Valery Polyakov, cosmonaut who logged longest space mission, dies at 80

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Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who logged the single longest stay in space, has died at the age of 80. Polyakov launched on two missions to the space station Mir. In total, he was off Earth for 678 days.

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[Helio]

RIP!

His age of 80 should give hope to those spending a lot of time in space, especially given the recent article on the greater risk for cancer for space farers.