List of cumulative spacewalk records

This is a list of cumulative spacewalk records for the 30 astronauts who have the most extra-vehicular activity (EVA) time.[1][2] The record is currently held by Anatoly Solovyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, with 82:22 hours from 16 EVAs, followed by NASA's Michael Lopez-Alegria with 67:40 hours in 10 EVAs. This list is current as of August 9, 2023.[3][1][4] The RSA designation includes spacewalks under the earlier Soviet space program.

View of Mir-24 commander Anatoly Solovyev performing an EVA
Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander during an EVA
Anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, assesses his repair work on a solar array. Photo taken by Douglas Wheelock.
Backdropped by a colorful Earth, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in an EVA.

List edit

Number Astronaut Agency Total EVAs Total time
Hours: minutes
1
Solovyev
Anatoly Solovyev
RSA 16 82:22
2
Lopez-Alegria
Michael Lopez-Alegria
NASA 10[C] 67:40
3
Bowen
Stephen G. Bowen
NASA 10 65:57
4
Feustel
Andrew J. Feustel
NASA 9 61:48[5]
5
Behnken
Bob Behnken
NASA 10[A] 61:10[6]
6
Whitson
Peggy Whitson
NASA 10[D] 60:21[7]
7
Yurchikhin
Fyodor Yurchikhin
RSA 9 59:28[8]
8
Kimbrough
Shane Kimbrough
NASA 9 59:28
9
Ross
Jerry L. Ross
NASA 9 58:32
10
Grunsfeld
John M. Grunsfeld
NASA 8 58:30
11
Prokopyev
Sergey Prokopyev
RSA 8 55:15
12
Cassidy
Christopher Cassidy
NASA 10[B] 54:51[6]
13
Artemyev
Oleg Artemyev
RSA 8 53:32
14
Mastracchio
Richard Mastracchio
NASA 9 53:04
15
Williams
Sunita Williams
NASA 7 50:40
16
Smith
Steven L. Smith
NASA 7 49:48
17
Fincke
Michael Fincke
NASA 9 48:37
18
Fossum
Michael E. Fossum
NASA 7 48:32
19
Parazynski
Scott E. Parazynski
NASA 7 47:05
20
Tanner
Joseph R. Tanner
NASA 7 46:29
21
Morgan
Andrew Morgan
NASA 7 45:48
22
Curbeam
Robert L. Curbeam
NASA 7 45:34
23
Budarin
Nikolai Budarin
RSA 8 44:25
24
Wheelock
Douglas H. Wheelock
NASA 6 43:30
25
Newman
James H. Newman
NASA 6 43:13
26
Onufrienko
Yuri Onufrienko
RSA 8 42:33
27
Koch
Christina Koch
NASA 6 42:15
28
Linnehan
Richard Linnehan
NASA 6 42:12
29
Avdeev
Sergey Avdeev
RSA 10 42:02
30
Wolf
David Wolf
NASA 7 41:57

Notes edit

BehnkenA and CassidyB are the first to complete 10 spacewalks in NASA EMU suits. Whitson and López-Alegría used Russian Orlan Space Suits for some of their spacewalks: López-AlegríaC completed 2 and WhitsonD completed 1 spacewalk(s) with an Orlan Space Suit.[9][10][11]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ NASA (2007). "Extravehicular Activities (EVA) Statistics". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Spacefacts (2023). "Astronauts and Cosmonauts with EVA Experience (sorted by "EVA Time")". Spacefacts. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ CollectSpace (2007). "Astronauts make 100th station spacewalk". CollectSpace. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
  5. ^ "Astronauts Venture into Space for a Spacewalk". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Behnken and Cassidy Conclude Ten Spacewalks Each – Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. ^ "Spacewalkers successfully complete EVA to replace failed EXT-1 MDM". NASASpaceflight.com. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Spacewalk goes into overtime as cosmonauts deploy satellites, collect science". spaceflightinsider.com. 17 August 2017.
  9. ^ Mars, Kelli (2015-11-09). "Peggy A. Whitson (PH.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  10. ^ "Two US Astronauts Finish Third Spacewalk Outside ISS". www.space-travel.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  11. ^ "commandermla's tweet on Jul 21, 2020". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-06.