Mikhail Kornienko
A spacefarer with a collective 516 days spent above Earth
Mikhail Kornienko recently celebrated his 60th birthday in the comfort of his home planet, as opposed to his 50th and 55th, which were spent in low-Earth orbit. He has been an instrumental figure in modern Russian spaceflight and is a veteran of several expeditions.
Kornienko has celebrated two birthday milestones aboard the ISS
Kornienko was born on 15 April 1960 in Syzran, Kuibyshev - now Samara - Oblast, Russia, and completed his basic military service between 1978 and 1980. Afterwards he spent six years as a militiaman in Moscow, and his evenings between 1981 and 1987 were spent gaining a qualification in mechanical engineering.