This is a list of cosmonauts who have taken part in the missions of the Soviet space program and the Russian Federal Space Agency, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.

On December 2, a Russian cosmonaut lost his spot on SpaceX Crew-12, schedule to launch in 2026. The two possible reasons behind his removal remain disputed.

Sep 26, 2024 · Veteran Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has returned to Earth after a record-breaking year-long stay onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Sep 23, 2024 · Two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan Monday, ending a record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub …

Dec 23, 2025 · Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was removed from SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission for violating ITAR (International Trafficin Arms Regulations), a U.S. law that seeks to …

Dec 19, 2025 · There may also not be much time for new research. Russian cosmonauts on the space station currently spend about 50 percent of their time on station maintenance due to the …

Nov 14, 2025 · Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space. His Vostok 1 spacecraft orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a …

Jun 5, 2024 · Oleg Kononenko, 59, became the first person to spend a cumulative 1,000 days in space, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Wednesday.

Apr 8, 2025 · A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut has docked with the ISS.

The Cosmonaut Corps (Russian: Отряд космонавтов) is a unit of the Russia 's Roscosmos state corporation that selects, trains, and provides cosmonauts as crew members for the Russian …