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{{Short description|Russian politician and cosmonaut (born 1972)}}
{{lead too short|date=June 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                =
| native_name         = {{nobold|Максим Сураев}}
| native_name_lang    = ru
| image               = Maxim Suraiev.jpeg
| caption             = Surayev in 2010
| office              = Member of the [[State Duma]] for [[Moscow Oblast]]
| term_start          = 5 October 2016
| term_end            = 12 October 2021
| predecessor         = ''constituency re-established''
| successor           = [[Vyacheslav Fomichyov]]
| constituency        = [[Balashikha constituency|Balashikha (No. 117)]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1972|5|24|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Chelyabinsk]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]
| party               = [[United Russia]]
| education           = [[Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots|Kacha Air Force Pilot School]]<br>[[Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy]]<br>[[RANEPA]]
| occupation          = [[Fighter Pilot]]
| module              = {{infobox astronaut
|embed = yes
|type      = [[Roscosmos]] cosmonaut
|rank      = [[Colonel]]
|time      = 334d 12h 11min
|selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1997|1997 TsPK Cosmonaut Group]]
|eva1      = 2
|eva2      = 9hr 22min
|mission   =[[Soyuz TMA-16]] ([[Expedition 21]]/[[Expedition 22|22]]), [[Soyuz TMA-13M]] ([[Expedition 40]]/[[Expedition 41|41]])
|insignia  = [[Image:ISS Expedition 21 Patch.svg|50px]] [[Image:ISS Expedition 22 Patch.svg|50px]]  [[File:ISS Expedition 40 Patch.png|45px]] [[Image:ISS Expedition 41 Patch.svg|50px]]
}}
}}
'''Maksim Viktorovich Surayev''' ({{langx|ru|Максим Викторович Сураев}}, born 24 May 1972) is a Russian politician and retired [[cosmonaut]]. He served in the [[State Duma]] between 2016 and 2021.
==Personal==
Surayev was born in [[Chelyabinsk]]. During his childhood, Suraev lived in several places due to his father's military commitments. First he moved from his birthplace, Chelyabinsk in the Urals, to Siberia. When his father entered the military academy, the Suraev family moved again to the environs of Moscow.  While his father served several postings, Suraev again moved from one town to another around Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition21/suraev_interview.html|author=NASA|title=Preflight Interview: Maxim Suraev|date=October 5, 2009|accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
Surayev is married to Suraeva (née Khorokhordina) Anna Alexandrovna. They have two daughters, Arina and Ksenia.  His recreational interests include sports and reading.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/suraev.html|title=Biographical Data: Suraev Maxim Victorovich |author=NASA|date=August 2009|accessdate=March 19, 2010}}</ref> He is a qualified diver and paraborne instructor.
==Education==
Surayev graduated with honors from the [[Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots|Kacha Air Force Pilot School]] as pilot-engineer in 1994; graduated with honors from the Zhukovski Air Force Academy in 1997 as pilot-engineer-researcher. In 2007, he received a law degree from the Russian Academy of Civil Service.
==Awards==
Maksim Surayev is a recipient of the Gold Star Medal of Hero of Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/1553|title=Ceremony for presenting state awards took place in the Kremlin|date=December 30, 2010|accessdate=December 31, 2010|publisher=President of Russia}}</ref> He received the medal from the Russian president [[Dmitry Medvedev]] on 30 December 2010.
== Experience ==
Surayev is qualified to fly [[Aero L-39 Albatros|L-39]] and [[Sukhoi Su-27|Su-27]] aircraft, and has logged around 700 hours of flight time. Surayev is a Class 3 Air Force pilot, a qualified diver and paraborne instructor.
==Cosmonaut career==
From 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]] crew member. From April 2008 until March 2009 he was a member of the ISS [[Expedition 19]] backup crew.
[[Image:Max Surayev Ham Radio Session Jan10.jpg|left|thumb|Surayev conducting a ham radio session inside the [[Zvezda module|''Zvezda'' module]].]]
[[Image:ISS-22 Maxim Suraev with two Russian Orlan-MK spacesuits in the Poisk module.jpg|left|thumb|Surayev next to two Orlan-MK models in the ''Poisk'' Docking Module.]]
=== Expedition 21/22 ===
Surayev served as a Flight Engineer on the [[International Space Station]] as a member of the [[Expedition 22]] crew. He also served in the same capacity during [[Expedition 21]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/nov/HQ_08-306_Expedition_crews.html|title=NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering|author=NASA|date=November 21, 2008|accessdate=March 19, 2010}}</ref> having traveled to the station aboard [[Soyuz TMA-16]] on 30 September 2009 from the Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9eya90Y5jo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231231442/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9eya90Y5jo |archive-date=2009-12-31 |url-status=dead|title=Expedition 21 Soyuz Launch|publisher=[[NASA TV]]|date=September 30, 2009}}</ref> He was the commander of the Soyuz spacecraft. Surayev with [[Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)|Jeffrey Williams]] landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan on 18 March 2010, concluding a 167-day stay aboard the International Space Station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition22/landing.html|title=Soyuz Landing Caps Milestone Space Station Mission|author=NASA|date= March 18, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010}}</ref>
Surayev kept a blog while in space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=48|title=Дневник космонавта Максима Сураева}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ytfiles.com/2010/01/10/out-of-this-world-cosmonaut-maxim-suraev-and-his-blog|title=Out of This World:Cosmonaut Maksim Surayev and His Blog|date=January 10, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010|publisher=ytfiles.com}}</ref>
=== Expedition 40/41 ===
Surayev served as a Flight Engineer on the International Space Station as a member of the [[Expedition 40]]/[[Expedition 41|41]] crew. The Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft commanded by Surayev and carrying crew mates [[Alexander Gerst]] and [[Reid Wiseman]] lifted off from Baikonour's historic 1/5 launch pad on 28 May 2014.<ref name=msc>{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Stephen|title=Mission Status Center|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp40/status.html|publisher=Spaceflight Now|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref> Soyuz TMA-13M docked with the space station's ''[[Rassvet (ISS module)|Rassvet]]'' Module on 29 May, approximately six hours after launch.
As part of the ISS crew, Surayev conducted scientific activities and saw extensive visiting vehicle traffic including the Russian [[Progress (spacecraft)|Progress]] freighter, the American [[Dragon spacecraft|Dragon]] and [[Cygnus (spacecraft)|Cygnus]] spacecraft, and the final mission of the European ATV - [[Georges Lemaître ATV]]. He served as ISS expedition commander of Expedition 41 from 10 September until 10 November 2014. The mission returned to Earth on 10 November at 03:58 UTC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Expedition 41 Lands Safely in Kazakhstan|date=9 November 2014 |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2014/11/09/expedition-41-lands-safely-in-kazakhstan/|publisher=NASA|accessdate=10 November 2014}}</ref>
=== Spacewalks ===
[[File:Max Surayev Jan10 spacewalk.jpg|right|thumb|Maxim Suraev participates in a spacewalk to prepare MRM-2 for dockings.]]
On 14 January 2010 Surayev went outside the ISS into space with fellow Russian cosmonaut [[Oleg Kotov]] to begin his first spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 10:05 GMT when Surayev and Kotov, wearing new Russian [[Orlan space suit|Orlan-MK]] computerised spacesuits, floated out of the [[Pirs (ISS module)|''Pirs'']] Docking compartment airlock. The spacewalking duo connected cables between the [[Poisk (ISS module)|''Poisk'']] and [[Zvezda (ISS module)|''Zvezda'']] modules, installed docking targets and Kurs aerials and attached additional handrails to exit hatches.{{cn|date=April 2023}} They also retrieved a Russian biological experiment from the outside hull of the ISS and tossed out two big wads of space trash that contained unneeded insulation covers. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 44 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spacewalk-station-docking-port-100114.html|title=Russian Spacewalkers Start Up New Space Docking Port|author=Tariq Malik|publisher=[[SPACE.com]]|date=January 14, 2010|accessdate=June 3, 2010}}</ref>
Surayev and cosmonaut [[Aleksandr Samokutyayev|Aleksandr Samokutyaev]] performed a spacewalk (Russian EVA-40) outside the space station on 22 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflight101.com/iss-expedition-41---russian-eva-40.html |title=Cosmonauts race through EVA Task List in final planned Spacewalk of 2014 |author=Spaceflight101.com |date=October 22, 2014 |accessdate=25 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025081659/http://www.spaceflight101.com/iss-expedition-41---russian-eva-40.html |archivedate=25 October 2014 }}</ref> Although planned as a six-hour spacewalk, the cosmonauts were able to complete all the scheduled tasks in 3 hours and 38 minutes. During the extravehicular activity, Surayev and Samokutyaev dismantled the RK 21-8 Radiometria science payload and the 2ASF1-1 and 2ASF1-2 KURS antennas from the ''Poisk'' module.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/non-political/755916|title=Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk, return to space station|author=TASS Russian News Agency|date=October 22, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref> The RK-21-8 science payload was installed aboard the Space Station during the Russian EVA-28 in early 2011 and consisted of an antenna system with calibrator, a Microwave Radiometer receiver system and a Command-Information Unit. It was used for a series of seismic forecast and earthquake studies. The RK-21-8 payload was jettisoned by Surayev 33 minutes into the EVA on a safe departure trajectory from the Space Station. Surayev and Samokutyaev also released a protective cover from the EXPOSE-R payload developed by the European Space Agency to conduct astrobiology studies by exposing samples and experiments to the space environment. When the cosmonauts finished operations at the ''Poisk'' module, they photographed the surface of the orbital station for specialists to assess its condition later. Russian EVA-40 was the 184th spacewalk in support of the Space Station assembly.
==Politics==
In 2016, he was [[2016 Russian legislative election|elected]] to the [[State Duma]] from the [[United Russia]] party and retired from the cosmonaut corps.
==See also==
*[[List of Heroes of the Russian Federation]]
==References==
{{Include-NASA}}
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Maxim Suraev}}
* {{Twitter|name=Макс Сураев}}
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/surayev_maksim.htm Spacefacts biography of Maksim Surayev]
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