List of human spaceflights, 1991–2000
This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 1991 to 2000, including the continuation of Russian space station Mir and the American Space Shuttle program, and the first flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991. From this date onwards the former USSR constituent republics are shown as separate nationalities.
# | Crew | Launch spacecraft |
Habitation | Return spacecraft |
Brief mission summary | |
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141 | Steven R. Nagel (3) Kenneth D. Cameron (1) Jerry L. Ross (3) Jerome Apt (1) Linda M. Godwin (1) |
5 April 1991 STS-37, Atlantis |
11 April 1991 STS-37, Atlantis |
Deployment of Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. | ||
142 | (1) | 28 April 1991 STS-39, Discovery |
6 May 1991 STS-39, Discovery |
U.S. Department of Defense mission. Part-classified payload, including various science experiments and observations. | ||
143 | Helen Sharman | 18 May 1991 Soyuz TM-12 |
Mir | 26 May 1991 Soyuz TM-11 |
Mir crew rotation. Life science experiments. First Briton in space (Sharman). First European woman in space (Sharman). | |
Anatoli Artsebarsky
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10 October 1991 Soyuz TM-12 | |||||
Sergei Krikalev (2) | 25 March 1992 Soyuz TM-13 | |||||
144 | 5 June 1991 STS-40, Columbia |
14 June 1991 STS-40, Columbia |
Spacelab life sciences mission, studying humans, rodents and jellyfish. | |||
145 | (2) | 2 August 1991 STS-43, Atlantis |
11 August 1991 STS-43, Atlantis |
Deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite -5.
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146 | (2) | 12 September 1991 STS-48, Discovery |
18 September 1991 STS-48, Discovery |
Deployment of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). | ||
147 | Toktar Aubakirov Franz Viehböck |
2 October 1991 Soyuz TM-13 |
Mir | 10 October 1991 Soyuz TM-12 |
Mir crew rotation. First Kazakh in space (Aubakirov). First Austrian in space (Viehböck). | |
Aleksandr Volkov (3)
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25 March 1992 Soyuz TM-13 | |||||
148 | 24 November 1991 STS-44, Atlantis |
1 December 1991 STS-44, Atlantis |
U.S. Department of Defense mission. Deployment of Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite. | |||
149 | (2) | 22 January 1992 STS-42, Discovery |
30 January 1992 STS-42, Discovery |
International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1). Life sciences and materials processing experiments. First Canadian woman in space (Bondar). | ||
150 | Klaus-Dietrich Flade | 17 March 1992 Soyuz TM-14 |
Mir | 25 March 1992 Soyuz TM-13 |
First Soyuz mission since the collapse of the USSR. | |
Aleksandr Viktorenko (3) Aleksandr Kaleri (1) |
10 August 1992 Soyuz TM-14 | |||||
151 | 24 March 1992 STS-45, Atlantis |
2 April 1992 STS-45, Atlantis |
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1): international experiments in atmospheric and astronomical research. First Belgian in space (Frimout). | |||
152 | (2) | 7 May 1992 STS-49, Endeavour |
16 May 1992 STS-49, Endeavour |
Retrieval and redeployment of INTELSAT VI (F-3) satellite. Demonstration of maintenance and assembly capabilities for Space Station Freedom .
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153 | Kenneth D. Bowersox (1)
Bonnie J. Dunbar (3) Lawrence J. DeLucas Ellen S. Baker (2) Carl J. Meade (2) Eugene H. Trinh |
25 June 1992 STS-50, Columbia |
9 July 1992 STS-50, Columbia |
United States Microgravity Laboratory-I (USML-1): various microgravity experiments. | ||
154 | Michael Tognini (1)
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27 July 1992 Soyuz TM-15 |
Mir | 10 August 1992 Soyuz TM-14 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
Sergei Avdeyev (1)
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1 February 1993 Soyuz TM-15 | |||||
155 | 31 July 1992 STS-46, Atlantis |
8 August 1992 STS-46, Atlantis |
Deployment of ESA's EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier). Deployment of joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS) (failed). First Swiss in space (Nicollier). First Italian in space (Malerba). | |||
156 | (1) | 12 September 1992 STS-47, Endeavour |
20 September 1992 STS-47, Endeavour |
50th Space Shuttle mission. Joint NASA and NASDA mission. Conducted microgravity investigations in materials and life sciences. First African-American woman in space (Jemison).
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157 | Steven G. MacLean (1)
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22 October 1992 STS-52, Columbia |
1 November 1992 STS-52, Columbia |
Deployment of Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS-II). US Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1): physics experiments. | ||
158 | (1) | 2 December 1992 STS-53, Discovery |
9 December 1992 STS-53, Discovery |
Classified US Department of Defense primary payload, reportedly a reconnaissance satellite. Miscellaneous unclassified science experiments. | ||
159 | Susan J. Helms (1)
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13 January 1993 STS-54, Endeavour |
19 January 1993 STS-54, Endeavour |
Deployment of fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F). Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS) and microgravity experiments.
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160 | 24 January 1993 Soyuz TM-16 |
Mir | 22 July 1993 Soyuz TM-16 |
Docking system tests. | ||
161 | (1) | 8 April 1993 STS-56, Discovery |
17 April 1993 STS-56, Discovery |
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2). Atmospheric and solar science research. | ||
162 | (1) | 26 April 1993 STS-55, Columbia |
6 May 1993 STS-55, Columbia |
German-sponsored Spacelab flight: miscellaneous science experiments. | ||
163 | (1) | 21 June 1993 STS-57, Endeavour |
1 July 1993 STS-57, Endeavour |
First SPACEHAB flight: biomedical and materials sciences experiments. Retrieval of ESA's EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier).
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164 | Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1) | 1 July 1993 Soyuz TM-17 |
Mir | 22 July 1993 Soyuz TM-16 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
(4) | 13 January 1994 Soyuz TM-17 | |||||
165 | (1) | 12 September 1993 STS-51, Discovery |
22 September 1993 STS-51, Discovery |
Deployment of Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). Ultraviolet astronomical observations. | ||
166 | 18 October 1993 STS-58, Columbia |
1 November 1993 STS-58, Columbia |
Spacelab life sciences mission. | |||
167 | F. Story Musgrave (5) (3)
Kathryn C. Thornton (3) Claude Nicollier (2) Jeffrey A. Hoffman (4) Thomas D. Akers |
2 December 1993 STS-61, Endeavour |
13 December 1993 STS-61, Endeavour |
First Hubble Space Telescope repair servicing mission. | ||
168 | Yuri Usachyev (1)
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8 January 1994 Soyuz TM-18 |
Mir | 9 July 1994 Soyuz TM-18 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
Valeri Polyokov (2)
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22 March 1995 Soyuz TM-20 | |||||
169 | (3) | 3 February 1994 STS-60, Discovery |
11 February 1994 STS-60, Discovery |
SPACEHAB-2: materials science and life sciences investigations. Wake Shield Facility -1 deployment. Medical and radiological investigations. First Russian to fly aboard the Space Shuttle (Krikalev).
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170 | Marsha S. Ivins (3)
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4 March 1994 STS-62, Columbia |
18 March 1994 STS-62, Columbia |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments. | ||
171 | Thomas D. Jones (1)
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9 April 1994 STS-59, Endeavour |
20 April 1994 STS-59, Endeavour |
Radar mapping of Earth and atmospheric research. | ||
172 | Yuri Malenchenko (1) Talgat Musabayev (1) |
3 July 1994 Soyuz TM-19 |
Mir | 4 November 1994 Soyuz TM-19 |
Medical and materials science experiments. Mir repairs. | |
173 | (1) | 8 July 1994 STS-65, Columbia |
23 July 1994 STS-65, Columbia |
International Microgravity Laboratory-2: miscellaneous microgravity experiments. First Japanese woman in space (Naito-Mukai). | ||
174 | (3) | 9 September 1994 STS-64, Discovery |
20 September 1994 STS-64, Discovery |
Atmospheric and solar observations. | ||
175 | Peter J.K. Wisoff (2)
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30 September 1994 STS-68, Endeavour |
11 October 1994 STS-68, Endeavour |
Radar imaging of Earth. | ||
176 | Ulf Merbold (3) | 4 October 1994 Soyuz TM-20 |
Mir | 4 November 1994 Soyuz TM-19 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
Aleksandr Viktorenko (4) Yelena Kondakova (1) |
22 March 1995 Soyuz TM-20 | |||||
177 | Curtis L. Brown (2) (1)
Ellen L. Ochoa (2) Scott E. Parazynski (1) Joseph R. Tanner (1) Jean-François Clervoy |
3 November 1994 STS-66, Atlantis |
14 November 1994 STS-66, Atlantis |
Atmospheric research. | ||
178 | Vladimir G. Titov (3)
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3 February 1995 STS-63, Discovery |
11 February 1995 STS-63, Discovery |
Rendezvous maneuver with Mir. First female pilot (Collins). EVA by an African-American astronaut (Harris).
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179 | (2) |
2 March 1995 STS-67, Endeavour |
18 March 1995 STS-67, Endeavour |
Ultraviolet astronomy studies. | ||
180 | (5) | 14 March 1995 Soyuz TM-21 |
Mir | 7 July 1995 STS-71, Atlantis |
First American to visit Mir (Thagard). | |
181 | Robert L. Gibson (5) Charles J. Precourt (2) Ellen S. Baker (3) Bonnie J. Dunbar (4) Gregory J. Harbaugh (3) |
27 June 1995 STS-71, Atlantis |
Mir | 7 July 1995 STS-71, Atlantis |
First Shuttle-Mir docking. Biomedical experiments. Mir crew rotation and resupply. | |
Anatoly Solovyev (4) Nikolai Budarin (1) |
11 September 1995 Soyuz TM-21 | |||||
182 | Mary E. Weber (1)
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13 July 1995 STS-70, Discovery |
22 July 1995 STS-70, Discovery |
Deployment of 7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). Biological and biomedical studies.
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183 | (1) | 3 September 1995 Soyuz TM-22 |
Mir | 29 February 1996 Soyuz TM-22 |
Mir crew rotation. First EVA by a German cosmonaut (Reiter).
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184 | (1) | 7 September 1995 STS-69, Endeavour |
18 September 1995 STS-69, Endeavour |
Solar observations. Wake Shield Facility-2 deployment. | ||
185 | 20 October 1995 STS-73, Columbia |
5 November 1995 STS-73, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments. | |||
186 | Chris A. Hadfield (1)
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12 November 1995 STS-74, Atlantis |
Mir | 20 November 1995 STS-74, Atlantis |
Second Shuttle-Mir docking. Delivery of Russian docking module and solar arrays. | |
187 | (1) | 11 January 1996 STS-72, Endeavour |
20 January 1996 STS-72, Endeavour |
Capture and return to Earth of Space Flyer Unit (Japanese microgravity research spacecraft). | ||
188 | Yuri Usachyev (2)
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21 February 1996 Soyuz TM-23 |
Mir | 2 September 1996 Soyuz TM-23 |
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189 | Franklin R. Chang-Diaz (5) (1)
Maurizio Cheli Jeffrey A. Hoffman (5) Claude Nicollier (3) Umberto Guidoni |
22 February 1996 STS-75, Columbia |
9 March 1996 STS-75, Columbia |
Deployment of Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R) (reflight, partial success). Microgravity research. | ||
190 | Kevin P. Chilton (3) Richard A. Searfoss (2) Linda M. Godwin (3) Michael R. Clifford (3) Ronald M. Sega (2) |
22 March 1996 STS-76, Atlantis |
Mir | 31 March 1996 STS-76, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. First American woman on Mir (Lucid). | |
Shannon W. Lucid (5)
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26 September 1996 STS-79, Atlantis | |||||
191 | (1) | 19 May 1996 STS-77, Endeavour |
29 May 1996 STS-77, Endeavour |
SPACEHAB -4: miscellaneous science experiments. Deployment of Spartan-207/IAE (Inflatable Antenna Experiment) satellite. Rendezvous with experimental satellite.
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192 | (1) | 20 June 1996 STS-78, Columbia |
7 July 1996 STS-78, Columbia |
Microgravity, human physiology and life sciences research. | ||
193 | Claudie Haigneré (1) | 18 August 1996 Soyuz TM-24 |
Mir | 2 September 1996 Soyuz TM-23 |
Mir crew rotation. Biological and medical experiments. First Frenchwoman in space (Andre-Deshays). | |
Valery Korzun (1) Aleksandr Kaleri (2) |
2 March 1997 Soyuz TM-24 | |||||
194 | William F. Readdy (3) Terrence W. Wilcutt (2) Thomas D. Akers (4) Jerome Apt (4) Carl E. Walz (3) |
16 September 1996 STS-79, Atlantis |
Mir | 26 September 1996 STS-79, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. Miscellaneous scientific experiments. | |
John E. Blaha (5) | 22 January 1997 STS-81, Atlantis | |||||
195 | F. Story Musgrave (6)
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19 November 1996 STS-80, Columbia |
7 December 1996 STS-80, Columbia |
Deployment and retrieval of Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II).
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196 | Peter J.K. Wisoff (3)
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12 January 1997 STS-81, Atlantis |
Mir | 22 January 1997 STS-81, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. | |
Jerry M. Linenger (2) | 24 May 1997 STS-84, Atlantis | |||||
197 | Reinhold Ewald | 10 February 1997 Soyuz TM-25 |
Mir | 2 March 1997 Soyuz TM-24 |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. | |
14 August 1997 Soyuz TM-25 | ||||||
198 | (2) | 11 February 1997 STS-82, Discovery |
21 February 1997 STS-82, Discovery |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. | ||
199 | Susan L. Still (1) (1)
Janice E. Voss (3) Donald A. Thomas (3) Michael L. Gernhardt (2) Roger K. Crouch (1) Gregory T. Linteris |
4 April 1997 STS-83, Columbia |
8 April 1997 STS-83, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments. Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems. | ||
200 | (2) | 15 May 1997 STS-84, Atlantis |
Mir | 24 May 1997 STS-84, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. First joint US-Russian space walk. | |
C. Michael Foale (4)
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6 October 1997 STS-86, Atlantis | |||||
201 | Susan L. Still (2) (2)
Janice E. Voss (4) Donald A. Thomas (4) Michael L. Gernhardt (3) Roger K. Crouch (2) Gregory T. Linteris |
1 July 1997 STS-94, Columbia |
17 July 1997 STS-94, Columbia |
Microgravity experiments. Reflight of curtailed STS-83 mission. | ||
202 | Anatoly Solovyev (5) Pavel Vinogradov (1) |
6 August 1997 Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir | 19 February 1998 Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir repair. | |
203 | 7 August 1997 STS-85, Discovery |
19 August 1997 STS-85, Discovery |
Atmospheric research. | |||
204 | James D. Wetherbee (4) (2)
Michael J. Bloomfield (1) Vladimir Titov (4) Scott E. Parazynski (2) Jean-Loup Chrétien (3) Wendy B. Lawrence |
25 September 1997 STS-86, Atlantis |
Mir | 6 October 1997 STS-86, Atlantis |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. | |
David A. Wolf (2)
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31 January 1998 STS-89, Endeavour | |||||
205 | 19 November 1997 STS-87, Columbia |
5 December 1997 STS-87, Columbia |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments. First Japanese EVA (Doi). First Ukrainian in space (Kadenyuk).
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206 | (1) | 22 January 1998 STS-89, Endeavour |
Mir | 31 January 1998 STS-89, Endeavour |
Mir crew rotation and resupply. | |
Andrew S.W. Thomas (2) | 12 June 1998 STS-91, Discovery | |||||
207 | Léopold Eyharts (1) | 29 January 1998 Soyuz TM-27 |
Mir | 19 February 1998 Soyuz TM-26 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
Talgat Musabayev (2) Nikolai Budarin (2) |
25 August 1998 Soyuz TM-27 | |||||
208 | James A. Pawelzyk
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17 April 1998 STS-90, Columbia |
3 May 1998 STS-90, Columbia |
Neuroscience research. Final Spacelab mission. | ||
209 | (4) | 2 June 1998 STS-91, Discovery |
Mir | 12 June 1998 STS-91, Discovery |
Final Shuttle-Mir docking. Mir crew rotation and resupply. Astrophysics research. | |
210 | Yuri Baturin (1) | 15 August 1998 Soyuz TM-28 |
Mir | 25 August 1998 Soyuz TM-27 |
Mir crew rotation. | |
Gennady Padalka (1) | 28 February 1999 Soyuz TM-28 | |||||
Sergei Avdeyev (3)
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28 August 1999 Soyuz TM-29 | |||||
211 | John H. Glenn (2)
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29 October 1998 STS-95, Discovery |
7 November 1998 STS-95, Discovery |
Miscellaneous scientific experiments. First Spaniard in space (Duque). Veteran John Glenn returned to space aged 77. | ||
212 | (4) | 4 December 1998 STS-88, Endeavour |
ISS
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15 December 1998 STS-88, Endeavour |
First Unity Node Module .
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213 | Ivan Bella | 20 February 1999 Soyuz TM-29 |
Mir | 28 February 1999 Soyuz TM-28 |
Mir crew rotation. First Slovak in space (Bella). | |
Viktor Afanasyev (3) Jean-Pierre Haigneré (2) |
28 August 1999 Soyuz TM-29 | |||||
214 | Valery Tokarev (1)
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27 May 1999 STS-96, Discovery |
ISS
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6 June 1999 STS-96, Discovery |
Second ISS flight. ISS assembly and resupply.
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215 | (2) | 23 July 1999 STS-93, Columbia |
27 July 1999 STS-93, Columbia |
Deployment of Chandra X-ray Observatory. First female Shuttle Commander (Collins). | ||
216 | (3) | 19 December 1999 STS-103, Discovery |
27 December 1999 STS-103, Discovery |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing. | ||
217 | Kevin R. Kregel (4) Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (2) Janet L. Kavandi (2) Janice E. Voss (5) Mamoru Mohri (2) Gerhard Thiele |
11 February 2000 STS-99, Endeavour |
22 February 2000 STS-99, Endeavour |
Radar topographic mapping of Earth's surface. | ||
218 | (3) | 4 April 2000 Soyuz TM-30 |
Mir | 16 June 2000 Soyuz TM-30 |
Mir repairs. 39th and final Mir mission. | |
219 | Yuri Usachev (3)
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19 May 2000 STS-101, Atlantis |
ISS | 29 May 2000 STS-101, Atlantis |
ISS construction and supply. | |
220 | 8 September 2000 STS-106, Atlantis |
ISS | 19 September 2000 STS-106, Atlantis |
ISS supply. Preparation for first long-term crew. | ||
221 | (3) | 11 October 2000 STS-92, Discovery |
ISS | 24 October 2000 STS-92, Discovery |
ISS construction and outfitting. 100th Space Shuttle mission. | |
222 | William M. Shepherd (4)
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31 October 2000 Soyuz TM-31 |
ISS (crew 1) |
21 March 2001 STS-102, Discovery |
First ISS Expedition Crew. | |
223 | Brent W. Jett (3) (2)
Michael J. Bloomfield (2) Joseph R. Tanner (3) J. Marc Garneau (3) Carlos I. Noriega |
30 November 2000 STS-97, Endeavour |
ISS | 11 December 2000 STS-97, Endeavour |
ISS construction and supply. Delivery of the first set of solar arrays and batteries. |
See also
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights
- List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970
- List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980
- List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990
- List of human spaceflights, 2001–2010
- List of human spaceflights, 2011–2020
- List of human spaceflights, 2021–present
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