Orbital Space Flights in Historical Order

 (And 5 suborbital of significance)


Honourable mention to the Apollo 1 tragedy -- a fire on the ground took the lives of all 3 astronaughts.

 

1. Vostok -- April 12, 1961

2. Freedom 7 -- May 5, 1961 (Suborbital)

3. Liberty Bell 7 -- July 21, 1961 (Suborbital)

4. Vostok 2 -- August 6, 1961

5. Friendship 7 -- February 20, 1962

6. Aurura 7 -- May 24, 1962

7. Vostok 3 -- August 11, 1962

8. Vostok 4 -- August 12, 1962

9. Sigma 7 -- October 3, 1962

10. Faith 7 -- May 15, 1963

11. Vostok 5 -- June 14, 1963

12. Vostok 6 -- June 16, 1963

13. Voskhod -- October 12, 1964

14. Voskhod 2 -- March 18, 1965

15. Gemini 3 -- March 23, 1965

16. Gemini IV -- June 3, 1965

17. Gemini V -- August 21, 1965

18. Gemini VII -- December 4, 1965

19. Gemini VI-A -- December 15, 1965

20. Gemini VIII -- March 16, 1966

21. Gemini IX-A -- June 3, 1966

22. Gemini X -- July 18, 1966

23. Gemini XI -- September 12, 1966

24. Gemini XII -- November 11, 1966

25. Soyuz -- April 23, 1967 (Soyuz Disaster -- The only cosmonaught died)

26. Apollo 7 -- October 11, 1968

27. Soyuz 3 -- October 26, 1968

28. Apollo 8 -- December 21,  1968

29. Soyuz 4 -- January 14, 1969

30. Soyuz 5 -- January 15, 1969

31. Apollo 9 -- March 3, 1969

32. Apollo 10 -- May 18, 1969

33. Apollo 11 -- July 16, 1969

34. Soyuz 6 -- October 11, 1969

35. Soyuz 7 -- October 12, 1969

36. Soyuz 8 -- October 13, 1969

37. Apollo 12 -- November 14, 1969

38. Apollo 13 -- April 11, 1970

39. Soyuz 9 -- June 1, 1970

40. Apollo 14 -- January 31, 1971

41. Soyuz 10 -- April 22, 1971

42. Soyuz 11 -- June 6, 1971 (Soyuz 11 Disaster -- 3 lives lost)

43. Apollo 15 -- July 26, 1971

44. Apollo 16 -- April 16, 1972

45. Apollo 17 -- December 7, 1972

46. Skylab 1 -- May 25, 1973

47. Skylab 2 -- July 28, 1973

48. Soyuz 12 -- September 27, 1973

49. Skylab 3 -- November 16, 1973

50. Soyuz 13 -- December 18, 1973

51. Soyuz 14 -- July 3, 1974

52. Soyuz 15 -- August 26, 1974

53. Soyuz 16 -- December 2, 1974

54. Soyuz 17 -- January 10, 1975

55. Soyuz 18-1 -- April 5, 1975 (Stage separation Issue. Flight ended up being aborted and suborbital. Both astronaughts were injured, and both survived.  Lazarev was too injured to fly again though)

56. Soyuz 18 -- May 24, 1975

57. Soyuz 19 -- July 15, 1975

58. ASTP -- July 15, 1975

59. Soyuz 21 -- July 6, 1976

60. Soyuz 22 -- September 15, 1976

61. Soyuz 23 -- October 14, 1976

62. Soyuz 24 -- February 7, 1977

63. Soyuz 25 -- October 9, 1977

64. Soyuz 26 -- December 10, 1977

65. Soyuz 27 -- January 10, 1978

66. Soyuz 28 -- March 2, 1978

67. Soyuz 29 -- June 15, 1978

68. Soyuz 30 -- June 27, 1978

69. Soyuz 31 -- August 26, 1978

70. Soyuz 32 -- February 25, 1979

71. Soyuz 33 -- April 10, 1979

72. Soyuz 35 -- April 9, 1980

73. Soyuz 36 -- May 26, 1980

74. Soyuz T-2 -- June 5, 1980

75. Soyuz 37 -- July 23, 1980

76. Soyuz 38 -- September 18, 1980

77. Soyuz T-3 -- November 27, 1980

78. Soyuz T-4 -- March 12, 1981

79. Soyuz 39 -- March 22, 1981

80. STS-1 -- April 12, 1981

81. Soyuz 40 -- May 14, 1981

82. STS-2 -- November 12, 1981

83. STS-3 -- March 22, 1982

84. Soyuz T-5 -- May 13, 1982

85. Soyuz T-6 -- June 24, 1982

86. STS-4 -- June 27, 1982

87. Soyuz T-7 -- August 19, 1982

88. STS-5 -- November 11, 1982

89. STS-6 -- April 4, 1983

90. Soyuz T-8 -- April 20, 1983

91. STS-7 -- June 18, 1983

92. Soyuz T-9 -- June 27, 1983

93. STS-8 -- August 30, 1983

94. STS-9 -- November 28, 1983

95. STS-41B -- February 3, 1984

96. Soyuz T-10 -- February 8, 1984

97. Soyuz T-11 -- April 3, 1984

98. STS-41C -- April 6, 1984

99. Soyuz T-12 -- July 17, 1984

100. STS-41D -- August 30, 1984

101. STS-41G -- October 5, 1984

102. STS-51A -- November 8, 1984

103. STS-51C -- January 24, 1985

104. STS-51D -- April 12, 1985

105. STS-51B -- April 29, 1985

106. Soyuz T-13 -- June 6, 1985

107. STS-51G -- June 17, 1985

108. STS-51F -- July 29, 1985

109. STS-51I -- August 27, 1985

110. Soyuz T-14 -- September 17, 1985

111. STS-51J -- October 3, 1985

112. STS-61A -- October 30, 1985

113. STS-61B -- November 27, 1985

114. STS-61C -- January 12, 1986

115. STS-51L -- January 28, 1986 (Challenger Disaster -- barely suborbital but a terrible spaceflight tragedy losing all 7 lives)

116. Soyuz T-15 -- March 13, 1986

117. Soyuz TM-2 -- February 5, 1987

118. Soyuz TM-3 -- July 22, 1987

119. Soyuz TM-4 -- December 21, 1987

120. Soyuz TM-5 -- June 7, 1988

121. Soyuz TM-6 -- August 29, 1988

122. STS-26 -- September 29, 1988

123. Soyuz TM-7 -- November 26, 1988

124. STS-27 -- December 2, 1988

125. STS-29 -- March 13, 1989

126. STS-30 -- May 4, 1989

127. STS-28 -- August 8, 1989

128. Soyuz TM-8 -- September 5, 1989

129. STS-34 -- October 18, 1989

130. STS-33 -- November 23, 1989

131. STS-32 -- January 9, 1990 

132. Soyuz TM-9 -- February 11, 1990

133. STS-36 -- February 28, 1990

134. STS-31 -- April 24, 1990

135. Soyuz TM-10 -- August 1, 1990

136.  STS-41 -- October 6, 1990

137. STS-38 -- November 15, 1990

138. Soyuz TM-11 -- December 2, 1990

139. STS-35 -- December 2, 1990

140. STS-37 -- April 5, 1991

141. STS-39 -- April 28, 1991

142. Soyuz TM-12 -- May 18, 1991

143. STS-40 -- June 5, 1991

144. STS-43 -- August 2, 1991

145. STS-48 -- September 12, 1991

146. Soyuz TM-13 -- October 2, 1991

147. STS-44 -- November 25, 1991

148. STS-42 -- January 22, 1992

149. Soyuz TM-14 -- March 17, 1992

150. STS-45 -- March 24, 1992

151. STS-49 -- May 7, 1992

152. STS-50 -- June 25, 1992

153. Soyuz TM-15 -- July 27, 1992

154. STS-46 -- July 31, 1992

155. STS-47 -- September 12, 1992

156. STS-52 -- October 22, 1992

157. STS-53 -- December 2, 1992

158. STS-54 -- January 13, 1993

159. Soyuz TM-16 -- January 24, 1993

160. STS-56 -- April 8, 1993

161. STS-55 -- April 26, 1993

162. STS-57 -- June 21, 1993

163. Soyuz TM-17 -- July 1, 1993

164. STS-51 -- September 12, 1993

165. STS-58 -- October 18, 1993 

166. STS-61 -- December 2, 1993

167. Soyuz TM-18 -- January 8, 1994

168. STS-60 -- February 3, 1994

169. STS-62 -- March 4, 1994

170. STS-59 -- April 9, 1994

171. Soyuz TM-19 -- July 1, 1994

172. STS-65 -- July 8, 1994

173. STS-64 -- September 9, 1994

174. STS-68 -- September 30, 1994

175. Soyuz TM-20 -- October 3, 1994

176. STS-66 -- November 3, 1994

177. STS-63 -- February 3, 1995

178. STS-67 -- March 2, 1995

179. Soyuz TM-21 -- March 14, 1995

180. STS-71 -- June 27, 1995

181. STS-70 -- July 13, 1995

182. Soyuz TM-22 -- September 3, 1995

183. STS-69 -- September 7, 1995

184. STS-73 -- October 20, 1995

185. STS-74 -- November 12, 1995

186. STS-72 -- January 11, 1996

187. Soyuz TM-23 -- February 21, 1996

188. STS-75 -- February 22, 1996

189. STS-76 -- March 22, 1996

190. STS-77 -- May 19, 1996

191. STS-78 -- June 20, 1996

192. Soyuz TM-24 -- August 17, 1996

193. STS-79 -- September 16, 1996

194. STS-80 -- November 19, 1996

195. STS-81 -- January 12, 1997

196. Soyuz TM-25 -- February 10, 1997

197. STS-82 -- February 11, 1997

198. STS-83 -- April 4, 1997

199. STS-84 -- May 15, 1997

200. STS-94 -- July 1, 1997

201. Soyuz TM-26 -- August 5, 1997

202. STS-85 -- August 7, 1997

203. STS-86 -- September 26, 1997

204. STS-87 -- November 19, 1997

205. STS-89 -- January 23, 1998

206. Soyuz TM-27 -- January 29, 1998

207. STS-90 -- April 17, 1998

208. STS-91 -- June 2, 1998

209. Soyuz TM-28 -- August 13, 1998

210. STS-95 -- October 29, 1998

211. STS-88 -- December 4, 1998

212. Soyuz TM-29 -- February 20, 1999

213. STS-96 -- May 27, 1999

214. STS-93 -- July 23, 1999

215. STS-103 -- December 20, 1999

216. STS-99 -- February 11, 2000

217. Soyuz TM-30 -- April 4, 2000

218. STS-101 -- May 19, 2000

219. STS-106 -- September 8, 2000

220. STS-92 -- October 11, 2000

221. Soyuz TM-31 -- October 31, 2000

222. STS-97 -- December 1, 2000

223. STS-98 -- February 7, 2001

224. STS-102 -- March 8, 2001

225. STS-100 -- April 19, 2001

226. Soyuz TM-32 -- April 28, 2001

227. STS-104 -- July 12, 2001

228. STS-105 -- August 10, 2001

229. Soyuz TM-33 -- October 21, 2001

230. STS-108 -- December 5, 2001

231. STS-109 -- March 1, 2002

232. STS-110 -- April 8, 2002

233. Soyuz TM-34 -- April 25, 2002

234. STS-111 -- June 5, 2002

235. STS-112 -- October 7, 2002

236. Soyuz TMA-1 -- October 30, 2002

237. STS-113 -- November 24, 2002

238. STS-107 -- January 16, 2003 (Columbia Disaster -- 7 astronaughts lost)

239. Soyuz TMA-2 -- April 26, 2003

240. Shenzhou 5 -- October 15, 2003

241. Soyuz TMA-3 -- October 18, 2003

242. Soyuz TMA-4 -- April 19, 2004

243. Soyuz TMA-5 -- October 14, 2004

244. Soyuz TMA-6 -- April 15, 2005

245. STS-114 -- July 26, 2005

246. Soyuz TMA-7 -- October 1, 2005

247. Shenzhou 6 -- October 12, 2005

248. Soyuz TMA-8 -- March 30, 2006

249. STS-121 -- July 4, 2006

250. STS-115 -- September 9, 2006 

251. Soyuz TMA-9 -- September 18, 2006

252. STS-116 -- December 10, 2006

253. Soyuz TMA-10 -- April 7, 2007

254. STS-117 -- June 8, 2007

255.  STS-118 -- August 8, 2007

256. Soyuz TMA-11 -- October 10, 2007

257. STS-120 -- October 23, 2007

258. STS-122 -- February 7, 2008

259. STS-123 -- March 11, 2008

260. Soyuz TMA-12 -- April 8, 2008

261. STS-124 -- May 31, 2008

262. Shenzhou 7 -- September 25, 2008

263. Soyuz TMA-13 -- October 12, 2008

264. STS-126 -- November 15, 2008

265. STS-119 -- March 15, 2009

266. Soyuz TMA-14 -- March 26, 2009

267. STS-125 -- May 11, 2009

268. Soyuz TMA-15 -- May 27, 2009

269. STS-127 -- July 15, 2009

270. STS-128 -- August 29, 2009

271. Soyuz TMA-16 -- September 30, 2009

272. STS-129 -- November 16, 2009

273. Soyuz TMA-17 -- December 20, 2009

274. STS-130 -- February 8, 2010

275. Soyuz TMA-18 -- April 2, 2010

276. STS-131 -- April 5, 2010

277. STS-132 -- May 14, 2010

278. Soyuz TMA-19 -- June 15, 2010

279. Soyuz TMA-01M -- October 7, 2010

280. Soyuz TMA-20 -- December 15, 2010

281. STS-133 -- February 24, 2011

282. Soyuz TMA-21 -- April 4, 2011

283. STS-134 -- May 16, 2011

284. Soyuz TMA-02M -- June 7, 2011

285. STS-135 -- July 8, 2011

286. Soyuz TMA-22 -- November 14, 2011

287. Soyuz TMA-03M -- December 21, 2011

288. Soyuz TMA-04M -- May 15, 2012

289. Shenzhou 9 -- June 16, 2012

290. Soyuz TMA-05M -- July 15, 2012

291. Soyuz TMA-06M -- October 23, 2012

292. Soyuz TMA-07M -- December 19, 2012

293. Soyuz TMA-08M -- March 28, 2013

294. Shenzhou 10 -- June 11, 2013

295. Soyuz TMA-09M -- May 28, 2013

296. Soyuz TMA-10M -- September 25, 2013

297. Soyuz TMA-11M -- November 7, 2013

298. Soyuz TMA-12M -- March 25, 2014

299. Soyuz TMA-13M -- May 28, 2014

300. Soyuz TMA-14M -- September 25, 2014

301. Soyuz TMA-15M -- November 23, 2014

302. Soyuz TMA-16M -- March 27, 2015

303. Soyuz TMA-17M -- July 22, 2015

304. Soyuz TMA-18M -- September 2, 2015

305. Soyuz TMA-19M -- December 15, 2015

306. Soyuz TMA-20M -- March 18, 2016

307. Soyuz MS-01 -- July 7, 2016

308. Shenzhou 11 -- October 16, 2016

309. Soyuz MS-02 -- October 19, 2016

310. Soyuz MS-03 -- November 17, 2016

311. Soyuz MS-04 -- April 20, 2017

312. Soyuz MS-05 -- July 28, 2017

313. Soyuz MS-06 -- September 12, 2017

314. Soyuz MS-07 -- December 17, 2017

315. Soyuz MS-08 -- March 21, 2018

316. Soyuz MS-09 -- June 6, 2018

317. Soyuz MS-10 -- October 11, 2018 (Suborbital -- Fuel Tank rupture causing the flight to be aborted.  Flight was landed safely -- crew survived)

318. Soyuz MS-11 -- December 3, 2018

319. Soyuz MS-12 -- March 14, 2019

320. Soyuz MS-13 -- July 20, 2019

321. Soyuz MS-15 -- September 25, 2019

322. Soyuz MS-16 -- April 9, 2020

323. Crew Dragon Demo 2 -- May 30, 2020

324. Soyuz MS-17 -- October 14, 2020

325. SpaceX Crew 1 -- November 16, 2020

326. Soyuz MS-18 -- April 9, 2021

327. SpaceX Crew 2 -- April 23, 2021

328. Shenzhou 12 -- June 17, 2021

329. Inspiration4 -- September 16, 2021

330. Soyuz MS-19 -- October 5, 2021

331. Shenzhou 13 -- October 15, 2021

332. SpaceX Crew 3 -- November 11, 2021

333. Soyuz MS-20 -- December 8, 2021

334. Soyuz MS-21 -- March 18, 2022

335. Axiom 1 -- April 8, 2022

336. SpaceX Crew 4 -- April 27, 2022

337. Shenzhou 14 -- June 5, 2022

338. Soyuz MS-22 -- September 21, 2022

339. SpaceX Crew 5 -- October 5, 2022

340. Shenzhou 15 -- November 29, 2022

341. SpaceX Crew 6 -- March 2, 2023

342. Axiom 2 -- May 21, 2023

343. Shenzhou 16 -- May 30, 2023

344. SpaceX Crew 7 -- August 26, 2023

345. Soyuz MS-24 -- September 15, 2023

346. Shenzhou 17 -- October 26, 2023

347. Axiom 3 -- January 18, 2024 

348. SpaceX Crew 8 -- March 4, 2024

349. Soyuz MS-25 -- March 23, 2024

350. Shenzhou 18 -- April 25, 2024

351. Boeing Crew Flight Test -- June 5, 2024

352. Polaris Dawn -- September 10, 2024

353. Soyuz MS-26 -- September 11, 2024

354. SpaceX Crew 9 -- September 28, 2024

355. Shenzhou 19 -- October 29, 2024

356. SpaceX Crew 10 -- March 14, 2025

357. Fram2 -- April 1, 2025

358. Soyuz MS-27 -- April 8, 2025

359. Shenzhou 20 -- April 24, 2025

360. Axiom 4 -- June 25, 2025

361. SpaceX Crew 11 -- August 1, 2025

362. Shenzhou 21 -- October 31, 2025

363. Soyuz MS-28 -- November 27, 2025

364. SpaceX Crew 12 -- February 13, 2026

365. Artemis 2 -- April 1, 2026








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