Status: Active 2006-on. Born: 1974-08-19. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 173.14 days. Birth Place: Bugulma, Tatar ASSR.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Sergey Nikolaevich Ryzhikov
Russian Test-Cosmonaut

PERSONAL DATA: Born August 19, 1974 in Bugulma, Tatarstan, Russia.

EDUCATION: Graduated from the Kacha Air Force Pilot School as pilot-engineer in 1996.

AWARDS: Medals for distinguished military service of class 2 and 3, medal for military valour of class 2.

SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING: He was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in October of 2006 (cosmonauts group 14). Ryzhikov finished basic space training in June 2009, and was qualified as test-cosmonaut.

EXPERIENCE: From 1996 till 1997 he served as a pilot of the training air regiment in Saratov Region, in 1997 as a senior pilot of the fighter air regiment in Tver Region, from 1997 till 2007 as a pilot, senior pilot, chief of an air flight, chief executive officer of the fighter air regiment in Chita Region. Flew Л-39, Mig-29 aircraft. Major of the Air Force (ret), Class 2 military pilot.

JANUARY 2014

• Birth of Sergei Nikolaevich Ryzhikov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Ryzhikov. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 2006-on. Major, VVS and PVO 14th Army (Novosibirsk / SibVO) Cosmonaut 2006-10-11 to . 1 spaceflight, 173.1 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz MS-02 (2016)..

• Soyuz TMA-20M - . Call Sign: Kazbek. Crew: Ovchinin, Skripochka, Williams, Jeffrey. Backup Crew: Ryzhikov, Borisenko, Kimbrough. Return Crew: Ovchinin, Skripochka, Williams, Jeffrey. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-20M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 172.16 days. Decay Date: 2016-09-07 01:13:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 41391 . COSPAR: 2016-018A. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). Perigee: 193 km (119 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.

  Soyuz TMA-20M was launched carrying Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams. This was the last of the 11F732A47 Soyuz TMA-M series, which were replaced by the improved Soyuz-MS variant. On Sep 6 at 2151 UTC Soyuz TMA-20M undocked from the Poisk module with Ovchinin, Skripochka and Williams. The spacecraft laded in Kazakhstan at 0113 UTC on Sep 7.

• Soyuz MS-02 - . Call Sign: Favor. Crew: Ryzhikov, Borisenko, Kimbrough. Backup Crew: Misurkin, Tikhonov, Vande Hei. Return Crew: Ryzhikov, Borisenko, Kimbrough. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz MS-02. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz MS. Duration: 173.14 days. Decay Date: 2017-04-10 11:20:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 41820 . COSPAR: 2016-063A. Apogee: 306 km (190 mi). Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.

  Soyuz MS-02 with astronauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Andrey Borisenko and Shane Kimbrough. They docked with the Poisk module at 0952 UTC Oct 21. On Apr 10, Soyuz MS-02 undocked from Poisk at 0757 UTC and landed in Kazakhstan at 1120 UTC, returing Ryzhikov, Borisenko and Kimbrough to Earth. Peggy Whitson became ISS commander of Expedition 51.