• Question: how long do the astronauts stay in space for?

    Asked by Tom Clarke to Col Op, Elie, Floris, Jenn, RocketRich on 5 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Columbus Operations

      Columbus Operations answered on 5 Mar 2016:

      Tom: The time on the ISS is measured by “expeditions” or “increments” which are driven by some Soyuz constraints. This results in an average time of about half a year per astronaut

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  • Photo: Col Op

    Col Op commented on :

    Ivano: As Tom said, the usual duration is two increments (6 months). However, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos (Russian Space Agency) cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko just ended the long duration mission (340 days) to study effects of a long-duration stay in space, to prepare for Mars missions.