Height, depth and space records
43 world records, each with its own page, 1 of them with their history. Guess them before reading the answer.
- World record Deepest dive in an atmospheric diving suit 610 m · Daniel Jackson
- World record Deepest human-made hole on Earth 12.262 km · Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3
- Depth Deepest mine in the world 4,000 m · Mponeng Gold Mine
- World record Deepest open-sea dive (Hydra 8) 534 m · COMEX and French Navy divers
- World record Deepest shipwreck dive in history (USS Johnston) 6,460 m · Limiting Factor
- World record Deepest simulated dive in a hyperbaric chamber (Hydra 10) 701 m · Théo Mavrostomos
- World record Farthest distance from Earth reached by humans 406,771 km · Artemis II crew
- Speed Fastest wind measured on a planet 33,000 km/h · WASP-127b
- World record Greatest distance from the spacecraft during a moonwalk 7,600 m · Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt
- World record Greatest gain of height in a hang glider 3,970 m · Judy Leden
- Mass Heaviest spacecraft ever built 450,000 kg · International Space Station
- World record Highest altitude BASE jump 7,700 m · Valery Rozov
- World record Highest altitude for a balloon-launched hang glider 11.8 km · Judy Leden
- World record Highest altitude for a crewed non-lunar mission 1,408.10 km · Polaris Dawn crew
- World record Highest altitude of a mixed-power aircraft with self-powered takeoff (unofficial) 36.8 km · Robert W. Smith (Lockheed NF-104A)
- World record Highest altitude of a piston-driven propeller monoplane without payload 18.552 km · Grob Strato 2C
- World record Highest altitude reached by a cannon-fired projectile 180 km · Project HARP Martlet 2 projectile
- World record Highest altitude reached by a glider 23.203 km · Perlan II (Jim Payne and Tim Gardner)
- World record Highest altitude reached by a piston-driven propeller UAV without payload 20.430 km · Boeing Condor UAV
- World record Highest altitude reached by an airplane (zoom climb, MiG-25 prototype) 37.65 km · Alexandre Fedotov
- World record Highest altitude reached by an electrically powered aircraft 29.524 km · NASA Helios
- World record Highest commercial airport in the world 4,411 m · Daocheng Yading Airport
- World record Highest commercial bungee jump in the world (Macau Tower) 233 m · Macau Tower
- World record Highest free-fall jump (altitude of the jump) 41.42 km · Alan Eustace
- World record Highest helicopter flight 12.442 km · Jean Boulet
- World record Highest helipad (Sonam, Siachen Glacier) 6,400 m · Sonam helipad
- World record Highest hot-air balloon flight 21.291 km · Vijaypat Singhania
- World record Highest kitesurfing jump 36.2 m · Joshua Emanuel
- World record Highest mountain first climbed by women (Gasherbrum III) 7,946 m · Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz and Wanda Rutkiewicz
- World record Highest paper plane launch (from a balloon) 35.043 km · Space Club of Kesgrave High School
- World record Highest paragliding flight 9,947 m · Ewa Wisnierska
- World record Highest point reached by a four-wheeled land vehicle 6,688 m · Gonzalo and Eduardo Canales Moya, modified Suzuki Samurai
- World record Highest railway station in the world 5,068 m · Tanggula railway station
- Mean surface temperature Hottest planet in the Solar System 464 °C · Venus
- Temperature Hottest planet known (outside the Solar System) 3,777 °C · KELT-9b
- Diameter Largest crater in the Solar System 3,300 km · Utopia
- World record Longest canine single spaceflight 22 d · Veterok and Ugolyok
- Time Longest single spaceflight 437 d 16 h 48 min · Valeri Polyakov
- World record Longest single spaceflight by a woman 328 d · Christina Koch
- World record Longest spacewalk 9 h 06 min · Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong
- World record Longest time on the lunar surface 3 d 2 h 59 min 40 s · Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt
- World record Longest vertical free fall distance without drogue 36.4026 km · Felix Baumgartner
- Mass (in suns) Most massive star known 291 solar masses · R136a1