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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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 325,643 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9842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records K-2 Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 20 977 kg 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9568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 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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2313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Space records K-2 Duration 190 h 55 min 14 sec 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9338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 Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 264 432,8 kg 18 Oct 2002 Sts-112 And Iss Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7541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Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 5 h 52 min 09 Dec 1988 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 9807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Space records K_Absolute Duration 54 h 20 min 52 sec 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9249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Space records K_Absolute Duration 59 d 11 h 09 min 29 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9440
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Space records K-2 Duration 118 h 56 min 41 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) ratified - current record World 9352
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Space records K_Absolute Maximum altitude while linked 416 km 04 Jul 1995 Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - current record World 2773
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Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to greatest altitude 20 477 kg 09 Apr 1983 Sts-6 (USA) ratified - current record World 9838
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 92 110 720 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - current record World 9448
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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_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-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-2 Duration 169 d 05 h 21 min 20 sec 22 Mar 1995 Helena V. Kondakova (RUS) ratified - current record World 2510
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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 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 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-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-2 Duration 437 d 17 h 58 min 17 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - current record World 2511
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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_Absolute Duration 437 d 17 h 58 min 17 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - current record World 2512
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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 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-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 622,77 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 4227
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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 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) ratified - current record World 9882
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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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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 623,64 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 4228
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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_Absolute Absolute distance 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - current record World 9845
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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 P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 10434
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Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 114 969,8 kg 02 Aug 1991 Sts-43 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9837
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Space records P-2 Duration 17 d 15 h 53 min 17 sec 07 Dec 1996 Sts-80 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 3915
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Space records P-1 Duration 24 min 10 sec 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - current record World 9858
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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-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9519
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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-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_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 223 d 2 h 53 min 17 sec 26 Sep 1996 Shannon Lucid (USA) ratified - current record World 3681
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay on the surface of the celestial body 71 h 02 min 13 sec 23 Apr 1972 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - current record World 2303
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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_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 878 d 11 h 29 min 24 sec 12 Sep 2015 Gennady I Padalka (RUS) ratified - current record World 17803
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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) ratified - current record World 9861
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Space records K-3 Accumulated extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body 14 h 2 min 25 sec 21 Nov 1969 Team/Crew ratified - current record World 19150
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Space records P-1 Number of people in suborbital flight 1 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) ratified - current record World 9862
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Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 61 h 34 min 39 sec 26 May 1969 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - current record World 2304
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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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