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Valery Polyakov, cosmonaut who logged longest space mission, dies at 80 [i]Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who logged the single longest stay in space, has died at the age of 80. Polyakov's death on Monday (Sept. 19) was reported by Roscosmos, Russia's federal space corporation. "The Roscosmos State Corporation regrets to announce the death of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Russia, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, holder of the world record for the longest flight into space (437 days) Valery Polyakov," Roscosmos officials wrote on the messaging service Telegram (machine translated from the original Russian). "We express our deep condolences to the relatives and friends of Valery Vladimirovich."[/i]
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