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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Datesort descending Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K-2 Duration 1 h 48 min 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9326
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 327 km 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - current record World 9327
Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 725 kg 12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeevitch Gagarine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9328
Space records K-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9519
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
Space records K-2 Duration 25 h 11 min 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9329
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 703 143 km 07 Aug 1961 German Stepanovich Titov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9330
Space records K-2 Duration 94 h 09 min 59 sec 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9350
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9351
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance 2 639 600 km 15 Aug 1962 Andryan Grigoryevich Nikolaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9349
Space records K-2 Duration 70 h 40 min 48 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9331
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-2 Distance travelled 1 970 990 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9333
Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 713 kg 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9334
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 3 325 957 km 19 Jun 1963 Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9353
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 408 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9354
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
Space records K-2 Duration 24 h 17 min 03 sec 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9356
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 669 785,027 km 13 Oct 1964 Vladimir M. Komarov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9357
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
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-2 Distance travelled 5 331 752 km 29 Aug 1965 Gordon L. Cooper (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9337
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-2 Duration 330 hr 35 min 18 Dec 1965 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9339
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
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 763,4 km 21 Jul 1966 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9427
Space records K_Absolute Absolute distance Precision landing: 6,21 km 21 Jul 1966 John Watts Young (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10285
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 1 369 km 15 Sep 1966 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - current record World 9537
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
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
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-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - current record World 9431
Space records K_Absolute Accumulated space flight time 23 d 20 h 10 min 16 sec 27 Dec 1968 James A. Lovell Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2314
Space records K-3 Duration of stay in orbit around a celestial body 20 h 06 min 48 sec 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2315
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 Altitude 377 668,9 km 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2317
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-3 Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft 377 668,9 km 27 Dec 1968 Frank Borman (USA) ratified - current record World 19151
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-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
Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 37 min 00 sec 18 Jan 1969 Alexei Ellisseev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9759
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
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 while linked 523 458 km 13 Mar 1969 James A. McDivitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9576
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
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-3 Greatest mass landed on the celestial body 7 326,9 kg 20 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2320
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
Space records K-3 Extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 2 h 31 min 40 sec 21 Jul 1969 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2322

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