Background
Surayev was born in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
Surayev was born in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
1989 – graduated 10 classes of secondary school № 5 in the city of Noginsk of the Moscow region. 1994 – graduated from the Kachin higher military aviation school of pilots im. A. F. Myasnikova, specialty Command-tactical fighter aircraft with qualification pilot-engineer. June 24, 1997-graduated from the Air force engineering Academy named after N. Ye. Zhukovsky, specialty research, testing and use of aircraft and weapons"with qualification pilot-engineer-researcher. In 2007 he graduated from the Russian Academy of public administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in Jurisprudence and qualification as a lawyer.
ACTIVITY BEFORE ENLISTMENT IN THE COSMONAUT DETACHMENT:
after graduating from aviation school, he served in the air force.
DATE OF JOINING THE SQUAD (NO SET DATE):
June 24, 1997 – order of the RF Ministry of defense appointed candidate test cosmonaut corps GCTC (credited until the decision of the SIDC in connection with the completion of the Academy);
July 28, 1997 by decision of the state interdepartmental Committee he was recommended for enlistment in the cosmonaut detachment GCTC (12th set);
since December 22, 1999 he has been a test cosmonaut.
COMMAND AUTHORITY:
a military pilot 3rd class, the instructor paratrooper training, the officer - driver. He mastered aircraft L-39, SU-27. It has a total flight time of about 700 hours. Made more than 100 parachute jumps.
PREPARATION FOR SPACE FLIGHTS:
since January 2000 he has been training as a member of the ISS flight test cosmonaut group;
from March 2006 to April 2008 he passed training within the backup crew of ISS-17 as the commander of TPK "Union TMA" and the ISS flight engineer;
from April 2008 to March 2009 he was trained in the ISS backup crew19 as the commander of TPK "Union TMA" and the ISS flight engineer;
from April to September 2009 was like training as a member of the main crew of ISS - 21/22 as the commander of TPK "Union TMA" and the ISS flight engineer;
from March 2012 to November 2013 he passed training within the backup crew of ISS-38/39 as the commander of TPK "Soyuz TMA-M" and the ISS flight engineer;
from November 2013 to may 2014 were preparing for space flight as part of the main crew of ISS-40/41 as the commander of TPK "Soyuz TMA-M", flight engineer of ISS-40 commander MKS-41.
COMPLETED COSMIC FLIGHTS:
1 flight-from 30 September 2009 to 18 March 2010 as commander of TPK
"Union TMA-16" and the ISS together with astronaut Jeffrey Williams. During the mission he performed one spacewalk lasting 5 hours and 44 minutes.
The flight duration was 169 days. 04 hour. 09 min. call sign:"cephei".
2 flying - 28 may-10 Nov 2014 as the commander of TPK "Soyuz TMA-13M", flight engineer of ISS-40 commander and ISS-41 together with ESA astronaut Alexander Gershom and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman with. In flight he performed one spacewalk of 3 hours 41 minutes. The flight duration was 165 days. Call Sign: "Cepheus."
