Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days which was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and became the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.