Background
Nikolay Tikhonov was born in 1982.
Nikolay Tikhonov was born in 1982.
from February to October 2003 - worked as a specialist in the Information Technology Department of the All-Russian Youth Aerospace Society "Soyuz" From November 2003 to March 2004 - held the position of an engineer at TsNIIMash. Since September 2005 he started working at RSC Energia. In 2004, as a student, - underwent a primary medical examination in the cosmonaut detachment;
since September 2005 - he is an engineer of the RSC Energia.
October 11, 2006 - at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Selection of Cosmonauts, he was recommended to the post of RSC Energia corps cosmonaut candidate. Since February 2007 - he has started passing the two-year course of the general space training. June 9, 2009 - at the meeting of the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission he was given the qualification "test-cosmonaut". From August 10, 2009 to January 2011 – test-cosmonaut of the RSC detachment of "Energia". From June 2009 to June 2015 – he was trained in the specialization and improvement group. Since January 2011 - test -cosmonaut of cosmonaut team of Roscosmos. From 2012 to 2014 - worked in the FCC-M as the chief operator. Participated in the prelaunch preparation of the Soyuz TMA TPK as a CA operator. From June 2015 he is being prepared as part of the backup crew of IСS-49/50 as a flight engineer of the TPK "Soyuz MS-02" and the IСS flight engineer.
He is married and has a daughter.