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Time-in-Space Record Broken

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-you-thought-you-had-a-rough-couple-of-years dept.

NoFrance writes "Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev has taken the record for most time spent in space away from fellow Russian Sergei Avdeyev. At 748 days in space, Krikalev has an impressive list of accomplishments to his name, including : back-to-back 6 month tours on mir, he flew on the first joint US-Russian space shuttle mission, and a member of the first crew to live on ISS. He is currently commander of the ISS in a six-month stint that began on 14 April. Most impressive is his ability to deal with the physical hardships in space. In space most people lose around 1.5% of their bone mass per month, even with a disciplined exercise regime. And growing the bone mass lost from a 6 month stint back, can take a long time."

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  1. Re:748 days? by tomhudson · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    record for most time spent in space away from fellow Russian Sergei Avdeyev. At 748 days in space
    kind of brings tears to your eyes. My eyes would be tearing too, if I had to spend that much time in close proximity to someone whop hasn't had a bath or shower in how fucking long?

    There are some records that are NOT meant to be advertised far and wide.

    After 2 years with no bath, his hair must look like Yoda's (or Ted Koppel's). Eww. Or maybe all the cosmic rays caused it to fall ou[tt].

  2. Re:748 days? by Mars2020 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're wrong! The US record belongs to Cpt. Janeway of starship Voyager. And Cpt. Kirk has the record for most teleportation with both testicles accounted for.