Sergei Zalyotin
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Sergei Zalyotin
Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin (Russian: Сергей Викторович Залётин; born 21 April 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of a two space missions.
Zalyotin was born in Tula and attended the Borisoglebsk Higher Military School before becoming a fighter pilot in the Russian Air Force. He also holds a degree in ecological management. Zalyotin was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1990. In 2000, Zalyotin was a member of the final resident crew aboard the Mir space station. He briefly visited the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-1 in 2002.
External links
- NASA Biography (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/zaletin.html)