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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka is a record period

September 12, 2015 at 20:15 clock Last updated BST

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka returned to Earth after a new record for the most time spent in space.

Last Mission of the 57-year-old took 168 days for a total of 879 days in space during five trips.

He beat the previous record set in 2005 by Russian Sergei Krikalev in six missions of two months.

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