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an astronaut stranded in space for 311
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days after his country stopped existing
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just shared his first emotion after he
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returned to Earth Cosa Sergey KF spent
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311 days stranded in space after the
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Soviet Union collapsed during his
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mission his stay in space was originally
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planned as a 5-month trip aboard the
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mere space station however his stay was
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extended as the newly independent
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Kazakhstan home to both the bonor
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cosmodrome and landing area navigated
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the political shift in March 1992 CCF
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finally returned to Earth reflecting on
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his experience he shared his first
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emotion satisfaction for completing his
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mission well followed by relief from the
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heavy responsibility he had carried for
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months crif is known as the last Soviet
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citizen after his return crif continued
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his space career even joining the first
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joint us Russian space shuttle mission
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in 1994 he eventually logged 804 days in
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space and experienced time dilation
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making him 0.02 seconds younger than his
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peers ccf's story will surely Inspire
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the next generation of astronauts