Current Statistics of Astronauts and Cosmonauts

(Soyuz TMA-3M - December 2011)

General Statistics USSR, CIS, and International Statistics USA Statistics
 
Total Fliers - 525
Men - 469
Women - 55
Total Tickets - 1,180

Note: Statistics in this table are for people who flew over
100 km in altitude, including X-15 flights by Joseph Walker.
Check Notes 5, 6 & 7 (below) for more space flight stats.
Rank Nation No.
1 United States 335
2 Soviet Union 72
3 Russia 39
4 Germany 9
4 France 9
4 Canada 9
4 Japan 9
5 China 6
6 Italy 5
7 Belgium 2
7 Bulgaria 2
7 Netherlands 2
Afghanistan 1
Austria 1
Brazil 1
Britain (UK) 1
Cuba 1
Czechoslovakia 1
East Germany 1
Hungary 1
India 1
Israel 1
Kazakhstan 1
Malaysia 1
Mexico 1
Mongolia 1
Poland 1
Romania 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Slovakia 1
South Africa 1
South Korea 1
Spain 1
Sweden 1
Switzerland 1
Syria 1
Ukraine 1
Vietnam 1
Total Countries 38
 
United States - 335
US Men - 290
US Women - 45
 
 
Soviet Union - 72
USSR Men - 70
USSR Women - 2
 
 
Russia/CIS - 39
Russian Men - 37
Russian Women - 1
 
 
Others - 77
Other Men - 72
Other Women - 7
 
Men with 7 flights - 2
Women with 7 flights - 0
Men with 6 flights - 6
Women with 6 flights - 0
Men with 5 flights - 17
Women with 5 flights - 6
Men with 4 flights - 59
Women with 4 flights - 6
Men with 3 flights - 82
Women with 3 flights - 8
All with 2 flights - 146
All with 1 flight - 193
General Statistics USSR, CIS, and International Statistics USA Statistics

Source: Space Demographics compiled by William Harwood with days in space from Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica and NASA.

Notes:

  1. Toktar Aubakirov (Kazakhstan) is listed under Soviet Union.
  2. Leonid Kadenyuk (Ukraine) and Talgat Musabayev (Kazakhstan) are listed under CIS.
  3. The three rookie crew members of STS-51L are not included, because the Space Shuttle Challenger was lost before reaching orbit on January 28, 1986.
  4. Two Soyuz missions also ended in launch aborts, but both crews survived the aborts and flew in space on later missions.
  5. 522 people have flown in orbit, following the launch of Soyuz TMA-3M. (Joseph Engle flew three X-15 flights over 80 km in addition to two Space Shuttle missions)
  6. Under the United States Air Force (USAF) definition (over 80 km altitude): 531 (Eight X-15 pilots, including Joseph Walker, flew the X-15 above 80 km. Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie flew SpaceShipOne over 100 km three times.)
  7. Under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) definition (over 100 km altitude): 525 (One of the X-15 pilots, Joseph Walker, flew two X-15 flights over 100 km. Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie flew SpaceShipOne over 100 km three times.)

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Updated - December 23, 2011