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Class Sub-Class Type of recordsort ascending Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 69 d 15 h 45 min 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9762
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 678 d 16 h 33 min 06 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2513
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 320,24 km 18 Jun 1983 Sts-7 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1541
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 321,19 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1533
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 573,67 km 12 Sep 1991 Sts-48 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1529
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 503,83 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-13 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1534
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 258.7 km 12 Nov 1981 Sts-2 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1532
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 623,64 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 4228
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 763,4 km 21 Jul 1966 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9427
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 272,2 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9245
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 231,1 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9332
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 591.21 km 13 Dec 1993 Sts-61 Crew (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 919
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 325,643 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9842
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 327 km 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - current record World 9327
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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-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 497,7 km 19 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9335
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 332.051 km 09 Apr 1983 Sts-6 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9841
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 408 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9354
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 622,77 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 4227
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 1 369 km 15 Sep 1966 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - current record World 9537
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 470.206 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-41c Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9529
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Space records P-2 Duration 2 d 6 h 20 min 52 sec 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9244
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Space records P-2 Duration 17 d 15 h 53 min 17 sec 07 Dec 1996 Sts-80 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 3915
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Space records K-2 Duration 28 d 00 h 49 min 49 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9438
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Space records P-2 Duration 14 d 17 h 54 min 50 sec 23 Jul 1994 Sts-65 Crew (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 1781
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Space records P-1 Duration 24 min 10 sec 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - current record World 9858
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Space records P-2 Duration 10 d 7 h 47 min 24 sec 08 Dec 1983 Sts-9 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9826
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Space records K-2 Duration 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 19 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9798
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Space records K-2 Duration 70 h 40 min 48 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9331
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Space records P_Absolute Duration 14 d 17 h 54 min 50 sec 23 Jul 1994 Sts-65 Crew (-i-) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16965
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Space records K-2 Duration 330 hr 35 min 18 Dec 1965 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9339
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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 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-2 Duration 84 d 1 h 15 min 30,8 sec 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9564
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Space records K-2 Duration 424 h 58 min 55 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9433
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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 P-2 Duration 13 d 19 h 30 min 04 sec 09 Jul 1992 Sts-50 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1530
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Space records K-2 Duration 1 h 48 min 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9326
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Space records K-2 Duration 365 d 22 h 39 min 47 sec 21 Dec 1988 Vladimir Georgevich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9806
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Space records P-2 Duration 6 d 02 h 23 min 59 sec 18 Jun 1983 Sts-7 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1542
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Space records K-2 Duration 139 d 14 h 47 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9447
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Space records P_Absolute Duration 13 d 19 h 30 min 4 sec 09 Jul 1992 Sts-50 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16917
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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-2 Duration 190 h 55 min 14 sec 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9338
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Space records K-2 Duration 118 h 56 min 41 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) ratified - current record World 9352
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Space records K-2 Duration 169 d 05 h 21 min 20 sec 22 Mar 1995 Helena V. Kondakova (RUS) ratified - current record World 2510
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Space records P-2 Duration 8 d 0 h 4 min 45 sec 30 Mar 1982 Sts-3 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9833
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Space records K-2 Duration 236 d 22 h 49 min 04 sec 02 Oct 1984 Leonid Kizim (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9534
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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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