The Russians might not even consider this a hardship.
The longest mission in space was 437 days — by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliyakov on the Mir space station in 1994 and 1995. That record has stood for almost 30 years.
49 posted on 01/09/2025 1:40:29 PM PST by Alberta's Child
("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)