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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Space records K-3 Greatest mass lifted to lunar or planetary orbit from the lunar or planetary surface 4 965,5 kg 24 Apr 1972 John W. Young (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17098
Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 20 h 06 min 48 sec 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2315
Space records K-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9519
Space records P-1 Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft 102.9 km 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9859
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
Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 96 450,3 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9246
Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 83 d 12 h 32 min 12 sec 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9445
Space records K-3 Total extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by all crew members 17 h 33 min 29 sec 09 Feb 1971 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10309
Space records K-2 Duration 330 hr 35 min 18 Dec 1965 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9339
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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19148
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
Space records K_Absolute Duration 10 d 7 h 47 min 24 sec 08 Dec 1983 Sts-9 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9832
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records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 16 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9797
Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 27 d 06 h 48 min 7 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9562
Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 59 h 27 min 50 sec 21 Jul 1969 Michael Collins (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2323
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 231,1 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9332
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
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
Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 591.21 km 13 Dec 1993 Sts-61 Crew (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 919
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
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 64 257 264 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9526
Space records K-3 Duration of stay on the surface of the celestial body 71 h 02 min 13 sec 23 Apr 1972 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - current record World 2303
Space records K-3 Duration of a complete mission to a celestial body with return 147 h 00 min 42 sec 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2316
Space records K-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 832,51 kg 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9520
Space records P-1 Length travelled along the trajectory from lift-off to touch down 46,27 km 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - current record World 9861
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
Space records P-2 Distance travelled 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9247
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
Space records K-2 Duration 424 h 58 min 55 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9433
Space records K-2 Duration in group flight (but not linked) 20 h 02 min 39 sec 18 Dec 1965 Walter M. Schirra (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9341
Space records K-3 Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 3 h 52 min 06 sec 19 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19149
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
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
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9446
Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 18 059 391 km 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9580
Space records K-3 Greatest mass landed on the celestial body 7 326,9 kg 20 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2320
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 1 970 990 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9333
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
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
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
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
Space records K-2 Altitude while linked 237 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9567
Space records K-3 Duration extravehicular stay on surface of Moon or Planet 39 h 47 min 03 sec 23 Apr 1972 John W. Young (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17099
Space records K_Absolute Altitude 377 668,9 km 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2317
Space records K-2 Duration 1 h 48 min 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9326
Space records P-1 Number of people in suborbital flight 1 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - current record World 9862
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
Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to greatest altitude 2 117,4 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9248
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 55 474 039 km 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9924
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 11 880 027 km 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9434

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