February 4, 2024
Russian cosmonaut sets record for longest time in space
MOSCOW: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for the total time spent in space, surpassing compatriot Gennady Padalka, who logged more than 878 days in orbit, the Russian space agency said. At 0830 GMT Kononenko broke the record, Roscosmos said. Kononenko is expected to reach a total of 1,000 days in space on June 5, and by the end of September he will have clocked 1,110 days. “I fly into space to do my favorite thing, not to set a record,” Kononenko told TASS in an interview from the International Space Station (ISS) where he is


