Station; but was replaced on the crew by Mark Vande Hei in March of that year.[1] [2] He was then assigned to Soyuz MS-21, which launched successfully March 18, 2022.
Korsakov graduated with high honors from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006 with a degree in rocketry. After his selection as a cosmonaut in 2012, he was appointed as a test cosmonaut in 2014.