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First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico. Reached an altitude of 89.24 km (55.45 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space, but not the FAI's definition. 331 Nie Haisheng (3) Liu Boming (2) Tang Hongbo: 17 June 2021 Shenzhou 12: TSS: 17 September 2021 Shenzhou 12: First crew to Tiangong Space Station. — David Mackay Michael ...
U.S. Space Shuttle missions were capable of carrying more humans and cargo than the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, resulting in more U.S. short-term human visits until the Space Shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. Between 2011 and 2020, Soyuz was the sole means of human transport to the ISS, delivering mostly long-term crew.
The highest number of people at the same time on one space station has been 13, first achieved with the eleven day docking to the ISS of the 127th Space Shuttle mission in 2009. The record for most people on all space stations at the same time has been 17, first on May 30, 2023, with 11 people on the ISS and 6 on the TSS. [1]
Countries (and successor states) whose citizens have flown in space as of January 2024. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi), while in the United States, professional, military and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 ...
The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1066.091 days in space over five missions and is currently in space onboard Soyuz MS-24/25's one year long-duration mission on ISS. If this mission lasts 300–365 days, Kononenko will have spent a total of 1,036-1,101 days in space.
Christina Koch. Christina Hammock Koch ( / kʊk / COOK; née Hammock; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. [3]
She is still the oldest woman to orbit the Earth, a record she broke in 2023, at 63. On June 15, 2018, Whitson retired from NASA. She later became a consultant for Axiom Space and is the commander of Axiom Mission 2 and will be the commander of Axiom Mission 4. Whitson was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
M. Yuri Malenchenko has been to the ISS five times, which is more than anyone else. He is shown here in 2016, after returning to Earth from Expedition 47. Sandra H. Magnus (thrice) [68] [69] [70] Yuri Malenchenko (five times) [14] [67] [71] [52] [60] Nicole Aunapu Mann. Denis Matveev.