Polyakov blasted off Jan. 8, 1994 and plans to stay aboard the Mir space station until March 26, a total of 442 days in space including the launch and landing days, said Anatoly Kirushkin, a spokesman for the space mission control center.
On Monday, the 52-year-old physician surpassed the space endurance record of 366 days set by cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov in a mission that ended in December 1988.
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