Oleg Kononenko

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко; Turkmen: Oleg Dmitriýewiç Kononenko; born 21 June 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has flown to the International Space Station five times as a flight engineer on aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on and commander of aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, as a flight engineer on and aboard Soyuz TMA-17M, as a flight engineer on and commander of and aboard Soyuz MS-11, and as a flight engineer on and and commander of aboard Soyuz MS-24/Soyuz MS-25.

Kononenko has accumulated 1,111 days in space over the course of five long-duration missions on the ISS. On 4 February 2024, at 07:30:08 UTC, he broke the record for the most time spent in space previously held by Gennady Padalka at 878 days.