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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2313
Space records K-2 Altitude while linked 237 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9567
Space records K-2 Duration 236 d 22 h 49 min 04 sec 02 Oct 1984 Leonid Kizim (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9534
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K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 234 800 kg 26 Sep 1996 Sts-79 & Mir 22 (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 3680
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 231,1 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9332
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
Space records K-2 Duration 211 d 9 h 4 min 32 sec 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9536
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
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mass of spaceships linked in flight 209 000 kg 04 Jul 1995 Sts-71, Mir 18 & Mir 19 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 2771
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a complete mission to a celestial body with return 192 h 03 min 23 sec 26 May 1969 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2305
Space records K-2 Duration 190 h 55 min 14 sec 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9338
Space records K-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9519
Space records K-2 Duration 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 19 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9798
Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 177 d 01 h 20 min 21 sec 16 Aug 1979 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9797
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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 173 d 19 h 40 min 20 sec 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9527
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
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
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
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
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9533
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - current record World 9845
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 140 800 000 km 10 Dec 1982 A. N. Beresovoy (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9926
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
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
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
Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 127 980 kg 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - current record World 2319
Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 125 h 46 min 50 sec 25 Apr 1972 Thomas K. Mattingly (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2302
Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 125 d 23 h 19 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Georgi Mikhaylovich Grechko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9525
Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 123 425 km 18 Oct 1969 Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9578
Space records K-2 Duration 118 h 56 min 41 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) ratified - current record World 9352
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 116 411 557 km 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9528
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
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
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-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 106 889 kg 11 Nov 1982 Sts-5 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9839
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
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) ratified - superseded since approved World 9859
Space records K_Absolute Duration 96 d 10 h 0 min 20 sec 16 Mar 1978 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9284
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
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
Space records P-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 96 450,3 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9246
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
Space records K-2 Duration 94 h 09 min 59 sec 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9350
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9446
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 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9799
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
Space records K_Absolute Duration 84 d 01 h 15 min 30,8 sec 08 Feb 1974 Gerald P. Carr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9442
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
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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