list of human spaceflights, 1961-1986

Detailed listing of human spaceflights from 1961 to 1986, spanning the Russian Vostok, Voskhod, and Salyut programs and the American Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, as well as the Space Shuttle program through the Challenger disaster.

Launch Vehicle	colspan=2 \| Habitation	Return Vehicle	Brief Mission Summary
Yuri Gagarin	colspan=4 \| 12 April 1961 Vostok 1	First human spaceflight
Alan Shepard	colspan=4 \| 5 May 1961 Mercury 3	First American spaceflight; suborbital.
Virgil Grissom	colspan=4 \| 21 July 1961 Mercury 4	Second American suborbital flight.
Gherman Titov	colspan=2 \| 6 August 1961 Vostok 2	colspan=2 \| 7 August 1961 Vostok 2	Day-long orbital flight; brief manual control by pilot.
John Glenn	colspan=4 \| 20 February 1962 Mercury 6	First American orbital flight.
Scott Carpenter	colspan=4 \| 24 May 1962 Mercury 7	First manual retrofire.
Andrian Nikolayev	colspan=2 \| 11 August 1962 Vostok 3	colspan=2 \| 15 August 1962 Vostok 3	rowspan=2 \| First instance of two simultaneous manned spacecraft.
Pavel Popovich	colspan=2 \| 12 August 1962 Vostok 4	colspan=2 \| 15 August 1962 Vostok 4
Wally Schirra	colspan=4 \| 3 October 1962 Mercury 8	First flawless Mercury mission.
Gordon Cooper	colspan=4 \| 15 May 1963 Mercury 9	First live TV from U.S. astronaut.
Valery Bykovsky	colspan=2 \| 14 June 1963 Vostok 5	colspan=2 \| 19 June 1963 Vostok 5	Longest solo spaceflight.
Valentina Tereshkova	colspan=2 \| 16 June 1963 Vostok 6	colspan=2 \| 19 June 1963 Vostok 6	First woman in space
Joseph A. Walker	colspan=4 \| 19 July 1963 X-15 Flight 90	First winged craft in space.
Joseph A. Walker	colspan=4 \| 23 August 1963 X-15 Flight 91	First person to fly into space twice.
Vladimir Komarov Konstantin Feoktistov Boris Yegorov	colspan=2 \| 12 October 1964 Voskhod 1	colspan=2 \| 13 October 1964 Voskhod 1	First multiple person spaceflight.
Aleksei Leonov Pavel Belyayev	colspan=2 \| 18 March 1965 Voskhod 2	colspan=2 \| 19 March 1965 Voskhod 2	First EVA
Virgil Grissom John Young	colspan=4 \| 23 March 1965 Gemini 3	First to perform orbital maneuvers.
James McDivitt Edward White	colspan=2 \| 3 June 1965 Gemini 4	colspan=2 \| 7 June 1965 Gemini 4	First American EVA
Gordon Cooper Charles Conrad	colspan=2 \| 21 August 1965 Gemini 5	colspan=2 \| 29 August 1965 Gemini 5	First one week spaceflight.
Frank Borman James Lovell	colspan=2 \| 4 December 1965 Gemini 7	colspan=2 \| 18 December 1965 Gemini 7	First two week spaceflight.
Walter Schirra Thomas Stafford	colspan=2 \| 15 December 1965 Gemini 6A	colspan=2 \| 16 December 1965 Gemini 6A	First space rendezvous.
Neil Armstrong David Scott	colspan=2 \| 16 March 1966 Gemini 8	colspan=2 \| 17 March 1966 Gemini 8	First docking in space.
Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan	colspan=2 \| 3 June 1966 Gemini 9A	colspan=2 \| 6 June 1966 Gemini 9A	First backup crew to fly space mission.
John Young Michael Collins	colspan=2 \| 18 July 1966 Gemini 10	colspan=2 \| 21 July 1966 Gemini 10	First rendezvous with two different objects.
Pete Conrad Richard Gordon	colspan=2 \| 12 September 1966 Gemini 11	colspan=2 \| 15 September 1966 Gemini 11	Held altitude record prior to lunar missions.
Jim Lovell Buzz Aldrin	colspan=2 \| 11 November 1966 Gemini 12	colspan=2 \| 15 November 1966 Gemini 12	First manual rendezvous.
Vladimir Komarov	colspan=2 \| 23 April 1967 Soyuz 1	colspan=2 \| 24 April 1967 Soyuz 1	First fatality during spaceflight.
Wally Schirra Donn Eisele Walter Cunningham	colspan=2 \| 11 October 1968 Apollo 7	colspan=2 \| 22 October 1968 Apollo 7	First three person U.S. crew.
Georgi Beregovoi	colspan=2 \| 26 October 1968 Soyuz 3	colspan=2 \| 30 October 1968 Soyuz 3	Failed to dock with unmanned Soyuz 2
Frank Borman Jim Lovell William A. Anders	colspan=2 \| 21 December 1968 Apollo 8	colspan=2 \| 27 December 1968 Apollo 8	First lunar orbit
Vladimir Shatalov	colspan=2 \| 14 January 1969 Soyuz 4	rowspan=2 colspan=2 \| 17 January 1969 Soyuz 4	First crew tranfer between space vehicles.
Aleksei Yeliseyev Yevgeny Khrunov	rowspan=2 colspan=2 \| 15 January 1969 Soyuz 5	First docking of two manned spacecraft.
Boris Volynov	colspan=2 \| 18 January 1969 Soyuz 5	First crew tranfer between space vehicles.
James McDivitt David Scott Rusty Schweickart	colspan=2 \| 3 March 1969 Apollo 9	colspan=2 \| 13 March 1969 Apollo 9	Tested Lunar Module in low Earth orbit
Tom Stafford John Young Gene Cernan	colspan=2 \| 18 May 1969 Apollo 10	colspan=2 \| 26 May 1969 Apollo 10	Tested Lunar Module in low lunar orbit
Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin	colspan=2 \| 16 July 1969 Apollo 11	colspan=2 \| 24 July 1969 Apollo 11	First lunar landing
Georgi Shonin Valeri Kubasov	colspan=2 \| 11 October 1969 Soyuz 6	colspan=2 \| 16 October 1969 Soyuz 6	First three craft spaceflight.
Anatoli Filipchenko Vladislav Volkov Viktor Gorbatko	colspan=2 \| 12 October 1969 Soyuz 7	colspan=2 \| 17 October 1969 Soyuz 7	First three craft spaceflight.
Vladimir Shatalov Aleksei Yeliseyev	colspan=2 \| 13 October 1969 Soyuz 8	colspan=2 \| 18 October 1969 Soyuz 8	First three craft spaceflight.
Pete Conrad Dick Gordon Alan Bean	colspan=2 \| 14 November 1969 Apollo 12	colspan=2 \| 24 November 1969 Apollo 12	Presicion moon landing near Surveyor 3.
Jim Lovell Jack Swigert Fred Haise	colspan=2 \| 11 April 1970 Apollo 13	colspan=2 \| 17 April 1970 Apollo 13	Lunar landing aborted following accident en route.
Andrian Nikolayev Vitali Sevastyanov	colspan=2 \| 1 June 1970 Soyuz 9	colspan=2 \| 19 June 1970 Soyuz 9	Record duration mission for single spacecraft.
Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa Edgar Mitchell	colspan=2 \| 31 January 1971 Apollo 14	colspan=2 \| 9 February 1971 Apollo 14	Shepard only one of Mercury Astronauts to walk on moon.
Vladimir Shatalov Aleksei Yeliseyev Nikolai Rukavishnikov	colspan=2 \| 23 April 1971 Soyuz 10	colspan=2 \| 25 April 1971 Soyuz 10	Failed to board Salyut space station.
Georgi Dobrovolski Viktor Patsayev Vladislav Volkov	6 June 1971 Soyuz 11	colspan=2 \| Salyut 1	29 June 1971 Soyuz 11	First manned space station. Died on reentry due to air leak.
David Scott Alfred Worden James Irwin	colspan=2 \| 26 July 1971 Apollo 15	colspan=2 \| 7 August 1971 Apollo 15	Drove Lunar Rover on moon.
John W. Young Ken Mattingly Charles Duke	colspan=2 \| 16 April 1972 Apollo 16	colspan=2 \| 27 April 1972 Apollo 16
Gene Cernan Ron Evans Harrison Schmitt	colspan=2 \| 7 December 1972 Apollo 17	colspan=2 \| 19 December 1972 Apollo 17	Last lunar landing
Pete Conrad Paul Weitz Joseph Kerwin	25 May 1973 Skylab 2	colspan=2 \| Skylab	22 June 1973 Skylab 2	Spent almost one month in space.
Alan Bean Jack Lousma Owen Garriott	28 July 1973 Skylab 3	colspan=2 \| Skylab	25 September 1973 Skylab 3	Spent almost two months in space.
Vasili Lazarev Oleg Makarov	colspan=2 \| 27 September 1973 Soyuz 12	colspan=2 \| 29 September 1973 Soyuz 12
Gerald Carr William Pogue Edward Gibson	colspan=2 \| 16 November 1973 Skylab 4	colspan=2 \| 8 February 1974 Skylab 4	Spent almost three months in space.
Valentin Lebedev Pyotr Klimuk	colspan=2 \| 18 December 1973 Soyuz 13	colspan=2 \| 26 December 1973 Soyuz 13
Yuri Artyukhin Pavel Popovich	3 July 1974 Soyuz 14	colspan=2 \| Salyut 3	19 July 1974 Soyuz 14
Lev Demin Gennadi Sarafanov	colspan=2 \| 26 August 1974 Soyuz 15	colspan=2 \| 28 August 1974 Soyuz 15
Anatoli Filipchenko Nikolai Rukavishnikov	2 December 1974 Soyuz 16	colspan=2 \| Apollo-Soyuz	8 December 1974 Soyuz 16
Georgi Grechko Aleksei Gubarev	11 January 1975 Soyuz 17	colspan=2 \| Salyut 4	10 February 1975 Soyuz 17
Vasili Lazarev Oleg Makarov	colspan=4 \| 5 April 1975 Soyuz 18a
Pyotr Klimuk Vitali Sevastyanov	24 May 1975 Soyuz 18	colspan=2 \| Salyut 4	26 July 1975 Soyuz 18
Alexei Leonov Valery Kubasov	15 July 1975 Soyuz 19	colspan=2 \| Apollo-Soyuz	21 July 1975 Soyuz 19	First joint Soviet - U.S. spaceflight.
Tom Stafford Vance Brand Deke Slayton	15 July 1975 Apollo 18	colspan=2 \| Apollo-Soyuz	24 July 1975 Apollo 18	First joint U.S. - Soviet spaceflight.
Boris Volynov Vitali Zholobov	6 June 1976 Soyuz 21	colspan=2 \| Salyut 5	24 August 1976 Soyuz 21
Valery Bykovsky Vladimir Askyonov	colspan=2 \| 9 September 1976 Soyuz 22	colspan=2 \| 23 September 1976 Soyuz 22
Vyacheslav Zudov Valeri Rozhdestvenski	colspan=2 \| 14 October 1976 Soyuz 23	colspan=2 \| 16 October 1976 Soyuz 23
Viktor Gorbatko Yuri Glazkov	7 February 1977 Soyuz 24	colspan=2 \| Salyut 5	25 February 1977 Soyuz 24
Vladimir Kovalyonok Valeri Ryumin	colspan=2 \| 9 October 1977 Soyuz 25	colspan=2 \| 11 October 1977 Soyuz 25
Georgi Grechko Yuri Romanenko	10 December 1977 Soyuz 26	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	16 March 1978 Soyuz 27
Vladimir A. Dzhanibekov Oleg G. Makarov	10 January 1978 Soyuz 27	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	16 January 1978 Soyuz 26
Aleksey A. Gubarev Valdimir Remek	2 March 1978 Soyuz 28	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	10 March 1978 Soyuz 28	Remek: first astronaut from Czechoslovakia
Vladimir V. Kovalenok Alexander S. Ivanchenkov	16 June 1978 Soyuz 29	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	3 September 1987 Soyuz 29
Pyotr I. Klimuk Miroslaw Hermaszenski	28 June 1978 Soyuz 30	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	4 July 1978 Soyuz 30	Hermaszenski: first astronaut from Poland
Valeri F. Bykovsky Sigmund Jaehn	26 June 1978 Soyuz 31	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	2 November 1978 Soyuz 31	Jaehn: first astronaut from East Germany
Vladmir A. Lyakhov Valeri V. Ryumin	25 February 1979 Soyuz 32	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	19 August 1979 Soyuz 34
Nikolai N. Rukavishnikov Georgi I. Ivanov	11 April 1979 Soyuz 33	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	12 April 1979 Soyuz 33	Ivanov: first astronaut from Bulgaria
Leonid I. Popov Valeri V. Ryumin	9 April 1980 Soyuz 35	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	11 October 1980 Soyuz 37
Valeri N. Kubasov Bertalan Farkas	26 May 1980 Soyuz 36	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	3 June 1980 Soyuz 35	Farkas: first Hungarian in space
Yuri V. Malyshev Valdimir V. Askenov	5 June 1980 Soyuz T-2	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	9 June 1980 Soyuz T-2
Viktor V. Gorbatko Pham Tuan	23 July 1980 Soyuz 37	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	31 July 1980 Soyuz 36
Yuri V. Romanenko Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez	18 September 1980 Soyuz 38	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	26 September 1980 Soyuz 38	Tamayo-Mendez - First person of African descent to fly in space.
Leonid D. Kizim Oleg G. Makarov Gennadi M. Strekalov	27 November 1980 Soyuz T-3	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	10 December 1980 Soyuz T-3
Vladimir V. Kovalenok Viktor P. Savinykh	13 March 1981 Soyuz T-4	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	26 May 1981 Soyuz T-4
Valdimir A. Dzanibekov Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha	22 March 1981 Soyuz 39	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	29 March 1981 Soyuz 39
John W. Young Robert L. Crippen	colspan=2 \| 12 April 1981 STS-1, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 14 April 1981 STS-1, Columbia	First space shuttle flight; systems test.
Leonid I. Popov Dumitru Prunariu	14 May 1981 Soyuz 40	colspan=2 \| Salyut 6	22 May 1981 Soyuz 40
Joseph H. Engle Richard H. Truly	colspan=2 \| 12 November 1981 STS-2, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 14 November 1981 STS-2, Columbia
Jack R. Lousma C. Gordon Fullerton	colspan=2 \| 22 March 1982 STS-3, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 30 March 1982 STS-3, Columbia
Anatoli Brergovoy Valentine V. Lebedev	12 May 1982 Soyuz T-5	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	10 December 1982 Soyuz T-7
Vladmiri A. Dzanibekov Alexander S. Ivanchenkov Jean-Loup Chretien	24 June 1982 Soyuz T-6	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	2 July 1982 Soyuz T-6
Thomas K. Mattingly Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.	colspan=2 \| 27 June 1982 STS-4, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 4 July 1982 STS-4, Columbia	Final space shuttle R&D flight
Leonid I. Popov Alexander A. Serebov Svetlana Y. Savitskaya	19 August 1982 Soyuz T-7	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	27 August 1982 Soyuz T-5
Vance D. Brand Robert F. Overmyer Joseph P. Allen William B. Lenoir	colspan=2 \| 11 November 1982 STS-5, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 16 November 1982 STS-5, Columbia	Launched commercial ANIK C-3 and SBS-C communications satellites
Paul J. Weitz Karol J. Bobko Donald H. Peterson F. Story Musgrave	colspan=2 \| 4 April 1983 STS-6, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 9 April 1983 STS-6, Challenger	First shuttle-based space walk.
Vladimir G. Titov Gennadi M. Strekalov Alexander A. Serebrov	colspan=2 \| 20 April 1983 Soyuz T-8	colspan=2 \| 22 April 1983 Soyuz T-8
Robert L. Crippen Frederick H. Hauck John M. Fabian Sally K. Ride Norman E. Thagard	colspan=2 \| 18 June 1983 STS-7, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 24 June 1983 STS-7, Challenger	First American woman in space; microgravity experiments.
Vladimir A. Lyakhov Alexander P. Alexandrov	26 June 1983 Soyuz T-9	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	23 November 1983 Soyuz T-9
Richard H. Truly Daniel C. Brandenstein Dale A. Gardner Guion Bluford William E. Thornton	colspan=2 \| 30 August 1983 STS-8, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 5 September 1983 STS-8, Challenger	First African-American in space; deployed INSAT-1B for India
John W. Young Brewster H. Shaw Owen K. Garriott Robert A. Parker Byron K. Lichtenberg Ulf Merbold	colspan=2 \| 28 November 1983 STS-9, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 8 December 1983 STS-9, Columbia	First Spacelab mission; first ESA astronaut.
Vance D. Brand Robert L. Gibson Bruce McCandless II Ronald E. McNair Robert L. Stewart	colspan=2 \| 3 February 1984 STS-41-B, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 11 February 1984 STS-41-B, Challenger	First untethered spacewalk.
Leonid D. Kizim Vladimir A. Solovyev Oleg Y. Atkov	4 February 1984 Soyuz T-10	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	2 October 1984 Soyuz T-11
Yuri V. Malyshev Gennadi M. Strekalov Rakesh Sharma	3 April 1984 Soyuz T-11	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	11 April 1984 Soyuz T-10
Robert L. Crippen Francis R. "Dick" Scobee George D. Nelson James D. A. van Hoften Terry J. Hart	colspan=2 \| 6 April 1984 STS-41-C, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 13 April 1984 STS-41-C, Challenger	LDEF deployed for later retrieval.
Vladimir A. Dzanibekov Igor P. Volk Svetlana Y. Savitskaya	17 July 1984 Soyuz T-12	colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	29 July 1984 Soyuz T-12	First EVA by a female astronaut
Henry W. Hartsfield Michael L. Coats Judith A. Resnik Steven A. Hawley Richard M. Mullane Charles D. Walker	colspan=2 \| 30 August 1984 STS-41-D, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 5 September 1984 STS-41-D, Discovery	Testing of experimental solar arrays; three satellites deployed.
Robert L. Crippen Jon A. McBride Kathryn D. Sullivan Sally K. Ride David C. Leestma Marc Garneau Paul D. Scully-Power	colspan=2 \| 5 October 1984 STS-41-G, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 13 October 1984 STS-41-G, Challenger	First EVA by an American woman; First flight including two women; ERBS satellite deployed.
Frederick H. Hauck David Walker Anna Fisher Dale A. Gardner Joseph P. Allen	colspan=2 \| 8 November 1984 STS-51-A, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 16 November 1984 STS-51-A, Discovery	Deployed 2 communications satellites; retrieved 2 malfunctioning satellites.
Thomas K. Mattingly II Loren J. Shriver Ellison S. Onizuka James F. Buchli Gary E. Payton	colspan=2 \| 24 January 1985 STS-51-C, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 27 January 1985 STS-51-C, Discovery
Karol J. Bobko Donald E. Williams M. Rhea Seddon Jeffrey A. Hoffman S. David Griggs Charles D. Walker E. Jake Garn	colspan=2 \| 12 April 1985 STS-51-D, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 19 April 1985 STS-51-D, Discovery
Robert F. Overmyer Frederick D. Gregory Don L. Lind Norman E. Thagard William E. Thornton Lodewijk van den Berg Taylor G. Wang	colspan=2 \| 29 April 1985 STS-51-B, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 6 May 1985 STS-51-B, Challenger
Vladimir A. Dzanibekov	rowspan=2 \| 5 June 1985 Soyuz T-13	colspan=2 rowspan=2 \| Salyut 7	26 September 1985 Soyuz T-13
Viktor P. Savinykh	21 November 1985 Soyuz T-14
Daniel C. Brandenstein John O. Creighton Shannon W. Lucid Steven R. Nagel John M. Fabian Patrick Baudry Sultan Salman Al-Saud	colspan=2 \| 17 June 1985 STS-51-G, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 24 June 1985 STS-51-G, Discovery
Gordon Fullerton Roy D. Bridges F. Story Musgrave Anthony W. England Karl G. Henize Loren W. Acton John-David F. Bartoe	colspan=2 \| 29 July 1985 STS-51-F, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 6 August 1985 STS-51-F, Challenger
Joseph H. Engle Richard O. Covey James D. A. van Hoften John M. Lounge William F. Fisher	colspan=2 \| 27 August 1985 STS-51-I, Discovery	colspan=2 \| 3 September 1985 STS-51-I, Discovery
Vladimir V. Vasyutin Alexander A. Volkov	rowspan=2 \| 17 September 1985 Soyuz T-14	rowspan=2 colspan=2 \| Salyut 7	21 November 1985 Soyuz T-14
Georgi M. Grechko	26 September 1985 Soyuz T-13
Karol J. Bobko Ronald J. Grabe David C. Hilmers Robert L. Stewart William A. Pailes	colspan=2 \| 3 October 1985 STS-51-J, Atlantis	colspan=2 \| 7 October 1985 STS-51-J, Atlantis
Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. Steven R. Nagel James F. Buchli Guion Bluford Bonnie J. Dunbar Reinhard Furrer Ernst Messerschmid Wubbo J. Ockels	colspan=2 \| 30 October 1985 STS-61-A, Challenger	colspan=2 \| 6 November 1985 STS-61-A, Challenger
Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. Bryan D. O'Connor Mary L. Cleave Sherwood C. Spring Jerry L. Ross Rodolfo Neri Vela Charles D. Walker	colspan=2 \| 26 November 1985 STS-61-B, Atlantis	colspan=2 \| 3 December 1985 STS-61-B, Atlantis
Robert L. Gibson Charles F. Bolden Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Steven A. Hawley George D. Nelson Robert J. Cenker Bill Nelson	colspan=2 \| 12 January 1986 STS-61-C, Columbia	colspan=2 \| 18 January 1986 STS-61-C, Columbia
Francis R. "Dick" Scobee Michael J. Smith Judith A. Resnik Ellison S. Onizuka Ronald E. McNair Gregory B. Jarvis Christa McAuliffe	colspan=4 \| 28 January 1986 STS-51-L, Challenger	Exploded 73 seconds after launch.
Leonid D. Kizim Vladimir A. Solovyev	13 March 1986 Soyuz T-15	colspan=2 \| Mir, Salyut 7	16 July 1986 Soyuz T-15
colspan=6 \| Continued in List of human spaceflights, 1987-1999

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