List of fully civilian crewed suborbital spaceflights explained

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.MissionShipDateCrew[2] Result.Ref.
1X-15 Flight 77X-1517.01.1963 Joseph Walker[3]
2X-15 Flight 90X-15 #319.07.1963 Joseph Walker[4]
3X-15 Flight 91X-1522.08.1963 Joseph Walker[5]
4X-15 Flight 150X-1522.09.1965 John B. McKay[6]
5X-15 Flight 174X-1501.11.1966 William H. Dana[7]
6X-15 Flight 197X-1521.08.1968 William H. Dana[8]
7SpaceShipOne flight 15PSpaceShipOne21.06.2004 Mike Melvill[9]
8SpaceShipOne flight 16PSpaceShipOne29.09.2004 Mike Melvill[10]
9SpaceShipOne flight 17PSpaceShipOne04.10.2004 Brian Binnie[11]
10VSS Unity VP-03VSS Unity13.12.2018 Mark P. Stucky, Frederick Sturckow[12]
11VSS Unity VF-01VSS Unity22.02.2019 David Mackay, Michael Masucci, Beth Moses[13]
12Virgin Galactic Unity 21VSS Unity22.05.2021 Frederick Sturckow, David Mackay
13Virgin Galactic Unity 22VSS Unity11.06.2021 David Mackay, Michael Masucci, Sirisha Bandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson[14]
14Blue Origin NS-16RSS First Step 20.07.2021 Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, Oliver Daemen
15Blue Origin NS-18RSS First Step 13.10.2021 Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, William Shatner
16Blue Origin NS-19RSS First Step 11.12.2021 Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard-Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Evan L. Dick
17Blue Origin NS-20RSS First Step 30.03.2022 Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, George Nield, Gary Lai[15]
18Blue Origin NS-21RSS First Step 04.06.2022 Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, Victor Vescovo
19Blue Origin NS-22RSS First Step 04.08.2022 Coby Cotton, Mário Ferreira, Vanessa O'Brien, Clint Kelly III, Sara Sabry, Steve Young
20Unity 25VSS Unity25.05.2023 Michael Masucci, Frederick Sturckow, Beth Moses, Luke Mays, Jamila Gilbert, Christopher Huie
21Galactic 02VSS Unity10.08.2023 Frederick Sturckow, Kelly Latimer, Beth Moses, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, Anastatia Mayers[16]
21Galactic 03VSS Unity08.09.2023 Michael Masucci, Beth Moses, Adrian Reynard, Nicole Pecile, Ken Baxter, / Timothy Nash[17]
21Galactic 04VSS Unity06.10.2023 Frederick Sturckow, Kelly Latimer, Beth Moses, Trevor Beattie, Namira Salim, Ron Rosano [18]
21Galactic 05VSS Unity02.11.2023 Michael Masucci, Kelly Latimer, Colin Bennett, Alan Stern, Kellie Gerardi, Ketty Maisonrouge[19]
21Galactic 06VSS Unity26.01.2024 Frederick Sturckow, Nicola Pecile, / Lina Borozdina, Robie Vaughn, Franz Haider, Neil Kornswiet[20]
22Blue Origin NS-25RSS First Step 19.05.2024 Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Ed Dwight, Carol Schaller, Kenneth Hess, Thotakura Gopichand[21]
23Galactic 07VSS Unity08.06.2024 Jameel Janjua, Nicola Pecile, Irving Pergament, Andy Sadhwani, Tuva Cihangir Atasever, Giorgio Manenti[22] [23]
24Blue Origin NS-26RSS First Step 29.08.2024/ Nicolina Elrick, Karsen Kitchen, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, / Eiman Jahangir, / Ephraim Rabin[24]
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Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space. 2021-09-15. 2021-09-20.
  2. Web site: Jonathan's Space Report Human Spaceflight: Rides. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan McDowell. 2021-10-09. 2021-10-09.
  3. Web site: X-15 Flight No. 77. Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. 2020-08-08.
  4. Web site: Flight No. 90. Spacefacts . 2019-11-24.
  5. Web site: Flight No. 91. Spacefacts . 2019-11-24.
  6. Web site: X-15 Flight No. 150. Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. 2020-08-08.
  7. Web site: X-15 Flight No. 174. Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. 2020-08-08.
  8. Web site: X-15 Flight No. 197. Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. 2020-08-08.
  9. Web site: Flight No. 60L/15P. Spacefacts . 2019-11-24.
  10. Web site: Flight No. 65L/16P. Spacefacts . 2019-11-24.
  11. Web site: Flight No. 66L/17P. Spacefacts . 2019-11-24.
  12. Web site: Virgin Galactic's spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time . Grush . Loren . 2018-12-13. The Verge.
  13. News: Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger on space flight . Tribou . Richard . 2019-02-22 . Orlando Sentinel.
  14. Web site: Suborbital spaceflights. Jonathan McDowell. 2021-10-09.
  15. Web site: Rides. 2022-06-04. 2022-06-04.
  16. Galactic 02 Spaceflight . Virgin Galactic stream . Virgin Galactic streaming . Virgin Galactic . 10 August 2023 .
  17. Web site: Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016! . 2023-09-08 . X (formerly Twitter) . en.
  18. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 2023-10-06 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIFTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FIVE MONTHS . 2023-10-06 . Virgin Galactic . en.
  19. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 2 November 2023 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS . 2 November 2023 . Virgin Galactic . en.
  20. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 26 January 2024 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT . 26 January 2024 . Virgin Galactic . en.
  21. Web site: New Shepard's 25th Mission Includes America's First Black Astronaut Candidate . 2024-04-04 . Blue Origin . en-US.
  22. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1799468227447476573 . Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known. . 8 June 2024.
  23. 'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8 . 1 May 2024 . 4 May 2024 . Virgin Galactic.
  24. Web site: Argueta . Brenda . 2024-07-24 . Next crew announced for Blue Origin. Here’s who’s going to space . 2024-07-25 . WKMG . en.

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