Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Meet Roscosmos Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev: Crew-12 Mission Specialist

Meet Roscosmos Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev: Crew-12 Mission Specialist

Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia is a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. This is his second spaceflight. After his arrival at the International Space Station, he joined Expedition 74/75, kicking off a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. He was selected as a Roscosmos cosmonaut in 2012. He graduated from the Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute in 2004, specializing in aircraft operations and air traffic organization, and earned qualifications as a pilot engineer. Prior to his selection as a cosmonaut, he served as deputy commander of an Ilyushin-38 aircraft unit in the Kamchatka Region, logging more than 600 flight hours and achieving the rank of second-class military pilot. 

In 2023, he flew to the space station as a mission specialist during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission, spending 186 days in orbit, as an Expedition 69 flight engineer. For his achievements, Fedyaev was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation and received the Yuri Gagarin Medal.


Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: 
Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 1 minute, 45 seconds
Release Date: Feb. 17, 2026


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