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Civilian to use a commercial space flight, and journalist to report on space from outer space: Toyohiro Akiyama – Japan: Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-11: Japan 2 December 1990 – 10 December 1990 Three women in space at the same time Millie Hughes-Fulford, Tamara E. Jernigan, M. Rhea Seddon: STS-40: USA 5 June 1991 – 14 June 1991 Three-person ...
The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]
(1 yr, 7 mo, 29 d) Pioneer 11 flew by Jupiter. [87] Saturn 1 September 1979 2340 days (6 yr, 4 mo, 27 d) Pioneer 11 was the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. Mars 4: Mars 21 July 1973 10 February 1974 205 days (6 months, 21 days) Mars 4 failed to enter Mars orbit and flew by it instead. [88] Mars 6: Mars 5 August 1973 12 March 1974 220 days
Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1) 23 April 1971 Soyuz 10: 25 April 1971 Soyuz 10: Unsuccessful attempt to board Salyut 1 space station. 44 Georgy Dobrovolsky Viktor Patsayev Vladislav Volkov (2) 6 June 1971 Soyuz 11: Salyut 1: 29 June 1971 Soyuz 11: Successful boarding of Salyut 1 (first crewed space station). All crew died on re-entry due to air leak.
After the name, denotes sub-orbital space travellers who have flown into orbit on a subsequent space flight. After the name, denotes space travellers who have flown to the Moon without landing. After the name, denotes space travellers who have walked on the Moon. ‡ After the name, denotes those who died during their first spaceflight. [nb 1] †
On July 1, 1959, less than a year after the October, 1958 program start date, the flights were canceled due to budget constraints. [272] Suborbital flights were planned for four other astronauts but the number of flights was cut down gradually and finally all remaining were canceled after Titov's flight. [273] [274] [n 37]
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Michael W. Melvill (1) 21 June 2004 Flight 15P, SpaceShipOne: First human spaceflight of commercial spaceship. 245 Michael W. Melvill (2) 29 September 2004 Flight 16P, SpaceShipOne: Ansari X Prize flight #1. 246 W. Brian Binnie: 4 October 2004 Flight 17P, SpaceShipOne: Ansari X Prize flight #2, winning the prize. 247 Yuri Shargin: 14 October ...