The Russian cosmonaut has been in space for more than 878 days

Almost 2.5 years. This is how long Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko spent in space. This morning broke the world record for the total time someone has spent in space. And go home? He's not thinking about that at the moment.

The previous world record was also in the hands of the Russians. The name was Gennady Padalka, who had previously spent 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes and 48 seconds in space. But Kononenko exceeded this number this morning at 9:30 am Dutch time. This was reported by the Russian space company Roscosmos.

423 km from Earth

Kononenko (59 years old) told the official Russian news agency: “I will go into space to do my favorite thing, not to set records.” TASS. It is located on the International Space Station, about 423 kilometers from Earth. “I am proud of all my achievements, but I am even more proud that the record for the total duration of human space travel is still held by a Russian cosmonaut.”

Kononenko has no plans to return to Earth at the moment. It is expected to reach space for 1,000 days on June 5, and is not scheduled to return until then. He is expected to remain on the space station until at least the end of September. If he achieves this, he will have spent at least 1,110 days in space.

Grown through time in space

The astronaut says he exercises regularly on the space station to prevent complaints when he returns to Earth. Due to weightlessness, there is no force in space pulling on the body, allowing the spine to expand. In 2018, Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai grew by two centimeters during his time on the space station.

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