Timeline of longest spaceflights


Many of the first human spaceflights set records measured in hours and days, the space station missions of the 1970s and 1980s pushed this to weeks and months, and by the 1990s the record was pushed to over a year and has remained there into the 21st century.
A modern long-duration mission was the ISS year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. The most significant issue in such missions is the effect of spaceflight on the human body, due to such factors as zero-g and elevated radiation.

Record setting single-mission human stays

Dura­tion Cosmonaut / AstronautsMissionMission startFlight upSpace stationFlight downRecord achievedMission endRecord held Source / Notes
437.75Valeri PolyakovMir EO-15January 8, 1994Soyuz TM-18MirSoyuz TM-20January 9, 1995March 22, 1995Current record
365.94Vladimir Titov
Musa Manarov
Mir EO-3December 21, 1987Soyuz TM-4MirSoyuz TM-6November 11, 1988December 21, 19882,250
326.48Yuri RomanenkoMir EO-2February 5, 1987Soyuz TM-2MirSoyuz TM-3September 30, 1987December 29, 1987408
236.95Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov
Oleg Atkov
Salyut 7 EO-3February 8, 1984Soyuz T-10Salyut 7Soyuz T-11September 6, 1984October 2, 19841,119
211.38Anatoly Berezovoy
Valentin Lebedev
Salyut 7 EO-1May 13, 1982Soyuz T-5Salyut 7Soyuz T-7November 14, 1982December 10, 1982662
184.84Leonid Popov
Valery Ryumin
Salyut 6 EO-4April 9, 1980Soyuz 35Salyut 6Soyuz 37October 1, 1980October 11, 1980774
175.02Vladimir Lyakhov
Valery Ryumin
Salyut 6 EO-3February 25, 1979Soyuz 32Salyut 6Soyuz 34July 15, 1979September 3, 1979444
139.62Vladimir Kovalyonok
Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
Salyut 6 EO-2June 15, 1978Soyuz 29Salyut 6Soyuz 31September 20, 1978November 2, 1978298
96.42Yuri Romanenko
Georgi Grechko
Salyut 6 EO-1December 10, 1977Soyuz 26Salyut 6Soyuz 27March 4, 1978March 16, 1978200
84.05Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Skylab 4November 16, 1973CSM-118SkylabCSM-118January 15, 1974February 8, 19741,509
59.46Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Skylab 3July 28, 1973CSM-117SkylabCSM-117August 25, 1973September 25, 1973143
28.03Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab 2May 25, 1973CSM-116SkylabCSM-116June 17, 1973June 22, 197369
23.32Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Soyuz 11June 6, 1971Soyuz 11Salyut 1Soyuz 11June 23, 1971June 29, 1971725All died returning to Earth.
17.71Andriyan Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Soyuz 9June 1, 1970N/AN/AN/AJune 15, 1970June 19, 1970373Still record for flight by a solo spacecraft.
13.77Frank Borman
Jim Lovell
Gemini 7December 4, 1965N/AN/AN/ADecember 12, 1965December 18, 19651,646
7.96L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
Gemini 5August 21, 1965N/AN/AN/AAugust 26, 1965August 29, 1965108
4.96Valery BykovskyVostok 5June 14, 1963N/AN/AN/AJune 18, 1963June 19, 1963800
3.93Andriyan NikolayevVostok 3August 11, 1962N/AN/AN/AAugust 12, 1962August 15, 1962310
1.05Gherman TitovVostok 2August 6, 1961N/AN/AN/AAugust 6, 1961August 7, 1961371
0.075Yuri GagarinVostok 1April 12, 1961N/AN/AN/AApril 12, 1961April 12, 19611161st human spaceflight