Record #00355Space archive
Longest Cumulative Time Spent in Space by an Astronaut
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko returned from his fifth spaceflight on 23 September 2024 with a NASA-confirmed cumulative record of 1,111 days in space.
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1,111days
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- Holder
- Oleg Kononenko
- Location
- —
- Start date
- 2024-09-23
- Record status
- VerifiedView verification details ↗Report an issue
Overview
Archive NoteKononenko first flew to the International Space Station in 2008 and completed five missions. In February 2024, during his fifth mission, he passed the previous lifetime record held by Gennady Padalka at roughly 878 days.
NASA reported a cumulative 1,111 days when he landed aboard Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024. The latest flight itself lasted 374 days; this record concerns the sum of all five missions.
Record history
1 Milestones- 1,111 daysOleg KononenkoCurrent Record
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Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
NASA or Guinness explicitly identifies the global record holder for the defined metric, rather than only providing a measurement.
- Verification assessment
- 2026-11-04
- Last editorial review
- 2026-11-04
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