The space race won by Russia?
At least when it comes to time spent in space.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko broke the world record for time spent in space this Monday at 11:30 a.m.
The commander of the Roscosmos cosmonaut team spent more than 878 days in space (or almost two and a half years), during his five space missions
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The engineer reminded the Russian news agency TASS that each trip to the International Space Station required careful preparation due to the station's constant improvements, but that life as a cosmonaut was a childhood dream come true.
The 1000 day mark
“I fly into space to do what I love, not to set records.
I have dreamed and aspired to become a cosmonaut since I was a child.
This interest, the possibility of flying in space, living and working in orbit, motivates me to continue flying,” he said.
On September 15, the cosmonaut left for his fifth mission in space.
At the end of this, he should exceed the mark of 1000 days spent in space.