Sergei Viktorovich Flight Engineer for the Odissea Mission Lieutenant Colonel, Russian Air Force Test-Cosmonaut of Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre Personal data Born 4 March 1965, in Balkhash, Dzhezkazkansk Region. He is married to Tatyana Alexeevna Lonchakova (Dolmatova). They have one son. His hobbies include books, travelling, downhill skiing, sport games. Education In 1982 Lonchakov finished high school in Aktyubinsk and entered the Orenburg Air Force Pilot School from which he graduated with honors in 1986 as pilot-engineer. In 1995 Lonchakov entered the Zhukovski Air Force Academy from which he graduated with honors in 1998 as pilot-engineer- researcher. Experience After graduation from the pilot school he served as a second crew commander, crew commander, squadron senior pilot, aviation brigade commander in the Navy. He flew Yak-52, L-39, Su-24, A-50, L-29, Tu-134 and Tu-16 aircraft. Lonchakov has logged over 1,400 hours of flight time. He is a Class 1 Air Force pilot. He is a paratroop training instructor and has made 526 jumps. Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December of 1997. Spaceflight experience STS-100 Endeavour (19 April to 1 May 2001) was the 9th mission to the International Space Station during which the crew successfully delivered and installed the Canadarm2 Robotic Arm supplied by the Canadian Space Agency. They also delivered more than 6,000 pounds of supplies and equipment from the Italian-built Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. In completing his first spaceflight, Lonchakov traveled 7.9 million kilometres in 186 Earth orbits, logging 283 hours and 30 minutes in space. Currently assigned as Flight Engineer for the 4S taxi-flight crew scheduled for launch to the International Space Station on 30 October 2002. Odissea Mission Commander Lieutenant-Colonel of the Russian Federation Air Force Test Cosmonaut of Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (TsPK), Russia Personal data Born 21 April 1962, Schekino, Tula Area, RF (Russia). Father: Viktor Dmitrievich Zaletin (1930-1988). Mother: Valentina Ivanovna Zaletina (Prokhorova), born in 1926. Married to Elena Mikhailovna Zaletina (Goriacheva), they have one son. Hobbies include chess, sports and games. Education In 1983 he graduated from Borisoglebsk Higher Military Pilot School after V.P. Chkalov and got a diploma of pilot-engineer. In 1994 after tuition by correspondence at the International Center of Training Systems he got a qualification of engineer-ecologist and a degree of Master of ecological management. Special honours Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Experience In 1983-1990 he served as a pilot, master pilot and flight leader in Air Force units of Moscow military region. In 1990 he was enlisted in the cosmonaut detachment. From October 1990 to March 1992 he passed a course of general space training at Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. On 11 March 1992 the qualification of a test-cosmonaut was conferred on him by decision of the Interdepartmental Qualification Committee. In 1992-1997 he passed training under the programme of flights to the Mir Station. From September 1997 to July 1998 he passed training as the backup crew commander under PC-26 programme on the Mir Station. From October 1998 to March 1999 he was a co-ordinator of Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at NASA. In March - May 1999 he passed training as the prime crew commander under PC-28 programme on the Mir Station, however because of the lack of the required financing in June 1999 General Designers' Review adopted a decision to cancel launch of PC-28 for a time and shift flight the Mir Station into the unmanned flight mode. From June 1999 to March 2000 he passed training as the commander of the prime crew for PC-28. From 4 April to 16 June 2000 he performed the first space flight as the commander of the Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft and Mir Orbital Complex under PC- 28 programme together with A. Kaleri. In the course of operations on the orbital complex the crew carried out the station activation. During the flight he performed one egress into open space; the egress duration was 5 hours 3 minutes.