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.

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