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Ninety-year-old becomes oldest person to go to space

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub returned Monday after a record-breaking 374 days in low-Earth orbit on the International Space Station (ISS).

The Moscow Times

Their Soyuz MS-25 capsule, also carrying the US's Tracy Dyson, reportedly made a smooth landing in the Kazakhstan steppe 3.5 hours after undocking from ISS.

Newsweek

At 1,111 days, Kononenko now also holds the record for reportedly the longest cumulative time in orbit. Dyson spent six months on the space station.

The ISS now has eight astronauts. This includes America's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who have reportedly remained long past their scheduled return.

Following extraction, the returning personnel were set to be helped to adjust to Earth's gravity and scheduled for medical examinations, reportedly in a nearby tent.

ABC News

Russia reportedly plans to quit the football-field sized ISS for an independent space station, for which it is seeking partnership from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

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