In ISS Mission Control Houston, spacecraft communicator Ken Ham called Krikalev to congratulate him.

"Fly on, Sergei," Ham said.

Mission Control Moscow also saluted Krikalev's achievement, and Krikalev joked in Russian, "You'll have to congratulate me every day from now on."

Krikalev spent his more than two years in space beginning in November 1988 with the start of his first long-duration flight to the Soviet space station Mir. Krikalev did back-to-back increments on his next Mir flight starting in May 1991 and returning to Earth in March 1992. While he was in orbit, the Soviet Union disintegrated and Mir became a Russian space station

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100th Birthday from Space

On September 1st 2005 Alberta Canada will be cellabrating its Centennial Birthday. There is a possibility the astronauts aboard the ISS may transmit images of Alberta while 10 cities simultaneously launch fireworks September 1st .
Gerry, VE6GP