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🚀 On September 23, a Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, along with American astronaut Tracy Dyson, successfully landed in Kazakhstan, marking the end of a record-breaking mission for the Russian pair. 🥇 Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub spent 3⃣7⃣4⃣ days in space, setting a new record for the longest mission under the ISS program! 🇷🇺 Only two fellow cosmonauts have spent more time in space on a single mission: Valeri Polyakov with 438 days in orbit (1994-1995), and Sergei Avdeev, who completed a 380-day mission aboard the Mir space station (1998-1999). 👑 Oleg Kononenko now also holds the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, with a total of 1⃣,1⃣1⃣1⃣ days across five missions. 🛰 During their mission, Kononenko and Chub conducted numerous scientific and applied experiments, hosted a visiting expedition, received four Progress MS cargo spacecraft, and completed two spacewalks. ✊ Welcome home!