List of human spaceflights
This is a list of all human spaceflights throughout history. Beginning in 1961 with the flight of Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, human 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.
There are two definitions of spaceflight. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), an international record-keeping body, defines the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space at 100 kilometres (62 mi) above sea level. This boundary is known as the Kármán line. Additionally, the United States awards astronaut wings to qualified personnel who pilot a spaceflight above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
As of the launch of Soyuz MS-20 on 8 December 2021, there have been 354 human spaceflight launches. Two missions did not cross either the Kármán line or the U.S. definition of space and therefore do not qualify as spaceflights. These were the fatal Challenger disaster, and the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission T-10a. Two aborted missions did cross either the Kármán line or the U.S. definition of space. These were the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission MS-10 which did not reach the Kármán line but did pass the 80 km (50 mi) line. The other was the non-fatal Soyuz mission, 18a which crossed the Kármán line. Four missions successfully achieved human spaceflight, yet ended as fatal failures as their crews died during the return. These were Soyuz 1, X-15 flight 191, Soyuz 11, and the Columbia disaster. Sixteen flights in total reached an apogee beyond 50 miles (80 km), but failed to go beyond 62 miles (100 km), so therefore do not qualify as spaceflights under the FAI definition.
Summary[]
Since 1961, three countries (China, Russia, and the United States) and one former country (Soviet Union) have conducted human spaceflight using thirteen different spacecraft series, or: "programs", "projects".
Entity | Soviet Union (1961–1991) / Russia (1992–present) |
United States | China | Subtotals by decade | |||||||||||||||||||
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Agency | Soviet space program Roscosmos |
NASA | Scaled Composites | Virgin Galactic | SpaceX | Blue Origin | CMSA | ||||||||||||||||
Decades | Program | Dates[a] | No.[b][c] | Program[d] | Dates | No.[e] | Program | Dates | No. | Program | Dates | No.[f] | Program | Dates | No. | Program | Dates | No. | Program | Dates | No. | ||
1961–1970 | Vostok | 1961–1963 | 6 | Mercury | 1961–1963 | 6 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
Voskhod | 1964–1965 | 2 | X-15 | 1962–1968 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Soyuz | 1967–1991 | 66 | Gemini | 1965–1966 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Apollo | 1968–1972 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1980 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Skylab | 1973–1974 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Apollo–Soyuz | 1975 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1990 | Space Shuttle |
1981–2011 | 135 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||
1991–2000 | Soyuz | 1992–present | 82 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||
2001–2010 | SpaceShipOne | 2004 | 3 | Shenzhou | 2003–present | 8 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2020 | SpaceShipTwo | 2018–present | 4 | Crew Dragon | 2020–present | 5 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2030 | New Shepard | 2021–present | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Subtotals by entity |
156 | 179 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Total | 355 |
Human spaceflights[]
The Salyut series, Skylab, Mir, ISS, and Tiangong series space stations, with which many of these flights docked in orbit, are not listed separately here. See the detailed lists (links below) for information.
- Missions which were intended to reach space but which failed to do so are listed in italics.
- Fatal missions are marked with asterisks.
- Missions between 80 km (50 mi) and 100 km (62 mi) are marked in cursive.
1961–1970[] |
Vostok 1 — Mercury-Redstone 3 — Mercury-Redstone 4 — Vostok 2 |
Mercury-Atlas 6 — Mercury-Atlas 7 — X-15 Flight 62 — Vostok 3 — Vostok 4 — Mercury-Atlas 8 |
X-15 Flight 77 — Mercury-Atlas 9 — Vostok 5 — Vostok 6 — X-15 Flight 87 — X-15 Flight 90 — X-15 Flight 91 |
Voskhod 1 |
Voskhod 2 — Gemini 3 — Gemini 4 — X-15 Flight 138 — X-15 Flight 143 — Gemini 5 — X-15 Flight 150 — X-15 Flight 153 — Gemini 7 — Gemini 6A |
Gemini 8 — Gemini 9A — Gemini 10 — Gemini 11 — X-15 Flight 174 — Gemini 12 |
Soyuz 1* — X-15 Flight 190 — X-15 Flight 191* |
X-15 Flight 197 — Apollo 7 — Soyuz 3 — Apollo 8 |
Soyuz 4 — Soyuz 5 — Apollo 9 — Apollo 10 — Apollo 11 — Soyuz 6 — Soyuz 7 — Soyuz 8 — Apollo 12 |
Apollo 13 — Soyuz 9 |
1971–1980[] |
Apollo 14 — Soyuz 10 — Soyuz 11* — Apollo 15 |
Apollo 16 — Apollo 17 |
Skylab 2 — Skylab 3 — Soyuz 12 — Skylab 4 — Soyuz 13 |
Soyuz 14 — Soyuz 15 — Soyuz 16 |
Soyuz 17 — Soyuz 18a — Soyuz 18 — Soyuz 19 — Apollo-Soyuz |
Soyuz 21 — Soyuz 22 — Soyuz 23 |
Soyuz 24 — Soyuz 25 — Soyuz 26 |
Soyuz 27 — Soyuz 28 — Soyuz 29 — Soyuz 30 — Soyuz 31 |
Soyuz 32 — Soyuz 33 |
Soyuz 35 — Soyuz 36 — Soyuz T-2 — Soyuz 37 — Soyuz 38 — Soyuz T-3 |
1981–1990[] |
Soyuz T-4 — Soyuz 39 — STS-1 — Soyuz 40 — STS-2 |
STS-3 — Soyuz T-5 — Soyuz T-6 — STS-4 — Soyuz T-7 — STS-5 |
STS-6 — Soyuz T-8 — STS-7 — Soyuz T-9 — STS-8 — Soyuz T-10a — STS-9 |
STS-41-B — Soyuz T-10 — Soyuz T-11 — STS-41-C — Soyuz T-12 — STS-41-D — STS-41-G — STS-51-A |
STS-51-C — STS-51-D — STS-51-B — Soyuz T-13 — STS-51-G — STS-51-F — STS-51-I — Soyuz T-14 — STS-51-J — STS-61-A — STS-61-B |
STS-61-C — STS-51-L* — Soyuz T-15 |
Soyuz TM-2 — Soyuz TM-3 — Soyuz TM-4 |
Soyuz TM-5 — Soyuz TM-6 — STS-26 — Soyuz TM-7 — STS-27 |
STS-29 — STS-30 — STS-28 — Soyuz TM-8 — STS-34 — STS-33 |
STS-32 — Soyuz TM-9 — STS-36 — STS-31 — Soyuz TM-10 — STS-41 — STS-38 — STS-35 — Soyuz TM-11 |
1991–2000[] |
STS-37 — STS-39 — Soyuz TM-12 — STS-40 — STS-43 — STS-48 — Soyuz TM-13 — STS-44 |
STS-42 — Soyuz TM-14 — STS-45 — STS-49 — STS-50 — Soyuz TM-15 — STS-46 — STS-47 — STS-52 — STS-53 |
STS-54 — Soyuz TM-16 — STS-56 — STS-55 — STS-57 — Soyuz TM-17 — STS-51 — STS-58 — STS-61 |
Soyuz TM-18 — STS-60 — STS-62 — STS-59 — Soyuz TM-19 — STS-65 — STS-64 — STS-68 — Soyuz TM-20 — STS-66 |
STS-63 — STS-67 — Soyuz TM-21 — STS-71 — STS-70 — Soyuz TM-22 — STS-69 — STS-73 — STS-74 |
STS-72 — Soyuz TM-23 — STS-75 — STS-76 — STS-77 — STS-78 — Soyuz TM-24 — STS-79 — STS-80 |
STS-81 — Soyuz TM-25 — STS-82 — STS-83 — STS-84 — STS-94 — Soyuz TM-26 — STS-85 — STS-86 — STS-87 |
STS-89 — Soyuz TM-27 — STS-90 — STS-91 — Soyuz TM-28 — STS-95 — STS-88 |
Soyuz TM-29 — STS-96 — STS-93 — STS-103 |
STS-99 — Soyuz TM-30 — STS-101 — STS-106 — STS-92 — Soyuz TM-31 — STS-97 |
2001–2010[] |
STS-98 — STS-102 — STS-100 — Soyuz TM-32 — STS-104 — STS-105 — Soyuz TM-33 — STS-108 |
STS-109 — STS-110 — Soyuz TM-34 — STS-111 — STS-112 — Soyuz TMA-1 — STS-113 |
STS-107* — Soyuz TMA-2 — Shenzhou 5 — Soyuz TMA-3 |
Soyuz TMA-4 — SpaceShipOne Flight 15P — SpaceShipOne Flight 16P — SpaceShipOne Flight 17P — Soyuz TMA-5 |
Soyuz TMA-6 — STS-114 — Soyuz TMA-7 — Shenzhou 6 |
Soyuz TMA-8 — STS-121 — STS-115 — Soyuz TMA-9 — STS-116 |
Soyuz TMA-10 — STS-117 — STS-118 — Soyuz TMA-11 — STS-120 |
STS-122 — STS-123 — Soyuz TMA-12 — STS-124 — Shenzhou 7 — Soyuz TMA-13 — STS-126 |
STS-119 — Soyuz TMA-14 — STS-125 — Soyuz TMA-15 — STS-127 — STS-128 — Soyuz TMA-16 — STS-129 — Soyuz TMA-17 |
STS-130 — Soyuz TMA-18 — STS-131 — STS-132 — Soyuz TMA-19 — Soyuz TMA-01M — Soyuz TMA-20 |
2011–2020[] |
STS-133 — Soyuz TMA-21 — STS-134 — Soyuz TMA-02M — STS-135 — Soyuz TMA-22 — Soyuz TMA-03M |
Soyuz TMA-04M — Shenzhou 9 — Soyuz TMA-05M — Soyuz TMA-06M — Soyuz TMA-07M |
Soyuz TMA-08M — Soyuz TMA-09M — Shenzhou 10 — Soyuz TMA-10M — Soyuz TMA-11M |
Soyuz TMA-12M — Soyuz TMA-13M — Soyuz TMA-14M — Soyuz TMA-15M |
Soyuz TMA-16M — Soyuz TMA-17M — Soyuz TMA-18M — Soyuz TMA-19M |
Soyuz TMA-20M — Soyuz MS-01 — Shenzhou 11 — Soyuz MS-02 — Soyuz MS-03 |
Soyuz MS-04 — Soyuz MS-05 — Soyuz MS-06 — Soyuz MS-07 |
Soyuz MS-08 — Soyuz MS-09 — Soyuz MS-10 — Soyuz MS-11 — VSS Unity VP-03 |
Soyuz MS-12 — Soyuz MS-13 — Soyuz MS-15 — VSS Unity VF-01 |
Soyuz MS-16 — Crew Dragon Demo-2 — Soyuz MS-17 — SpaceX Crew-1 |
2021–present[] |
Soyuz MS-18 — SpaceX Crew-2 — Virgin Galactic Unity-21 — Shenzhou-12 — Virgin Galactic Unity-22 — Blue Origin NS-16 — Inspiration4 — Soyuz MS-19 — Blue Origin NS-18 — Shenzhou-13 — SpaceX Crew-3 — Soyuz MS-20 — Blue Origin NS-19 |
Timeline[]
See also[]
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970
- List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980
- List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990
- List of human spaceflights, 1991–2000
- List of human spaceflights, 2001–2010
- List of human spaceflights, 2011–2020
- List of human spaceflights, 2021–present
- Human presence in space
Notes[]
- ^ Dates in this table refer only to actual flights, and not the broader duration of their associated programs. For example, while Project Gemini was begun in 1961 and concluded in 1966, its crewed spaceflights occurred only from 1965–1966.
- ^ Soyuz missions include the following: two fatal missions, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11, both of which reached space; Soyuz 18a, a non-fatal aborted mission which reached space as a sub-orbital flight; Soyuz 19, the Soviet participant in the Apollo–Soyuz; and Soyuz T-10a, a non-fatal accident in which the crewed launch was aborted due to a fire, failing to reach space.
- ^ Soyuz missions include Soyuz MS-10.
- ^ Following the Apollo program, the Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz flights also used Apollo hardware.
- ^ includes two fatal missions, STS-51-L, and STS-107. The former did not reach space, while the latter did. Includes X-15 flights over 80 km (50 miles).
- ^ Includes VP-03 and VF-01
External links[]
- Spacefacts Compare with the present article. 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 90 and 91, SpaceShipOne flights 15P, 16P and 17P, and Soyuz 18a.
- Astronautix Similarly, see the list for "Manned Spaceflight" given at Astronautix, which includes other related categories.
References[]
- Vostok and Voskhod flight history
- Mercury flight history
- X-15 flight history (altitudes given in feet)
- Gemini flight history
- Apollo flight history (student resource)
- Skylab flight history
- Apollo-Soyuz flight history
- Space Shuttle flight history infographic
- Shenzhou flight history timeline
- SpaceShipOne flight history
- Human spaceflight
- Lists of human spaceflights
- Spaceflight timelines