Oleg Kononenko, a 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut, became the first person to spend 1,000 days in space. Kononenko accomplished this milestone on Tuesday, marking his fifth journey to the International ...

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New year, new beginnings. This week, the millennium arrives without disruption as the dreaded Y2K bug fails to bite. Elsewhere, milestones mark the turning of the year, from a record-breaking mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three Russian cosmonauts were assigned to the Soyuz 11 mission that launched on June 6, 1971. They broke a record at the time for ...

Sergei Krikalev, a cosmonaut, was stranded in space for over 311 days as the Soviet Union collapsed 250 miles beneath him. Credit: Bill Ingalls / NASA via Getty Images When a Russian spaceship docked ...

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Sergey Prokopyev just made history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Russian cosmonaut completed the first test flight at the ...