Background
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov was born on 31th August, 1953 in Magadan, USSR (now Russian Federation).
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov was born on 31th August, 1953 in Magadan, USSR (now Russian Federation).
Vinogradov graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1977.
From 1977 to 1983 Vinogradov specialized in software development for automated interactive designing systems of recoverable vehicles, development of aerodynamics and aerodyne arrangement design models, computer graphics. In 1983 he started working for the Head Design Bureau of RSC Energia. He worked on flight procedure verification for Soyuz-TM and Buran spacecraft, development of automated crew training systems. He has also participated in launch preparation of the Soyuz-TM, Buran spacecraft, and Energia rocket.
Pavel was selected for the cosmonaut program on March 3, 1992, and spent the next two years in training. From October 1992 to February 1994, he completed generic space training at GCTC. From May 1994 to February 1995, he completed advanced test-cosmonaut training. Vinogradov was the backup flight engineer for the Soyuz TM-22 flight, launched on September 3, 1995. He was assigned to the Soyuz TM-24 flight, but the entire crew was grounded when the flight commander, Gennadi Manakov, experienced heart problems.
Vinogradov married to Irina Valentinovna. They have a child.
