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18 Mar 2025

60 years ago Alexei Leonov made the first ever spacewalk

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22 May 2024

New Astronautic Records Commission logo reflects a new era in spaceflight

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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 P-1 Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft 112,01 km 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) (9881) ratified - current record World 9881
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Space records P-1 Minimum time between two consecutive flights in a reusable vehicle 4 d 23 h 15 min 9 sec 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) (9882) ratified - current record World 9882
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Space records P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) (10434) ratified - current record World 10434
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Space records P-1 Number of people in suborbital flight 1 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9862) ratified - current record World 9862
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Space records P-1 Duration 24 min 10 sec 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9858) ratified - current record World 9858
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Space records P-1 Length travelled along the trajectory from lift-off to touch down 46,27 km 29 Sep 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9861) ratified - current record World 9861
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Space records P-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 622,77 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) (4227) ratified - current record World 4227
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Space records P-2 Altitude in para-circular orbit 623,64 km 21 Feb 1997 Sts-82 Crew (USA) (4228) ratified - current record World 4228
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Space records P-2 Duration 17 d 15 h 53 min 17 sec 07 Dec 1996 Sts-80 Crew (USA) (3915) ratified - current record World 3915
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