Nikolai Tikhonov (cosmonaut), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian cosmonaut
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Place of Birth: Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast, Russia
About Nikolai Tikhonov (cosmonaut)
- Nikolay Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian: ??????? ?.
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- He is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He was selected as a backup flight engineer for Soyuz MS-02.
- He was made a prime crew member of Soyuz MS-04 but, due to Russian budget cuts, the crews were changed and Tikhonov was then slated to make his first spaceflight on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft.
- He was again removed from the manifest due to delays in launching the Russian Nauka module.
- He was scheduled to fly into space as commander of the Soyuz MS-15 mission, although he was removed for a third time following the aborted launch of Soyuz MS-10, and the subsequent crew changes that followed.
- He is currently scheduled to finally make his first flight onboard Soyuz MS-16 in 2020.
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