Aleksandr Samokutyaev, First Long-Duration ISS Resident, Dies at 56
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56. With Samokutyaev's death on Wednesday , he becomes the first former ISS long-duration resident to die in the 26 years that the space station has been a home to 155 other cosmonauts and astronauts as expedition crew members. The cause of his death is unknown. Portrait of
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who completed two missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has died at the age of 56. Samokutyaev was part of the final US space shuttle mission crew in 2011. His passing marks the first death of a long-duration ISS resident in the station's 26-year history. Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, extended condolences to his family, though the cause of death remains undisclosed.
This marks a somber milestone in space exploration history, as the first long-term inhabitant of the ISS has passed away.
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