This is alist of space travelers by first flight. The table is listed in chronological order from the date of first flight. The table adheres to a common definition of a space traveller; theFédération Aéronautique Internationale criterion of achieving an altitude higher than 100 km (62 mi; 330,000 ft), thereby crossing the FAI-definedKármán line. The criteria for determining who has achievedhuman spaceflight vary. Personnel who qualify only for theUnited States Astronaut Badge, awarded to those who achieve an altitude of 50 mi (80 km; 264,000 ft), are listed at theX-15's highest flights and theVSSUnity test flights.
As a rule, dual nationals fly under a single flag when flying as professional spacecrew and/or when flying on government-operated spacecraft, and this is the flag they are listed under in the table. For the spaceflights of dual nationals who are private citizens flying on commercial spacecraft as ordinary passengers, the flags displayed are those of their countries of birth, unless the space traveller did not hold citizenship of that country and/or otherwise made clear (s)he intended to represent a different nationality.
Alexei Leonov, joint 17th in space and first to perform anEVA.John Young, 19th person in space, first to fly solo around theMoon and first to command aSpace Shuttle.Neil Armstrong, joint 26th person in space and first to set foot on the MoonHarrison Schmitt, joint 59th person in space. The most recent person and first geologist to have arrived on the MoonVladimír Remek, 88th person in space and the first from a country other than the US or the Soviet UnionMiroslaw Hermaszewski, 90th person and firstPolish in spaceSigmund Jähn, 91st person in space and the first GermanGeorgi Ivanov, 93rd person in space and the first BulgarianBertalan Farkas, 95th person and firstHungarian in spacePhạm Tuân, 97th person in space, and the first from an Asian country (Vietnam)Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, 98th person and firstCuban in spaceJügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, 102nd person and firstMongolian in spaceDumitru Prunariu, 104th person and firstRomanian in spaceJean-Loup Chrétien, joint 109th person and firstFrench in spaceSvetlana Savitskaya, joint 111th person in space and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.Story Musgrave, joint 116th person in space and the only person to have flown on all fiveNASA Space Shuttles.Sally Ride, joint 120th person and the first American woman in spaceGuion Bluford, joint 125th person and the first African American in spaceBruce McCandless, joint 133rd person in space and the first to perform an untethered EVARakesh Sharma, 139th person and the first Indian in spaceKathryn D. Sullivan, joint 154th person in space and the first american woman to perform an EVA.Anna Lee Fisher, joint 155th person and the first mother in spaceEllison Onizuka, joint 158th person and the first Asian-American in space.Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, joint 170th person, firstroyal, and first Saudi Arabian in space.Rodolfo Neri Vela, joint 192nd and first Mexican in spaceMuhammed Faris, joint 202nd and first Syrian in spaceAnatoly Solovyev, joint 206th person in space and the person to have the most time in EVA, as of 2014Sergei Krikalev, 210th person in spaceWilliam Shepherd, joint 211th person in space and the first commander of theISSMichael McCulley, joint 221st person in space and firstsubmariner to go into spaceToyohiro Akiyama, joint 239th person and the first journalist and the first Japanese in space on the first commercially organized spaceflight.Helen Sharman, joint 249th and first British astronautDirk Frimout, joint 268th and first Belgian to go into spaceFranco Malerba, joint 277th and first Italian to go into spaceClaude Nicollier, joint 277th and first Swiss to go into spaceMae Jemison, joint 280th person and first African American woman to go into spaceSusan Helms, joint 286th person in space and first woman to serve on board the ISSYuri Malenchenko, joint 309th person in space and first to marry in spaceChiaki Mukai, joint 311th person and first Japanese woman in spaceYelena Kondakova, 318th person in space and first woman to make a long-duration spaceflightEileen Collins, the 322nd person in space, first female commander and first female pilot of a Space ShuttleKoichi Wakata, joint 339th person in space and first Japanese commander of the ISSKalpana Chawla, joint 366th person, firstIndian American astronaut and first Indian woman in spacePedro Duque, 384th person in space and first Spanish nationalIvan Bella, 386th person and firstSlovak in spaceScott Kelly, 391st person and first of the firstidentical twin brothers to go into spaceDennis Tito, the 404th person in space and the firstspace touristMark Kelly, the 409th person in space, and the second of the first identical twin brothers to go into spaceMark Shuttleworth, 416th person in space and the first from an independent African country (South Africa)Ilan Ramon, joint 431st person and firstIsraeli in spaceYang Liwei, the 432nd person in space and the first of theChinese space programMike Melvill, the 435th person in space and the firstcommercial astronaut of a privately flown and funded spaceflightMarcos Pontes, the 443rd person and the first Brazilian in spaceAnousheh Ansari, the 449th person in space, first female space tourist and the first Iranian in spaceChrister Fuglesang, joint 450th person and first swedish in spaceSheikh Muszaphar Shukor, joint 464th person and the first person fromMalaysia to go into spaceYi So-yeon, joint 475th person and the first Korean in spaceRichard Garriott, 486th person in space and first spacefaring son of an earlier astronaut (Owen Garriott).Guy Laliberté, joint 506th person in space and the first Canadian space touristLuca Parmitano, 532nd person in space and first Italian to be commander of an ISS expedition. He has been the youngest astronaut to undertake a long-duration mission. He is the first astronaut fromSicilySamantha Cristoforetti, 541st person in space, who has performed the longest single spaceflight by a woman, as of 2015Andreas Mogensen, joint 544th person and the firstDane in spaceAidyn Aimbetov, joint 544th person and the first solely Kazakh cosmonautHazza Al Mansouri, joint 564th person and the first in space from the UAEJeff Bezos, joint 571st person and the founder of spaceflight companyBlue OriginWally Funk, joint 572nd person and oldest woman in spaceSian Proctor, joint 575th person and first female commercial astronaut spaceship pilotYulia Peresild, joint 579th person and the first professional actress to perform in spaceRobert Hines, joint 608th person in spaceJessica Watkins, joint 608th person in space and first black woman to join a long-term mission to the International Space StationAlper Gezeravci, joint 643rd person and first turkish in space
^i.e. In a class of vehicle that had already been flight-proven above 100 km (62 mi), for most of its launches.
^In cases where the first space traveller from a particular country flew on a sub-orbital flight, that flight is also linked initalics.
^abMost space travellers have a single entry in the table dated on the launch of their first spaceflight or attempt thereof. The only exception is when a traveller successfully crossed 100 km (62 mi) for the first time after a failed attempt.
^The distance of Gagarin's spaceflight exceeded the circumference of the Earth and the total duration of the flight exceeded its orbital period. Due to the rotation of the Earth, Gagarin nevertheless landed west of the Vostok 1 launch site after completing a single orbit.
^UnderFédération Aéronautique Internationale rules, the Vostok missions are not deemed completed spaceflights, as cosmonauts did not land with the spacecraft (they ejected from the spacecraft and landed separately). The first Soviet mission that did fulfill this requirement wasVoskhod 1.[3] However, despite this issue, the FAI does recognize Yuri Gagarin as the first person to perform a spaceflight.[4]
^Piers Sellers was a dual national of the United States and United Kingdom, but flew under the United States flag.
^Anousheh Ansari is a dual national of the United States and Iran, but flew under the United States flag.
^Nicholas Patrick is a dual national of the United States and United Kingdom, but flew under the United States flag.
^Soyuz MS-10 booster failed several minutes after launch, and achievedsub-orbital spaceflight only according to the United States definition of 80 km (50 mi). The flight reached an altitude of 93 km (58 mi), not high enough to meet the official FAI criterion of 100 km (62 mi). The crew landed safely.[300]
^Vanessa O'Brien is a dual national of the United States and the United Kingdom, but flew under the United Kingdom flag.
^Wang was born inChina but lives primarily inSvalbard and since 2023 is also a citizen ofMalta andSaint Kitts and Nevis through theirgolden visa programs. He will wear the flag of Malta on his spacesuit during the spaceflight.[344]
^Mikkelsen was born in theUnited Kingdom, but is now a citizen ofNorway. She will wear the flag of Norway on her spacesuit during the spaceflight.[346]
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