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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
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K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 678 d 16 h 33 min 06 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2513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Space records K-2 Duration 211 d 9 h 4 min 32 sec 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9536
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Space records K-2 Duration 96 d 10 h 0 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9522
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 21 h 31 min 44 sec 14 Dec 1972 Eugene A. Cernan (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17105
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 4 h 33 min 49 sec 18 Jan 1969 Vladimir Alexandrovich Shatalov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9592
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9351
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Space records P-1 Minimum time between two consecutive flights in a reusable vehicle 4 d 23 h 15 min 9 sec 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 9882
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 114 969,8 kg 02 Aug 1991 Sts-43 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9836
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 258.7 km 12 Nov 1981 Sts-2 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1532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Space records K_Absolute Duration 84 d 01 h 15 min 30,8 sec 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9442
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 9 h 12 min 27 sec 09 Feb 1971 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10301
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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 K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 388 777 kg 30 Nov 2008 STS-126 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15213
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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 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 K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 173 d 19 h 40 min 20 sec 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9527
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 39 309 606 km 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9925
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 2 h 31 min 40 sec 24 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2324
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Space records K-2 Duration 24 h 17 min 03 sec 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9356
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 59 d 00 h 17 min 42 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9566
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Space records P-2 Duration 16 d 15 h 08 min 46 sec 18 Mar 1995 Sts-67 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2506
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - current record World 9845
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 95 d 04 h 58 min 18 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9523
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Space records K-3 Distance covered on board a vehicle on the surface of the celestial body 7 370 m 13 Dec 1972 Eugene A. Cernan (USA) ratified - current record World 2307
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 37 min 00 sec 18 Jan 1969 Alexei Ellisseev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9759
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Space records K-2 Duration 25 h 11 min 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9329
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Space records P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 10434
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Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 114 969,8 kg 02 Aug 1991 Sts-43 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9837
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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 K-2 Distance travelled 55 474 039 km 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9443
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Space records K-3 Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 9 h 12 min 27 sec 09 Feb 1971 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10304
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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 K_Absolute Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 11 d 20 h 35 min 25 Mar 2008 STS-123 and ISS 16 1J/A (USA) ratified - current record World 15002
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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 P_Absolute Altitude 503,83 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-13 Crew (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16919
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 116 411 557 km 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9528
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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 K-3 Duration of stay on the surface of the celestial body 21 h 36 min 21 sec 21 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2321
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 669 785,027 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9357
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Space records K-2 Total Time in Space 49 d 03 h 38 min 35 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9521
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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 K_Absolute Absolute distance 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9926
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 63 409 502 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9524
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 125 h 46 min 50 sec 25 Apr 1972 Thomas K. Mattingly (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2302
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 23 d 20 h 10 min 16 sec 27 Dec 1968 James A. Lovell Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2314
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 703 143 km 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9330
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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 K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 541 d 0 h 31 min 10 sec 26 May 1991 Musa Hiramanovich Manarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 1543
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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_Absolute Absolute distance 55 127 747 km 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9444
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