Cosmonaut

As of Sunday, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has clocked more time in Earth orbit than any other astronaut, surpassing the mark held by his Russian colleague Gennady Padalka. And as a fun quirk introduced by Einstein’s Special and General Theories of Relativity, Kononenko has traveled farther into the future than anyone else—even if by the tiniest fraction of a second.Alex Winter on Innovative Horror Movies Kononenko has now spent 879 days in orbit and counting. The illustrious record was set aboard the International…

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has officially become the human being with the most time logged in space, Roscosmos has announced.As of 4 February 2024, at 08:30:08 UTC, the Russian crew member had cumulatively logged more than 878 days aboard the International Space Station, and counting, over multiple missions since 2008.The previous record holder, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, spent 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes and 48 seconds in space over the course of five missions between 1998 and 2015.Kononenko is currently…

Rakesh Sharma is India's first astronaut, a space exploration pioneer, and a national hero.Rakesh Sharma, a Wing Commander and astronaut, made history and brought pride to India when he embarked on a remarkable mission to space. Spending an impressive seven days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes on board the Salyut 7 space station, he became the first Indian to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere. This incredible achievement was made possible through a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the…

The four crew members who comprise the SpaceX Crew-7 mission pose for a photo in their spacesuits during a training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov, Pilot Andreas Mogensen, Commander Jasmin Moghbeli,, and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa. Credit: SpaceXKonstantin Borisov from <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Roscosmos</div><div…

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev’s helmet camera captures Earth views and cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin at work during the April 18 Russian spacewalk to install a radiator on the Nauka science module. Credit: NASA TVOn Wednesday, the Expedition 69 astronauts conducted science experiments aboard the International Space Station. <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the…

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans. (Picture Credit: AP)Russian has released a trailer for the first ever feature film to be shot in space."The Challenge" was shot aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the course of 12 days in 2021. It is about a female cardiac surgeon called Zhenya (played by Russian actress Yulia Peresild) who is part of a team of doctors sent to operate on a cosmonaut (played by cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy) who loses consciousness while on the orbital station.The…

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev after returning to Earth on September 29, 2022.Photo: Pavel Kassin/Roscosmos State Space Corporation (AP)Experienced Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, who had just recently spent 195 days orbiting Earth, accidentally hit a colleague with his car outside the Roscosmos training center earlier this week, according to an official statement from the Russian space agency.The statement posted to the official Roscosmos Telegram channel claims that, on Monday evening,Artemyev “did not notice” a…

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched the International Space Station’s next long-duration crew for NASA on Wednesday, including a cosmonaut, along with two Americans and a Japanese astronaut. The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with a Crew Dragon capsule dubbed the Endurance, blasted off in clear skies at noon local time (1600 GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A NASA live feed of liftoff showed the Falcon 9 ascending from the launch tower as…

A four-member SpaceX Crew Dragon team, including a Russian cosmonaut and the first Native American woman sent to orbit, safely docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and moved aboard to begin a five-month science mission.Rendezvous of the latest NASA expedition to the orbiting laboratory came just after 5 EDT (2:30am IST) following a 29-hour flight to the ISS as the two vehicles circled the globe some 420 km above Earth off the west coast of Africa, according to a NASA webcast of the docking.The…

A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida on Wednesday carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut flying together in a demonstration of US-Russian teamwork in space despite Ukraine war tensions.A high-ranking official of the Russian space agency (https://gadgets360.com/tags/roscosmos) said shortly after the launch that the flight marked "a new phase of our cooperation" with the US space agency NASA.The…