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 for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M, and as commander of Expedition 58 and Expedition 59 aboard Soyuz MS-11 and Expedition 70 and Expedition 71 aboard Soyuz MS-24/MS-25.

This article is about the Russian cosmonaut. For the Soviet cosmonaut with a similar name, see Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Kononenko.
Oleg Kononenko
Олег Кононенко
Kononenko in 2016
Born
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko

(1964-06-21) 21 June 1964
Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR, USSR
(now Türkmenabat, Lebap Region, Turkmenistan)
StatusActive
NationalityRussian
OccupationEngineer
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Hero of Turkmenistan
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
RankCivilian
Time in space
Currently in space
Selection1996 RKA Group
Total EVAs
6
Total EVA time
39 hours, 54 minutes
MissionsSoyuz TMA-12 (Expedition 17), Soyuz TMA-03M (Expedition 30/31), Soyuz TMA-17M (Expedition 44/45), Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59), Soyuz MS-24/Soyuz MS-25 (Expedition 69/70/71)
Mission insignia

Kononenko accumulated over 889.075 days in orbit during his five (including current one-year flight) long duration flights to ISS, which is the longest time in space of any cosmonaut or astronaut. Gennady Padalka previously held the world record for the most time spent in space, at 879 days, with Oleg Kononenko breaking the record on February 4, 2024, at 07:30:08 UTC.

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