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| Class | Sub-Class | Type of record | Performance | Date Sort ascending | Claimant | Status | Region | ID | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space records | P_Absolute | Duration | 14 d 17 h 54 min 50 sec | 23 Jul 1994 | Sts-65 Crew (-i-) (16965) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 16965 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | P_Absolute | Altitude reached above the Earth's surface | 573,670 km | 12 Sep 1991 | Sts-48 Crew (USA) (16916) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 16916 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | P_Absolute | Altitude | 503,83 km | 13 Apr 1984 | Sts-13 Crew (USA) (16919) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 16919 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled | 140 800 000 km | 10 Dec 1982 | A. N. Beresovoy (URS) (9533) | 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) (9926) | ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code | World | 9926 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | P_Absolute | Altitude | 325,643 km | 04 Jul 1982 | Sts-4 Crew (USA) (16918) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 16918 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K_Absolute | 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) (17105) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 17105 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Greatest mass lifted to lunar or planetary orbit from the lunar or planetary surface | 4 965,5 kg | 24 Apr 1972 | John W. Young (USA) (17098) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 17098 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-3 | Duration extravehicular stay on surface of Moon or Planet | 39 h 47 min 03 sec | 23 Apr 1972 | John W. Young (USA) (17099) | ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code | World | 17099 | → | ⌄ | |
| 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_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 | Distance travelled | 1 970 990 km | 19 Jun 1963 | Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) (9333) | ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code | World | 9333 | → | ⌄ | |
| Space records | K-2 | Distance travelled | 3 325 957 km | 19 Jun 1963 | Valery Fiodorovich Bikovsky (URS) (9353) | ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code | World | 9353 | → | ⌄ |
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