A Russian cosmonaut, who holds the world record as the person spending the most time in space, shared his routine in outer space during an exchange programme with children in Hanoi on July 23.
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikaliov (Source: images.ksc.nasa.gov)
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikaliov, who holds the world record as the person spending the most time in space with six space flights and 803 days, shared his routine in outer space during an exchange programme with children in Hanoi on July 23.
He recalled that he flew with groups of two-three, saying they were busy with experiments on medicine, biology and technology.
It took the cosmonauts just one hour and a half to travel one circle around the Earth, seeing the continents and other breathtakingly beautiful scenes, he said.
Krikaliov also talked about the difficulties of living in outer space. He said he spent most of his waking hours on maintaining the operation of the space station and conducting experiments.
What is simple on Earth can be extremely difficult in the outer space due to the lack of gravity. Every activity was complicated, he said, sharing he exercised to stay healthy and had to creep into the sleeping bag – tied down to the floor or hanging from the ceiling – to avoid floating into things in his sleep.
He explained that to become an astronaut, it is essential to have good health and study hard.
Sergei Krikaliov was born in 1958 in Leningrad, Russia. His first space flight was conducted in 1988 and the last in 2005. He was the first Russian cosmonaut to conduct a space flight on the space shuttle of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The exꦰchange programme was held by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture and the Hanoi’s Ch💙ildren Palace on the occasion of 65 years of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations and 35 years of Vietnam-Soviet space flight (July 24, 1980).-VNA
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Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikaliov (Source: images.ksc.nasa.gov)
