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No.
Sergei Krikalyov wanted to break the record for the longest recorded time in space to contribute to scientific research on the effects of prolonged space missions on the human body. Understanding how the body reacts to extended periods in space is essential for planning future long-duration spaceflights, such as missions to Mars. Additionally, setting a record can also be a personal achievement and a point of pride for an astronaut.
it doesn't matter
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by beating the recent record.
the same time your mother does, how the hell would anyone know this! No one knows when he'll break a world record, only Crosby will know that :)
Bobby and Cindy Brady tried to break a world record in teeter-tottering in an episode of The Brady Bunch.
The World Record and Olympic record in the Short Program.
3rd July 1938.
go to http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
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