Oleg Kononenko

This article is about the Russian cosmonaut. For the Soviet cosmonaut with a similar name, see Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Kononenko.
Oleg Kononenko
Олег Кононенко
Kononenko in 2016
Born
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko

(1964-06-21) 21 June 1964 (age 60)
Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR, USSR
(now Türkmenabat, Lebap Region, Turkmenistan)
StatusActive
NationalityRussian
OccupationEngineer
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Hero of Turkmenistan
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
RankCivilian
Time in space
1095 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes [refresh]
(currently in space)
Selection1996 RKA Group
Total EVAs
7
Total EVA time
44 hours, 30 minutes
Missions
Mission insignia

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко; Turkmen: Oleg Dmitriýewiç Kononenko; born 21 June 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut.[1] He has flown to the International Space Station five times as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 57 and commander of Expedition 58 and Expedition 59 aboard Soyuz MS-11, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 69 and Expedition 70 and commander of Expedition 71 aboard Soyuz MS-24/Soyuz MS-25.

As of September 2024, Kononenko has accumulated more than 1,090 days in space over the course of five long-duration missions (including his ongoing one-year mission) on the ISS. On 4 February 2024, at 07:30:08 UTC, he broke the record for the most time spent in space previously held by Gennady Padalka at 878 days.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ NASA (2008). "Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko". NASA. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "Госкорпорация "Роскосмос"". Telegram. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. ^ "ISS Expedition Reports". www.spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  4. ^ "One American, Two Russians Blast Off in Russian Spacecraft to International Space Station". Voice of America. 2023-09-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-15.