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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Statussort descending Region ID
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records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 803 d 09 h 39 min 09 sec 11 Oct 2005 Sergey Krikalev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 16689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Space records K-2 Duration 236 d 22 h 49 min 04 sec 02 Oct 1984 Leonid Kizim (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9534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Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 96 450,3 kg 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9251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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 39 004 248 km 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9581
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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 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2311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records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 12 min 09 sec 18 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9336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Space records K_Absolute Duration 17 d 0 h 59,53 min 58 sec 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9344
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 747 d 11 h 28 Aug 1999 Serguei Avdeyev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6249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K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 141 d 15 h 31 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9796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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 523 458 km 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9576
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9349
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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 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-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_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 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 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 Absolute distance 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9252
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Space records K-2 Total Time in Space 59 d 11 h 09 min 04 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9761
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 123 425 km 18 Oct 1969 Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9578
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 408 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9354
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Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 11 880 027 km 19 Jun 1970 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9345
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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-2 Distance travelled 92 941 650 km 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9799
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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 Duration 94 h 09 min 59 sec 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9350
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Space records P-2 Distance travelled 5 367 009 km 30 Mar 1982 Sts-3 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9835
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Space records K-2 Duration in group flight (but not linked) 53 h 09 min 17 sec 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9587
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 18 h 18 min 26 sec 07 Aug 1971 David R. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10310
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Space records K-2 Distance travelled in group flight (but not linked) 558 072 km 10 Apr 1967 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10313
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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 P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 503,83 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-13 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1534
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 361 d 21 h 31 min 55 sec 11 Oct 1980 Valery V. Ryumin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9804
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 69 d 15 h 45 min 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9762
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Space records K-2 Duration 4 h 24 min 29 sec 18 Oct 1969 Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9591
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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-2 Duration 59 d 11 h 09 min 04 sec 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9565
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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
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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 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 Distance travelled 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9351
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Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 678 d 16 h 33 min 06 sec 22 Mar 1995 Valeri V. Poliakov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2513
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 258.7 km 12 Nov 1981 Sts-2 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1532
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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
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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 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 P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 470.206 km 13 Apr 1984 Sts-41c Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9529
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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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