Yury Usachov

  • Mir EO -15   Soyuz TM -18 ( 1994)
  • Soyuz TM -23 ( 1996)
  • ISS Expedition 2

Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov (Russian Юрий Владимирович Усачёв, scientific transliteration Yuri Vladimirovič Usačëv; born October 9, 1957 in Donetsk, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR ) is a former Russian cosmonaut.

Usachyov graduated in 1975 from the public university. From the Moscow State Aviation Institute in 1985, he received an engineering degree. He then took a job at the aerospace company RKK Energia was responsible for the training of outboard activities and for public relations.

Usachyov is married and has one daughter.

After his first space flight in 1994 Usachyov was named Hero of the Russian Federation and also received the medal for pilots and cosmonauts.

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