Jeff Williams, 58, is the first American to make three long-duration flights to orbit, and will break a US record set by astronaut Scott Kelly earlier this year.
By the end of his half-year mission at the orbiting International Space Station, Williams “will become the American with the most cumulative days in space -- 534,” NASA said.
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