Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev (right) and Captain

Captain: "The Apollo astronauts reported faint flashes in their eyes, when they closed them, due cosmic rays. Did you or your colleagues ever experience such flashes ?"
Krikalev: "Yes, I saw them. From the first day on orbit I saw them."

UPDATE 30-APR-2006: Sergei also worked on the LAZIO light flash experiment @ ISS

I was following his career since STS-88, when the first module of the ISS (International Space Station), Zarya, was mated with the first NASA module, Unity. He was a member of the Expedition-1 crew in 2000 and with another 179 days on Expedition-11, he's probably the most experienced ISS astronaut/cosmonaut.

It was a pleasure to meet you, Sergei! Thank you!
Очень приятно! Большое спасибо! Желаю всего наилучшего!
(Nice to meet you! Thank you very much! My best wishes!)

Sergei Krikalev (Biographical Data @ JSC/NASA)
Wikipedia page of Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Сергей Константинович Крикалёв)

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Sergei Krikalev - Cosmonaut and world record holder: 803 days in space

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