Russian cosmonaut who holds the world record for the longest single spaceflight – a total of 437 days and 18 hours from being launched on Soyuz TM-18 craft, time at the Mir Space Station and then landing on TM-20. Polyakov has spent a total of 22 months in space.
Valeri Polyakov was born on 27 April, 1942
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