Konstantin Borisov
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14 August 1984
Konstantin Borisov | |
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| Константин Борисов | |
.jpg) Borisov in 2023 | |
| Born | Konstantin Sergeyevich Borisov 14 August 1984 Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Status | Active |
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| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Test cosmonaut |
Time in space | 199 days, 2 hours, 20 minutes |
| Selection | 17th Cosmonaut Group (2018) |
| Missions | SpaceX Crew-7 (Expedition 69/70) |
Mission insignia |    |
Konstantin Sergeyevich Borisov (Russian: Константин Сергеевич Борисов; born 14 August 1984 in Smolensk) is a Russian cosmonaut. He flew on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission that launched on 26 August 2023, serving as flight engineer on Expedition 69/70 to the International Space Station.
He has received a Bachelor of Economics from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics on 27 June 2007. From 27 September 2006 to 3 December 2007 he studied at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, where he received his Master of Science in "Operations Research and Systems Analysis". In June 2018, he completed his studies at the Moscow Aviation Institute on the Master Program Life Support Systems for Aircraft (2016-2018), with the qualification "Master" in the direction of Aircraft Building.[1]
Borisov was selected as a cosmonaut in 2018, along with seven others, he passed the state exam in December 2020 to be qualified for spaceflight assignments.[2][3]
