Rocosmos



Russian cosmonaut to set record Sunday for most time spent in space

  • Gennady Padalka, also of Russia, set a world record when he accumulated a total of 878 and a half days over five space flights before retiring in 2017
  • Oleg Kononenko, commander of the Russian space state agency Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, will set a new record on Sunday after exceeding Padalka's feat
By Reuters ·