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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Most Space Time of any Human

Sergei Krikalev is the current commander of the Internation Space Station. Krikalev has logged more hours in space than any human ever, with more than
1.5 YEARS in orbit.

Krikalev's experience goes back 20 years to the Buran Shuttle (the Soviet
version of the Space Shuttle) program. He was also Flight Engineer on the
first ISS crew.

His Bio here: www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/krikalev.html

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Way to go Sergei!...

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Krikalev Breaks Time-in-Space Record

August 16, 2005
Early Tuesday Aug. 16., Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev will become the human with the most cumulative time in space. At 1:44 a.m. EDT he passed the record of 748 days held by Sergei Avdeyev.

Krikalyov, who has been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since April 15, passed the record previously held by fellow-Russian Sergei Avdeyev, who spent a career total of 747 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes and 11 seconds in space.

Krikalev spent his more than two years in space beginning in November 1988 with the start of his first long-duration flight to the Soviet space station Mir. Krikalev did back-to-back increments on his next Mir flight starting in May 1991 and returning to Earth in March 1992.

Krikalyov was aboard the Mir space station in December 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed, earning him the unofficial title of "the last citizen of the USSR." At the end of his 151-day mission, he returned not to the Soviet Union, but to Russia.

He became the first Russian to fly a Shuttle mission on STS-60 in February 1994. His second Shuttle flight took the Unity node to the International Space Station on STS-88 in December 1998. He was a member of the Station's Expedition 1 crew, launching in October 2000 and returning to Earth in March 2001. He launched as commander of Expedition 11 last April 14.

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I wonder if he is complacient up there...if it's just another day with nothing exciting to do. Oh hum...there goes Africa again after another sunrise over Brazil. Do they have televison in the ISS. Gee I hope so!