Longest spacewalk
The current longest spacewalk record is 9:06:00, held by Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, set on December 17, 2024. Last checked October 14, 2026.
9:06:00
Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong
- Holder
- Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong
- Record
- 9:06:00
- Location
- Tiangong space station, low Earth orbit
- Date set
- December 17, 2024
- Recognized by
- China Manned Space Agency
- Last checked
- October 14, 2026
Sources
- Wikipedia Read the source
- Wikipedia Read the source
- guinnessworldrecords.com Longest spacewalk
- jpost.com Science around the world
- aa.com.tr Chinese astronauts complete record breaking spacewalk
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