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BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is scheduled to set a new world record for the longest cumulative stay in space on Feb. 4.
According to Reuters, as of 8:30:08 a.m. GMT (16:30:08 Beijing time) on the 4th, the 59-year-old Kononenko will break the world record of another Russian cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka, who has spent 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes and 48 seconds in space, becoming the person who has spent the longest time in space.
South Korea's first female cosmonaut, Lee So-yeon (left), joins Russian cosmonauts Sergey Volkov (center) and Oleg Kononenko at the Baikonur launch base in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2008. Xinhua News Agency, Korea News Agency.
This is Kononenko's fifth space mission. The mission is scheduled to end on September 23 this year, when he will spend a total of 1,110 days in space.
According to the European Space Agency**, Kononenko was selected as an astronaut on the International Space Station at the age of 34. He made his first trip to the International Space Station on April 8, 2008. (Yuan Yuan).