Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has just split the world record to become the soul who has pass the most time in blank ever . He has now been in space for over 879 days , beating the previous phonograph record of fellow astronaut Gennady Padalka ’s 878 days , 11 hours , 29 minutes , and 48 seconds in space . Both cosmonauts achieved this cumulatively over five delegation , but Kononenko ’s 5th commission is not even halfway through , mean he is set to smash the platter this class .
The 59 - yr - old astronaut is scheduled on the International Space Station until September 23 . He will clock in 1,110 days in space by the time he comes back to Earth , which is around 2.5 years . Kononenko , who is the commander of the cosmonauts corps , will cut through the never - before - achieved 1,000 day in blank space on June 5 .
" I fly into space to do my pet affair , not to set disc , " Kononenko told Russian intelligence agency TASS in an interview , reportsReuters . " I am proud of all my achievement , but I am more proud that the record for the full duration of human stay in infinite is still held by a Russian spaceman . "
An achievement , yes , butmicrogravityis not precisely a welcoming surroundings for the human body so prolonged stays in space take their toll . What find toyour dead body in spaceis often weird and in some cases disgusting . The first affair that happens is fluids like blood line move towards your head , which is annoying at first but then sort of correspondence in a worrying way . You alsolose lineage cell , a fair second of them .
Your muscle mass also reduces as you do n’t have to work too hard in microgravity , which is why cosmonaut pass a lot of timein the gym . The same proceed for your ivory , which become reabsorbed into your consistency . On the positive side , your invertebrate foot will lose all their callosity . So you ’ll be back down on Earth a bit anemic but with metrical unit as bland as a baby .
Russia also hold the record for the longest single stay in outer space . Valeri Polyakov spend 437 twenty-four hour period and 18 time of day ( more than 14 months ) on the Mir space post in the mid-1990s . American astronautPeggy Whitsonholds the NASA record for cumulative time with 655 day in blank space . Frank Rubioholds the NASA phonograph recording for the longest individual outer space flight at 371 days , which he reach last September – despite not being planned !
