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NASA'S FIRST 100 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHTS

                             
Note: The following information was culled from a number of
reference sources, including the Space Shuttle Mission
Chronology, NASA Historical Data Book, and the NASA Pocket
Statistics.

GEMINI PROGRAM  APOLLO PROGRAM  SKYLAB PROGRAM 
APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP)  SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM

MERCURY PROGRAM (May 5, 1961 -- May 16, 1963)

Sequence: Order of Flight; Spacecraft; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

 1.) Freedom 7; Shepard; May 5, 1961 (00:15:22)

 2.) Liberty Bell 7; Grissom; July 21, 1961 (00:15:37)

 3.) Friendship 7; Glenn; Feb. 20, 1962 (04:55:23)

 4.) Aurora 7; Carpenter; May 24, 1962 (04:56:05)

 5.) Sigma 7; Schirra; Oct. 3, 1962 (09:13:11)

 6.) Faith 7; Cooper; May 15 - 16, 1963 (34:19:49)

Total: 6 Flights, 6 Astronauts Flown.
       Total Flight Time: 53:55:27


GEMINI PROGRAM (March 23, 1965 --Nov. 15, 1966)

Sequence: Order of Flight; Mission; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

 7.) Gemini 3; Grissom, Young; March 23, 1965 (04:52:30)

 8.) Gemini 4; McDivitt, White; June 3 - 7, 1965 (97:56:12)

 9.) Gemini 5; Cooper, Conrad; Aug. 21 - 29, 1965 (190:55:140)

10.) Gemini 7; Borman, Lovell;. Dec. 4 - 18, 1965 (330:35:01)

11.) Gemini 6A; Schirra, Stafford; Dec. 15 - 16, 1965 (25:51:24)

12.) Gemini 8; Armstrong, Scott; March 16, 1966 (10:41:26)

13.) Gemini 9A; Stafford, Cernan; June 3 - 6, 1966 (72:20:50)

14.) Gemini 10; Young, Collins; July 18 - 21, 1966 (70:46:39)

15.) Gemini 11; Conrad, Gordon; Sept. 12 - 15, 1966 (71:17:08)

16.) Gemini 12; Lovell, Aldrin; Nov. 11 - 15, 1966 (94:34:31)

Total: 10 Flights, 20 Astronauts Flown.**
       Total Flight Time: 969:50:56


APOLLO PROGRAM (October 11, 1968 -- December 19, 1972)

APOLLO SATURN I

Sequence: Order of Flight; Mission; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

17.) Apollo 7; Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham; Oct. 11 - 22, 1968
     (260:09:03)


APOLLO SATURN V

Sequence: Order of Flight; Spacecraft; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

18.) Apollo 8; Borman, Lovell, Anders; Dec. 21 - 27, 1968
     (147:00:42)

19.) Apollo 9; McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart; March 3 - 13,1969
     (241:00:54)

20.) Apollo 10; Stafford, Young, Cernan; May 18 - 26, 1969
     (192:03:23)

21.) Apollo 11; Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin; July 16 - 24, 1969
     (195:18:35)

22.) Apollo 12; Conrad, Gordon, Bean; Nov. 14 - 24, 1969
     (244:36:24)

23.) Apollo 13; Lovell, Swigert, Haise; April 11 - 17, 1970
     (142:54:41)

24.) Apollo 14; Shepard, Roosa, Mitchell; Jan. 31 - Feb. 9, 1971
     (216:01:58)

25.) Apollo 15; Scott, Worden, Irwin; July 26 - Aug. 7, 1971
     (295:11:53)

26.) Apollo 16; Young, Mattingly, Duke; April 16 - 27, 1972
     (265:51:05)

27.) Apollo 17; Cernan, Evans, Schimitt; Dec. 7 - 19, 1972
     (301:51:59)

Total: 11 Flights, 33 Astronauts Flown (including Apollo 7).**
       Total Flight Time: 2,502:00:37



SKYLAB PROGRAM (May 25, 1973 -- Feb. 8, 1974)

SKYLAB SATURN IB

Sequence: Order of Flight; Mission; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

28.) Skylab 2; Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz; May 25 - June 22, 1973
     (672:49:49)

29.) Skylab 3; Bean, Garriott, Lousma; July 28 - Sept. 25, 1973;
     (1416:11:09)

30.) Skylab 4; Carr, Gibson, Pogue; Nov. 16, 1973 - Feb. 8, 1974
     (2016:01:16)

Total: 3 Flights, 9 Astronauts Flown.
       Total Flight Time: 4,105:02:14


APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) (July 15 - 24, 1975)

APOLLO SATURN IB

Sequence: Order of Flight; Mission Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

31.) ASTP; Stafford, Brand, Slayton; July 15 - 24, 1975
     (217:28:23)

Total: 1 Flight, 3 Astronauts Flown.
       Total Flight Time: 217:28:23


SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (April 12, 1981 - Present)

Sequence: Order of Flight; Mission, Orbiter; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

32.) STS-1, Columbia; Young, Crippen; April 12 - 14, 1981
     (54:20:53)

33.) STS-2, Columbia; Engle, Truly; Nov. 12 - 14, 1981 (54:13:12)

34.) STS-3, Columbia; Lousma, Fullerton; March 22 - 30, 1982
     (192:04:46)

35.) STS-4, Columbia; Mattingly, Hartsfield; June 27 - July 4,
     1982 (169:11:11)

36.) STS-5, Columbia; Brand, Overmyer, Allen, Lenoir; Nov. 11 -
     16, 1982 (122:14:27)

37.) STS-6, Challenger; Weitz, Bobko, Peterson, Musgrave; April 4 -
     9, 1983 (120:23:42)

38.) STS-7, Challenger; Crippen, Hauck, Ride, Fabian, Thagard;
     June 18 - 24, 1983 (146:23:59)

39.) STS-8, Challenger; Truly, Brandenstein, Gardner, Bluford,
     Thornton; Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 1983 (145:08:40)

40.) STS-9, Columbia; Young, Shaw, Garriott, Parker, Lichtenberg,
     Merbold; Nov. 28 - Dec. 8, 1983 (247:47:24)

41.) STS 41-B, Challenger; Brand, Gibson, McCandless, McNair,
     Stewart; Feb. 3 - 11, 1984 (191:15:55)

42.) STS 41-C, Challenger; Crippen, Scobee, Nelson, van Hoften,
     Hart; April 6 - 13, 1984 (167:40:07)

43.) STS 41-D, Discovery; Hartsfield, Coats, Resnik, Mullane,
     Hawley, Walke; Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 1984 (144:56:04)

44.) STS 41-G, Challenger; Crippen, McBride, Leestma, Ride,
     Sullivan, Scully-Power, Garneau; Oct. 5 - 13, 1984 (197:23:37)

45.) STS 51-A, Discovery; Hauck, Walker, Fisher, Gardner, Allen;
     Nov. 8 - 16, 1984 (191:44:56)

46.) STS 51-C, Discovery; Mattingly, Shriver, Buchli, Onizuka,
     Payton; Jan. 24 - 27, 1985 (73:33:27)

47.) STS 51-D, Discovery; Bobko, Williams, Seddon, Griggs,
     Hoffman, Walker, Garn; April 12 - 19, 1985 (167:54:00)

48.) STS 51-B, Challenger; Overmyer, Gregory, Lind, Thagard,
     Thornton, van den Berg, Wang; April 29 - May 6, 1985 (168:08:47)

49.) STS 51-G, Discovery; Brandenstein, Creighton, Lucid, Nagel,
     Fabian, Baudry, Al-Saud; June 17 - 24, 1985 (169:39:00)

50.) STS 51-F, Challenger; Fullerton, Bridges, Musgrave, Henize,
     England, Acton, Bartoe; July 29 - Aug. 6, 1985 (190:45:26)

51.) STS 51-I, Discovery; Engle, Covey, van Hoften, Lounge,
     Fisher; Aug. 27 - Sept. 3, 1985 (171:17:42)

52.) STS 51-J, Atlantis; Bobko, Grabe, Stewart, Hilmers, Pailes;
     Oct. 3 - 7, 1985 (97:14:38)

53.) STS 61-A, Challenger; Hartsfield, Nagel, Buchli, Bluford,
     Dunbar, Furrer, Messerschmid, Ockels; Oct. 30 - Nov. 6, 1985
     (168:44:51)

54.) STS 61-B, Atlantis; Shaw, O'Connor, Cleave, Spring, Ross,
     Neri Vela, Walker; Nov. 26 - Dec. 3, 1985 (165:04:49)

55.) STS 61-C, Columbia; Gibson, Bolden, Chang-Diaz, Hawley,
     Nelson, Cenker;  Jan. 12 - 18, 1986 (146:03:51)

56.) STS 51-L, Challenger; Scobee, Smith, Resnik, Onizuka, McNair,
     Jarvis, McAuliffe; Jan. 28, 1986  (N/A)

57.) STS-26, Discovery; Hauck, Covey, Lounge, Hilmers, Nelson;
     Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 1988 (97:00:57)

58.) STS-27, Atlantis; Gibson, Gardner, Mullane, Ross, Shepherd;
     Dec. 2 - 6, 1988 (105:05:37)

59.) STS-29, Discovery; Coats, Blaha, Buchli, Springer, Bagian;
     March 13 - 18, 1989 (119:39:40)

60.) STS-30, Atlantis; Walker, Grabe, Thagard, Cleave, Lee; May 4 -
     8, 1989 (96:57:35)

61.) STS-28, Columbia; Shaw, Richards, Leestma, Adamson, Brown;
     Aug. 8 - 13, 1989 (121:00:53)

62.) STS-34, Atlantis; Williams, McCulley, Baker, Chang-Diaz,
     Lucid; Oct.. 18 - 23, 1989 (119:41:00)

63.) STS-33, Discovery; Gregory, Blaha, Musgrave, Thornton,
     Carter; Nov. 22 - 27, 1989 (120:07:32)

64.) STS-32, Columbia; Brandenstein, Wetherbee, Dunbar, Ivins,
     Low; Jan. 9 - 20, 1990 (261:01:38)

65.) STS-36, Atlantis; Creighton, Casper, Hilmers, Mullane,
     Thuot; Feb. 28 - March 4, 1990 (106:19:43)

66.) STS-31, Discovery; Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless,
     Sullivan; April 24 - 29, 1990 (121:16:06)

67.) STS-41, Discovery; Richards, Cabana, Shepherd, Melnick,
     Akers; Oct. 6 - 10, 1990 (98:10:04)

68.) STS-38, Atlantis; Covey, Culbertson, Gemar, Meade, Springer;
     Nov. 15 - 20, 1990 (117:54:31)

69.) STS-35, Columbia; Brand, Gardner, Hoffman, Lounge, Parker,
     Parise, Durrance; Dec. 2 - 10, 1990 (215:05:08)

70.) STS-37, Atlantis; Nagel, Cameron, Apt, Godwin, Ross; April 5 -
     11, 1991 (143:32:44)

71.) STS-39, Discovery; Coats, Hammond, Bluford, Hieb, Harbaugh,
     McMonagle, Veach; April 28 - May 6, 1991 (199:22:21)

72.) STS-40, Columbia; O'Connor, Gutierrez, Bagian, Jernigan,
     Seddon, Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford; June 5 - 14, 1991 (218:14:20)

73.) STS-43, Atlantis; Blaha, Baker, Adamson, Low, Lucid; Aug. 2 -
     11, 1991 (213:21:25)

74.) STS-48, Discovery; Creighton, Reightler, Brown, Gemar,
     Buchli; Sept. 12 - 18, 1991 (128:27:34)

75.) STS-44, Atlantis; Gregory, Henricks, Runco, Voss, Musgrave,
     Hennen; Nov. 24 - Dec. 1, 1991 (166:50:42)

76.) STS-42, Discovery; Grabe, Oswald, Readdy, Thagard, Hilmers,
     Bondar, Merbold; Jan. 22 - 30, 1992 (193:14:45)

77.) STS-45, Atlantis; Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale,
     Frimout, Lichtenberg; March 24 - April 2, 1992 (214:09:00)

78.) STS-49, Endeavour; Brandenstein, Chilton, Melnick, Akers,
     Hieb, Thornton, Thuot; May 7 - 16, 1992 (213:17:38)

79.) STS-50, Columbia; Richards, Bowersox, Dunbar, Meade, Baker,
     DeLucas, Trinh; June 25 - July 9, 1992 (331:30:04)

80.) STS-46, Atlantis; Shriver, Allen, Hoffman, Chang-Diaz,
     Ivins, Nicollier, Malerba; July 31 - Aug. 8, 1992 (191:16:07)

81.) STS-47, Endeavour; Gibson, Brown, Lee, Davis, Jemison,
     Mohri, Apt; Sept. 12 - 20, 1992 (190:30:23)

82.) STS-52, Columbia; Wetherbee, Baker, Veach, Jernigan,
     Shepherd, MacLean; Oct. 22 - Nov. 1, 1992 (236:56:13)

83.) STS-53, Discovery; Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Voss, Clifford;
     Dec. 2 - 9, 1992 (175:19:17)

84.) STS-54, Endeavour; Casper, McMonagle, Runco, Harbaugh,
     Helms; Jan. 13 - 19, 1993 (143:38:17)

85.) STS-56, Discovery; Cameron, Oswald, Cockrell, Foale, Ochoa;
     April 8 - 17, 1993 (222:09:21)

86.) STS-55, Columbia; Nagel, Henricks, Ross, Precourt, Harris,
     Walter, Schlegel; April 26 - May 6, 1993 (239:40:00)

87.) STS-57, Endeavour; Grabe, Duffy, Low, Sherlock, Voss,
     Wisoff; June 21 - July 1, 1993 (239:45:00)

88.) STS-51, Discovery; Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz;
     Sept. 12 - 22, 1993 (236:11:00)

89.) STS-58, Columbia; Blaha, Searfoss, Seddon, McArthur, Wolf,
     Lucid, Fettman; Oct. 18 - Nov. 1, 1993 (336:13:01)

90.) STS-61, Endeavour; Covey, Bowersox, Musgrave, Hoffman,
     Thornton, Akers, Nicollier; Dec. 2 - 13, 1993 (259:59:00)

91.) STS-60, Discovery; Bolden, Reightler, Chang-Diaz, Davis,
     Sega, Krikalev; Feb. 3 - 11, 1994 (199:09:00)

92.) STS-62, Columbia; Casper, Allen, Gemar, Ivins, Thuot; March
     4 - 18, 1994 (335:16:)

93.) STS-59, Endeavour; Gutierrez, Chilton, Godwin, Apt,
     Clifford, Jones; April 9 - 20, 1994 (269:49:00)

94.) STS-65, Columbia; Cabana, Halsell, Hieb, Thomas, Walz,
     Chiao, Naito-Muka; July 8 - 23, 1994 (353:55:00)

95.) STS-64, Discovery; Richards, Hammond, Helms, Meade, Lee,
     Linenger; Sept. 9 - 20, 1994 (262:51:00)

96.) STS-68, Endeavour; Baker, Wilcutt, Jones, Bursch, Wisoff,
     Smith; Sept. 30 - Oct. 11, 1994 (269:46:00)

97.) STS-66, Atlantis; McMonagle, Brown, Ochoa, Tanner,
     Parazynski, Clervoy; Nov. 3 - 14, 1994 (262:34:00)

98.) STS-63, Discovery; Wetherbee, Collins, Harris, Foale, Voss,
     Titov; Feb. 3 - 11, 1995 (198:28:15)

99.) STS-67, Endeavour; Oswald, Gregory, Jernigan, Lawrence,
     Grunsfeld, Durrance, Parise; March 2 - 18, 1995 (399:09:46)

Total: 68 Flights, 379 Crew Members Flown.
       Total Flight Time: 516 days:23 hours:12 minutes:01 seconds

Grand Total: 99 Flights, 450 people Flown.

These first 100 U.S. human space launches includes only those conducted
by NASA as part of its human spaceflight program, beginning with
Project Mercury. It does not include the X-15 hypersonic research
flights that flew to altitudes in excess of 50 miles.

This total includes the same astronaut flying more than once.