Oleg Kononenko achieved a milestone of 1000 cumulative days in space on June 5th, surpassing the previous record held by Gennady Padalka. Kononenko's space career, spanning 16 years and five ISS ...

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, now the world's most experienced spaceman, first-time flier Nikolai Chub and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth on ...

FILE - From left: CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko and U.S. astronaut Anne McClain pose for a photo before their final preflight practical examination in a mock-up ...

Oleg Kononenko, 59, is set to return to Earth in September 2024. A Russian cosmonaut became the first person to spend a cumulative 1,000 days in space, Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced ...

Accusations against Kononenko have been building since last year, when lawmakers and investigative journalists tracked his alleged links to state companies. Critics say he has built a vast business ...

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Padalka who logged more than 878 days in orbit, ...

Engineers readied a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for launch Friday to carry a veteran cosmonaut commander, a rookie co-pilot and a NASA astronaut on a flight to the International Space Station. NASA's ...

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is currently aboard the International Space Station and should pass the three-year mark before returning to Earth You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

The spaceflight record books have just been rewritten. Over the weekend, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko set a new mark for most total days spent off Earth, eclipsing the 878 days, 11 hours and 30 ...

Igor Kononenko Foundation donated the most necessary medical supplies to the medical company of one of the newly created brigades in the Donetsk direction. Doctors formed a list taking into account ...

FILE _ Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, attends a news conference at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on ...