Let's make this birthday one to remember.

71 years old (Born on August 31, 1953)

Happy birthday, Pavel Vinogradov! It's impressive how gracefully you handled floating around in zero gravity during Expeditions 35 and 36 aboard the ISS. Frankly speaking—most of us can't handle gravitational pull here on Earth without stumbling over furniture.

Your extraordinary skills guiding international missions remind us that candles burn just a little brighter when lit outside our atmosphere (though good luck blowing them out up there!). May your year ahead be filled with as much success—and fewer microgravity mishaps—as you've always enjoyed orbiting above all human drama. Keep gravitating towards greatness; after all, you're truly stellar at it!