Total Time in Space
The following is a list of the 50 space travelers with the most total time in space, as of 16 March 2010.:
Active Retired Currently in space
| Rank | Person | Days | Flights | Status | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Krikalev | 803.371 | 6 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 2 | Alexandr Kaleri | 769.276 | 5 | Active | Russia |
| 3 | Sergei Avdeyev | 747.593 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 4 | Gennady Padalka | 710.265 | 4 | Active | Russia |
| 5 | Valeriy Polyakov | 678.690 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 6 | Anatoly Solovyev | 651.117 | 5 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 7 | Viktor Afanasyev | 555.772 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 8 | Yury Usachev | 553.016 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 9 | Musa Manarov | 541.021 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Azerbaijan / Soviet Union |
| 10 | Yuri Malenchenko | 514.539 | 4 | Active | Russia |
| 11 | Alexander Viktorenko | 489.066 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 12 | Nikolai Budarin | 444.060 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 13 | Yuri Romanenko | 430.765 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 14 | Alexander Volkov | 391.495 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 15 | Yuri I. Onufrienko | 389.282 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 16 | Vladimir G. Titov | 387.036 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 17 | Vasili Tsibliyev | 381.662 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 18 | Valery G. Korzun | 381.653 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 19 | Michael Fincke | 381.633 | 3 | Active | United States |
| 20 | Pavel Vinogradov | 380.678 | 2 | Active | Russia |
| 21 | Peggy A. Whitson | 376.738 | 2 | Active | United States |
| 22 | Leonid Kizim | 374.749 | 3 | Retired (deceased) | Soviet Union |
| 23 | Michael Foale | 373.763 | 6 | Active | United States / United Kingdom |
| 24 | Aleksandr Serebrov | 372.954 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 25 | Valeri Ryumin | 371.725 | 4 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 26 | Fyodor Yurchikhin | 370.832 | 3 | Active | Russia |
| 27 | Sergey Volkov | 365.940 | 3 | Active | Russia |
| 28 | Jeffrey Williams | 362.060 | 3 | Active | United States |
| 29 | Vladimir Solovyov | 361.952 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 30 | Oleg Kotov | 359.943 | 2 | Active | Russia |
| 31 | Thomas Reiter | 350.239 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Germany |
| 32 | Mikhail Tyurin | 344.213 | 2 | Active | Russia |
| 33 | Talgat Musabayev | 339.409 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 34 | Vladimir Lyakhov | 333.324 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 35 | Yuri P. Gidzenko | 329.950 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 36 | Gennadi Manakov | 309.889 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 37 | Aleksandr P. Aleksandrov | 309.758 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 38 | Gennady Strekalov | 268.938 | 5 | Retired (deceased) | Russia / Soviet Union |
| 39 | Michael Lopez-Alegria | 257.944 | 4 | Retired (alive) | United States |
| 40 | Viktor Savinykh | 252.849 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 41 | Vladimir Dezhurov | 244.229 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Russia |
| 42 | Oleg Atkov | 236.950 | 1 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 43 | Carl E. Walz | 230.212 | 4 | Retired (alive) | United States |
| 44 | Leroy Chiao | 229.362 | 4 | Retired (alive) | United States |
| 45 | Daniel W. Bursch | 226.594 | 4 | Retired (alive) | United States |
| 46 | William S. McArthur | 224.930 | 4 | Active | United States |
| 47 | Shannon W. Lucid | 223.161 | 5 | Retired (alive) | United States |
| 48 | Valentin Lebedev | 219.250 | 2 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 49 | Vladimir Kovalyonok | 216.382 | 3 | Retired (alive) | Soviet Union |
| 50 | Kenneth D. Bowersox | 211.594 | 5 | Retired (alive) | United States |
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