Sergei Krikalev was branded 'the last Soviet' after spending an unintended 311 days in the Mir space station as the Soviet Union crumbled down on earth. Comments. News.

Sergei Krikalev was forced to orbit the Earth for months in the Soviet Union's Mir space station as his bones and muscles were damaged by microgravity. Comments. News.

An astronaut who abandoned in space for almost a full year has told how the intense isolation took a terrible toll on him. Sergei Krikalev was branded 'the last Soviet' after spending an unintended ...

Image: Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev smiles after returning from space in 2005. File pic: Reuters The political upheaval back on Earth meant there was little money to bring Mr Krikalev home.

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev is often dubbed the "last Soviet citizen". Two astronauts stuck in space for more than nine months are finally on their way back to Earth. ... Mr Krikalev, who passed away in ...

On May 18, 1991, Sergei Krikalev set off into space for a stay at the Mir, the Soviet Union’s space station at the time. While Mr. Krikalev was up there, ...

Executive Director for Manned Space Programs at Roscosmos, Hero of the Soviet Union and Russia Sergei Krikalev noted that cosmonautics is not only about flights; it is also about joint research ...

On November 2, 2000, the International Space Station welcomed its first long-term residents: NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. ‘On This ...

In 1991, cosmonaut Krikalev departed for a mission on the Mir space station. The trip started off badly as the spacecraft carrying Krikalev and two others approached Mir the targeting system ...

Sergei Krikalev blasted off in 1991 for a routine mission to Mir space station. What awaited him, however, was anything but ordinary.