Yuri Baturin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Baturin

Russian politician and cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: astronaut, politician, diplomat, university teacher, journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (Russian: ???? ?????????? ???????; born 12 June 1949, in Moscow), is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician.Baturin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973, and is the former Assistant to the President on National Security and Secretaty of the Defense Council (1996-1998); he is also an author in constitutional law.
Baturin was also a cosmonaut who flew on two missions. His first spaceflight, sometimes called Mir EP-4, was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-28 13 August 1998, and landed with Soyuz TM-27.
He was a Research Cosmonaut for this mission, which lasted for 11 days 19 hours 39 minutes.
His second spaceflight was ISS EP-1, which was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 on April 28, 2001, and landed with Soyuz TM-31.
This mission was notable as carrying to first paying space tourist Dennis Tito.
For this mission he was designated a Flight Engineer; the mission lasted for 7 days 22 hours and 4 minutes.He married Svetlana Veniaminovna Polubinskaya, (born 1954); they had a daughter, Alexandra Yurievna Baturina, (born 1982), a student at the Moscow State Academy of Law.