Oleg Kononenko, commander of the Roscosmos cosmonaut squadron, TASS special correspondent on the International Space Station (ISS), broke the world record for the total time spent in orbit.
Today at 11:30:08 Moscow time, Kononenko surpassed the achievement of Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who had spent a total of 878 days in space for five missions (from 1998 to 2015), 11 hours 29 minutes and 48 seconds.
The head of the cosmonaut squad is now on the fifth space mission of his career. On June 5 at 00:00:20 Moscow time, he is expected to become the first person to spend a total of 1,000 days in space. In June, he will celebrate his 60th birthday in space, and at the end of the year-long expedition, his total flight time will be 1,110 days.
Oleg Kononenko was born on June 21, 1964 in Chardzow, Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan). His first space flight was in April 2008, when he traveled to the ISS on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft. After returning from the first expedition to the station, the cosmonaut was awarded the titles Hero of the Russian Federation and pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.
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2024-02-04 14:49:00
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