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Class Sub-Classsort ascending Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K-2 Duration 96 d 10 h 0 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9522
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 1 369 km 15 Sep 1966 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - current record World 9537
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Space records K-2 Duration 24 h 17 min 03 sec 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9356
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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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 59 d 00 h 17 min 42 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9566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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 173 d 19 h 40 min 20 sec 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9527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Space records K-2 Duration 25 h 11 min 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9329
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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of flight of spaceships while linked 95 d 04 h 58 min 18 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9523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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 763,4 km 21 Jul 1966 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9427
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 55 474 039 km 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9443
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 669 785,027 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9357
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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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9521
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 116 411 557 km 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9528
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Space records K-2 Duration 28 d 00 h 49 min 49 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9438
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 703 143 km 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9330
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 63 409 502 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9524
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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 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 19 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9798
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled 18 536 731 km 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9439
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Space records K-2 Duration 330 hr 35 min 18 Dec 1965 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9339
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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 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 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-2 Distance travelled 64 257 264 km 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9526
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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-2 Duration 84 d 1 h 15 min 30,8 sec 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9564
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Space records K-2 Duration 424 h 58 min 55 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9433
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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
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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
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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-2 Altitude while linked 237 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9567
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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 K-2 Duration 365 d 22 h 39 min 47 sec 21 Dec 1988 Vladimir Georgevich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9806
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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 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-2 Duration 139 d 14 h 47 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9447
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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 Altitude in elliptical orbit 327 km 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - current record World 9327
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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-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-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-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-3 Duration of a complete mission to a celestial body with return 301 h 51 min 57 sec 19 Dec 1972 Eugene A. Cernan (USA) ratified - current record World 2309
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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-3 Duration of stay on the surface of the celestial body 31 h 31 min 12 sec 20 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2311
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 147 h 41 min 13 sec 16 Dec 1972 Ronald E. Evans (USA) ratified - current record World 2308
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Space records K-3 Greatest mass lifted into Lunar Orbit from Earth 34 593 kg 07 Aug 1971 David R. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10292
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Space records K-3 Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 21 h 31 min 44 sec 14 Dec 1972 Eugene A. Cernan (USA) ratified - current record World 2310
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Space records K-3 Distance covered on board a vehicle on the surface of the celestial body 7 370 m 13 Dec 1972 Eugene A. Cernan (USA) ratified - current record World 2307
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Space records K-3 Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 9 h 12 min 27 sec 09 Feb 1971 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10304
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay on the surface of the celestial body 21 h 36 min 21 sec 21 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2321
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