Nikolai Budarin

Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin
Born	(1953-04-29) April 29, 1953 (age 71) Kirya, Chuvashia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Status	Retired
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Mechanical Engineer
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Time in space	444d 1h 25min
Selection	1989 NPOE Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs	8
Total EVA time	44 hours, 25 minutes
Missions	STS-71/Soyuz TM-21 (Mir EO-19) Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1 (Expedition 6)
Mission insignia

Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.

Named a cosmonaut candidate in 1989, Budarin's first space mission was a long-term assignment aboard the space station Mir in 1995. Since then, he again made extended stays on Mir in 1998 and the International Space Station Expedition 6 from 2002 to 2003.