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18 Mar 2025

60 years ago Alexei Leonov made the first ever spacewalk

Commissions
22 May 2024

New Astronautic Records Commission logo reflects a new era in spaceflight

Records & Achievements
07 Feb 2024

Floating in space: 40 years since the first untethered space walk

Awards
26 Jul 2023

The CIAM Legends Medal: Honouring the Best of the Best in Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling

Space
19 May 2023

Test pilot Scott Neumann elected President of FAI Astronautic Records Commission (ICARE)

Awards
26 Aug 2022

FAI Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal for USA's Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley

Space
26 Jul 2022

Meet the crew aboard the first ever all-civilian spaceflight

Records & Achievements
05 May 2021

60 years since Alan Shepard became first American in space

Records & Achievements
19 Apr 2021

World's First Space Station launched 50 years ago today

Records & Achievements
12 Apr 2021

‘Let's go!’ – FAI celebrates 60th Anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight

Records

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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Space records K-2 Duration 169 d 05 h 21 min 20 sec 22 Mar 1995 Helena V. Kondakova (RUS) (2510) ratified - current record World 2510
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Space records K-2 Duration 70 h 40 min 48 sec 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9331
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Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 231,1 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9332
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Space records K-2 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 4 713 kg 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9334
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