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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
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Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 322 624 kg 11 Dec 2006 Sts-116 And Iss 12 Crews Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 14373
Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 8 h 20 min 13 May 1992 Sts-49 Crew (USA) ratified - current record World 9819
Space records P_Absolute Altitude 325,643 km 04 Jul 1982 Sts-4 Crew (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16918
Space records K_Absolute Altitude in elliptical orbit 272,2 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9250
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 39 309 606 km 25 Sep 1973 Alan LaVern Bean (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9441
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K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 88 h 56 min 01 sec 21 Nov 1969 Richard F. Gordon (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2312
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 497,7 km 19 Mar 1965 Pavel Ivanovich Beliaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9335
Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9360
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of spaceships while linked 8 d 21 h 53 min 25 sec 19 Mar 2001 Combined Sts-102 / Iss 5a.1 Crew Members (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7178
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Accumulated space flight time 430 d 18 h 20 min 50 sec 29 Dec 1987 Yuri Victorovich Romanenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9530
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duration of flight of spaceships while linked 138 d 09 h 45 min 46 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9449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-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
Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 28 429 kg 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9432
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 3 325 957 km 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9353
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 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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