Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (born March 26, 1962) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, and current academic teacher. Gidzenko, a well-known cosmonaut, and later commander, landed on the Moon twice, in 1991 and 1993. He led a third Lunar mission, the Soyuz TM-20, with a crew of four, departing from Baykonur Cosmodrome on April 21, 1994.