Oleg Kononenko

Oleg Kononenko
Олег Кононенко
Kononenko in 2022
Born
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko

(1964-06-21) 21 June 1964 (age 60)
Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
StatusActive
NationalityRussian
OccupationEngineer
Awards
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Time in space
1,110 days, 14 hours, 57 minutes[1]
SelectionMKS Cosmonaut Group (1996)
Total EVAs
7
Total EVA time
44 hours, 30 minutes
Missions
Mission insignia

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко; Turkmen: Oleg Dmitriýewiç Kononenko; born 21 June 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut.[2] He has flown to the International Space Station five times as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 57 and commander of Expedition 58 and Expedition 59 aboard Soyuz MS-11, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 69 and Expedition 70 and commander of Expedition 71 aboard Soyuz MS-24/Soyuz MS-25.

Kononenko has accumulated 1,111 days in space over the course of five long-duration missions on the ISS. On 4 February 2024, at 07:30:08 UTC, he broke the record for the most time spent in space previously held by Gennady Padalka at 878 days.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Cosmonaut Biography: Oleg D. Kononenko". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  2. ^ NASA (2008). "Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko". NASA. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  3. ^ "Госкорпорация "Роскосмос"". Telegram. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  4. ^ "ISS Expedition Reports". www.spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  5. ^ "One American, Two Russians Blast Off in Russian Spacecraft to International Space Station". Voice of America. 2023-09-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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