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As of 30 May 2023, 269 people from 21 countries had visited the space station, many of them multiple times. The United States sent 163 people, Russia sent 57, 11 were Japanese, nine were Canadian, five were Italian, four were French, four were German, two from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and one each from Belgium, Brazil, Denmark ...
On 15 September, the Firefly Alpha made its successful flight for a tactically responsive mission for the U.S. Space Force. [27] On November 18, 2023, SpaceX Starship attempted its second flight test, becoming the heaviest rocket to enter space, although the first stage exploded shortly after separation, while the second stage was lost nearly ...
The Spacefacts list includes most flights listed here, but omits twelve: The three failed launches of STS-51-L, Soyuz T-10a and Soyuz MS-10, none of which achieved human spaceflight, the uncrewed launch of Soyuz 34 (which nevertheless returned a crew to Earth), and the eight sub-orbital human spaceflights: Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4, X-15 flights ...
21 May 2023 Axiom Mission 2, Freedom: ISS: 31 May 2023 Axiom Mission 2, Freedom — Michael Masucci Frederick W. Sturckow Beth Moses Luke Mays Jamila Gilbert Christopher Huie 25 May 2023 Unity 25. Reached an altitude of 87.2 km (54.2 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 352 Jing Haipeng (4) Zhu Yangzhu Gui Haichao: 30 May 2023 Shenzhou ...
Following the definition that a civilian is someone who is not part of their country's armed forces (not in active duty; former service or reservist status is not considered being part of armed forces), [1] these are suborbital space flights (spaceflight according to US 50 mile space boundary definition) with a fully civilian crew:
The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff. Due to blast off May 6 atop an Atlas ...
[8] [20] In February 2009, the Government of India authorized the human space flight programme, [21] but fell short of fully funding it or creating the programme. The trials for crewed space missions began in 2007 with the 600 kg Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, and safely ...
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