The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died
Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.
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Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56. With Samokutyaev's death on Wednesday, he becomes the first former ISS long-duration resident to die in the 26 years that the space station has been a home to 155 other cosmonauts and astronauts as expedition crew members. The cause of his death is unknown. Portrait of cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev. Credit: Roscosmos "The leadership and staff of the Roscosmos State Corporation extend their sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Aleksandr Mikhailovich," officials with Russia's space agency said in a statement. Read full article Comments
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