The cosmonaut, who was trained as physician, had spent 437 days aboard the Mir space station.
Cosmonaut who trained as physician spent 437 days, or more than 14 months, aboard Mir space stationValery Polyakov, age 52, toasts with a cup of tea as he sits in a chair after landing in Kazakhstan on March 22, 1995, celebrating his space endurance record of 437 days spent aboard the Mir space station. Polyakov died Monday at the age of 80.
Valery Polyakov, the Russian cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80, Russia's space agency announced Monday. Polyakov's record of 437 days in space began on Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the Mir space station Mir, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. While aboard Mir, he orbited the Earth more than 7,000 times, before returning on March 22, 1995.
Upon landing, Polyakov declined to be carried out of the Soyuz capsule, as is common practice to allow readjustment to the pull of gravity. He was helped to climb out but was able to walk to a nearby chair and then a transport vehicle. Polyakov had trained as a physician and wanted to demonstrate that the human body could endure extended periods in space.The announcement by space agency Roscosmos did not state a cause of death.
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