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.

Table of contents

1 1960s 2 1970s 3 1980s 4 1990s 5 2000s

1960s

• 1961 Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin
• 1961 United States Alan Shepard

1970s

• 1978 Czechoslovakia Vladimir Remek
• 1978 East Germany Sigmund Jähn
• 1978 Poland Miroslaw Hermaszewski
• 1979 Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov

1980s

• 1980 Hungary Bertalan Farkas
• 1980 Vietnam Pham Tuan
• 1980 Cuba Arnaldo Mendez
• 1981 Romania Dumitru Prunariu
• 1981 Mongolia Jugderdemidiyn Gurragcha
• 1982 France Jean-Loup Chrétien
• 1983 West Germany Ulf Merbold
• 1984 Canada Marc Garneau
• 1984 India Rakesh Sharma
• 1985 Netherlands Wubbo Ockels
• 1985 Mexico Rodolfo Neri
• 1985 Saudi Arabia Salman al-Saud
• 1987 Syria Mohammed Faris
• 1988 Afghanistan Abdul Mohmand

1990s

• 1990 Japan Toyohiro Akiyama
• 1991 United Kingdom Helen Sharman
• 1991 Austria Franz Viehböck
• 1992 Belgium Dirk Frimout
• 1992 Italy Franco Malerba
• 1992 Switzerland Claude Nicollier
• 1994 Kazakhstan Talgat Musabayev
• 1996 Australia Andy Thomas
• 1997 Ukraine Leonid Kadenjuk
• 1998 Spain Pedro Duque
• 1999 Slovakia Ivan Bella

2000s

• 2002 South Africa Mark Shuttleworth
• 2003 Israel Ilan Ramon (killed on re-entry)
• 2003 China Yang Liwei