Background
Yelena Olegovna Serova was born on April, 22 1976 in Vozdvizhenka, Primor'ye (now Ussuriysk, Primor'ye, Russian Federation )
Елена Серова
Russian cosmonaut and politician
Yelena Olegovna Serova was born on April, 22 1976 in Vozdvizhenka, Primor'ye (now Ussuriysk, Primor'ye, Russian Federation )
In March 2001, Serova graduated from the Aerospace Faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute qualified as an engineer. In 2003 she graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Instrument Engineering and Information qualified as an economist.
Prior to enrollment as a cosmonaut, Serova has worked as an engineer of the 2nd category RSC Energia, and in the Mission Control Center.
Serova was selected as a test cosmonaut at the age of 30 in the RKKE-14 group in October 2006 while working as a flight engineer. She completed basic training at Star City in 2009.
In 2016, she was elected to the State Duma from the United Russia party
Serova with her husband have a daughter.