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Countries (and successor states) whose citizens have flown in space as of January 2024. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi), while in the United States, professional, military and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 ...
Countries represented only by suborbital space flyers are shaded. Note: citizens from the now-defunct East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet Union have also flown in space. Since the first human spaceflight by the Soviet Union, citizens of 48 countries have flown in space. For each nationality, the launch date of the first mission is listed.
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] †
First living organisms (fruit flies) in space (suborbital flight). Successfully recovered. USA 20 February 1947 Earth: V-2 No. 47: First mammal in space, Albert II, a rhesus monkey (suborbital flight). Died in capsule parachute failure. USA 14 June 1949 Earth: R-1V [59] First dogs in space (suborbital flight).
List of orbital space travelers by company; Lists of fictional astronauts; Space flights. List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970; List of human spaceflights, 1971 ...
There's a new space race in the world, but this one isn't being driven by competing governments, but rather by billionaires. Some of the biggest names in business, from Richard Branson to Jeff ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. List of space travelers by nationality * Timeline of space travel by nationality; A. List of Asian astronauts; C.
This is a list of all crewed spaceflights throughout history. Beginning in 1961 with the flight of Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, crewed spaceflight occurs when a human crew flies a spacecraft into outer space. Human spaceflight is distinguished from spaceflight generally, which entails both crewed and uncrewed spacecraft.