Last update: 09 January 2010
| Abbreviations | ASTP = Apollo-Soyuz Test Program | STS = Shuttle Transporter System | ISS = International Space Station | Pi = Pilot | MiSp = Mission Specialist (e.g. engineer, physician) |
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All sub-orbital spacecraft flights (MR-3, MR-4) and inflight aborts (Soyuz 18A, Soyuz-T 10) of missions are counted. First time crew members in the Challenger catastrophe (C. McAuliffe, M. Smith) are listed as well, while Apollo 1 victim R. Chaffee is included for completeness, though not counted. Not counted as space flights are all SpaceShipOne and X-15 suborbital test flights. |
| No. | Name | Year | Country | Total | Active service | Programme / | Space station(s) | Assignment / profession; |
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| [first name (nickname) surname] | of birth | (nation) | flights | (from - to) | Spacecraft | visited | Remarks / mission events | |
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| 1 | Joseph Acaba | 1967 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 2 | Loren Acton | 1936 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 3 | James Adamson | 1946 | USA | 2 | 1989 - 1991 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 4 | Viktor Afanasyev | 1948 | Russia | 4 | 1990 - | Soyuz-TM | Mir; ISS | Pi |
| 5 | Thomas Akers | 1951 | USA | 4 | 1990 - 1996 | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 6 | Tohiro Akiyama | 1942 | Japan | 1 | 1990 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp; first Japanese cosmonaut in space |
| 7 | Valdimir Aksyonov | 1935 | Russia | 2 | 1976 - 1980 | Soyuz; Soyuz-T | Salyut 6 | MiSp |
| 8 | Edwin Aldrin | 1930 | USA | 2 | 1966 - 1969 | Gemini; Apollo | – | Pi; second man to put his foot on the moon |
| 9 | Aleksandr Pan. Aleksandrov | 1951 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1988 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp; first Bulgarian cosmonaut in space |
| 10 | Aleksandr Pav. Aleksandrov | 1943 | Russia | 2 | 1983 - 1987 | Soyuz-T; Soyuz-TM | Salyut 7; Mir | MiSp |
| 11 | Andrew Allen | 1955 | USA | 3 | 1992 - 1996 | STS | – | Pi |
| 12 | Joseph Allen | 1937 | USA | 2 | 1982 - 1984 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 13 | Sultan Abdel-aziz Al-Saud | 1956 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 14 | Scott Altman | 1959 | USA | 4 | 1998 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 15 | William Anders | 1933 | USA | 1 | 1968 | Apollo | – | Pi |
| 16 | Clayton Anderson | 1959 | USA | 1 | 2007 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 17 | Michael Anderson † | 1959 | USA | 2 | 1998 - 2003 | STS | Mir | MiSp; died in shuttle Columbia re-entry accident (STS-107) |
| 18 | Anousheh Ansari | 1966 | USA | 1 | 2006 | STS | ISS | MiSp; first female paying space tourist |
| 19 | Dominic (Tony) Antonelli | 1967 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 20 | Jerome Apt | 1949 | USA | 4 | 1991 - 1996 | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 21 | Lee Archambault | 1960 | USA | 2 | 2007 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 22 | Neil Armstrong | 1930 | USA | 2 | 1966 - 1969 | Gemini; Apollo | – | Pi; Apollo 11 commander and first man on the moon! |
| 23 | Richard (Ricky) Arnold | 1963 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 24 | Anatoli Artsebarsky | 1956 | Russia | 1 | 1990 - 1991 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | Pi |
| 25 | Yuri Artyukhin † | 1930 | Russia | 1 | 1974 | Soyuz | Salyut 3 | MiSp |
| 26 | Jeffrey Ashby | 1954 | USA | 2 | 1999 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 27 | Oleg Atkov | 1949 | Russia | 1 | 1984 | Soyuz-T | Salyut 7 | MiSp |
| 28 | Toktar Aubakirov | 1946 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1991 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | Pi |
| 29 | Sergei Avdeyev | 1956 | Russia | 3 | 1992 - 1999 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp; has spent more time in space than anyone else (more than 747 days) |
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| 30 | James Bagian | 1952 | USA | 2 | 1989 - 1991 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 31 | Ellen Baker | 1953 | USA | 3 | 1989 - | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 32 | Michael Baker | 1953 | USA | 4 | 1991 - | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 33 | Aleksandr Balandin | 1953 | Russia | 1 | 1990 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp |
| 34 | Michael Barratt | 1959 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | Soyuz-TMA | ISS | MiSp |
| 35 | Daniel Barry | 1953 | USA | 3 | 1996 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 36 | John Bartoe | 1944 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 37 | Yuri Baturin | 1949 | Russia | 1 | 1998 - | Soyuz-TM | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 38 | Patrick Baudry | 1946 | France | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 39 | Alan Bean | 1932 | USA | 2 | 1969 - 1973 | Apollo; Apollo/Skylab 3 | Skylab-1 | Pi |
| 40 | Robert Behnken | 1970 | USA | 1 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 41 | Ivan Bella | 1964 | Slovakia | 1 | 1999 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp |
| 42 | Pavel Belyayev † | 1925 | Russia | 1 | 1965 | Voskhod | – | Pi |
| 43 | Georgi Beregovoi † | 1921 | Ukraine | 1 | 1968 | Soyuz | – | Pi |
| 44 | Anatoli Berezovoi | 1942 | Russia | 1 | 1982 | Soyuz-T | Salyut 7 | Pi |
| 45 | John Blaha | 1942 | USA | 5 | 1989 - 1996 | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 46 | Michael Bloomfield | 1959 | USA | 3 | 1997 - | STS | Mir; ISS | Pi |
| 47 | Guion (Guy) Bluford | 1942 | USA | 4 | 1983 - 1992 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 48 | Karol (Bo) Bobko | 1937 | USA | 3 | 1983 - 1985 | STS | – | Pi |
| 49 | Eric Boe | 1964 | USA | 1 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 50 | Charles Bolden | 1946 | USA | 4 | 1986 - 1994 | STS | – | Pi |
| 51 | Roberta Bondar | 1945 | Canada | 1 | 1992 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 52 | Frank Bormann | 1928 | USA | 2 | 1965 - 1968 | Gemini | – | Pi |
| 53 | Stephen Bowen | 1964 | USA | 1 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 54 | Kenneth Bowersox | 1956 | USA | 5 | 1992 - | STS; Soyuz-TMA | ISS | Pi/MiSp |
| 55 | Charles Brady † | 1951 | USA | 1 | 1996 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 56 | Roy Bridges | 1943 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | Pi |
| 57 | Vance Brand | 1931 | USA | 4 | 1975 - 1990 | Apollo-ASTP; STS | – | Pi |
| 58 | Daniel Brandenstein | 1943 | USA | 4 | 1983 - 1992 | STS | – | Pi |
| 59 | Randolph (Randy) Bresnik | 1967 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 60 | Curtis Brown | 1956 | USA | 6 | 1992 - 1999 | STS | – | Pi |
| 61 | David Brown † | 1956 | USA | 1 | 2003 | STS | – | MiSp; died in shuttle Columbia re-entry accident (STS-107) |
| 62 | Mark Brown | 1951 | USA | 2 | 1989 - 1991 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 63 | James Buchli | 1945 | USA | 4 | 1985 - 1991 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 64 | Jay Buckey | 1956 | USA | 1 | 1998 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 65 | Nikolai Budarin | 1953 | Russia | 3 | 1995 - 2003 | STS; Soyuz-TM; Soyuz-TMA | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 66 | Daniel Burbank | 1961 | USA | 2 | 2000 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 67 | Daniel Bursch | 1957 | USA | 4 | 1993 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 68 | Valeri Bykovsky | 1934 | Russia | 3 | 1963 - 1978 | Vostok; Soyuz | Salyut 6 | Pi |
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| 69 | Robert Cabana | 1949 | USA | 4 | 1990 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 70 | Tracy Caldwell | 1969 | USA | 3 | 2007 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 71 | Charles Camarda | 1952 | USA | 1 | 2005 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 72 | Kenneth Cameron | 1949 | USA | 3 | 1991 - 1995 | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 73 | Duane Carey | 1957 | USA | 1 | 2002 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 74 | Scott Carpenter | 1925 | USA | 1 | 1962 | Mercury | – | Pi |
| 75 | Gerald Carr | 1932 | USA | 1 | 1973 - 1974 | Apollo/Skylab 4 | Skylab-1 | Pi; final long endurance Skylab-1 visit |
| 76 | Manley (Sonny) Carter † | 1947 | USA | 1 | 1989 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 77 | John Casper | 1943 | USA | 4 | 1990 - 1996 | STS | – | Pi |
| 78 | Christopher Cassidy | 1970 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 79 | Robert Cenker | 1948 | USA | 1 | 1986 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 80 | Eugene Cernan | 1934 | USA | 3 | 1966 - 1972 | Gemini; Apollo | – | Pi; last man on the moon, to date |
| – | Roger Chaffee † | 1935 | USA | – | 1967 | (Apollo) | – | Pi; died in Apollo 1 (AS-204) flash fire on launch pad |
| 81 | Gregory Chamitoff | 1962 | USA | 1 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 82 | Franklin Chang-Díaz | 1950 | USA | 7 | 1986 - | STS | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 83 | Kalpana Chawla † | 1961 | USA | 2 | 1997 - 2003 | STS | – | Indian born MiSp; died in shuttle Columbia re-entry accident (STS-107) |
| 84 | Maurizio Cheli | 1959 | Italy | 1 | 1996 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 85 | Leroy Chiao | 1960 | USA | 4 | 1994 - | STS; Soyuz-TMA | ISS | MiSp |
| 86 | Kevin Chilton | 1954 | USA | 3 | 1992 - 1996 | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 87 | Jean-Loup Chrétien | 1938 | France | 3 | 1982 - 1997 | Soyuz-T; Soyuz-TM; STS | Salyut 7; Mir | MiSp; first French cosmonaut in space |
| 88 | Laurel Clark † | 1961 | USA | 1 | 2003 | STS | – | MiSp; died in shuttle Columbia re-entry accident (STS-107) |
| 89 | Mary Cleave | 1947 | USA | 2 | 1985 - 1989 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 90 | Jean-Francois Clervoy | 1958 | France | 3 | 1994 - | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 91 | Michael Clifford | 1952 | USA | 3 | 1992 - 1996 | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 92 | Michael Coats | 1946 | USA | 3 | 1984 - 1991 | STS | – | Pi |
| 93 | Kenneth Cockrell | 1950 | USA | 5 | 1993 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 94 | Catherine Coleman | 1960 | USA | 2 | 1995 - | STS | – | MiSp |
| 95 | Eileen Collins | 1956 | USA | 4 | 1995 - | STS | ISS | Pi; first female Space Shuttle commander |
| 96 | Michael Collins | 1930 | USA | 2 | 1966 - 1969 | Gemini; Apollo | – | Pi |
| 97 | Charles (Pete) Conrad † | 1930 | USA | 2 | 1965 - 1973 | Gemini; Apollo/Skylab 2 | Skylab-1 | Pi |
| 98 | Gordon Cooper † | 1927 | USA | 2 | 1963 - 1965 | Mercury; Gemini | – | Pi; first astronaut to fly twice |
| 99 | Richard Covey | 1946 | USA | 4 | 1985 - 1993 | STS | – | Pi |
| 100 | Timothy (TJ) Creamer | 1959 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | Soyuz-TMA | ISS | MiSp |
| 101 | John Creighton | 1943 | USA | 3 | 1985 - 1991 | STS | – | Pi |
| 102 | Robert Crippen | 1937 | USA | 4 | 1981 - 1984 | STS | – | Pi; pilot on maiden shuttle flight (Columbia) |
| 103 | Roger Crouch | 1940 | USA | 2 | 1997 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 104 | Frank Culbertson | 1949 | USA | 3 | 1990 - 2001 | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 105 | Walter Cunningham | 1932 | USA | 1 | 1968 | Apollo | – | Pi; first US three men spacecraft flight |
| 106 | Robert Curbeam | 1962 | USA | 2 | 1997 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 107 | Nancy Currie (Sherlock) | 1958 | USA | 4 | 1993 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
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| 108 | Nancy Davis | 1953 | USA | 3 | 1992 - 1997 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 109 | Lawrence DeLucas | 1950 | USA | 1 | 1992 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 110 | Lev Demin † | 1926 | Russia | 1 | 1974 | Soyuz | – | MiSp |
| 111 | Frank De Winne | 1961 | Belgium | 2 | 2002 - | Soyuz-TMA | ISS | MiSp |
| 112 | Vladimir Dezhurov | 1962 | Russia | 2 | 1995 - 2001 | Soyuz-TM; STS | Mir; ISS | Pi/MiSp |
| 113 | Georgi Dobrovolsky † | 1928 | Russia | 1 | 1971 | Soyuz | Salyut 1 | Pi; first ever flight to a space station; Soyuz 11 crew died at landing due to loss of cabin atmosphere |
| 114 | Takao Doi | 1954 | Japan | 2 | 1997 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 115 | Benjamin Drew | 1962 | USA | 1 | 2007 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 116 | Brian Duffy | 1953 | USA | 4 | 1992 - 2000 | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 117 | Charles Duke | 1935 | USA | 1 | 1972 | Apollo | – | Pi |
| 118 | Bonnie Dunbar | 1949 | USA | 5 | 1985 - | STS | Mir | MiSp |
| 119 | Pedro Duque | 1963 | Spain | 2 | 1998 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 120 | Samuel Durrance | 1943 | USA | 2 | 1990 - 1995 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 121 | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | 1942 | Russia | 5 | 1978 - 1985 | Soyuz; Soyuz-T | Salyut 6 & 7 | Pi |
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| 122 | Joe Edwards | 1958 | USA | 1 | 1998 | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 123 | Donn Eisele † | 1930 | USA | 1 | 1968 | Apollo | – | Pi; first US three men spacecraft flight |
| 124 | Anthony England | 1942 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 125 | Joseph Engle | 1932 | USA | 2 | 1981 - 1985 | STS | – | Pi; performed test glide flights with shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) |
| 126 | Ronald Evans † | 1933 | USA | 1 | 1972 | Apollo | – | Pi |
| 127 | Reinhold Ewald | 1956 | Germany | 1 | 1997 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp |
| 128 | Leopold Eyharts | 1957 | France | 2 | 1998 - | Soyuz-TM; STS | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
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| 129 | John Fabian | 1939 | USA | 2 | 1983 - 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 130 | Mohammed Faris | 1951 | Syria | 1 | 1987 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp; first Syrian cosmonaut in space |
| 131 | Bertalan Farkas | 1949 | Hungaria | 1 | 1980 | Soyuz | Salyut 6 | MiSp; fifth Interkosmos |
| 132 | Jean-Jacques Favier | 1949 | France | 1 | 1996 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 133 | Fei Junlong | 1966 | China | 1 | 2005 - | Shenzhou | – | Pi |
| 134 | Konstantin Feoktisov † | 1926 | Russia | 1 | 1964 | Voskhod | – | Pi; member of first Voskhod crew |
| 135 | Christopher Ferguson | 1961 | USA | 2 | 2006 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 136 | Martin Fettman | 1956 | USA | 1 | 1993 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 137 | Andrew Feustel | 1965 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 138 | Anatoli Filipchenko | 1928 | Russia | 2 | 1969 - 1974 | Soyuz | – | Pi |
| 139 | Michael (Mike) Fincke | 1967 | USA | 2 | 2004 - | Soyuz-TMA | ISS | MiSp |
| 140 | Anna Fisher | 1949 | USA | 1 | 1984 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 141 | William Fisher | 1946 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 142 | Klaus-Dietrich Flade | 1952 | Germany | 1 | 1992 | Soyuz-TM | Mir | MiSp |
| 143 | Michael Foale | 1957 | USA | 6 | 1992 - 2004 | STS | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 144 | Kevin Ford | 1960 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 145 | Michael Foreman | 1957 | USA | 2 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 146 | Patrick Forrester | 1957 | USA | 3 | 2001 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 147 | Michael Fossum | 1957 | USA | 2 | 2006 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 148 | Stephen Frick | 1964 | USA | 2 | 2002 - | STS | ISS | Pi |
| 149 | Dirk Frimout | 1941 | Belgium | 1 | 1992 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 150 | Christer Fuglesang | 1957 | Sweden | 2 | 2006 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 151 | Gordon Fullerton | 1936 | USA | 2 | 1982 - 1985 | STS | – | Pi |
| 152 | Reinhard Furrer † | 1940 | Germany | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp |
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| 153 | Francis (Drew) Gaffney | 1946 | USA | 1 | 1991 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 154 | Yuri Gagarin † | 1934 | Russia | 1 | 1961 | Vostok | – | Pi; first man in space on 12-Apr-1961 |
| 155 | Ronald Garan | 1961 | USA | 1 | 2008 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 156 | Dale Gardner | 1948 | USA | 2 | 1983 - 1984 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 157 | Guy Gardner | 1948 | USA | 2 | 1988 - 1990 | STS | – | Pi |
| 158 | Edwin (Jake) Garn | 1932 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | MiSp; then US Senator |
| 159 | Joseph Garneau | 1949 | Canada | 3 | 1984 - 2000 | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 160 | Owen Garriott | 1930 | USA | 2 | 1973 - 1983 | Apollo/Skylab 3; STS | Skylab-1 | Pi |
| 161 | Richard Garriott | 1961 | UK / USA | 1 | 2008 - | Soyuz-TMA | ISS | Space tourist |
| 162 | Charles Gemar | 1955 | USA | 3 | 1990 - 1994 | STS | – | MiSp |
| 163 | Michael Gernhardt | 1956 | USA | 4 | 1995 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 164 | Edward Gibson | 1936 | USA | 1 | 1973 - 1974 | Apollo/Skylab 4 | Skylab-1 | Pi; final long endurance Skylab-1 visit |
| 165 | Robert (Hoot) Gibson | 1946 | USA | 5 | 1984 - 1995 | STS | Mir | Pi |
| 166 | Yuri Gidzenko | 1962 | Russia | 3 | 1995 - 2002 | Soyuz-TM | Mir; ISS | Pi; first ISS Expedition Crew |
| 167 | Yuri Glazkov † | 1939 | Russia | 1 | 1977 | Soyuz | Salyut 5 | MiSp |
| 168 | John Glenn | 1921 | USA | 2 | 1962 / 1998 | Mercury; STS | – | Pi; first American in Earth orbit; oldest astronaut to date |
| 169 | Linda Godwin | 1952 | USA | 4 | 1991 - | STS | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 170 | Michael Good | 1962 | USA | 1 | 2009 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 171 | Viktor Gorbatko | 1934 | Russia | 3 | 1969 - 1980 | Soyuz | Salyut 5 & 6 | Pi |
| 172 | Richard Gordon | 1929 | USA | 2 | 1966 - 1969 | Gemini; Apollo | – | Pi |
| 173 | Dominic Gorie | 1957 | USA | 4 | 1998 - | STS | Mir; ISS | Pi; member of final Shuttle/Mir mission |
| 174 | Ronald Grabe | 1945 | USA | 4 | 1985 - 1993 | STS | – | Pi |
| 175 | Georgi Grechko | 1931 | Russia | 3 | 1975 - 1985 | Soyuz; Soyuz-T | Salyut 4, 6 & 7 | MiSp |
| 176 | Frederick Gregory | 1941 | USA | 3 | 1985 - 1991 | STS | – | Pi |
| 177 | William Gregory | 1957 | USA | 1 | 1995 | STS | – | Pi |
| 178 | Stanley Griggs † | 1939 | USA | 1 | 1985 | STS | – | Pi |
| 179 | Virgil (Gus) Grissom † | 1926 | USA | 2 | 1961 - 1967 | Mercury; Gemini; (Apollo) | – | Pi; died in Apollo 1 (AS-204) flash fire on launch pad |
| 180 | John Grunsfeld | 1958 | USA | 5 | 1995 - | STS | Mir; ISS | MiSp |
| 181 | Aleksey Gubarev | 1931 | Russia | 2 | 1975 - 1978 | Soyuz | Salyut 4 & 6 | Pi |
| 182 | Umberto Guidoni | 1954 | Italy | 2 | 1996 - | STS | ISS | MiSp |
| 183 | Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha | 1947 | Mongolia | 1 | 1981 | Soyuz | Salyut 6 | MiSp; eighth Interkosmos mission |
| 184 | Sidney McNeil Gutierrez | 1951 | USA | 2 | 1991 - 1994 | STS | – | Pi |
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