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Surayev, Maksim Viktorovich
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Surayev Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1997-2016. Born: 1972-05-24. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 334.51 days. Birth Place: Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Suraev Maxim Victorovich (Colonel, Russian Air Force)
SOYUZ TMA COMMANDER, TEST-COSMONAUT OF THE RUSSIAN STATE ORGANIZATION “GAGARIN RESEARCH & TEST COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER” (GCTC)

PERSONAL DATA:  Born May 24, 1972, in Chelyabinsk.  Married to Suraeva (nee Khorokhordina) Anna Alexandrovna.  They have two daughters, Arina and Ksenia.  Hobbies include SCUBA diving, fishing, sports and reading.

EDUCATION:  In 1994, he graduated with honors from the Kachin Air Force Pilot School as pilot-engineer; graduated with honors from the Zhukovski Air Force Academy in 1997 as pilot-engineer-researcher; received a law degree from the Russian Academy of Civil Service in 2007.

EXPERIENCE:  Suraev is qualified to fly L-39 and Su-27 aircraft, and has logged around 700 hours of flight time.  Suraev is a Class 3 Air Force pilot, a qualified diver and paraborne instructor.

From December 1997 to November 1999, Suraev completed basic space training and was qualified as a test-cosmonaut.  He began ISS advanced training in January 2000.

Starting January 2000 he was in ISS advanced training.  Suraev was GCTC's Director of Operations-Houston at Johnson Space Center from 2001 until 2002.  From March 2006 until April 2008 he was assigned as a backup ISS 17 crewmember.  From April 2008 until March 2009 he was a member of the ISS 19/20 backup crew.

Suraev launched on September 30, 2009 as the commander of Soyuz TMA-16.  As a flight engineer on the ISS Expeditions 21 and 22 crews, he completed the integration of the new MRM-2 module into the Russian Segment and performed an EVA of 5 hours and 44 minutes duration.  The Soyuz TMA-16 crew landed in Kazakhstan on March 18, 2010.  Suraev has logged more than 169 days in space.

Suraev  has been assigned to the Expedition 36 crew as a flight engineer and is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz 35 in late May 2013.  He will then assume command of Expedition 37 with the undocking of Soyuz 34 in September 2013.

MARCH 2011

• Birth of Maksim Viktorovich Surayev - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Surayev. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1997-2016. Russian Air Force 2 spaceflights, 334.5 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-16 (2009), Soyuz TMA-13M..

• Russian Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 12 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kondratiyev, Lonchakov, Moshkin, Romanenko, Roman, Skvortsov, Aleksandr, Surayev, Valkov, Volkov, Sergey.

• Soyuz TMA-14 - . Call Sign: Altair. Crew: Barratt, Padalka, Simonyi. Backup Crew: Dyson, Surayev, Walker. Return Crew: Barratt, Laliberte, Padalka. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 224. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-14. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 198.66 days. Decay Date: 2009-10-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 34669 . COSPAR: 2009-015A. Apogee: 354 km (219 mi). Perigee: 344 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.50 min. Delivered EO-19 crew and space tourist Simonyi to ISS; returned EO-19 crew and space tourist Laliberte to earth on 11 October 2009 at 04:32 GMT..

• Soyuz TMA-16 - . Call Sign: Bort. Crew: Laliberte, Surayev, Williams, Jeffrey. Backup Crew: Barrett, Skvortsov, Walker, Shannon. Return Crew: Surayev, Williams. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 226. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-16. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 169.17 days. Decay Date: 2010-03-18 . USAF Sat Cat: 35940 . COSPAR: 2009-053A. Apogee: 352 km (218 mi). Perigee: 342 km (212 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.50 min. Docked with the International Space Station at 08:35 GMT on 2 October. Carried the EO-21 crew of Suraev and Williams, and space tourist Guy Laliberte due to the station. Surayev and Williams landed aboard Soyuz TMA-16 in Kazakhstan on 18 March 2010..

• EVA ISS EO-22-1 - . Crew: Kotov, Surayev. EVA Duration: 0.24 days. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-16, Soyuz TMA-17. Prepared Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 for future dockings.[164].

• Soyuz TMA-11M - . Call Sign: Vostok. Crew: Mastracchio, Tyurin, Wakata. Backup Crew: Gerst, Surayev, Wiseman. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 711. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 187.91 days. Decay Date: 2014-05-14 . USAF Sat Cat: 39373 . COSPAR: 2013-061A. Apogee: 418 km (259 mi). Perigee: 415 km (257 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.90 min. Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 10:27 GMT the day of launch. Undocked from the Rassvet module at 22:36 GMT on May 13 and made the deorbit burn at 01:05 GMT May 14. Landing in Kazakhstan came at 01:58:30 GMT on May 14..

• Soyuz TMA-13M - . Call Sign: Cepheus. Crew: Gerst, Surayev, Wiseman. Backup Crew: Cristoforetti, Shkaplerov, Virts. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 713. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-13M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 165.33 days. Decay Date: 2014-11-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 39775 . COSPAR: 2014-031A. Apogee: 417 km (259 mi). Perigee: 412 km (256 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.85 min. Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 01:44 GMT May 29. Undocked from Rassvet at 00:31 GMT on November 10. The deorbit burn at 03:05 GMT reduced velocity by 128 m/s, dipping perigee into the atmosphere. Landed in Kazakhstan at 03:58 GMT..

• EVA ISS VKD-40 - . Crew: Samokutyayev, Surayev. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS.

  Removed and jettisoned Radiometriya experiment from Zvezda Plane II, removed EXPOSE-R experiment protective cover, took surface samples from Pirs extravehicular hatch 2 window (TEST experiment), removed and jettisoned two KURS attennas from Poisk, photographed exterior of ISS Russian segment.