{"id":250,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/250/?format=json","name":"Salizhan Sharipov","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":"1964-08-24","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"Kyrgyz","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two spacewalks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salizhan2520sharipov_image_20181201220513.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190445.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salizhan_Sharipov","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"2004-10-14T03:06:26Z","first_flight":"1998-01-23T02:48:15Z"}