Valeriy Grigoryevich KORZUN

Comander of the Soyuz TM transport vehicle,
ISS pilot, Colonel,
test-cosmonaut of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NII, Russia

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 5, 1953, Krasniy Sulin, Rostovskaya Area. Father - Grigoriy Andreevich Korzun, retired. Mother - Maria Arsentyevna Korzun, retired.

EDUCATION: in 1974 he graduated fro Kachinsk higher military aviation pilot school after A.F. Myasnikov. In 1987 - Gagarin Military Aviation Academy.

MARITAL STATUS: married.
Wife - Elena Ivanovna Korzun (Nazina), born in 1953, research officer of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NII.
Son - Nikita, born in 1979.

AWARDS AND RANKS: Hero of Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut of Russian Federation, Cavalier of Legion of Honour (France), has been awarded with Russian and NASA medals.

HOBBY: tennis, badminton, theater.

WORK EXPERIENCE: from 1974 till 1984 he was on service at the Military Air Force. First-class military pilot. He has got flight of 1500 hours. He has learned 6 types of air-planes. He is a trainer of the Military Air Force PDP (377 parachute jumps).
In 1987 he was taken on the list of the cosmonaut team.
From 1987 till 1991 he was under general space training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and training as a part of cosmonaut team for the Mir station program.