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"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.
Khrunov and Yeliseyev conducted the first two-man spacewalk. Both cosmonauts launched in Soyuz 5, which then docked with Soyuz 4. Khrunov and Yeliseyev performed an EVA to transfer to Soyuz 4. Although docked together, Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 did not make an internal connection, necessitating the EVA. Khrunov and Yeliseyev returned to Earth aboard ...
It is ordered chronologically by the date of first spacewalk. As of September 2024 [update] , the following 12 countries have flown spacewalkers meeting this criteria: United States of America (151), Russia (formerly Soviet Union) (74), China (18), Japan (5), Canada (4), France (4), Germany (4), Italy (2), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), Great ...
American billionaire Jared Isaacman on Thursday conducted the first commercial “spacewalk” hundreds of miles above the surface of the Earth. Isaacman, along with SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, ...
At 19:46 UTC, White became the first American to make an EVA. [38] During his spacewalk, White used an oxygen-propelled gun called the Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit to propel himself. White found the experience so exhilarating that he was reluctant to terminate the EVA at the allotted time, and had to be ordered back into the spacecraft. [39]
The first untethered spacewalk was made by American Bruce McCandless II on February 7, 1984, during the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B, using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. He was subsequently joined by Robert L. Stewart during the 5-hour, 55-minute spacewalk.
The US conducted the first crewed spaceflight to leave Earth orbit and orbit the Moon on December 21, 1968, with the Apollo 8 space mission. Later they succeeded in achieving President Kennedy's goal on July 20, 1969, with the landing of Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to set foot on the Moon.
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, a member of the International Space Station Expedition 70-71 main crew, has her spacesuit tested during pre-launch preparations in Kazakhstan on September 15, 2023.