Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka returned safely to Earth with two other astronauts from the International Space Station Saturday with the record for having spent the most time in space.Padalka — who has spent a total of 879 days in space over five separate trips — touched ground on the barren Kazakh steppe on schedule at 0051 GMT along with Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov and Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen.”Landing has taken place,” a spokesman for Russia’s space agency Roscosmos told AFP. “All is well.” Padalka led the 44th expedition at the ISS, breaking a 10-year-old record for …read more
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