{"id":260,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/260/?format=json","name":"Maksim Surayev","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":"1972-05-24","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"Russian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Maksim Viktorovich Surayev (Russian: Максим Викторович Сураев, born May 24, 1972) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician.\r\nFrom December 1997 to November 1999, Surayev completed basic space training. In November 1999 he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. From January 2000 he was in ISS advanced training. From March 2006 until April 2008 Surayev was assigned as a backup ISS Expedition 17 crewmember. From April 2008 until March 2009 he was a member of the ISS Expedition 19 backup crew.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/maksim2520surayev_image_20181201221714.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185954.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Surayev","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"2014-05-28T19:57:41Z","first_flight":"2009-09-30T07:14:45Z"}