Sergei Nikolayevich Mikayev (; born 15 August 1986) is a Russian cosmonaut affiliated with

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 ...

. He was selected as a reserve crew member for the

Soyuz MS-27 Soyuz MS-27 is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 8April 2025 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, bound for the International Space Station. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying three crew mem ...

mission to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...

(ISS), which launched in April 2025.

Career

Mikayev was selected as a cosmonaut candidate by Roscosmos and trained 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 ...

Star City, Russia Star City () is an area in Zvyozdny gorodok (urban-type settlement), Zvyozdny gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russia, which has since the 1960s been home to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC). Officially, the area was known as "closed ...

. In 2025, he was assigned to the reserve crew for

as a backup flight engineer, supporting the primary crew of Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and

Jonny Kim Jonathan Yong "Jonny" Kim (born 5 February 1984) is an American astronaut with NASA, physician, United States Navy, U.S. Navy officer, flight surgeon, naval aviator, and former United States Navy SEALs, Navy SEAL. Born in Los Angeles to South ...

. This mission, set to launch from the

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian Human spaceflight, crewed spaceflights are l ...

in Kazakhstan in April 2025, aims to facilitate long-term operations aboard the ISS. His role ensures readiness to step in if a primary crew member is unable to fly.

References

External links

Roscosmos Official Website
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