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New record the most cumulative time in space

The Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, the current commander of the International Space Station (ISS), has broken the record for the most cumulative time in space - clocking up 748 days in orbit on Tuesday. He beat a previous record of 747 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes and 11 seconds held by fellow Russian Sergei Avdeyev.

Now 46 years old, Sergei Krikalev was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Russia, in 1958, selected as a cosmonaut in 1985 and made his first long-duration mission to the Russian Mir space station in 1988.

The cosmonaut flew aboard space shuttle Discovery on STS-60, the first joint US/Russian shuttle mission in 1994. He was also part of the first crew to stay aboard the International Space Station.

Krikalev and fellow astronaut Phillips are due to return to Earth on 7 October.

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