Longest Time In Space
534 days 2 hours 49 minutes and counting.
Longest time in space. Cosmonaut gennady ivanovich padalka has spent more time in space than any other person. He broke fellow cosmonaut sergey krikalev s record of 803 days on 28 june 2015 92 days into his 168 day stay on the iss as part of expedition 43 and by the time he landed on 12 september had spent 879 days in space that s more than two years. An astounding amount of time resources and effort go into planning a space mission and the brave astronauts who ride up in the.
A whopping 396 days. Edt on april 24 and with the recent extension of her stay at the international space station she has five months to rack up a new one. Kelly has also spent the longest cumulative time in space out of any american astronaut.
Russian cosmonaut gennady padalka who has spent 878 days in space over five missions became the record holder for the most time spent in space when he surpassed on 28 june 2015 the record of cosmonaut sergei krikalev who spent 803 days 9 hours and 39 minutes about 2 2 years in space over the span of six spaceflights on soyuz the space shuttle mir and the international space station. Nasa astronaut peggy whitson flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a u s. Spaceflights soyuz tm 6 soyuz tm 7 28 august 1988 to 27 april 1989 240 days 22 hours 34 minutes soyuz tm 18 soyuz tm 20 8 january 1994 to 22 march 1995 437 days 17 hours 58 minutes.
Astronaut at 1 27 a m. Scott kelly who spent almost a year on the iss as part of a study that also involved his twin brother has logged a total of 520 days in space. Here are the 15 us astronauts that have spent the most time off of earth.
When he is done with this mission he ll have racked up a total of 522 days in space. American spacefarer christina koch 41 landed safely in kazakhstan this morning after a. 10 longest time periods spent in space.
Russian cosmonaut gennady padalka holds the world record having spent 879 days in space over five missions. Leaving the earth s atmosphere and making it into space is an incredible achievement in and of itself regardless of how long the trip lasts. Nasa astronaut christina koch is scheduled to break that.