Human Spaceflights (Overview) No. Nation Mission Time Main tasks 1961 1 Vostok 12.04.1961 First human spaceflight 2 Vostok 2 06.08.1961 - 07.08.1961 Second human spaceflight 1962 3 Mercury 6 20.02.1962 First American in orbit 4 Mercury 7 24.05.1962 "Repeat" of Mercury 6 mission 5 Vostok 3 11.08.1962 - 15.08.1962 Rendezvous flight with Vostok 4 6 Vostok 4 12.08.1962 - 15.08.1962 Rendezvous flight with Vostok 3 7 Mercury 8 03.10.1962 Several test needed for longer, more complex flights 1963 8 Mercury 9 15.05.1963 - 16.05.1963 Final mission of the Mercury program 9 Vostok 5 14.06.1963 - 19.06.1963 Further study of the effect of various spaceflight factors in the human organism 10 Vostok 6 16.06.1963 - 19.06.1963 First woman in space 1964 11 Voskhod 12.10.1964 - 13.10.1964 First time a spacecraft with three crewmembers 1965 12 Voskhod 2 18.03.1965 - 19.03.1965 First EVA 13 Gemini 3 23.03.1965 Test of the new Gemini capsule 14 Gemini 4 03.06.1965 - 07.06.1965 First EVA of an U.S. astronaut 15 Gemini 5 21.08.1965 - 29.08.1965 New flight duration record 16 Gemini 7 04.12.1965 - 18.12.1965 Rendezvous with Gemini 6A 17 Gemini 6A 15.12.1965 - 16.12.1965 Rendezvous with Gemini 7 1966 18 Gemini 8 16.03.1966 - 17.03.1966 First orbital docking 19 Gemini 9A 03.06.1966 - 06.06.1966 Rendezvous with Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) 20 Gemini 10 18.07.1966 - 21.07.1966 Docking with GATV-10 21 Gemini 11 12.09.1966 - 15.09.1966 Docking with an Agena target vehicle 22 Gemini 12 11.11.1966 - 15.11.1966 Docking with GATV-12 1967 23 Soyuz 1 23.04.1967 - 24.04.1967 Test of the Soyuz spacecraft; death of Komarov 1968 24 Apollo 7 11.10.1968 - 22.10.1968 Testflight of the modificated Apollo spacecraft 25 Soyuz 3 26.10.1968 - 30.10.1968 Testing of all spacecraft systems 26 Apollo 8 21.12.1968 - 27.12.1968 First manned lunar orbital mission 1969 27 Soyuz 4 14.01.1969 - 17.01.1969 Docking with Soyuz 5 28 Soyuz 5 15.01.1969 - 18.01.1969 Docking with Soyuz 4 29 Apollo 9 03.03.1969 - 13.03.1969 First manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit 30 Apollo 10 18.05.1969 - 26.05.1969 Second manned lunar orbital mission 31 Apollo 11 16.07.1969 - 24.07.1969 First manned lunar landing 32 Soyuz 6 11.10.1969 - 16.10.1969 Groupflight with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 33 Soyuz 7 12.10.1969 - 17.10.1969 Groupflight with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 34 Soyuz 8 13.10.1969 - 18.10.1969 Groupflight with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 35 Apollo 12 14.11.1969 - 24.11.1969 Second manned lunar landing 1970 36 Apollo 13 11.04.1970 - 17.04.1970 Third lunar landing attempt (cancelled) 37 Soyuz 9 01.06.1970 - 19.06.1970 New spaceflight duration record 1971 38 Apollo 14 31.01.1971 - 09.02.1971 Third manned moon landing 39 Soyuz 10 22.04.1971 - 24.04.1971 Docking to space station Salyut 1 40 Soyuz 11 06.06.1971 - 29.06.1971 First resident crew of Salyut 1; crew died 41 Apollo 15 26.07.1971 - 07.08.1971 Fourth manned moon landing 1972 42 Apollo 16 16.04.1972 - 27.04.1972 Fifth manned moon landing 43 Apollo 17 07.12.1972 - 19.12.1972 Final manned moon landing 1973 44 Skylab 2 25.05.1973 - 22.06.1973 First resident crew of Skylab 45 Skylab 3 28.07.1973 - 25.09.1973 Second resident crew of Skylab 46 Soyuz 12 27.09.1973 - 29.09.1973 Test flight of modificated Soyuz capsule 47 Skylab 4 16.11.1973 - 08.02.1974 Third and final resident crew of Skylab 48 Soyuz 13 18.12.1973 - 26.12.1973 Testflight of Soyuz spacecraft 1974 49 Soyuz 14 03.07.1974 - 19.07.1974 First resident crew of Salyut 3 50 Soyuz 15 26.08.1974 - 28.08.1974 Failed docking maneuver to Salyut 3 51 Soyuz 16 02.12.1974 - 08.12.1974 Dress rehearsal for ASTP 1975 52 Soyuz 17 10.01.1975 - 09.02.1975 First resident crew of Salyut 4 53 Soyuz 18 24.05.1975 - 26.07.1975 Second resident crew of Salyut 4 54 Soyuz 19 EPAS 15.07.1975 - 21.07.1975 Docking with US Apollo spacecraft ASTP 55 ASTP 15.07.1975 - 24.07.1975 Docking with Soyuz 19 EPAS 1976 56 Soyuz 21 06.07.1976 - 24.08.1976 First resident crew of Salyut 5 57 Soyuz 22 15.09.1976 - 23.09.1976 Using the GDR built multispectral camera MKF-6 58 Soyuz 23 14.10.1976 - 16.10.1976 Docking with Salyut 5 failed 1977 59 Soyuz 24 07.02.1977 - 25.02.1977 Second resident crew of Salyut 5 60 Soyuz 25 09.10.1977 - 11.10.1977 Docking with Salyut 5 failed 61 Soyuz 26 10.12.1977 - 16.03.1978 First resident crew of Salyut 6 1978 62 Soyuz 27 10.01.1978 - 16.01.1978 First guest crew visiting the first resident crew on Salyut 6 63 Soyuz 28 02.03.1978 - 10.03.1978 First Interkosmos mission 64 Soyuz 29 15.06.1978 - 02.11.1978 Second resident crew of Salyut 6 65 Soyuz 30 27.06.1978 - 05.07.1978 Second Interkosmos mission 66 Soyuz 31 26.08.1978 - 03.09.1978 Third Interkosmos mission 1979 67 Soyuz 32 25.02.1979 - 19.08.1979 Third resident crew of Salyut 6 68 Soyuz 33 10.04.1979 - 12.04.1979 Fourth Interkosmos mission; docking failed 1980 69 Soyuz 35 09.04.1980 - 11.10.1980 Fourth resident crew of Salyut 6 70 Soyuz 36 26.05.1980 - 03.06.1980 Fifth Interkosmos mission 71 Soyuz T-2 05.06.1980 - 09.06.1980 Testflight of new developed Soyuz T spacecraft 72 Soyuz 37 23.07.1980 - 31.07.1980 Sixth Interkosmos mission 73 Soyuz 38 18.09.1980 - 26.09.1980 Seventh Interkosmos mission 74 Soyuz T-3 27.11.1980 - 10.12.1980 Overhauling and reactivating Salyut 6 1981 75 Soyuz T-4 12.03.1981 - 26.05.1981 Fifth and final resident crew of Salyut 6 76 Soyuz 39 22.03.1981 - 30.03.1981 Eighth Interkosmos mission 77 STS-1 12.04.1981 - 14.04.1981 First orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle 78 Soyuz 40 14.05.1981 - 22.05.1981 Ninth Interkosmos mission 79 STS-2 12.11.1981 - 14.11.1981 Second testflight of the Space Shuttle 1982 80 STS-3 22.03.1982 - 30.03.1982 Third test flight of the Space Shuttle 81 Soyuz T-5 13.05.1982 - 10.12.1982 First resident crew of Salyut 7 82 Soyuz T-6 24.06.1982 - 02.07.1982 First visiting crew of Salyut 7; French-Soviet mission 83 STS-4 27.06.1982 - 04.07.1982 Fourth and final test flight of the Space Shuttle 84 Soyuz T-7 19.08.1982 - 27.08.1982 Second visiting crew of Salyut 7; second woman in space 85 STS-5 11.11.1982 - 16.11.1982 Deploying of communications satellites 1983 86 STS-6 04.04.1983 - 09.04.1983 Deploying of communications satellite TDRS-A 87 Soyuz T-8 20.04.1983 - 22.04.1983 Docking to Salyut 7 failed 88 STS-7 18.06.1983 - 24.06.1983 Deploying of communications satellites 89 Soyuz T-9 27.06.1983 - 23.11.1983 Second resident crew of Salyut 7 90 STS-8 30.08.1983 - 05.09.1983 Deploying of communications satellite Insat-1B 91 STS-9 28.11.1983 - 08.12.1983 Spacelab 1 1984 92 STS-41B 03.02.1984 - 11.02.1984 Test of the Manned Maneuvering Unit 93 Soyuz T-10 08.02.1984 - 02.10.1984 Third resident crew of Salyut 7 94 Soyuz T-11 03.04.1984 - 11.04.1984 Third visiting crew of Salyut 7; India-Soviet mission 95 STS-41C 06.04.1984 - 13.04.1984 Repair of Solar Maximum 96 Soyuz T-12 17.07.1984 - 29.07.1984 First EVA of a woman 97 STS-41D 30.08.1984 - 05.09.1984 Deploying of communications satellites 98 STS-41G 05.10.1984 - 13.10.1984 Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) deployed 99 STS-51A 08.11.1984 - 16.11.1984 Deploying of communications satellites 1985 100 STS-51C 24.01.1985 - 27.01.1985 First Shuttle mission dedicated to Department of Defense 101 STS-51D 12.04.1985 - 19.04.1985 Deploying of communications satellites 102 STS-51B 29.04.1985 - 06.05.1985 Spacelab 3 103 Soyuz T-13 06.06.1985 - 26.09.1985 Fourth resident crew of Salyut 7 104 STS-51G 17.06.1985 - 24.06.1985 Deploying of three communications satellites 105 STS-51F 29.07.1985 - 06.08.1985 Spacelab 2 106 STS-51I 27.08.1985 - 03.09.1985 Deploying communications satellites 107 Soyuz T-14 17.09.1985 - 21.11.1985 Partly exchange of Salyut 7 resident crew 108 STS-51J 03.10.1985 - 07.10.1985 SDI mission, deploying of two military communications satellites 109 STS-61A 30.10.1985 - 06.11.1985 Mission D-1 110 STS-61B 27.11.1985 - 03.12.1985 Deploying of communications satellites 1986 111 STS-61C 12.01.1986 - 18.01.1986 Deploying communications satellite 112 Soyuz T-15 13.03.1986 - 16.07.1986 First resident crew of Mir; sixth resident crew of Salyut 7 1987 113 Soyuz TM-2 05.02.1987 - 29.12.1987 Second resident crew of Mir 114 Soyuz TM-3 22.07.1987 - 30.07.1987 First visiting crew of Mir; Syria-Soviet mission 115 Soyuz TM-4 21.12.1987 - 21.12.1988 Third resident crew of Mir 1988 116 Soyuz TM-5 07.06.1988 - 17.06.1988 Second visiting crew of Mir; Bulgaria-Soviet mission 117 Soyuz TM-6 29.08.1988 - 07.09.1988 Third visiting crew of Mir; Afghanistan-Soviet mission 118 STS-26 29.09.1988 - 03.10.1988 First flight of a space shuttle after the Challenger disaster 119 Soyuz TM-7 26.11.1988- 27.04.1989 Fourth resident crew of Mir 120 STS-27 02.12.1988 - 06.12.1988 Third mission dedicated to Department of Defense 1989 121 STS-29 13.03.1989 - 18.03.1989 Deploying of communications satellite TDRS-D 122 STS-30 04.05.1989 - 08.05.1989 Deploying of Magellan 123 STS-28 08.08.1989 - 13.08.1989 Fourth mission dedicated to Department of Defense 124 Soyuz TM-8 05.09.1989 - 19.02.1990 Fifth resident crew of Mir 125 STS-34 18.10.1989 - 23.10.1989 Deploying of Galileo 126 STS-33 23.11.1989 - 28.11.1989 Fifth mission dedicated to Department of Defense 1990 127 STS-32 09.01.1990 - 20.01.1990 Retrieval of "Long Duration Exposure Facility" (LDEF) 128 Soyuz TM-9 11.02.1990 - 09.08.1990 Sixth resident crew of Mir 129 STS-36 28.02.1990 - 04.03.1990 Sixth mission dedicated to Department of Defense 130 STS-31 24.04.1990 - 29.04.1990 Deploying of Hubble Space Telescope 131 Soyuz TM-10 01.08.1990 - 10.12.1990 Seventh resident crew of Mir 132 STS-41 06.10.1990 - 10.10.1990 Deploying of Ulysses 133