Flight Engineer for the Odissea Mission 
Lieutenant Colonel, Russian Air Force 
Test-Cosmonaut of Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre 

Personal data 
Born 4 March 1965, in Balkhash, Dzhezkazkansk Region. He is married to 
Tatyana Alexeevna Lonchakova (Dolmatova). They have one son. His hobbies 
include books, travelling, downhill skiing, sport games.  
 
Education 
In 1982 Lonchakov finished high school in Aktyubinsk and entered the 
Orenburg Air Force Pilot School from which he graduated with honors in 
1986 as pilot-engineer. In 1995 Lonchakov entered the Zhukovski Air Force 
Academy from which he graduated with honors in 1998 as pilot-engineer-
researcher.  

Experience 
After graduation from the pilot school he served as a second crew 
commander, crew commander, squadron senior pilot, aviation brigade 
commander in the Navy. He flew Yak-52, L-39, Su-24, A-50, L-29, Tu-134 
and Tu-16 aircraft.  

Lonchakov has logged over 1,400 hours of flight time. He is a Class 1 Air 
Force pilot. He is a paratroop training instructor and has made 526 
jumps.  

Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin 
Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December of 1997.  

Spaceflight experience 
STS-100 Endeavour (19 April to 1 May 2001) was the 9th mission to the 
International Space Station during which the crew successfully delivered 
and installed the Canadarm2 Robotic Arm supplied by the Canadian Space 
Agency. They also delivered more than 6,000 pounds of supplies and 
equipment from the Italian-built Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics 
Module. In completing his first spaceflight, Lonchakov traveled 7.9 
million kilometres in 186 Earth orbits, logging 283 hours and 30 minutes 
in space.  

Currently assigned as Flight Engineer for the 4S taxi-flight crew 
scheduled for launch to the International Space Station on 30 October 
2002.