National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)

European Space Agency (ESA)

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

Soyuz TM-29

This mission took the EO-26 long duration crew to Space Station Mir.

Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.

Soyuz

Soyuz TM-17

This ferry flight brought the EO-14 long duration crew to Space Station Mir. During undocking, Soyuz TM-17 collided twice with Mir while trying to conduct up-close inspections. Thankfully no significant damage to Soyuz or Mir was observed.

Jean-Pierre Haigneré

France

Mir PE-27 EVA 1

CCCP

Roscosmos

This astronaut is in the top 5% for number of space walks.

Frequent Walker

Soyuz T-8

Soyuz T-8 was a planned flight to the Salyut 7 space station that was aborted after a failed docking attempt.

Soyuz T-7

This mission was a visitation and Soyuz vehicle swap to the Elbrus crew on Salyut 7. It marked only the second time a woman flew in space and the first time a woman flew in over 19 years. The crew delivered experiments and letters to the Elbrus crew, left them Soyuz T-7, and returned home on Soyuz T-5.

Soyuz TM-8

Soyuz TM-8 ferried the EO-5 long duration crew to Space Station Mir.

Aleksandr Serebrov

USSR

Russia

This astronaut visited the International Space Station.

ISS Visitor

This astronaut is in the top 5% for total spacewalking time.

Elite Spacewalker

This astronaut is in the top 5% for total time in space.

Elite Spaceflyer

Soyuz TM-33

Soyuz TM-33 was a Soyuz spacecraft swap at the International Space Station to give the Expedition 3 crew a new lifeboat and emergency return to Earth spacecraft.

Soyuz TM-11

This mission launched the two-person EO-8 crew to Mir and also a Japanese reporter on a visitation flight to the station.

Soyuz TM-18

Soyuz TM-18 ferried the EO-15 crew to and from Space Station Mir.

Viktor M. Afanasyev

Soyuz TM-25

This Soyuz flight transported part of the EO-22 crew to Space Station Mir and was the 30th crew vehicle to visit the station.

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