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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.
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1960s
- 1961 Soviet Union: Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 United States: Alan Shepard
1970s
- 1978
Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Remek
- 1978
Poland: Miroslaw Hermaszewski
- 1978 East Germany: Sigmund Jähn
- 1979
Bulgaria: Georgi Ivanov
1980s
- 1980
Hungary: Bertalan Farkas
- 1980
Vietnam: Pham Tuan
- 1980
Cuba: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
- 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 Ahad Mohmand
1990s
- 1990
Japan: Toyohiro Akiyama
- 1991
United Kingdom: Helen Sharman
- 1991
Austria: Franz Viehböck
- 1992
Belgium: Dirk Frimout
- 1992 : 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
See also
- List of human spaceflights: 1961-1986, 1987-1999, 2000-present.
- Spaceflight records
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