Timeline of astronauts by nationality
Since the first spaceflight by the Soviet Union, astronauts who were citizens of 32 countries have flown into space. For each nationality, the first mission is listed.
1960s1961 Soviet Union: Yuri Gagarin1961 United States: Alan Shepard
1970s1978 Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Remek1978 Poland: Miroslaw Hermaszewski1978 East Germany: Sigmund Jähn1979 Bulgaria: Georgi Ivanov
1980s1980 Hungary: Bertalan Farkas1980 Vietnam: Pham Tuan1980 Cuba: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez1981 Romania: Dumitru Prunariu1981 Mongolia: Jugderdemidiyn Gurragcha1982 France: Jean-Loup Chrétien 1983 West Germany: Ulf Merbold1984 Canada: Marc Garneau1984 India: Rakesh Sharma1985 Netherlands: Wubbo Ockels1985 Mexico: Rodolfo Neri1985 Saudi Arabia: Salman al-Saud1987 Syria: Mohammed Faris1988 Afghanistan: Abdul Ahad Mohmand
1990s1990 Japan: Toyohiro Akiyama1991 United Kingdom: Helen Sharman1991 Austria: Franz Viehböck 1992 Belgium: Dirk Frimout1992 : Franco Malerba1992 Switzerland: Claude Nicollier1994 Kazakhstan: Talgat Musabayev 1996 Australia: Andy Thomas1997 Ukraine: Leonid Kadenjuk1998 Spain: Pedro Duque1999 Slovakia: Ivan Bella
2000s2002 South Africa: Mark Shuttleworth2003 Israel: Ilan Ramon (killed on re-entry)2003 China: Yang Liwei
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