Pavel Vinogradov

Experience

From 1977 to 1983, Pavel Vinogradov specialized in software development for automated interactive designing systems of recoverable vehicles, development of aerodynamics and aerodyne arrangement design models, and computer graphics. In 1983 he started working for the Head Design Bureau of RSC Energia, where he worked on flight procedure verification for Soyuz-TM and Buran spacecraft and development of automated crew training systems. He also participated in launch preparation of the Soyuz-TM, Buran spacecraft, and Energia rocket.

Spaceflight experience

Vinogradov was selected for the cosmonaut program on 3 March 1992. From October 1992 to February 1994, he completed generic space training at GCTC, and from May 1994 to February 1995, he completed advanced test-cosmonaut training. He was the backup flight engineer for Soyuz TM-22, launched 3 September 1995, and was assigned to Soyuz TM-24, but the entire crew was grounded when commander Gennadi Manakov experienced heart problems. Vinogradov flew as flight engineer on Soyuz TM-26 on 5 August 1997 with cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev to the Mir space station.

Soyuz TM-26

After two days of autonomous flight, the Soyuz docked with Mir on 7 August. The crew repaired the power cable and harness/connectors in the severely damaged Spektr module, restoring much of the lost power, and repaired and replaced the oxygen generators. Vinogradov, Solovyev, and ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts returned to Earth on 19 February 1998, landing 30 km from Arkalyk at 09:10 UTC, after 197 days, 17 hours, and 34 minutes in space. In January 2004, Vinogradov began training as the ISS Expedition 13 crew commander.

Expedition 13

The mission launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 29 March 2006 with NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams. After two days of solo flight, Soyuz TMA-8 docked with the ISS on 31 March 2006. During their mission, Vinogradov and Williams hosted two NASA shuttle crews: STS-121 visited between 6–15 July 2006, testing new safety and repair techniques and delivering supplies, equipment, and ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter; STS-115 brought the P3/P4 truss and its solar wings from September 9 to 21.

The Soyuz capsule undocked from the ISS at 5:53 p.m. EDT on 28 September 2006 and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan near Arkalyk at 9:13 p.m. EDT, with Vinogradov, Williams, and Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari, after 182 days, 23 hours, and 44 minutes in space. He flew with ISS Expeditions 35 and 36 from March to September 2013, and assumed command of the International Space Station on 12 May 2013.

Spacewalks

Vinogradov has conducted seven spacewalks during his cosmonaut career. Five of these spacewalks were in 1997 and 1998 during his stay on board the Mir space station. His total EVA time through seven spacewalks is 38 hours and 25 minutes. On 22 August 1997, he completed his first career spacewalk with Anatoly Solovyov, beginning at 11:14 UTC, during which they connected power cables, inspected damage on the Spektr module, and retrieved equipment, lasting 3 hours and 16 minutes.

On 20 October 1997, he conducted his second career spacewalk inside the Spektr module with Solovyov, beginning at 09:40 UTC and ending at 16:18 UTC, lasting 6 hours and 38 minutes. On 3 November 1997, he completed his third career spacewalk with Solovyov, dismantling solar panels and deploying Sputnik 40, beginning at 03:32 UTC and ending at 09:36 UTC, lasting 6 hours and 4 minutes. On 6 November 1997, he completed his fourth career spacewalk with Solovyov, installing solar panels, beginning at 00:12 UTC and ending at 06:24 UTC, lasting 6 hours and 12 minutes.

On 8 January 1998, he completed his fifth career spacewalk with Solovyov, retrieving equipment and repairing a leaking EVA hatch, beginning at 23:08 UTC and ending at 02:14 UTC, lasting 3 hours and 6 minutes. On 2 June 2006, he performed his sixth career spacewalk with NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, spending six hours and 31 minutes making repairs and collecting experiments along the space station's exterior. They began at 22:48 GMT, stepping outside the Pirs docking compartment airlock.

Vinogradov replaced a clogged vent nozzle used to dump excess hydrogen overboard by the Elektron oxygen generator, and replaced a broken video camera on the Mobile Base System. During the spacewalk, Vinogradov watched a foot restraint adapter drift off into space. The spacewalk ended at 1:19 a.m.

EDT when they re-entered the airlock. A plan for Vinogradov to hit a golf ball into space during the spacewalk was canceled. On 19 April 2013, Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko performed a 6:38 EVA (Russian EVA 32).