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Crewed Space-Flight

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Crewed space flights involve missions where astronauts are aboard spacecraft, conducting scientific research, exploration, or technology demonstrations beyond Earth's atmosphere. These missions have achieved remarkable milestones such as orbital flights, Moon landings, space station operations, and advancements in international cooperation.

List of Crewed Space Flights (1961-2024):

  • Vostok 1 (1961) - Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth.
  • Mercury-Redstone 3 (1961) - Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
  • Vostok 2 (1961) - Gherman Titov became the second human to orbit the Earth.
  • Mercury-Atlas 6 (1962) - John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
  • Vostok 3 and 4 (1962) - First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft.
  • Mercury-Atlas 9 (1963) - Gordon Cooper's long-duration flight in the Mercury program.
  • Voskhod 1 (1964) - First multi-person crewed mission with three cosmonauts.
  • Gemini 3 (1965) - First crewed Gemini mission with Gus Grissom and John Young.
  • Voskhod 2 (1965) - Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk (EVA).
  • Gemini 4 (1965) - Ed White performed the first American spacewalk (EVA).
  • Gemini 7 and 6A (1965) - First crewed rendezvous in space.
  • Gemini 8 (1966) - First docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
  • Gemini 12 (1966) - Final mission of the Gemini program.
  • Apollo 7 (1968) - First crewed Apollo mission in Earth orbit.
  • Apollo 8 (1968) - First crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
  • Apollo 9 (1969) - First flight of the Lunar Module in Earth orbit.
  • Apollo 10 (1969) - Lunar module flew to within 15 kilometers of the Moon's surface.
  • Apollo 11 (1969) - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon.
  • Soyuz 4 and 5 (1969) - First docking of two crewed spacecraft.
  • Apollo 12 (1969) - Second crewed mission to land on the Moon.
  • Apollo 13 (1970) - Mission aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion but returned safely to Earth.
  • Soyuz 11 (1971) - Tragically ended with the death of three cosmonauts during re-entry.
  • Skylab 2 (1973) - First crewed mission to the Skylab space station.
  • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975) - First joint U.S.-Soviet space mission, docking of Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft.
  • Soyuz 22 (1976) - First flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft.
  • Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1, 1981) - First orbital flight of the Space Shuttle program.
  • Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-6, 1983) - First flight of Space Shuttle Challenger.
  • Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D, 1984) - First flight of Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-51-J, 1985) - First flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
  • Mir EO-1 (1986) - First long-duration crewed mission on the Mir space station.
  • Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-49, 1992) - Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • Soyuz TM-17 (1993) - First Russian mission to the U.S. space station, Mir.
  • STS-71 (1995) - First Space Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station, Mir.
  • STS-95 (1998) - John Glenn returned to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery at the age of 77.
  • Soyuz TM-31 (2000) - First crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
  • STS-106 (2000) - Preparatory mission for the arrival of the first permanent crew on the ISS.
  • Expedition 1 (2000) - First long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
  • Shenzhou 5 (2003) - China's first crewed spaceflight with Yang Liwei.
  • Soyuz TMA-1 (2002) - First crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) using the Soyuz TMA spacecraft.
  • Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107, 2003) - Tragically lost during re-entry.
  • Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114, 2005) - First Shuttle flight after Columbia disaster.
  • Shenzhou 6 (2005) - China's second crewed spaceflight.
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-115, 2006) - Resumption of ISS assembly after Columbia.
  • Soyuz TMA-8 (2006) - Continued ISS crew rotation.
  • STS-122 (2008) - European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory delivered to ISS.
  • Soyuz TMA-22 (2011) - Continued ISS crew rotation.
  • Expedition 34/35 (2012-2013) - Chris Hadfield's social media impact from the ISS.
  • Expedition 42/43 (2014-2015) - Continued ISS crew rotation.
  • Expedition 48/49 (2016) - One-Year Mission with Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko.
  • Crew Dragon Demo-2 (2020) - First crewed mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.
  • Crew-1 (2020) - First operational mission of Crew Dragon to the ISS.
  • Crew-2 (2021) - Second operational mission of Crew Dragon to the ISS.
  • Shenzhou 13 (2022) - Chinese crewed mission to the Chinese Space Station.
  • Ax-1 (2022) - First private mission to the ISS by Axiom Space.
  • Inspiration4 (2021) - First all-civilian mission to orbit, launched by SpaceX.
  • Artemis 2 (2024, planned) - Crewed mission around the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.
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