Human spaceflight summary

  • Russian cosmonauts
  • US astronauts
  • Chinese taikonauts
  • International astronauts
  • Commercial/tourist
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Everyone who has been to space*

331
120
75
10
9

* Humans who have reached altitudes of at least 100 km as of 2015-09-02.

Gender breakdown

FemaleMale
 13% 87%
3% 97%
11% 89%
20% 80%
11% 89%
11% 89%

Birth decade breakdown

1920s
 
 
 
 
 
1930s
 
 
 
 
 
1940s
 
 
 
 
 
1950s
 
 
 
 
 
1960s
 
 
 
 
 
1970s
 
 
 
 
 
1980s
 
 
 
 
 
7
Most launches
CHANG-DIAZ7
ROSS7
BROWN6
FOALE6
KRIKALYOV6
WETHERBEE6
YOUNG6
BLAHA5
BOWERSOX5
COCKRELL5
878.5 days
Most time in space
PADALKA878.5 days
KRIKALYOV803.4 days
KALERI769.3 days
AVDEYEV747.6 days
POLYAKOV678.7 days
SOLOVIYOV651.0 days
MALENCHENKO640.5 days
AFANASYEV555.8 days
VINOGRADOV546.9 days
MANAROV541.0 days
437.7 days
Longest single trip
POLYAKOV437.7 days
AVDEYEV379.6 days
MANAROV365.9 days
TITOV365.9 days
ROMANENKO326.5 days
KRIKALYOV311.8 days
ATKOV237.0 days
KIZIM237.0 days
SOLOVIYOV237.0 days
LOPEZ-ALEGRIA215.3 days
68h 44m
Most EVA/space-walk
SOLOVIYOV68h 44m
LOPEZ-ALEGRIA67h 40m
GRUNSFELD58h 30m
ROSS58h 18m
MASTRACCHIO53h 4m
WILLIAMS50h 40m
FINCKE48h 37m
FOSSUM48h 32m
BOWEN47h 18m
PARAZYNSKI47h 5m
25
Youngest in space
TITOV25
TERESHKOVA26
YEGOROV26
GAGARIN27
SHARMAN27
WILLIAMS27
AL-SAUD28
BYKOVSKY28
PRUNARIU28
SHUTTLEWORTH28
77
Oldest in space
GLENN77
MELVILL63
OLSEN60
SIMONYI60
TITO60
VINOGRADOV60
BRAND59
CHRÉTIEN59
HENIZE58
RYUMIN58
1980-01-27
Most recent birth date
WANG1980-01-27
LIU1978-10-06
YI1978-06-02
MISURKIN1977-09-23
CRISTOFORETTI1977-04-26
MOGENSEN1976-11-02
PARMITANO1976-09-27
GERST1976-05-03
SEROVA1976-04-22
WISEMAN1975-11-11
Currently in space
KELLY, Scott J.
KONONENKO, Oleg Dmitriyevich
KORNIYENKO, Mikhail Borisovich
LINDGREN, Kjell N.
VOLKOV, Sergei Aleksandrovich
YUI, Kimiya