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Astronaut stranded in space for 311 days after his country stopped existing while he was in orbit
An Astronaut became stranded in space for 311 days after his country stopped existing while he was in orbit. In 1991 Sergei ...
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Who Has Spent the Longest Time in Space?
At the age of 46, he launched to the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-6 on Aug. 29, 1988—16 years after becoming a Soviet cosmonaut in 1972. He was accompanied by fellow Soviet cosmonaut ...
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Who are Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams? What to know about the astronauts 'stuck' in space
The current record for most days spent in space was earned by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov who was onboard Russia's Mir space station for 437 days between 1994 and 1995. Five NASA ...
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Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
Sharman wore the garment for her 1991 mission to the Soviet/Russian space station Mir. The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that returned U.K. astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station ...
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Williams and Wilmore Are Not the First Astronauts to Be Delayed in Space
Sergei Krikalev set off into space for a stay at the Mir, the Soviet Union’s space station at the time. While Mr. Krikalev was up there, the Soviet Union disbanded, and he was asked to ...
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Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent 14 ½ months aboard the Mir space station in the mid-1990s. He volunteered for it. As a physician, he wanted to observe the changes in the human body and ...
Astronaut was stranded in space for 311 days after his country stopped existing while he was in orbit
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev spent twice as much time in space than his team had planned after his country stopped ...