Oleg Kononenko

Oleg Kononenko
Олег Кононенко
Kononenko in 2016
Born	Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (1964-06-21) 21 June 1964 (age 59) Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR, USSR (now Türkmenabat, Lebap Region, Turkmenistan)
Status	Active
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Engineer
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of Turkmenistan
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Rank	Civilian
Time in space	Currently in space
Selection	1996 RKA Group
Total EVAs	7
Total EVA time	44 hours, 30 minutes
Missions	Soyuz TMA-12 (Expedition 17), Soyuz TMA-03M (Expedition 30/31), Soyuz TMA-17M (Expedition 44/45), Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 57/58/59), Soyuz MS-24/Soyuz MS-25 (Expedition 69/70/71)
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 70 and Expedition 71 aboard Soyuz MS-24/MS-25.

Kononenko accumulated over 978.237 days in orbit during his five (including current one-year flight) long duration flights to ISS, which is the longest time in space of any cosmonaut or astronaut. Gennady Padalka previously held the world record for the most time spent in space at 878 days with Kononenko breaking the record on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC.^[2][3][4]