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Records

Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Statussort descending Region ID
Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 325,643 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9842
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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records K-2 Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 20 977 kg 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9568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-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of a complete mission to a celestial body with return 147 h 00 min 42 sec 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2316
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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Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 264 432,8 kg 18 Oct 2002 Sts-112 And Iss Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7541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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 5 h 52 min 09 Dec 1988 Jean-Loup Chretien (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9807
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 54 h 20 min 52 sec 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9249
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 59 d 11 h 09 min 29 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan L. Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9440
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 11 880 027 km 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9434
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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records K-2 Duration in group flight (but not linked) 20 h 02 min 39 sec 18 Dec 1965 Walter M. Schirra (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9341
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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on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 3 h 52 min 06 sec 19 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19149
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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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9725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-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
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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-2 Distance travelled while linked 1 309 974 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9584
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Space records K_Absolute Altitude 377 668,9 km 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2317
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Space records K-2 Duration 1 h 48 min 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9326
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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_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 430 d 18 h 20 min 50 sec 29 Dec 1987 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9530
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Space records K_Absolute Altitude in elliptical orbit 272,2 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9250
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 39 309 606 km 25 Sep 1973 Alan L. Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9441
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 17 Apr 1970 James A. Lovell (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9734
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 5 331 752 km 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9337
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 332.051 km 09 Apr 1983 Sts-6 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9841
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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_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 49 d 03 h 38 min 35 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9764
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 803 d 09 h 39 min 09 sec 11 Oct 2005 Sergey Krikalev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 16689
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Space records P-2 Duration 8 d 0 h 4 min 45 sec 30 Mar 1982 Sts-3 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9833
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 1 488 320 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9585
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 5 020 m 07 Aug 1971 David R. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10287
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 747 d 11 h 28 Aug 1999 Serguei Avdeyev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6249
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Space records K-2 Duration 236 d 22 h 49 min 04 sec 02 Oct 1984 Leonid Kizim (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9534
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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 Distance travelled 39 004 248 km 25 Sep 1973 Alan L. Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9581
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Space records K-3 Duration of a complete mission to a celestial body with return 244 h 36 min 25 sec 24 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2313
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Space records K-2 Duration 190 h 55 min 14 sec 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9338
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 141 d 15 h 31 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9796
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Space records K-3 Duration of a complete mission to a celestial body with return 192 h 03 min 23 sec 26 May 1969 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2305
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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 P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 573,67 km 12 Sep 1991 Sts-48 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1529
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Space records K_Absolute Duration 8 d 0 h 4 min 45 sec 30 Mar 1982 Sts-3 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9834
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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-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) ratified - superseded since approved World 10289
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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 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 Extravehicular duration in space 3 h 33 min 04 sec 25 Jul 1984 Vladimir Titov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9805
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Space records K_Absolute Distance travelled 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9252
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 69 d 15 h 45 min 29 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan L. Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9761
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 88 h 56 min 01 sec 21 Nov 1969 Richard F. Gordon (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2312
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 497,7 km 19 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9335
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9799
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