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Routine space missions usually last about six months, and Crew-8 was initially scheduled to return home in August. However, Crew-8's time in space was extended as NASA investigated helium leaks on ...
The four spent more time on the International Space Station than normal long-duration missions lasting six months because of hurricanes and unfavorable weather conditions off Florida's coasts.
Over the past few months, Williams, 59, and Wilmore, 61, have discounted claims that they are “stranded” — and have been taking full advantage of their extra time in space.
He is the record holder for the longest single stay in space, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437 days 18 hours) during one trip. [1] His combined space experience was more than 22 months. [2] Selected as a cosmonaut in 1972, Polyakov made his first flight into space aboard Soyuz TM-6 in 1988.
Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a NASA astronaut. [1] He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20, qualifying in 2011.Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55, Tingle launched into space on board Soyuz MS-07 in December 2017, and returned in June 2018. [2]
A veteran of four space flights, Bursch has logged over 227 days in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), STS-68 (1994) and STS-77 (1996), and served as flight engineer on International Space Station Expedition 4 (2001–2002). Dan Bursch and fellow astronaut Carl Walz completed one of the longest U.S. space flights of 196 days ...
The space station is whizzing around Earth at about five miles per second (18,000 mph), according to NASA. That means time moves slower for the astronauts relative to people on the surface. Now ...
The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1,111 days in space over five missions. He broke the record of Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC during his fifth spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-24 / 25 for a one year long-duration mission on the ISS . [ 21 ]