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* [[John Herrington]], an American citizen first launched 24 November 2002, is the first ''tribal registered'' [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] in space ([[Chickasaw]]). See also [[William Pogue|Bill Pogue]] above. |
* [[John Herrington]], an American citizen first launched 24 November 2002, is the first ''tribal registered'' [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] in space ([[Chickasaw]]). See also [[William Pogue|Bill Pogue]] above. |
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* [[Fyodor Yurchikhin]], first launched 7 October 2002, was born in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (then the [[Georgian SSR]]). He was a Russian citizen at the time he went into space and is of [[Pontian Greek]] descent. |
* [[Fyodor Yurchikhin]], first launched 7 October 2002, was born in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (then the [[Georgian SSR]]). He was a Russian citizen at the time he went into space and is of [[Pontian Greek]] descent. |
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* [[Fernando Caldeiro]], first launched January 2006, was born in [[Argentina]], but worked under NASA as an American citizen. |
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* [[Joseph M. Acaba]], first launched 15 March 2009, was born in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] to American parents of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] descent. |
* [[Joseph M. Acaba]], first launched 15 March 2009, was born in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] to American parents of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] descent. |
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Since the first human spaceflight by the Soviet Union, citizens of 47 countries have flown in space. For each nationality, the launch date of the first mission is listed. The list is based on the nationality of the person at the time of the launch. Only 7 of 48 countries have been represented by female "first flyers" (Helen Sharman for the United Kingdom in 1991, Anousheh Ansari for Iran in 2006, Yi So-yeon for South Korea in 2008, Sara Sabry for Egypt in 2022, and Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers for Antigua and Barbuda in 2023, Namira Salim for Pakistan in 2023, Marina Vasilevskaya for Belarus in 2024). Only three nations (Soviet Union/Russia, U.S., China) have launched their own crewed spacecraft, with the Soviets/Russians and the American programs providing rides to other nations' astronauts. Twenty-eight "first flights" occurred on Soviet or Russian flights while the United States carried eighteen.
Note: All dates given are UTC. Countries indicated in bold have achieved independent human spaceflight capability.
The above list uses the nationality at the time of launch. Lists with differing criteria might include the following people:
Spaceflight lists and timelines
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