Yuri Malenchenko

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of December 2023, Malenchenko ranks third for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former commander of the International Space Station.

22 December 1961

Born on the same birth day (22 December): Andre Kostelanetz • Barbara Billingsley • Bernd Schuster • Camille Guérin • Cesare Cremonini (philosopher) • Chagatai Khan • Danny Ahn • Danny O'Dea • Dennis Armfield • Dmitri Egorov • Johan Sebastian Welhaven • Lori McKenna • Luna H. Mitani • Paul Kuniholm Pauper • Stéphane Gendron • Takuya Onishi • Tommaso Dingli

Born in the same month (December 1961): Andrew Lock • Angie Stone • Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter) • Ilham Aliyev • Jeremy Northam • Jon Tenney • Jonathan Melvoin • Kent Nielsen • Ketan J. Patel • Marco Pierre White • Mike Keneally • Mohamed Fouad • Ralf Dujmovits • Rick Aguilera • Safra Catz • Sam Robards • Sara Dallin