MOSCOW — Valery Polyakov, the cosmonaut who set the document for the longest single keep in area, has died at age 80, Russia’s area company introduced Monday.
Polyakov’s document of 437 days in area started Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the Soviet area station Mir. Whereas aboard Mir, he orbited the Earth greater than 7,000 occasions, earlier than returning March 22, 1995.
Upon touchdown, Polyakov declined to be carried out of the Soyuz capsule, as is frequent apply to permit readjustment to the pull of gravity. He was helped to climb out himself and he walked to a close-by transport automobile. Polyakov had educated as a doctor and needed to reveal that the human physique might endure prolonged durations in area.
Polyakov beforehand had spent 288 days in area on a mission in 1988-89.
The announcement by area company Roscosmos didn't state a explanation for dying.