RSC
Energia bio
(Mar 08) |
 Oleg
Ivanovich SKRIPOCHKA
ISS Flight Engineer,
Flight Engineer of Soyuz ÒÌÀ
transport space vehicle,
Test Cosmonaut of S.P.Korolev Rocket and
Space Corporation Energia, Russia
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: December 24, 1969, town of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol
Territory, RSFSR (Russia).
Father: Ivan Semyonovich Skripochka, born in 1947, military, artilleryman,
retired lieutenant-colonel.
Mother: Galina Yefimovna Skripochka, born 18.01.1948, Senior assistant
to Head of Department, Zaporozhye Military Registration and Enlistment
Office.
EDUCATION: He attended a number of schools in Zaporozhye and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski.
In 1987 he finished Secondary School ¹28 specializing in physics and
mathematics in Zaporozhye. In 1993 he graduated from MVTU after N.E.Bauman,
branch department of power machine building, town of Kaliningrad, specializing
in the field of Flight Vehicles and acquiring a profession of mechanical
engineer.
HOBBY: parachute jumping and travelling by cycling.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
In December 1990 he started working as a technician (since August 1,
1993 - engineer) at NPO Energia's PDB.
From June 1996 till his being enlisted in the Cosmonauts Corps he was
engaged in the development and operation of ground support equipment for
preparation of transport manned and cargo space vehicles and Upper Stages
DM.
He had passed medical examination in the Institute for Medical and
Biological Problems (IMBP) and was found fit to take part in special trainings.
On July 28, 1997 at the meeting of the State Interdepartmental Commission
(SIDC) he was recommended to be enlisted in RSC Energia's Cosmonauts Corps.
On October 14 RSA General Director by his order appointed him a test cosmonaut
candidate of RSC Energia's Cosmonauts Corps.
From January 16, 1998 till November 26, 1999 he received general space
training at RGNII CTC after Yu.A.Gagarin and had successfully passed all
tests. On December 1, 1999 the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission
by its decision qualified him as a test cosmonaut. On February 9, 2000
he was appointed to the post of test cosmonaut of RSC Energia Cosmonauts
Corps.
From February 7, 2000 he got training at RGNII CTC as a member of the
ISS Program Cosmonauts Team.
In early December 2002 RGNII CTC, RSC Energia and IMBP by their joint
decision assigned him as Flight Engineer to the second (backup) crew of
Russian 6th ISS Visiting Crew (VC-6). However, after Columbia Shuttle catastrophe,
the crew had been disbanded due to cancellation of Russian Visiting Crew.
In May 2006 Roscosmos, RGNII CTC and RSC Energia by their joint decision
appointed him preliminarily TSV Flight Engineer to ISS-19 backup crew together
with Salizhan Sharipov. Afterwards, however, he was transferred as Flight
Engineer to ISS-17 backup crew.
During June 2-10, 2006 he took part in the trainings (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
in emergency water landing of descent module as a member of conventional
crew together with Yuri Lonchakov and Oleg Artemyev.
On November 6, 2007 at the meeting of Roscosmos Interdepartmental Commission
for Selecting Cosmonauts and their Enlistment in Crews of Manned Space
Vehicles and stations he was approved as backup Flight Engineer of ISS-17
and Soyuz-ÒÌÀ-12 transport manned space vehicle scheduled
to be launched on April 8, 2008.
In August 2007 he was preliminarily appointed to the backup crew of
Expedition 20 (ISS-20À) to the ISS. According to these schedules,
the prime crew is to be launched onboard Soyuz ÒÌÀ-16
space vehicle in September 2009.
March 2008
By the data presented by Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
and reference book The Soviet and Russian Cosmonauts, 1960-2000. |
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