Astronaut Breaks Record for Time in Space
From Times Wire Reports
Astronaut Michael Foale set a U.S. record for the most accumulated time in space: 231 days and counting over six missions.
The international space station resident broke the record set by Carl Walz when he returned from the orbiting outpost in 2002.
Walz called Foale to congratulate him as his own record -- 230 days, 13 hours, three minutes and 37 seconds -- slipped into second place.
Walz still holds the U.S. record for the longest single spaceflight.
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