List of spaceflight records#Fastest

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Note: Some space records are disputed as a result of ambiguities surrounding the border of space. Most records follow the FAI definition of the space border which the FAI sets at an altitude of 100 km (62.14 mi). By contrast, US agencies define the border of space at 50 mi (80.47 km).

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|11 September 2024 –
15 September 2024

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||Jared Isaacman
Scott Poteet
Sarah Gillis
Anna Menon

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||First humans to polar retrograde orbit,{{Cite tweet |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |author-link=Jonathan McDowell|user=planet4589 |number=1906922678067560513|title=First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out , showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit|note=0.01° means it entered Retrograde orbit too}} i.e., to fly over Earth's North and South poles

||Chun Wang
Jannicke Mikkelsen
Rabea Rogge
Eric Philips

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{{Flag|Norway}}{{nnbsp}}/{{nnbsp}}{{Flag|UK}}{{Efn|Mikkelsen was born in the United Kingdom, but is now a citizen of Norway. She will wear the flag of Norway on her spacesuit during the spaceflight.{{Cite news |last=Bjørnstad |first=Nora Thorp |date=2 December 2024 |title=Jannicke Mikkelsen blir første nordmann i verdensrommet: Her er det første bildet |trans-title=Jannicke Mikkelsen becomes the first Norwegian in space: Here is the first photo |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/vg8515/jannicke-mikkelsen-blir-foerste-nordmann-i-verdensrommet-her-er-det-foerste-bildet |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=VG |language=no}}|group=crew}}
{{Flag|Malta}}{{nnbsp}}/{{nnbsp}}{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}{{Efn|Wang was born in China but lives primarily in Svalbard and since 2023 is also a citizen of Malta and Saint Kitts and Nevis through their golden visa programs. He will wear the flag of Malta on his spacesuit during the spaceflight.{{Cite tweet |number=1861772649870791005 |user=rprogge |title=We just completed another round of training! |first=Rabea |last=Rogge |author-link=Rabea Rogge |date=27 November 2024 |access-date=10 March 2025}}|group=crew}}

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||9 women in space at the same time (no docking)

||{{Unbulleted list|ISS: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers – USA|TSS: Wang Haoze – China|Blue Origin NS-31: Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn – USA
Aisha Bowe – USA/Bahamas}}

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• 10 launches
• Frederick W. Sturckow (USA), Space Shuttle and SpaceShipTwo (1998–2024)

Note: The six SpaceShipTwo flights surpass the U.S. definition of spaceflight ({{convert|50|mi|km|2|abbr=on}}), but fall short of the Kármán line ({{convert|100|km|mi|2|abbr=on}}), the definition used for FAI space recordkeeping.

• 7 launches
• Jerry L. Ross (USA), Space Shuttle (1985–2002)
• Franklin Chang Díaz (Costa Rica/USA), Space Shuttle (1986–2002)

• 7 launches
• John W. Young (USA{{cite web|title=Astronaut Biography|date=11 February 2015|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/young.html|publisher=NASA}}) launched from Earth 6 times (two Gemini, two Apollo Command Module, two Space Shuttle) and from the Moon once (Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Stage) (1965–1983)
• Jerry L. Ross (USA), Space Shuttle (1985–2002)
• Franklin Chang Díaz (Costa Rica/USA*), Space Shuttle (1986–2002)

• 3 spacecraft
• Walter Schirra (USA) – launched aboard a Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo (1962–1968)
• John W. Young (USA) – launched aboard a Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle (1965–1983)
• Soichi Noguchi (Japan) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2005–2020)
• Shane Kimbrough (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2008–2021)
• Akihiko Hoshide (Japan) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2008–2021)
• Thomas Marshburn (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2007–2021)
• Koichi Wakata (Japan) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (1996–2022)
• Peggy Whitson (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2002–2023)
• Michael López-Alegría (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (1995–2024)
• Michael Barratt (USA) – launched aboard a Soyuz, Space Shuttle, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2009–2024)
• Barry Wilmore (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and Boeing Starliner (2009–2024)
• Sunita Williams (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and Boeing Starliner (2006–2024)

• 4 launch vehicles
• John W. Young (USA) – launched from Earth aboard a Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle, and launched from the Moon aboard the Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Stage

• 3 sites - Only orbital launches from Earth
• Sunita Williams (USA) – Kennedy Space Center (aboard a Space Shuttle in 2006), Baikonur Cosmodrome (aboard a Soyuz capsule in 2012), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (aboard a Starliner capsule in 2024).
• Barry E. Wilmore (USA) – Kennedy Space Center (aboard a Space Shuttle in 2009), Baikonur Cosmodrome (aboard a Soyuz capsule in 2014), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (aboard a Starliner capsule in 2024).

• 3 sites - Only orbital launches
• Neil Armstrong (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (aboard a Gemini capsule in 1966), Kennedy Space Center (aboard an Apollo capsule in 1969), Tranquility Base (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1969).
• Buzz Aldrin (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (aboard a Gemini capsule in 1966), Kennedy Space Center (aboard an Apollo capsule in 1969), Tranquility Base (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1969).
• Pete Conrad (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (twice aboard a Gemini capsule 1965-1966), Kennedy Space Center (twice aboard an Apollo capsule 1969–1973), Ocean of Storms (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1969).
• Alan Shepard (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (aboard a Mercury capsule in 1961), Kennedy Space Center (aboard an Apollo capsule in 1971), Fra Mauro (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1971).
• David Scott (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (aboard a Gemini capsule in 1966), Kennedy Space Center (twice aboard an Apollo capsule 1969–1971), Hadley Rille (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1971).
• John Young (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, twice aboard a Gemini capsule 1965–1966), Kennedy Space Center (four times, twice aboard an Apollo capsule 1969–1971, twice aboard a Space Shuttle 1981–1983), Descartes Highlands (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1972).
• Gene Cernan (USA) – Cape Kennedy Air Force Station (aboard a Gemini capsule in 1966), Kennedy Space Center (twice aboard an Apollo capsule 1969–1972), Taurus–Littrow (from the Moon aboard an Apollo Lunar Module, in 1972).

• 3 sites
• Frederick W. Sturckow (USA) – Kennedy Space Center (four times aboard a Space Shuttle 1998–2010), Mojave Air and Space Port (aboard a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo in 2018), and Spaceport America (also aboard a SpaceShipTwo, five times 2021–2024).

Notes:

• Seven of the twelve Apollo program moonwalkers launched from what was then called Cape Kennedy Air Force Station as part of the Mercury or Gemini programs. On their respective Lunar Landing Mission those seven launched twice. All Apollo Lunar Landing missions that landed on the moon launched from the Kennedy Space Center and when the lunar surface portion of their mission was complete, launched from the surface of the moon to meet up with the Apollo Command Module in lunar orbit.
• SpaceShipTwo flights are suborbital. SpaceShipTwo flights surpass the U.S. definition of spaceflight ({{convert|50|mi|km|2|abbr=on}}), but fall short of the Kármán line ({{convert|100|km|mi|2|abbr=on}}), the FAI definition used for most space recordkeeping.

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The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1,111 days in space over five missions. He broke the record of Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC during his fifth spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-24/25 for a one year long-duration mission on the ISS.{{Cite web |title=Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» |trans-title=State Corporation Roscosmos |url=https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/11803 |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Telegram |language=ru}} He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.{{Cite web |title=ISS Expedition Reports |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/english/iss.htm |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.spacefacts.de}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=One American, Two Russians Blast Off in Russian Spacecraft to International Space Station |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/one-american-two-russians-blast-off-in-russian-spacecraft-to-international-space-station-/7270141.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Voice of America |language=en}} Gennady Padalka is currently second, having spent 878 days in space. He himself had broken the all-time duration record on 28 June 2015 when he surpassed the previous record holder, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who spent 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes (about 2.2 years) during six spaceflights on Soyuz, the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station.{{cite web |author= |date=2005-08-16 |title=Krikalev Sets Time-in-Space Record |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/krikalev_record.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908102951/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/krikalev_record.html |archive-date=2005-09-08 |access-date=2007-10-04 |publisher=NASA}}{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Curtiss|title=Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record For Most Time Spent In Space|url=http://www.penny4nasa.org/2015/06/29/russian-cosmonaut-sets-record-for-most-time-spent-in-space/|access-date=1 July 2015|publisher=Penny4NASA|date=29 June 2015|ref=9|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828073528/http://www.penny4nasa.org/2015/06/29/russian-cosmonaut-sets-record-for-most-time-spent-in-space/|url-status=dead}}[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34231700 Russian astronaut record-breaker Padalka returns to Earth], BBC News, 12 September 2015

{{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}}},{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/english/e_tis.htm|title=Astronauts and Cosmonauts (sorted by "Time in Space")|publisher=spacefacts.de}} The current missions are listed but not included in day count. the 50 space travelers with the most total time in space are:

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{{further|Timeline of longest spaceflights}}

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman (328 days), returning on February 6, 2020. During Expedition 61, she surpassed NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson's 289 days from 2016-2017.

An international partnership consisting of Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the member states of the European Space Agency have jointly maintained a continuous human presence in space since 31 October 2000 when Soyuz TM-31 was launched. Two days later, it docked with the International Space Station.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/10years.html|title=10 Years and Counting|date=28 October 2010|publisher=NASA|access-date=22 June 2015|archive-date=23 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923085512/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/10years.html|url-status=dead}} Since then space has been continuously occupied for {{age in years and days|2000|10|31}}.

The International Space Station has been continuously occupied by a Russian and US crew member since 2 November 2000 ({{age in years and days|2000|11|2}}). It broke the record of 9 years and 358 days of the Soviet/Russian Space Station Mir on 23 October 2010.

Valery Bykovsky flew solo for 4 days, 23 hours in Vostok 5 from 14 to 19 June 1963.{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9352|title=Astronautic World Records: Spacecraft with one astronaut – General category|publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045409/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9352|archive-date=2015-09-24}} This only counts the duration of solo flight within a mission, so a longer mission with solo flight, such as Apollo 17 at 12d+13h duration is surpassed because the solo undocked duration was only 3d+7h.) The flight set a space endurance record which was broken in 1965 by the (non-solo) Gemini 5 flight. The Apollo program included long solo spaceflight, and during the Apollo 16 mission, Ken Mattingly orbited solo around the Moon for more than 3 days and 9 hours.

Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission stayed for 74 hours 59 minutes and 40 seconds (over 3 days) on the lunar surface after they landed on 11 December 1972.{{cite web|url=http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/documents/apollo17_overview.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930204141/http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/documents/apollo17_overview.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2006|title=Mission Report: Apollo 17 – The Most Productive Lunar Expedition|publisher=NASA|access-date=21 June 2015}} They performed three EVAs (extra-vehicular activity) totaling 22 hours 3 minutes, 57 seconds. As Apollo commanders were the first to leave the LM and the last to get back in, Cernan's EVA time was slightly longer.

Ronald Evans of Apollo 17 mission stayed in lunar orbit for 6 days and 4 hours (148 hours){{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/evans-re.html|title=Ronal Evans Biographical Data|date=April 1990|publisher=NASA|access-date=21 June 2015|quote=longest time in lunar orbit, 147 hours, 48 minutes}} along with five mice. For the solo portion of a flight around the Moon, Ken Mattingly on Apollo 16 spent 1 hour 38 minutes longer than Evans' solo duration.

The Apollo 13 crew (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert), while passing over the far side of the Moon at an altitude of {{convert|254|km|abbr=on}} from the lunar surface, were {{convert|400171|km|abbr=on}} from Earth.{{cite web | url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_13a_Summary.htm | title=Apollo 13 The Seventh Mission: The Third Lunar Landing Attempt 11 April–17 April 1970 | publisher=NASA | access-date=7 November 2015}} This record-breaking distance was reached at 00:21 UTC on 15 April 1970.

Polaris Dawn crew Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon fired their Crew Dragon Resilience's Draco thrusters on 11 September 2024 at 00:27 UTC, at 15 hours and 4 minutes after liftoff and achieved a record apogee altitude of {{convert|874.95|mi|km}}.{{Cite AV media |url=https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyDRBXmJL |title=Polaris Dawn Mission Overview Briefing |date=August 19, 2024 |time=12:00 |access-date=25 August 2024 |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820071337/https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyDRBXmJL |url-status=live }}

{{see also|List of vehicle speed records#Spacecraft}}

The Apollo 10 crew (Thomas Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene Cernan) achieved the highest speed relative to Earth ever attained by humans: 39,897 kilometers per hour (11,082 meters per second or 24,791 miles per hour, about 32 times the speed of sound and 0.0037% of the speed of light).{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html|title=The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records|last=Wall|first=Mike|date=11 March 2015|publisher=Space.com|access-date=26 June 2015}} The record was set 26 May 1969.

The record for uncrewed spacecraft is held by the Parker Solar Probe at 191.7 km/s, about 1/1600 (or 0.064%) the speed of light, relative to the Sun. This speed was first reached in December 2024.

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• Man – Joe Walker (born 20 February 1921), on X-15 Flight 90 on 19 July 1963 (about 12 minutes.)
• Woman – Wally Funk (born 1 February 1939), on Blue Origin NS-16, on 20 July 2021 (about 10 minutes.)

• Man – Georgy Beregovoy (born 15 April 1921), on Soyuz 3 on 26 October 1968 (81 orbits in about 4 days.)
• Woman – Valentina Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937), on Vostok 6 on 16–19 June 1963 (48 orbits, about 3 days.)

• Man – Oliver Daemen (aged {{Age in years, months and days|2002|8|20|2021|7|20|sc=y}}), on Blue Origin NS-16, on 20 July 2021 (about 10 minutes.)
• Woman – Anastatia Mayers (aged {{Age in years, months and days|2004|9|27|2023|8|10|sc=y}}), on Galactic 02, on 10 August 2023 (about 5 minutes.)

• Man – Gherman Titov (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1935|9|11|1961|8|6|sc=y}}), on Vostok 2 on 6 August 1961 (17.5 orbits, about 1 day.)
• Woman – Valentina Tereshkova (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1937|3|6|1963|6|16|sc=y}}), on Vostok 6 on 16–19 June 1963 (48 orbits, about 3 days.)

• Man: Ed Dwight (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1933|9|9|2024|5|19|sc=y}}), on Blue Origin NS-25, on 19 May 2024 (about 10 minutes).
• Woman: Wally Funk (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1939|2|1|2021|7|20|sc=y}}), on Blue Origin NS-16, on 20 July 2021 (about 10 minutes).

• Man: John Glenn (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1921|7|18|1998|10|29|sc=y}}), on STS-95 on 29 October 1998 (about 9 days, 20 hours).{{cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Kathy |date=8 October 1998 |title=John Glenn: The Second Time Around |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/glenn/stories/profile.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
• Woman: Peggy Whitson (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1960|2|9|2023|5|21|sc=y}}), on Axiom Mission 2 on 21 May 2023 (9 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes).{{cite press release |url=https://www.axiomspace.com/news/ax2-successful-launch|title=Ax-2 Mission Successfully Launches, Four Private Astronauts Headed to Space Station |publisher=Axiom Space |date=21 May 2023}}

• Man – Alexei Leonov (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1934|5|30|1965|3|18|sc=y}}), during Voskhod 2.
• Woman – Sarah Gillis, (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1994|1|1|2024|9|12|sc=y}}), during Polaris Dawn.

• Man – Michael Barratt (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1959|4|16|2024|6|24|sc=y}}), during ISS Expedition 71.
• Woman – Sunita Williams (aged {{Age in years, months and days|1965|9|19|2025|1|30|sc=y}}), during ISS Expedition 72.

{{see also|List of cumulative spacewalk records|List of longest spacewalks}}

Both of these are the record for the largest total number of spacewalks by a male and a female, and the most cumulative time spent on spacewalks by a male and a female.

• Man – Anatoly Solovyev, 16 spacewalks for a total time of 82 hours, 21 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.gctc.ru/eng/biogr/default.htm|title=GCTC, Biographies of Cosmonauts: Solovyev, Anatoly Yakovlevich|publisher=Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre|access-date=2017-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920155646/http://www.gctc.ru/eng/biogr/default.htm|archive-date=2007-09-20}}
• Woman (number) – Peggy Whitson, 10 spacewalks for a total time of 60 hours, 21 minutes.{{cite news |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Spacewalking astronauts pull off urgent station repairs |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2017/05/23/spacewalking-astronauts-pull-off-urgent-station-repairs/ |access-date=February 8, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Daily News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/05/iss-astronauts-200th-station-eva-maintenance-tasks/|title=ISS astronauts complete 200th station EVA for maintenance tasks|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=13 May 2017|date=12 May 2017}}{{Cite web |author= |year=2017 |title=Astronauts and Cosmonauts with EVA Experience (sorted by "EVA Time") |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/eva/e_eva_time.htm |access-date=May 13, 2017 |website=Spacefacts}}
• Woman (cumulative time) – Sunita Williams, 9 spacewalks for a total time of 62 hours, and 6 minutes.{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Mark |title=Spacewalkers Complete Radio Hardware Removal and Microbe Search |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2025/01/30/spacewalkers-complete-radio-hardware-removal-and-microbe-search/ |website=blogs.nasa.gov |access-date=30 January 2025 |date=30 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Astronauts and Cosmonauts with EVA Experience (sorted by "EVA Time") |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/eva/e_eva_time.htm |website=www.spacefacts.de |access-date=30 January 2025}}

• 7: Anatoly Solovyev, during Expedition 24 on the Soviet/Russian space station Mir, in 1997–98. (Two were internal "spacewalks" inside a depressurized module.)
• 7: Andrew Morgan, during his first spaceflight on board the ISS for Expedition 60/61/62 in 2019–2020, he spent 45 hours and 48 minutes outside the station.

• Man – Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, 9 hours 6 minutes, during the Shenzhou 19 mission on 17 December 2024, as they installed space debris protection devices on the exterior of the Tiangong Space Station.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-12-17 |title=Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk |url=https://spacenews.com/shenzhou-19-astronauts-complete-record-breaking-9-hour-spacewalk/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}
• Woman – Susan Helms, 8 hours 56 minutes, along with James Voss on an ISS assembly mission during Shuttle mission STS-102 on 11 March 2001. The spacewalkers were delayed early in their excursion when a device to help hold an astronaut's feet to the shuttle's robot arm became untethered,{{Cite web |last=Harwood |first=William |date=2001-03-11 |title=Marathon spacewalk sets new record |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/station/stage5a1/010311fd4/index.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Spaceflight Now}} and Voss had to retrieve a spare from storage on the exterior of the station's Unity module. After about six hours of work, the pair reentered Space Shuttle Discovery's airlock.

• All-time (and while on a planetary body{{cite book |last=Swift |first=Earl |title=Across the Airless Wilds |year=2021 |publisher=Custom House |pages=280–281 |isbn=9780062986535}}): 7.6 kilometers{{cite web |url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17_TEC.PDF |title=Apollo 17 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription |website=NASA}}{{rp|1144}} (4.7 miles, 25,029 feet{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-30_Extravehicular_Activity.htm |title=Extravehicular Activity |website=NASA}}), Apollo 17, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, EVA-2, December 12, 1972. During their second of three moonwalks, Cernan and Schmitt rode the Lunar Roving Vehicle to geological station 2, Nansen Crater, at the foot of the South Massif. As all spacewalks not occurring on a planetary body (the Moon) have involved short maximum distances from the spacecraft (see below), this remains the furthest distance that humans have traveled away from the safety of a pressurizable spacecraft, during an EVA of any type.
• Orbital flight: about 100 meters (or 330 feet), Bruce McCandless, STS-41-B, February 7, 1984. With the exception of six Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) sorties in 1984 and a test of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) in 1994, all other orbital spacewalks have involved a safety tether, anchoring the spacefarer to the spacecraft at a short distance. Among the former untethered spacewalks, Bruce McCandless' first test of the MMU established an orbital EVA distance record from a spacecraft which remained unbroken by later untethered EVAs.{{cite web |last=Chaikin |first=Andrew |title=Untethered |date=October 2014 |publisher=Air and Space Magazine |url=https://www.airspacemag.com/space/untethered-180952792/}}

{{Further|Animals in space|Monkeys and apes in space}}

The first animals to enter space were fruit flies launched by the United States in 1947 aboard a V-2 rocket to an altitude of {{Convert|68|mi|}}. They were also the first animals to safely return from space.{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/20648-animals-in-space-history-infographic.html|title=Cosmic Menagerie: A History of Animals in Space (Infographic)|last=Tate|first=Karl|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Space.com|type=infographic|access-date=June 28, 2014}} Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of {{cvt|100|km}} and safely parachuted back to Earth. This flight preceded the first American canine space mission by two weeks.{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Brian |title=Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions |last2=Zakutnyaya |first2=Olga |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |year=2011 |location=Chichester, UK |oclc=1316077842}}{{rp|21}}

Laika was a Soviet female canine launched on 3 November 1957 on Sputnik 2. The technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, so there was no expectation for survival. She died several hours into flight. Belka and Strelka became the first canines to safely return to Earth from orbit on 19 August 1960.

On 31 January 1961, through NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2 mission the chimpanzee Ham became the first great ape in space.{{cite web |title=My steps for Bataan |url=https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/581909/my-steps-for-bataan/ |website=United States Marine Corps Flagship |access-date=13 April 2022}}

Soviet space dogs {{lang|ru-Latn|Veterok}} ({{lang|ru|Ветерок}}, "Light Wind") and {{lang|ru-Latn|Ugolyok}} ({{lang|ru|Уголёк}}, "Ember") were launched on 22 February 1966 on board Cosmos 110 and spent 22 days in orbit before landing on 16 March.

An assortment of animals including a pair of Russian tortoises, as well as wine flies and mealworms flew around the Moon with a number of other biological specimens including seeds and bacteria on a circumlunar mission aboard the Soviet Zond 5 spacecraft on 18 September 1968. It had been launched by a Proton-K rocket on 14 September.

Zond 5 came within {{convert|2000|km|mi}} of the Moon and then successfully returned to Earth, the first spacecraft in history to return safely to Earth from the Moon.

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