Andrey Fedyayev

Andrey Fedyaev is a Russian cosmonaut, born on 26 February 1981. He trained as an air traffic controller at the Balashov Military Aviation School, served in the Russian Air Force as a major until 2013, and was selected as a cosmonaut in 2012. Under the crew-swap agreement between NASA and Roscosmos he flew on SpaceX Crew-6, which launched on 2 March 2023, as a mission specialist, taking part in Expedition 68 and Expedition 69. He then flew on Crew-12 in 2026 for Expedition 74 and Expedition 75. Wikidata records 185 days and 22 hours in space. The name is also spelled Fedyayev.

Born: 26 February 1981
Country: Russia
Flights: 2: SpaceX Crew-6 (2023), SpaceX Crew-12 (2026)
Time in space: 185 days 22 hours
Stations visited: International Space Station, as part of Expedition 68, Expedition 69, Expedition 74, Expedition 75
Flights with a company: SpaceX Crew-6 (SpaceX), SpaceX Crew-12 (SpaceX)

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

Crew-12
- Crew Dragon, Falcon 9
- Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot
Sophie Adenot's epsilon mission set a record for the longest stay in space by a European astronaut, as ESA's welcome-home video puts it. This page covers the crew's last days: the handover to Crew-13, the undocking, the splashdown and the weeks that followed.
10 videos
- NASA
- European Space Agency, ESA