cosmonaut

cosmonaut

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reacts in the bus just before the departure to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo

Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space - more than 878 days

Kononenko is expected to reach a total of 1,000 days in space on 5 June and by late September he will have clocked 1,110 days.

Amid Ukraine war, US set to fly Russian cosmonaut to ISS

Amid Ukraine war, US set to fly Russian cosmonaut to ISS

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov pose for a picture during a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan 17 March 2022. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

New Russian cosmonaut team welcomed aboard International Space Station