On this day 4 August 2006, just over 30 days after arriving at the International Space Station on board Space Shuttle #Discovery as a member of the STS-121 crew, ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter (DE) broke the previous record of 209 days, 12 hours and 25 minutes, which was held by his ESA colleague Jean-Pierre Haigneré. He went on to bring his total to 350 days 5 hours and 35 minutes, the current European record. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astrolab/Reiter_breaks_European_space_endurance_record
On this day 4 August 2006, just over 30 days after arriving at the International Space Station on board Space Shuttle #Discovery as a member of the STS-121 crew, ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter (DE) broke the previous record of 209 days, 12 hours and 25 minutes, which was held by his ESA colleague Jean-Pierre Haigneré. He went on to bring his total to 350 days 5 hours and 35 minutes, the current European record. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astrolab/Reiter_breaks_European_space_endurance_record
