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12/10/1977 01:18:40
03/16/1978 11:18:47
96 d 10 h 0 м 7 s
(2314 h 0 m 7 c)
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01/16/1978 11:24:58
68 d 10 h 6 m 18 s
(1642 h 6 m 18 s)

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Yuri Romanenko

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Cosmonaut No. 85

Cosmonaut of the USSR No. 42

Romanenko: 1st flight

Cumulative time: 96 d 10 h 0 m 7 s
(2314 h 0 m 7 s)

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Georgy Grechko

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Cosmonaut No. 75

Cosmonaut of the USSR No. 34

Grechko: 2nd flight

Cumulative time: 125 d 23 h 19 m 52 s
(3023 h 19 m 52 s)


24th manned flight of the Soyuz. Yury Romanenko and Georgy Grechko - the first long-term crew (Expedition 1) of the Salyut-6 station. During the flight Romanenko and Grechko made a spacewalk. After returning to Earth on March 16, 1978, Romanenko and Grechko set a new record of the duration of the space flight 96 d 10 h 0 m 7 s (2314 h 0 m 7 s). They surpassed the record of the American crew Skylab 3 , which has been held since 1974. Georgy Grechko also became the owner of the largest cumulative time in space: 125 d 23 h 19 m 52 s (3023 h 19 m 52 s).

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Georgy Grechko and Yuri Romanenko celebrate New Year 1978 in space.

The longest flight:
11/16/1973 84 d 1 h 15 m 30 s (2017 h 15 m 30 s) Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue

The largest number of flights: 4 Lovell, Young, Conrad

The most cumulative time in space: 84 d 1 h 15 m 30 s (2017 h 15 m 30 s) Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue


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