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Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya
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Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya

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Training as a Russian cosmonaut before becoming an airline pilot.

Soyuz training · Commercial flying

Born
6 November 1962
Birthplace
Alexeyevskoye

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Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya

Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya is a Russian engineer and former cosmonaut who trained for space missions but never flew in space.

Early life

Education

Initially studied building engineering, then enrolled at the Moscow Aviation Institute after being inspired by Svetlana Savitskaya’s spaceflight.

Career

  1. 1988

    Space engineering

    Joined RKK Energia to design spaceflight equipment.

  2. 1994

    Cosmonaut selection

    Entered training at the Gagarin centre.

  3. 2001

    Backup crew

    Served as a backup for a mission to the International Space Station.

  4. 2004

    Airline flying

    Left the cosmonaut corps and joined Aeroflot.

Selected work

Soyuz training

Trained as a flight engineer for station missions.

Commercial flying

Flew airliners after retiring from the space programme.

Beyond work

Family

Married flight instructor Vladimir Morozov; they have a daughter.

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