Aleksandr Gorbunov
Aleksandr Gorbunov | |
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Александр Горбунов | |
Gorbunov in 2023 | |
| Born | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov 24 May 1990 |
| Status | Active |
| Alma mater | Moscow Aviation Institute |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Test cosmonaut |
Previous occupation | Design engineer for Energia |
| Rank | Lieutenant, Russian Air Force (reserve) |
Time in space | 171 days, 4 hours, 39 minutes |
| Selection | 17th Cosmonaut Group (2018) |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia | |
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Горбунов; born 24 May 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut and aerospace engineer. A native of Zheleznogorsk, he graduated with a degree in engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute.
Gorbunov serves as a lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Before becoming a cosmonaut, he worked as a design engineer at the Energia corporation, contributing to the development and operations of the Progress MS cargo spacecraft.
In 2018, he was selected to join the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps. His first spaceflight took place aboard SpaceX Crew-9, which launched in September 2024 and concluded with a splashdown off the coast of Florida in March 2025. During the mission, he served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72.