Timeline of astronauts by nationality
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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.
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1960s
- 1961
Soviet Union: Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 United States: Alan Shepard
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1970s
- 1978
Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Remek
- 1978
Poland: Miroslaw Hermaszewski
- 1978 East Germany: Sigmund Jähn
- 1979
Bulgaria: Georgi Ivanov
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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
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1990s
- 1990
Japan: Toyohiro Akiyama
- 1991
United Kingdom: Helen Sharman
- 1991
Austria: Franz Viehböck
- 1992
Belgium: Dirk Frimout
- 1992 Italy: 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
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2000s
- 2002
South Africa: Mark Shuttleworth
- 2003
Israel: Ilan Ramon (killed on re-entry)
- 2003
China: Yang Liwei
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See also
- List of human spaceflights: 1961-1986, 1987-1999, 2000-present.
- Spaceflight recordszh:各国宇航员上天时间表

