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Cosmonaut ends record space stay with Kazakh landing
Valery Polyakov, 52, returns from a 439 day stay aboard Mir, the longest in history, landing 22 miles northeast of Arkalyk with Alexander Viktorenko and Elena Kondakova. Kondakova’s 170 days is a women’s record. Dezhurov, Strekalov, and Thagard remained aboard as US astronaut Thagard eyes 84 day US standard. Polyakov quipped from launch, then remarked on wars, in a televised briefing.
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