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- A. N. Beresovoy
- Alan B. Shepard, Jr
- Alan L. Bean
- Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev
- Brian Binnie
- Charles Conrad Jr.
- David R. Scott
- Eugene A. Cernan
- Frank Borman
- Georgy Stepanovich Shonin
- Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi
- Gerald P. Carr
- German Stepanovich Titov
- Gordon L. Cooper
- James A. Lovell Jr.
- James A. Mcdivitt
- John Watts Young
- Michael W. Melvill
- Musa Hiramanovich Manarov
- Neil Armstrong
- Richard F. Gordon
- Ronald E. Evans
- Sts-1 Crew
- Sts-2 Crew
- Sts-3 Crew
- Sts-4 Crew
- Sts-5 Crew
- Sts-6
- Sts-7 Crew
- Sts-9 Crew
- Sts-13 Crew
- Sts-43 Crew
- Sts-48 Crew
- Sts-49 Crew
- Sts-50 Crew
- Sts-61 Crew
- Sts-65 Crew
- Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members
- Sts-82 Crew
- Thomas K. Mattingly
- Thomas P. Stafford
- Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova
- Valeri V. Poliakov
- Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky
- Valery V. Ryumin
- Vladimir A. Lyakhov
- Vladimir Kovalyonok
- Walter M. Schirra
- Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine
- Yuri Victorovich Romanenko
| Class | Sub-Class | Type of record Sort descending | Performance | Date | Claimant | Status | Region | ID | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 523 458 km | 13 Mar 1969 | James A. McDivitt (USA) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9576 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 1 309 974 km | 24 Jul 1975 | Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9584) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9584 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 (USA) (9580) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9580 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 63 409 502 km | 16 Mar 1978 | Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) (9524) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9524 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 123 425 km | 18 Oct 1969 | Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (URS) (9578) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9578 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 92 110 720 km | 02 Nov 1978 | Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) | ratified - current record | World | 9448 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 1 488 320 km | 24 Jul 1975 | Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9585) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9585 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled while linked | 39 004 248 km | 25 Sep 1973 | Alan LaVern Bean (USA) (9581) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9581 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Altitude while linked | 237 km | 24 Jul 1975 | Thomas P. Stafford (USA) (9567) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 9567 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft | 377 668,9 km | 27 Dec 1968 | Frank Borman (USA) (19151) | ratified - current record | World | 19151 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | P-1 | Number of people in suborbital flight | 1 | 29 Sep 2004 | Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9862) | ratified - current record | World | 9862 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Accumulated extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut | 18 h 18 min 26 sec | 07 Aug 1971 | David R. Scott (USA) (10289) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10289 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Greatest mass lifted into Lunar Orbit from Earth | 34 593 kg | 07 Aug 1971 | David R. Scott (USA) (10292) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10292 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Distance covered on foot on the surface of the celestial body | 1 454 m | 09 Feb 1971 | Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) (10308) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10308 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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) (10309) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10309 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled in group flight (but not linked) | 558 072 km | 10 Apr 1967 | Frank Borman (USA) (10313) | ratified - superseded since approved | World | 10313 | → | ⌄ |
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