On the red number 8 are the names of the three astronauts.

The previous record, 237 days, was set by a team of Soviet astronauts in 1984.

A new set of four astronauts would then arrive every two years.

But for the families of the seven astronauts who were killed, the dying was just the beginning.

"I just wish they will be able to find the kids," he said of the astronauts.

Think of the astronauts before me, or at least the actors who played them.

Start with an example of two astronauts floating next to each other.

"You see a lot of astronauts with the signs to their kids," he said.

This results in a higher risk of astronauts developing cancer.

Some 26 of the first 29 astronauts were former Scouts.