"On December 1, 2021, Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Oleg Skripochka completes work in the cosmonaut corps of Roscosmos," Interfax quotes a message from the Cosmonaut Training Center.
It is noted that he will continue his work at the CPC as a leading specialist in the methodological department.
Skripochka was enlisted in the cosmonaut corps in 1997.
Performed three space flights, the total duration of which is more than 536 days.
He went into open space three times.
Earlier, the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that cosmonauts would fly to the new Russian space station more often than to the ISS.