{"id":249,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/249/?format=json","name":"Yuri Shargin","status":{"id":2,"name":"Retired"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"agency":{"id":63,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=json","name":"Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)","type":"Government"},"date_of_birth":"1960-03-20","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"Russian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin (Russian: Юрий Георгиевич Шаргин) is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces.\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on February 9, 1996.\r\n\r\nHe was selected in 2004, to be the flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission to the International Space Station. Shargin was the first Russian military cosmonaut on board and had a secret mission.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuri2520shargin_image_20181201220241.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190618.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Shargin","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"2004-10-14T03:06:26Z","first_flight":"2004-10-14T03:06:26Z"}