Timeline of astronauts by nationality

Since the first spaceflight by the Soviet Union, astronauts who were citizens of 32 countries have flown into space.

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
• 2003 China Yang Liwei