Space.com: Boris Morukov, Veteran Cosmonaut Who Led Mock Mars Mission, Dies at 64
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Boris Vladimirovich Morukov was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-106 as a mission specialist
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Born 1 October 1950 · Died 1 January 2015 · Q281604
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Space.com: Boris Morukov, Veteran Cosmonaut Who Led Mock Mars Mission, Dies at 64
Died 2015-01-01.
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (2001).
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Completed a medical training course in endocrinology and hematology
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Took an advanced course in emergency medical care
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Became a cosmonaut-researcher in the Institute for Biomedical Problems
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Studied at Russian National Research Medical University (1973).
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Born 1950-10-01.
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