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ASTRONAUT

Salizhan Sharipov

1964 - Today

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Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов, Uzbek: Солижон Шокирович Шарипов, Kyrgyz: Салижан Шакир уулу Шарипов, Tajik: Солиҷон Шокирович Шарипов; born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two space walks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salizhan Sharipov has received more than 91,934 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Salizhan Sharipov is the 251st most popular astronaut (up from 252nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Kirghiz Astronaut.

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  • 29

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  • 3.79

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  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 251 out of 524Before him are John Casper, Nikolai Budarin, Janice E. Voss, Dale Gardner, John L. Phillips, and Margaret Rhea Seddon. After him are Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Guion Bluford, Zhai Zhigang, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Karen Nyberg, and Catherine Coleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 383Before him are Sean Pertwee, Pat Fry, Saud Al-Shuraim, Phil Hellmuth, Eduard Fernández, and Chokri Belaid. After him are Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Molly Shannon, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Davide Ballardini, Clara Rojas, and Kaj Leo Johannesen.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 24 out of 55Before him are Jamala (1983), Abdylas Maldybaev (1906), Felix Kulov (1948), Athanasius Schneider (1961), Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (1949), and Murat Zyazikov (1957). After him are Igor Paklin (1963), Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (1968), Djoomart Otorbaev (1955), Mariya Pinigina (1958), Kubatbek Boronov (1964), and Zhantoro Satybaldiyev (1956).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Kyrgyzstan

Among astronauts born in Kyrgyzstan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 1