List of longest spacewalks

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This is a list of the 27 longest spacewalks, also known as an extravehicular activity or EVA. "Agency" here refers to the organization under whose auspices the EVA was conducted (so a Swiss or Japanese astronaut would be listed under NASA if they wore NASA suits and were controlled by Mission Control Houston).

For details, see lists of spacewalks from 1965–1999, 2000–2014, and 2015-present.

List

Number EVA crew Agency Flight/mission Date Total time
hours:minutes 		References
1 Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong CMSA Shenzhou 19 17 December 2024 9:06 [1]
2 James Voss and Susan Helms NASA STS-102 11 March 2001 8:56 [2][3]
3 Pierre Thuot, Richard Hieb and Thomas Akers NASA STS-49 13 May 1992 8:29 [4]
4 Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu CMSA Shenzhou 18 28 May 2024 8:23 [5]
5 (tie) Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong CMSA Shenzhou 19 20 January 2025 8:17 [6]
5 (tie) Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (Japan) NASA Expedition 32 30 August 2012 8:17 [7][3]
7 Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld NASA STS-103 22 December 1999 8:15 [8]
8 Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov Roscosmos Expedition 54 2 February 2018 8:13 [3]
9 Michael Foale and Claude Nicollier (Switzerland) NASA STS-103 23 December 1999 8:10 [9]
10 Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld NASA STS-103 24 December 1999 8:08 [10]
11 (tie) Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky Roscosmos Expedition 38 27 December 2013 8:07 [3]
11 (tie) Andrew J. Feustel and Michael Fincke NASA STS-134 22 May 2011 8:07 [11][3]
13 Douglas H. Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson NASA Expedition 24 7 August 2010 8:03 [3]
14 Michael J. Massimino and Michael T. Good NASA STS-125 17 May 2009 8:02 [12]
15 (tie) Rex J. Walheim and Stanley G. Love NASA STS-122 11 February 2008 7:58 [3]
15 (tie) James F. Reilly and John D. Olivas NASA STS-117 15 June 2007 7:58 [3]
17 Michael J. Massimino and Michael T. Good NASA STS-125 15 May 2009 7:56 [13][14]
18 (tie) Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu CMSA Shenzhou 16 20 July 2023 7:55
18 (tie) Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin Roscosmos Expedition 69 19 April 2023 7:55 [3]
18 (tie) Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams NASA Expedition 14 31 January 2007 7:55 [3]
18 (tie) Tamara E. Jernigan and Daniel T. Barry NASA STS-96 30 May 1999 7:55 [15][3]
22 Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov Roscosmos Expedition 65 3 September 2021 7:54 [3]
23 Tang Hongbo and Jiang Xinlin CMSA Shenzhou 17 2 March 2024 7:52
24 (tie) Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu CMSA Shenzhou 15 28 February 2023 7:50 [16]
24 (tie) Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman NASA STS-61 5 December 1993 7:50 [17]
26 (tie) Scott Kelly and Kjell N. Lindgren NASA Expedition 45 6 November 2015 7:48 [3]
26 (tie) Steven Smith and Rex Walheim NASA STS-110 11 April 2002 7:48 [3]

See also

References

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