Facts:   - mission: sts-96 , soyuz tma-7 -lrb- expedition 12 -rrb-    - type: cosmonaut    - insignia: 30px 30px 40px    - status: retired    - selection: 1989 cosmonaut group      - awards: 20px    - birth date: 29 october 1952    - name: valeri ivanovich tokarev    - time: 199d 15h 06m    - nationality: russian    - image: valeri tokarev.jpg    - birth place: kapustin yar , astrakhan oblast , russia    - link: hero of the russian federation    - rank: air force colonel    - occupation: pilot   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of valeri tokarev .
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valeri ivanovich tokarev -lrb- -rrb- , russian air force colonel and test cosmonaut at the yuri a. gagarin cosmonaut training center , was born october 29 , 1952 in the town of kap-yar , astrakhan oblast and currently resides at star city , moscow region .he has traveled to space twice and has performed two career spacewalks .he retired on june 10 , 2008 .