This cosmonaut is the first human being to have spent 1,000 days in space

We still do not know how weightlessness affects human beings in the long term. But it will be vital to discover it before traveling to Mars.

Dr. McCoy already said it in Star Trek: “Space is a place full of dangers and diseases.” Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has spent almost three years outside of Earthand you can tell it.

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko, 59 years old, has become the first human being to spend a thousand days in space, June 5th. And the record is going to be extended for the next three months, because it will still remain on the International Space Station, until September 23. Then it will reach 1,110 days.

“There is this awareness that you have achieved something new and important, that you have surpassed a certain milestone, that you have touched the unknown,” Kononenko told the Russian state agency TASS, via Associated Press. “It gives you confidence and pride in the work you’ve done.”

The records of permanence in space

The weightlessness of space, including the microgravity of the International Space Station, It is harmful to humans. It has been proven to impair blood circulation and reduce blood cells, causing muscles and bones to atrophy, among other things.

For that reason, Oleg Kononenko has not spent 1,000 consecutive days in space, but on five missions separated in time. On the NASA side, the record is held by astronaut Peggy Whitson, with 665 days, according to account IFL Science. Also in five different missions.

The record for most days in a row is also held by a Russian cosmonaut, Valeri Polyakov, who spent 437 days on the Mir station. On the American side, astronaut Frank Rubio, with 337 days.

The International Space Station is one of the few places where the United States and Europe continue to collaborate closely with Russia.

According to account APthe Russian space agency announced in December that its cross-flight program with NASA transporting astronauts to the ISS had been extended until 2025. However, Russia is already building its own space station, as China already has.

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has spent 1,000 days in space. A record that will take time to be surpassed, because space programs are becoming more and more extensive, and many more astronauts are being trained.

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