Background
Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich was born on August 24, 1964 in Uzgen, Oshsk region, Kirghizia.
Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich was born on August 24, 1964 in Uzgen, Oshsk region, Kirghizia.
Graduate, Air Force Pilot School, 1987. Graduate, Moscow State University.
Pilot-instructor teaching 8 cadets. Mission specialist STS-89, 1998. Cosmonaut-candidate Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, 1990.
Cosmonaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1992.
Married Nadezhda Mavlyanovna Sharipova. 2 children.