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Topic: Record for total career time spent in space
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 51811
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-30-2015 06:07 AM
   
collectSPACE 804 days and counting: Cosmonaut beats record for career spent in spaceA Russian cosmonaut currently onboard the International Space Station has beat the record for the most time spent off the planet – and he still has months to go before he comes home to Earth. Gennady Padalka, who's serving a record fourth command of the orbiting outpost, logged his 804th day in Earth orbit Monday (June 29), spread over five flights. He surpassed the previous record of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes on six missions set in October 2005 by fellow cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev. "I hope this flight will take the figure to 878 days," Padalka said before his most recent launch in March. "But I am not going to stop at that — I hope to reach 1,000 days in orbit on my following flight."  |
MSS
Member Posts: 1033
From: Europe
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-30-2015 08:56 AM
Here is current total duration of Gennady Padalka and the rest astronauts. |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1630
From: Gardner, KS
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 06-30-2015 10:47 AM
Would he be allowed to make it to 1,000 days? I take it he hasn't been zapped by enough radiation. I wonder how much younger that makes him relative to normal Gennady Padalka that would have not flown? |
Robonaut
Member Posts: 259
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-30-2015 03:54 PM
The Russians do not have the same rules as NASA for radiation exposure. As far as I know, they do not have any limits. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 51811
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-30-2015 04:06 PM
I asked Padalka about this before he flew; the Russians do have limits. In fact, he said the limits are the same as NASA's. (I believe the difference are not the limits but the way those limits are applied; NASA being more conservative). |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 51811
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-04-2024 12:37 PM
From Russian space enthusiast Katya Pavlushchenko (via X): Today [Feb. 4] at 08:30:08 UTC [3:30:08 a.m. EST] Oleg Kononenko broke the world record for the most time spent in space which previously was held by Gennady Padalka, who scored a total of 878 days, 11 hours over five space flights. Oleg is expected to gain a total of 1000 days in space on June 5, 2024. |
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