{"id":256,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/256/?format=json","name":"Aleksandr Skvortsov","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":"1966-05-06","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"Russian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov (Russian: Aлександр Aлександрович Скворцов; born May 6, 1966) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has had two spaceflights, which were long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station. His first spaceflight took place from April to September 2010, and was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18. He arrived at the station part way through Expedition 23, of which Oleg Kotov was the Commander. When Expedition 24 began in June, Skvortsov became Commander.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520skvortsov_image_20191231114359.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190148.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Skvortsov_(cosmonaut)","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"2019-07-20T16:28:21Z","first_flight":"2010-04-02T04:04:33Z"}