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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records P_Absolute Duration 13 d 19 h 30 min 4 sec 09 Jul 1992 Sts-50 Crew (USA) (16917) ratified - superseded since approved World 16917
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Space records P_Absolute Altitude reached above the Earth's surface 573,670 km 12 Sep 1991 Sts-48 Crew (USA) (16916) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16916
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Space records P_Absolute Duration 14 d 17 h 54 min 50 sec 23 Jul 1994 Sts-65 Crew (-i-) (16965) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16965
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Space records P_Absolute Altitude 503,83 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-13 Crew (USA) (16919) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16919
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Space records P_Absolute Altitude 325,643 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) (16918) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16918
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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) (9882) ratified - current record World 9882
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Space records P-1 Number of people in suborbital flight 1 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9862) ratified - current record World 9862
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Space records P-1 Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft 112,01 km 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 9881
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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) (9861) ratified - current record World 9861
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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surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft 102.9 km 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9859) ratified - superseded since approved World 9859
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Space records P-1 Duration 24 min 10 sec 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9858) ratified - current record World 9858
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Space records P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) (10434) ratified - current record World 10434
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Space records K-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 832,51 kg 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) (9520) ratified - current record World 9520
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Space records K-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) (9519) ratified - current record World 9519
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 11 880 027 km 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) (9434) ratified - superseded since approved World 9434
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 21 h 36 min 31 sec 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) (9593) ratified - superseded since approved World 9593
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Space records K-2 Duration in group flight (but not linked) 20 h 02 min 39 sec 18 Dec 1965 Walter M. Schirra (USA) (9341) ratified - superseded since approved World 9341
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Space records K-2 Duration 94 h 09 min 59 sec 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) (9350) ratified - superseded since approved World 9350
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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) (9523) ratified - superseded since approved World 9523
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 123 425 km 18 Oct 1969 Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (URS) (9578) ratified - superseded since approved World 9578
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 408 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) (9354) ratified - superseded since approved World 9354
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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) (9527) ratified - superseded since approved World 9527
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Space records K-2 Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 20 977 kg 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9568) ratified - superseded since approved World 9568
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 14 769 kg 22 Oct 1968 Walter M. Schirra (USA) (9428) ratified - superseded since approved World 9428
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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 K-2 Duration 139 d 14 h 47 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) (9447) ratified - superseded since approved World 9447
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 18 059 391 km 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) (9580) ratified - superseded since approved World 9580
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Space records K-2 Duration 424 h 58 min 55 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) (9433) ratified - superseded since approved World 9433
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 523 458 km 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9576
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Space records K-2 Duration 330 hr 35 min 18 Dec 1965 Frank Borman (USA) (9339) ratified - superseded since approved World 9339
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Space records K-2 Duration 365 d 22 h 39 min 47 sec 21 Dec 1988 Vladimir Georgevich Titov (URS) (9806) ratified - superseded since approved World 9806
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Space records K-2 Duration 211 d 9 h 4 min 32 sec 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) (9536) 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) (9522) ratified - superseded since approved World 9522
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Space records K-2 Altitude while linked 237 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9567) ratified - superseded since approved World 9567
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - current record World 9431
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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 K-2 Duration in group flight (but not linked) 53 h 09 min 17 sec 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9587) ratified - superseded since approved World 9587
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 28 429 kg 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) (9432) ratified - superseded since approved World 9432
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 3 325 957 km 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) (9353) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9353
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 210 d 03 h 56 min 52 sec 10 Dec 1982 Anatoly Nikolayevich Beresovoy (URS) ratified - current record World 9535
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) (9799) ratified - superseded since approved World 9799
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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) (9564) ratified - superseded since approved World 9564
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 497,7 km 19 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) (9335) ratified - superseded since approved World 9335
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 703 143 km 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) (9330) ratified - superseded since approved World 9330
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 64 257 264 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) (9526) ratified - superseded since approved World 9526
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Space records K-2 Total Time in Space 59 d 11 h 09 min 04 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) (9761) ratified - superseded since approved World 9761
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 127 980 kg 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - current record World 2319
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 669 785,027 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) (9357) ratified - superseded since approved World 9357
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 725 kg 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) (9328) ratified - superseded since approved World 9328
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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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