List of fully civilian crewed suborbital spaceflights
Following the definition that a civilian is someone who is not part of their country's armed forces (not in active duty; former service or reservist status is not considered being part of armed forces),[1] these are suborbital space flights (spaceflight according to US 50 mile space boundary definition) with a fully civilian crew:
List
No. | Mission | Ship | Date | Crew[2] | Result. | Ref. |
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1 | X-15 Flight 77 | X-15 | 17.01.1963 | Joseph Walker | Success | [3][4][5] |
2 | X-15 Flight 90 | X-15 #3 | 19.07.1963 | Joseph Walker | Success | [6][5] |
3 | X-15 Flight 91 | X-15 | 22.08.1963 | Joseph Walker | Success | [7][5] |
4 | X-15 Flight 150 | X-15 | 22.09.1965 | John B. McKay | Success | [8][9][5] |
5 | X-15 Flight 174 | X-15 | 01.11.1966 | William H. Dana | Success | [10][11][5] |
6 | X-15 Flight 197 | X-15 | 21.08.1968 | William H. Dana | Success | [12][13][5] |
7 | SpaceShipOne flight 15P | SpaceShipOne | 21.06.2004 | Mike Melvill | Success | [14][5] |
8 | SpaceShipOne flight 16P | SpaceShipOne | 29.09.2004 | Mike Melvill | Success | [15][5] |
9 | SpaceShipOne flight 17P | SpaceShipOne | 04.10.2004 | Brian Binnie | Success | [16][5] |
10 | VSS Unity VP-03 | VSS Unity | 13.12.2018 | Mark P. Stucky, Frederick Sturckow | Success | [17][5] |
11 | VSS Unity VF-01 | VSS Unity | 22.02.2019 | David Mackay, Michael Masucci, Beth Moses | Success | [18][5] |
12 | Virgin Galactic Unity 21 | VSS Unity | 22.05.2021 | Frederick Sturckow, David Mackay | Success | [5] |
13 | Virgin Galactic Unity 22 | VSS Unity | 11.06.2021 | David Mackay, Michael Masucci, Sirisha Bandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson | Success | [5] |
14 | Blue Origin NS-16 | RSS First Step | 20.07.2021 | Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, Oliver Daemen | Success | [5] |
15 | Blue Origin NS-18 | RSS First Step | 13.10.2021 | Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, William Shatner | Success | [5] |
16 | Blue Origin NS-19 | RSS First Step | 11.12.2021 | Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard-Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Evan L. Dick | Success | [5] |
17 | Blue Origin NS-20 | RSS First Step | 30.03.2022 | Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, George Nield, Gary Lai | Success | [19] |
18 | Blue Origin NS-21 | RSS First Step | 04.06.2022 | Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, Victor Vescovo | Success | [19] |
19 | Blue Origin NS-22 | RSS First Step | 04.08.2022 | Coby Cotton, Mário Ferreira, Vanessa O'Brien, Clint Kelly III, Sara Sabry, Steve Young | Success | [19] |
20 | Unity 25 | VSS Unity | 25.05.2023 | Michael Masucci, Frederick Sturckow, Beth Moses, Luke Mays, Jamila Gilbert, Christopher Huie | Success | [19] |
21 | Galactic 02 | VSS Unity | 10.08.2023 | Frederick Sturckow, Kelly Latimer, Beth Moses, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, Anastatia Mayers | Success | [20] |
21 | Galactic 03 | VSS Unity | 08.09.2023 | Michael Masucci, Beth Moses, Adrian Reynard, Nicole Pecile, Ken Baxter, / Timothy Nash | Success | [21] |
21 | Galactic 04 | VSS Unity | 06.10.2023 | Frederick Sturckow, Kelly Latimer, Beth Moses, Trevor Beattie, Namira Salim, Ron Rosano | Success | [22] |
21 | Galactic 05 | VSS Unity | 02.11.2023 | Michael Masucci, Kelly Latimer, Colin Bennett, Alan Stern, Kellie Gerardi, Ketty Maisonrouge | Success | [23] |
21 | Galactic 06 | VSS Unity | 26.01.2024 | Frederick Sturckow, Nicola Pecile, / Lina Borozdina, Robie Vaughn, Franz Haider, Neil Kornswiet | Success | [24] |
- Color:
Flights with space tourists.
See also
References
- ^ "Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space". 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell (2021-10-09). "Jonathan's Space Report | Human Spaceflight: Rides". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ "X-15 Flight No. 77". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Evans 2020, p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Jonathan McDowell. "Suborbital spaceflights". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ "Flight No. 90". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Flight No. 91". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "X-15 Flight No. 150". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Evans 2020, p. 43.
- ^ "X-15 Flight No. 174". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Evans 2020, p. 48.
- ^ "X-15 Flight No. 197". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Evans 2020, p. 52.
- ^ "Flight No. 60L/15P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Flight No. 65L/16P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Flight No. 66L/17P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ Grush, Loren (2018-12-13). "Virgin Galactic's spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time". The Verge.
- ^ Tribou, Richard (2019-02-22). "Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger on space flight". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ a b c d "Rides". 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Virgin Galactic (10 August 2023). "Galactic 02 Spaceflight". Virgin Galactic streaming. Virgin Galactic stream.
- ^ "Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Virgin Galactic (2023-10-06). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIFTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FIVE MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Virgin Galactic (2 November 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Virgin Galactic (26 January 2024). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
Bibliography
- Evans, Michele (2020). The X-15 Rocket Plane (PDF). p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-04.
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