CREW 21/22 . ... PRIME CREW . ... From November 1988 to December 1990 he passed a course of training at the General Military Research Air Hospital (GMRAH) where he studied procedures of the flight personnel examination in the altitude chamber and was admitted to independent work with altitude chamber СБK-80 to provide the altitude training of cosmonauts. ... From February 2004 to October 2005 he passed training within the ISS-13 backup crew as the ISS flight engineer and the Soyuz TMA TSC commander. ...