Background
Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko was born on 17th April, 1964 in Leningrad, Russia (now Saint-Petersburg, Russian Fedration).
Андрей Борисенко
Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko was born on 17th April, 1964 in Leningrad, Russia (now Saint-Petersburg, Russian Fedration).
Borisenko graduated from the Leningrad Physics and Mathematics School №30 in 1981. He then entered the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute and graduated in 1987 with the qualification "Flight and Control Dynamics".
Following graduation from the institute Borisenko worked for a military unit from 1987–1989. In 1989, he started working at RSC Energia where he was responsible for the Mir motion control system and took part in the Mission Control Center - Moscow (MCC-M)) onboard systems operation analysis board. In 1999, Borisenko was a shift flight director at the MCC-M, first for the Mir space station and then for the International Space Station (ISS).
Inside the space station, Borisenko conducts the Russian experiment KPT-10 "Kulonovskiy Kristall".
Borisenko was selected as a cosmonaut candidate from RSC Energia on May 29, 2003. He started basic spaceflight training in June, 2003 and completed it in June, 2005 by passing the state exams with excellent grades. He received qualification of test-cosmonaut on July 5, 2005 from the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission. From July 2005 to August 2008 he participated in advanced space flight training. From August 2008 to March 2009 he trained as an Expedition 24/25 backup crewmember. Since March 2009 he trained with the Expedition 23/24 back up crew as a station commander and Soyuz TMA flight engineer.
Borisenko and his wife have a son and a daughter.