Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov (; born 30 January 1978) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by

Roscosmos The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a State corporation (Russia), state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space science, space flights, List of space agencies, c ...

in 2012.

Early life and education

Dubrov was born on 30 January 1978 in

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( ) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China–Russia border, at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, about north of Vladivostok. As of the 2021 Russian c ...

, Russia SFSR. He attended secondary school No. 13 of Khabarovsk and went on to study at Khabarovsk State Technical University, graduating in 1999 with a degree in Software for Computer Engineering and Automated Systems. After graduating he went on to work as a senior software engineer at CBOSS Development International LLC.

Cosmonaut career

Dubrov was selected by

as a cosmonaut on 8 October 2012, as one of eight cosmonauts selected as part of Roscosmos's 2012 selection group. Included in his group was Anna Kikina, one of very few female cosmonauts selected by the agency. Dubrov and his seven group mates began training at the

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC; Russian: Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина) is a Russian training facility responsible for tra ...

on 29 October 2012. From 4 to 6 February 2013, he participated in winter survival training alongside cosmonauts Anna Kikina and Oleg Blinov, training for an unlikely emergency

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landing, in which rescue crews are not able to reach the spacecraft for several days. He graduated from cosmonaut training on 15 July 2014. In 2020, he was assigned to the backup crew of

Soyuz MS-17 Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63/ 64 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The cr ...

, backing up Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as flight engineer on ISS

Expedition 63 Expedition 63 was the 63rd long duration mission to the International Space Station, which began on 17 April 2020 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft and continued until the undocking of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft on 21 October 20 ...

/ 64. Amidst the

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, he traveled to the

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for training on the ISS USOS.

Expedition 64/65/66

Dubrov launched aboard

Soyuz MS-18 Soyuz MS-18 (spacecraft named "Y. A. Gagarin") was a Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 9 April 2021 at 07:42:41 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC. It transported three members of the Expedition 64 crew to the Internationa ...

in April 2021 for his first long duration mission aboard the

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. He returned to Earth along with

Mark T. Vande Hei Mark Thomas Vande Hei (born November 10, 1966) is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight engineer for Expedition 53, 54, 64, 65, and 66 on the International Space Station. Early life and e ...

with

Soyuz MS-19 Soyuz MS-19 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 5 October 2021, at 08:55:02 UTC. It was the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The launching crew consisted of Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov, Russian film director Klim Shipenk ...

on 30 March 2022, having spent a total of 355 days in space.

Cinematography

On 14 May 2021 the Interagency Committee approved the composition of the ISS main and alternate crews for the period 2021–2023.

Anton Shkaplerov Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov (; born 20 February 1972) is a former Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of four spaceflights. Early life Shkaplerov was born 20 February 1972, in Sevastopol, Crimea. He is married to Tatyana Petrovna, and they hav ...

and the crew of the film '' The Challenge'': actress

Yulia Peresild Yuliya Sergeyevna Peresild (; born 5 September 1984) is a Russian stage actress, singer, and cosmonaut. Leading actress of the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre. Participant of a space flight within the framework of the scientific and educational project ...

and director

Klim Shipenko Klim Alekseevich Shipenko (; born 16 June 1983) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, producer, and cosmonaut. Biography Early life Shipenko was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In 2002, he ent ...

, launched to the ISS on the

. The drama is a joint project of

, Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio. The alternates chosen after passing the medical committee are: New Drama Theater actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexey Dudin and the commander

Oleg Artemyev Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian people, Russian Astronaut, Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 ...

. Since 24 May the crew members have been training at the

. On 23 July the prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica while wearing the Sokol suit, and on 30 July the spacecraft had its pre-launch preparation started. The director and actress returned to Earth on 17 October 2021 on Soyuz MS-18 with commander

Oleg Novitsky Oleg Viktorovich Novitsky (; also '' tr.'' Novitskiy; born October 12, 1971) is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He is currently serving as a Russian cosm ...

. Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who arrived at the ISS on Soyuz MS-18, joined Shkaplerov on the landing of Soyuz MS-19 on 30 March 2022.

Awards

On 12 April 2023, Dubrov was awarded the title

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation ( rus, Герой Российской Федерации, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ), also unofficially called Hero of Russia ( rus, Герой России, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲiɪ), is ...

Movie portion shot on ISS

Klim Shipenko shot about 35–40 minutes of film on the ISS, as well as taking on the position of director, operator, art director, and makeup artist. Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov will appear in the film, with Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei assisting in the production. Shkaplerov will appear in some scenes of the movie.

References

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