Valeriy Vladimirovich POLYAKOV
207 Worldwide / 66 USSR (Russia)
Date of birth: April 27, 1942.
The 1st Space Flight:
- Launch: August 29, 1988 at 04.23; “SoyuzTM-6”. Doctor-cosmonaut-researcher.
- Docking of the “SoyuzTM-6” with the “Mir” station on August 31, 1988.
- Undocking of the “SoyuzTM-7” from the “Mir” station on April 27, 1989.
- Landing: April 27, 1989 at 02.57; “SoyuzTM-7”. Doctor-cosmonaut-researcher.
Flight duration: 240 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 47 seconds.
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The 2nd Space Flight:
- Launch: January 08, 1994 at 10.05; “SoyuzTM-18”. Doctor-cosmonaut-researcher.
- Docking of the “SoyuzTM-18” with the “Mir” station on January 10, 1994.
- Undocking of the “SoyuzTM-20” from the “Mir” station on March 22, 1995.
- Landing: March 22, 1995 at 04.04; “SoyuzTM-20”. Doctor-cosmonaut-researcher.
Flight duration: 437 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes, 32 seconds.
The new world record of the manned space flight duration.
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Total space flights – 2.
Total time in space: 678 days, 16 hours, 33 minutes, 19 seconds.
