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>> Mikhail Tyurin was
born in Kolomna, Russia,

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a historical town
outside Moscow.

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But he lived in many places
around the country growing

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up in a military family.

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His interest in space
flight did not focus

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on becoming a cosmonaut himself.

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>> I did not have a period of
my life when I was dreaming

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and doing all I could
overcoming difficulties

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to become a cosmonaut.

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I just loved this area.

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>> And he focused on getting
as close to it as he could.

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Tyurin earned a degree
in engineering

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from the Moscow Aviation
Institute and went right to work

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for the Rocket Space Corporation
Energia as an engineer.

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First specializing in ballistics
and software development

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and later in methods
of training cosmonauts,

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methods he usually tried
out on himself first.

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After nine years on the
job, he was selected

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to join the Cosmonaut Corps.

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Tyurin made three space
walks during his first trip

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to the International
Space Station in 2001

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as a flight engineer
on Expedition 3.

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And two more EVAs
as flight engineer

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on Expedition 14
in 2006 and 2007.

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He's pleased to be contributing
to physiological research

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that will prepare humans
for future space exploration

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and even more interested
in how some

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of the psychological results
will be applied on Earth.

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>> They can be used not
just in space exploration

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but can be propagated and
applied to human relations

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in general and much more
in demand in various areas