Two Russians break record for continuous stay on the Space Station

September 20 () –

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub broke the record for the longest space flight on Friday. longest uninterrupted stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

According to RoscosmosKononenko and Chub’s mission has surpassed the previous record set by their colleagues Dmitry Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, as well as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who spent 370 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes and 16 seconds aboard the ISS in 2022-2023. The new record was broken at 13:06:51 UTC.

Kononenko and Chub will arrive at the ISS in September 2023. Its return to Earth is scheduled for Monday, September 23.Their space mission will last 374 days in total.

The longest orbital flight in the history of space exploration -437 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes and 17 seconds- It was carried out by Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov between January 1994 and March 1995. at Mir station.