Waleri Poljakow Valery Polyakov Валерий Поляков

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Valery Polyakov

(Валерий Владимирович Поляков)

(Apr 27, 1942 - Sep 19, 2022)

Cosmonaut 207

Cosmonaut of the USSR 66

Spaceflights 2


Spaceflights

No. Launch OrbiterDuration
1st Aug 29, 1988 Soyuz ТМ-6 - Mir - Soyuz ТМ-7 240 d 22 h 34 m 47 s (5782 h 34 m 47 s)
2nd Jan 08, 1994 Soyuz ТМ-18 - Mir - Soyuz ТМ-20 437 d 17 h 58 m 31 s (10505 h 58 m 31 s)
Cumulative time: 678 d 16 h 33 m 18 s (16288 h 33 m 18 s)

Valery Polyakov made the longest space flight for more than 437 days. After returning from the second space flight, Valery Polyakov became the owner of a record length space flight and record total space flight time. Until Valery Polyakov summed up the long the flight was made Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov - 365 d 22 h 40 m. Before Valery Polyakov a record of the total time belonged to Musa Manarov - 541 d 00 h 32 m. Record of Polyakov on the total duration stay in space in 1999 surpassed Sergey Avdeyev (for three flights) - 747d 14 h 12 m.

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Valery Polyakov on Mir station.


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