The Russian space agency worked together with NASA to carry out the longest flight so far. How it was done and what was the objective.
The astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Frank Rubioand Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitri Petelincosmonauts of the Russian space agency Roscosmoslanded on Earth after the longest space mission in history.
The journey of the astronauts extended during more than a year in the International Space Station(ISS, for its acronym in English), which is located 400 kilometers of the planet Land. Finally – and after a mission that they assured turned out to be “successful“- they landed this morning in Kazakhstan. The russian space agency indicated that they passed 370 days21 hours and 22 minutes in space.
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However, the astronauts’ long stay It was not something programmed. The crew had to return in Marchbut it remained stranded for six months due to the malfunction of the cooling circuit of the Russian Soyuz MS-22 capsule. In this way, what should have been a 180-day mission became a 371 day staywith which the three were able to break the tenure record in space for both countries.
The problems began when a micrometeorite It pierced the cooling system of the ship in which they had arrived three months before and which should be their transport to return to Earth.
The record in space
Although the space field is one of the few in which The United States and Russia collaboratecompetition over interplanetary range continues.
The last record held by an American dated back to 2022, with the astronaut Mark Vande Heiwith 355 days consecutive in orbit. On the other hand, the absolute record in history it continues to be the Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakovwith 437 days.
Source: Ambito
