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.

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 (Mar. 23, 1965 --Nov. 15, 1966)

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

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

 8.) Gemini 4; McDivitt, White; Jun. 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; Mar. 16, 1966 (10:41:26)

13.) Gemini 9A; Stafford, Cernan; Jun. 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 (Oct. 11, 1968 -- Dec. 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; Mar. 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; Apr. 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; Apr. 16 - 27, 1972
     (265:51:05)

27.) Apollo 17; Cernan, Evans, Schmitt; 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 - Jun. 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) (Jul. 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; Jul. 15 - 24, 1975
     (217:28:23)

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


SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (Apr. 12, 1981 - Present)

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

32.) STS-1, Columbia; Young, Crippen; Apr. 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; Mar. 22 - 30, 1982
     (192:04:46)

35.) STS-4, Columbia; Mattingly, Hartsfield; Jun. 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; Apr. 4 -
     9, 1983 (120:23:42)

38.) STS-7, Challenger; Crippen, Hauck, Ride, Fabian, Thagard;
     Jun. 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; Apr. 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; Apr. 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; Jun. 17 - 24, 1985 (169:39:00)

50.) STS 51-F, Challenger; Fullerton, Bridges, Musgrave, Henize,
     England, Acton, Bartoe; Jul. 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;
     Mar. 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 - Mar. 4, 1990 (106:19:43)

66.) STS-31, Discovery; Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless,
     Sullivan; Apr. 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; Apr. 5 -
     11, 1991 (143:32:44)

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

72.) STS-40, Columbia; O'Connor, Gutierrez, Bagian, Jernigan,
     Seddon, Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford; Jun. 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; Mar. 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 - Jul. 9, 1992 (331:30:04)

80.) STS-46, Atlantis; Shriver, Allen, Hoffman, Chang-Diaz,
     Ivins, Nicollier, Malerba; Jul. 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 - Jul.
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; Mar.
     4 - 18, 1994 (335:16:)

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

94.) STS-65, Columbia; Cabana, Halsell, Hieb, Thomas, Walz,
     Chiao, Naito-Muka; Jul. 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; Mar. 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.

Go to the KSC Public Affairs Home Page