Anton Shkaplerov is a Russian cosmonaut born on February 20, 1972, in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. He graduated from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University and later joined the Russian Air Force, where he became a pilot and test pilot. Shkaplerov has participated in several space missions, including flights to the International Space Station (ISS). He has spent over 500 days in space and has conducted various scientific experiments during his missions, contributing to our understanding of space and human adaptation to long-duration spaceflight.