MOSCOW, March 14 Anton Shkaplerov, who made four long-duration flights to the ISS and was part of the first «movie crew», has completed his activities in the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, the state corporation's website reported.
«Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who made four long-duration flights on the International Space Station, has completed his activities in the cosmonaut corps of the state corporation Roscosmos,» the statement says. According to the state corporation, he continues to work at the Yu.A. Gagarin (part of Roskosmos) as deputy head of the department for the selection and training of cosmonauts for flight and ground tests and operation of manned spacecraft.
Shkaplerov was enrolled in the cosmonaut corps on May 29, 2003. In the period from 2011 to In 2022, he performed four space flights with a total duration of 709 days 8 hours 5 minutes 25 seconds and three spacewalks with a total duration of 21 hours 38 minutes. Pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation».
In 2021, he joined the «film crew» along with actress Yulia Perez ild and directed by Klim Shipenko. On October 5, 2021, they arrived at the ISS to shoot the first film in space — «The Challenge».