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Class Sub-Classsort descending Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 125 d 23 h 19 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Georgi Mikhaylovich Grechko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9525
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 6 h 9 min 59 sec 26 Jan 1991 Victor M. Afanasjev (URS) ratified - current record World 9813
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 7 d 37 min 52 sec 20 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19148
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 223 d 2 h 53 min 17 sec 26 Sep 1996 Shannon Lucid (USA) ratified - current record World 3681
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 10 d 7 h 47 min 24 sec 08 Dec 1983 Sts-9 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9832
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 16 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9797
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 28 d 00 h 49 min 49 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9539
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 878 d 11 h 29 min 24 sec 12 Sep 2015 Gennady I Padalka (RUS) ratified - current record World 17803
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 106 889 kg 11 Nov 1982 Sts-5 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9840
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 6 h 9 min 59 sec 26 Jan 1991 Victor M. Afanasjev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9814
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 209 000 kg 04 Jul 1995 Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 2771
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9446
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 96 d 10 h 0 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9284
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Space records K_Absolute Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 10 d 21 h 52 min 15 sec 07 Nov 2007 Sts-120 And Iss 16 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14856
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Space records K_Absolute Altitude 377 668,9 km 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2317
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 55 474 039 km 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9924
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Space records K_Absolute Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 4 d 22 h 09 min 04 Jul 1995 Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 2772
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 64 257 264 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9286
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 342 622,5 kg 22 Aug 2007 Sts-118 And Iss 13.a.1. Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14790
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 127 980 kg 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2318
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 264 432,8 kg 18 Oct 2002 Sts-112 And Iss Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7541
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 5 h 52 min 09 Dec 1988 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 9807
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 54 h 20 min 52 sec 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9249
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 59 d 11 h 09 min 29 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9440
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Space records K_Absolute Maximum altitude while linked 416 km 04 Jul 1995 Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - current record World 2773
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 49 d 03 h 38 min 35 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9764
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 322 624 kg 11 Dec 2006 Sts-116 And Iss 12 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14373
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 8 h 20 min 13 May 1992 Sts-49 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9819
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Space records K_Absolute Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 8 d 21 h 53 min 25 sec 19 Mar 2001 Combined Sts-102 / Iss 5a.1 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7178
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 430 d 18 h 20 min 50 sec 29 Dec 1987 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9530
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Space records K_Absolute Altitude in elliptical orbit 272,2 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9250
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9360
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Space records K_Absolute Altitude 1 412 km 15 Sep 2024 Sarah Gillis (USA) preliminary record claim received World 20437
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 803 d 09 h 39 min 09 sec 11 Oct 2005 Sergey Krikalev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 16689
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 8 h 20 min 13 May 1992 Sts-49 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9825
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 515 085 kg 26 Feb 2011 STS-133 & ISS 26 (USA) ratified - current record World 16165
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 747 d 11 h 28 Aug 1999 Serguei Avdeyev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6249
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 96 450,3 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9251
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 12 min 09 sec 18 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9336
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 17 d 0 h 59,53 min 58 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9344
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 141 d 15 h 31 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9796
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9349
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 294 850,5 kg 28 Jul 2005 Sts-114 And Iss 11 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 11813
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 8 d 0 h 4 min 45 sec 30 Mar 1982 Sts-3 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9834
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 473 110,7 kg 20 Apr 2010 STS 131 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16007
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 248 673,7 kg 04 Jun 1998 Sts-91 And Mir-25 Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 5452
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 3 h 33 min 04 sec 25 Jul 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9805
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9252
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 11 880 027 km 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9345
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 437 d 17 h 58 min 17 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - current record World 2512
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