Koch sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman

Koch is expected to spend a total of 328 days, or nearly 11months, on board the I SS before returning to Earth. Missions are typically six months, but Nasa announced in April that it was extending her mission until February. The US record for longest space flight is 340 days set by Scott Kelly in 2015-2016. The world record is 15 months set in the 1990s by a Russian cosmonaut aboard the former Mir space station.

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