Timeline of astronauts by nationality

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Since the first spaceflight by the Soviet Union, astronauts who were citizens of 35 countries have flown into space. For each nationality, the first mission is listed. The list is based on the nationality of the astronaut at the time of the spaceflight.

Contents

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Notes

  1. ^  In 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. At the time of the breakup, Sergei K. Krikalev and Alexander A. Volkov were orbiting Earth on Mir, having gone into orbit as Soviet citizens. They returned to Earth as a Russian citizens. Kaleri and Viktorenko were the first Russians to go into orbit after the Soviet breakup.
  2. ^  In 1993, Czechoslovakia broke up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
  3. ^  In 1990, East Germany and West Germany unified into Germany. In 1992, Ulf Merbold became the first citizen of the reunified Germany to go into space.

See also

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