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This is a list of spaceflight records. Most of these records are about human spaceflights, but some unmanned and canine records are included.
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Longest human single flight
Valeri Polyakov, launched 8 January 1994 (Soyuz TM-18), stayed at Mir LD-4 for 437.7 days, during which he orbited the earth about 7,075 times and traveled 300,765,000 km, (186,887,000 miles) returned March 22, 1995 (Soyuz TM-20).
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Longest canine single flight
Veterok (Ветерок, "Little Wind") and Ugolyok (Уголёк, "Ember") were launched on February 22, 1966 on board Cosmos 110 and spent 22 days in orbit before landing on March 16. This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Skylab 2 in 1974 and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.
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Farthest humans from Earth
Apollo 13 crew; James Lovell, Fred Haise, John Swigert while passing over the far side of the moon at an altitude of 254 km (158 miles) from the lunar surface, were 400,171 km (248,655 miles) from earth. This record breaking distance was reached at 0:21 UTC on April 15, 1970.
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Highest altitude for non-lunar mission
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Fastest
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Most flights
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Most spacewalks
Anatoly Solovyev, 16 spacewalks, for 77 hours, 41 minutes EVA (which is also the duration record)
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Firsts
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Total time in space - top 50 space travelers
As of 9 August 2006
() Michael Foale holds dual U.S./British citizenship.
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Total human spaceflight time by country
As of April 8, 2006
() Dual citizen Michael Foale counted under both nationalities.
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List of unmanned spacecraft by program|Notable unmanned spaceflights
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See also
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