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Class Sub-Class Type of recordsort ascending Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K_Absolute Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 8 d 21 h 53 min 25 sec 19 Mar 2001 Combined Sts-102 / Iss 5a.1 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7178
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 138 d 09 h 45 min 46 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9449
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Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 46 h 46 min 44 sec 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9586
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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 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - current record World 9535
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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Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 21 h 36 min 31 sec 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9593
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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of flight of spaceships while linked 4 h 33 min 49 sec 18 Jan 1969 Vladimir Alexandrovich Shatalov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9592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 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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 173 d 19 h 40 min 20 sec 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9527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-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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 59 d 00 h 17 min 42 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9566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 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of flight of spaceships while linked 95 d 04 h 58 min 18 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9523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_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 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
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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
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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
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 342 622,5 kg 22 Aug 2007 Sts-118 And Iss 13.a.1. Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14790
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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) ratified - superseded since approved World 9568
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 264 432,8 kg 18 Oct 2002 Sts-112 And Iss Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7541
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 322 624 kg 11 Dec 2006 Sts-116 And Iss 12 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14373
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 515 085 kg 26 Feb 2011 STS-133 & ISS 26 (USA) ratified - current record World 16165
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 294 850,5 kg 28 Jul 2005 Sts-114 And Iss 11 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 11813
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 473 110,7 kg 20 Apr 2010 STS 131 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16007
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 248 673,7 kg 04 Jun 1998 Sts-91 And Mir-25 Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 5452
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 428 705 kg 11 Sep 2009 STS-128 and ISS 20 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15591
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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 K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 367 964 kg 25 Mar 2008 STS-123 and ISS 16 1J/A (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15004
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Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 234 800 kg 26 Sep 1996 Sts-79 & Mir 22 (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 3680
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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
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 5 h 52 min 09 Dec 1988 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 9807
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 8 h 20 min 13 May 1992 Sts-49 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9819
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 8 h 20 min 13 May 1992 Sts-49 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9825
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 12 min 09 sec 18 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9336
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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 3 h 33 min 04 sec 25 Jul 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9805
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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_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_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_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 6 h 9 min 59 sec 26 Jan 1991 Victor M. Afanasjev (URS) ratified - current record World 9813
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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
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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
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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) ratified - current record World 9520
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 7 428 kg 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9725
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 713 kg 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9334
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 127 980 kg 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2318
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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 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 725 kg 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9328
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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9360
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 28 429 kg 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9432
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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_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 96 450,3 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9251
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 14 769 kg 22 Oct 1968 Walter M. Schirra (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9428
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 5 320 kg 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9355
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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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