List of vehicle speed records

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category. As with many world records, there may be some dispute over the criteria for a record-setting event, the authority of the organization certifying the record, and the actual speed achieved.

Land vehicles

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Land speed records by type of vehicle
Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs
Land speed recordTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align ThrustSSC Andy Green 15 Oct 1997 FIA [1]
Wheel-drivenTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Vesco Turbinator II Dave Spangler 14 Aug 2018 SCTA [2][3]
Piston-engineTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Challenger 2 Danny Thompson 12 Aug 2018 SCTA [4]
MotorcycleTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Ack Attack Rocky Robinson 25 Sep 2010 FIM [5]
Diesel-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align JCB DieselMax Andy Green 23 Aug 2006 FIA [6]
Electric-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3 Roger Schroer 19 Sep 2016 FIA [6]
Production Template:Decimal-align Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ Andy Wallace 2 Aug 2019 TÜV


Steam-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Inspiration Don Wales 25 Aug 2009 FIA [6]
Wind-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Horonuku Glenn Ashby 24 Feb 2023 FISLY [7]
Human-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align AeroVelo Eta Todd Reichert 17 Sep 2016 IHPVA [8]
Solar-poweredTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Sky Ace TIGA Kenjiro Shinozuka 20 Aug 2014 GWR [9]
Tracked vehicle Template:Decimal-align modified M113 APC Carl May Jul/Aug 1979 US Army [10]
Radio-controlled car (rocket-powered) Template:Decimal-align Black Knight Anthony Lovering 4 May 2016 GWR [11][12]
Radio-controlled car (battery-powered) Template:Decimal-align RC Bullet Nic Case 25 Oct 2014 GWR [13][14]

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Land speed records by surface
Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs
On ice Template:Decimal-align Audi RS 6 Janne Laitinen 9 Mar 2013 FIA [15]
On the Moon Template:Decimal-align Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle
(LRVTemplate:Nbh003) 		Eugene Cernan 11 Dec 1972 (unofficial) [16]
On Mars Template:Decimal-align Mars Exploration Rovers
Spirit and Opportunity 		Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with semiTemplate:Nbhautonomous control Jul 2004 GWR [17]

Rail vehicles

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Rail speed records
Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs
Rocket sled Template:Decimal-align Super Roadrunner (uncrewed) / USAF 29 Apr 2003 [18]
Maglev rocket sled Template:Decimal-align (unnamed) (uncrewed) / USAF 4 Mar 2016 [19]
Rocket sled (crewed) Template:Decimal-align Sonic Wind No. 1 John Stapp / USAF 10 Dec 1954 [20]
Maglev train (crewed) Template:Decimal-align SCMaglev L0 Series Central Japan Railway Company 21 Apr 2015 GWR [21]
Wheeled Template:Decimal-align TGV POS V150 Eric Pieczac 3 Apr 2007 [22][23]
Propeller-driven Template:Decimal-align Schienenzeppelin Franz Kruckenberg 21 Jun 1931 [24][25]
Steam-driven Template:Decimal-align LNER Class A4
4468 Mallard 		Joseph Duddington and Thomas Bray 3 Jul 1938 [26][27][28]

Aircraft

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Airspeed records
Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Mach No.Template:Efn Vehicle Crew Date Certifier Refs
Uncrewed aerial vehicle Template:Decimal-align ~20 [[Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2|HTVTemplate:Nbh2]] (uncrewed) 22 Apr 2010 (unofficial) [29]
Crewed, rocket-powered Template:Decimal-align 6.7 [[North American X-15|North American XTemplate:Nbh15ATemplate:Nbh2]] William J. Knight 3 Oct 1967 GWR [30][31]
Crewed, air-breathing Template:Decimal-align 3.3 Lockheed [[SR-71 Blackbird|SRTemplate:Nbh71A Blackbird]]
#61Template:Nbh7958 		Eldon W. Joersz 28 Jul 1976 FAI [32][33]
Commercial Template:Decimal-align 2.35 Tupolev Tu-144 Eduard Yelyan Nov 1970 (unofficial)
Propeller-driven Template:Decimal-align ~ 0.85 Piaggio P.180 Avanti Joseph J. Ritchie, Steve Fossett 6 Feb 2003 FAI [34][35]
Piston-engined Template:Decimal-align 0.69 Grumman F8F Bearcat (modified)
Rare Bear 		Lyle Shelton 21 Aug 1989 FAI [36][37]
ElectricTemplate:Efn 555.9 345.4 0.45 Rolls-Royce Accel
Spirit of Innovation		 Steve Jones 19 Nov 2021 FAI [38]
HelicopterTemplate:NoteTag Template:Decimal-align 0.33 Westland Lynx 800
GTemplate:NbhLYNX 		John Egginton 11 Aug 1986 FAI [39][40]
Glider (sailplane)Template:Efn Template:Decimal-align 0.25 [[Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4|SchemppTemplate:NbhHirth NimbusTemplate:Nbh4DM]] Klaus Ohlmann (pilot), Matias Garcia Mazzaro 22 Dec 2006 FAI [41]
AirshipTemplate:NoteTag Template:Decimal-align 0.09 Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik
LZ N07Template:Nbh100 (DLZFN) 		Steve Fossett (pilot), HansTemplate:NbhPaul Ströhle 27 Oct 2004 FAI [42][43]
Human-powered Template:Decimal-align 0.03 Musculair 2 Holger Rochelt 2 Oct 1985 FAI [44][45]
Ground effect vehicle See entry under Template:Section link.
Mars aircraft Template:Decimal-align - Ingenuity (uncrewed) 12 Oct 2023 (unofficial) [46]

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Noted unofficial records

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Watercraft

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Water speed records
Category Speed
(knots) 		Speed
(km/h) 		Speed
(mph) 		Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs
Water speed record Template:Decimal-align Spirit of Australia Ken Warby 8 Oct 1978 UIM [47][48]
Propeller-driven Template:Decimal-align Problem Child Daryl Ehrlich 22 Nov 2009 IHBA, GWR [49][50]
Wind-powered Template:Decimal-align Vestas Sailrocket 2 Paul Larsen 24 Nov 2012 WSSRC [51][52]
HovercraftTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Universal UH19P
Jenny II 		Bob Windt 1 Jan 1995 WHF, GWR [53]
Human-powered Template:Decimal-align Decavitator Mark Drela 27 Oct 1991 IHPVA [54][55]
Human-powered submarine Template:Decimal-align Omer 5 Sebastien Brisebois,
Joel Brunet 		28 Jun 2007 ISR [56]
Ground effect vehicleTemplate:Efn Template:Decimal-align Korabl Maket
"Caspian Sea Monster" 		Soviet Navy ca. 1966–1980 (unofficial) [57]
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Spacecraft

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Because of the influence of gravity, maximum velocities are usually attained when a spacecraft is close to its primary body: either just after launch, at a point of closest approach (periapsis), or during the early stages of atmospheric entry.

Space speed records
Frame of reference Category Speed relative to frame of reference Vehicle Operator Crew Date RefsTemplate:Efn
km/h km/s mph
Sun Periapsis Template:Decimal-align Parker Solar Probe Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 24 Dec 2024 [62]
Earth Escape Template:Decimal-align New Horizons Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 19 Jan 2006 [63]
Entry Template:Decimal-align Stardust Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 15 Jan 2006 [64]
Entry (crewed) Template:Decimal-align Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown Template:Flagicon NASA Thomas Stafford, John Young,
Eugene Cernan 		26 May 1969 [65]
Mars Entry Template:Decimal-align Mars Pathfinder Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 4 Jul 1997 [66]
Jupiter Orbit insertion Template:Decimal-align Juno Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 4 Jul 2016 [67][61]
Entry Template:Decimal-align Galileo Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 21 Sep 2003 [68]
Saturn Periapsis Template:Decimal-align Cassini Template:Flagicon NASA (uncrewed) 27 Apr 2017 [69]

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See also

References

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