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Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Historical image related to Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut from December 22, 1961

Yuri Malenchenko

Russian cosmonaut (born 1961)

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of…
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December 22

Day of the year

December 22 is the 356th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; nine days remain until the end of the year.
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