page_title: Oleg Skripochka
section_title: Roscosmos career
hierarchical_section_title: Oleg Skripochka / Roscosmos career
caption_attribution_description: English: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 25 flight engineer, is pictured inside the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft on docking day with the International Space Station.
context_page_description: Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. In 2011 he was in space serving as an Expedition 25/26 crewmember.
  On 12 April 2011, Skripochka was awarded the titles of Hero of the Russian Federation and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism in the implementation of long-duration space flight on the International Space Station.
context_section_description: In 1997, Skripochka was selected as a test cosmonaut and from January 1998 to November 1999, he studied the advanced space training course. From April 2007 to April 2008, he trained as an ISS Expedition 17 backup crewmember (Soyuz TMA and ISS flight engineer). From August 2008 he trained as an ISS Expedition 25/26 and Soyuz TMA-M flight engineer.
caption: Skripochka is pictured inside the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft on docking day with the ISS.
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