G. Padalka enters Guinness Book of World Records for highest number of days in space

Q.  Name the Russian cosmonaut who entered Guinness World Records for spending most number of days in the space in the first week of July 2015?
- Published on 25 Jul 15

a. Alexey Leonov
b. Sergei Avdeyev
c. Sergei Krikalev
d. Gennady Padalka

ANSWER: Gennady Padalka
 
He achieved the feat by spending 804 days on the International Space Station (ISS). He surpassed cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, also a Russian, record of 803 days, nine hours and 41 minutes in the space which Sergei achieved across six missions from 1998 to 2005.

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