Dmitry Petelin

Russian cosmonaut (born 1983)

Dmitry Petelin

Born	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 40) Kustanai, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Status	Active
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Test cosmonaut
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Previous occupation	Aeronautical engineer
Time in space	370 days, 21 hours and 23 minutes
Selection	TsPK-16 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs	6
Total EVA time	39 hours, 44 minutes
Missions	Soyuz MS-22/MS-23 (Expedition 67/68/69)
Mission insignia

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Petelin (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Петелин; born July 10, 1983) is a Russian cosmonaut who was part of the 2012 selection group.

He flew to the ISS on September 21, 2022 with Soyuz MS-22, which was damaged while being docked to the station, and returned to Earth on September 27, 2023 with Soyuz MS-23 after spending a year in space.

Biography

Petelin graduated from the South Ural State University in 2006 with a degree in aircraft and helicopter engineering. Following graduation, he worked as an engineer for NIK, LLC. On October 26, 2012, he became a cosmonaut and reported to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He completed cosmonaut training and was named a test cosmonaut on July 15, 2014.

He is married and has one daughter.