List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980
This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 1971 to 1980, including the later Apollo Moon landings, the US Skylab missions, and the start of the Soviet Union's Salyut series of space stations.
- Red indicates fatalities.
- Green indicates suborbital flights (including flights that failed to attain intended orbit).
- Grey indicates flights to the Moon.
# | Crew | Launch spacecraft | Habitation | Return spacecraft | Brief mission summary | |
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42 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 31 January 1971![]() | Moon | 9 February 1971![]() | Third lunar landing. Shepard becomes only Mercury astronaut to walk on the Moon and hits a golf ball on the Moon's surface. | |
43 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 23 April 1971![]() | 25 April 1971![]() | Unsuccessful attempt to board Salyut 1 space station. | ||
44 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 June 1971![]() | Salyut 1 | 29 June 1971![]() | Successful boarding of Salyut 1 (first crewed space station). All crew died on re-entry due to air leak. | |
45 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 26 July 1971![]() | Moon | 7 August 1971![]() | Fourth lunar landing. First Lunar Rover. First deep space EVA. | |
46 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 April 1972![]() | Moon | 27 April 1972![]() | Fifth lunar landing. Second Lunar Rover. Second deep space EVA. | |
47 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 December 1972![]() | Moon | 19 December 1972![]() | Sixth and last lunar landing. Third and last Lunar Rover. Third and last deep space EVA. | |
48 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 25 May 1973![]() | Skylab | 22 June 1973![]() | First crewed mission to Skylab space station. Spent almost one month in space. | |
49 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 28 July 1973![]() | Skylab | 25 September 1973![]() | Spent almost two months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments. | |
50 | ![]() ![]() | 27 September 1973![]() | 29 September 1973![]() | Test flight of new Soyuz design following Soyuz 11 disaster. | ||
51 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16 November 1973![]() | Skylab | 8 February 1974![]() | Spent almost three months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments conducted. | |
52 | ![]() ![]() | 18 December 1973![]() | 26 December 1973![]() | Second test of redesigned Soyuz capsule. Astrophysical observations. | ||
53 | ![]() ![]() | 3 July 1974![]() | Salyut 3 | 19 July 1974![]() | Military mission. Evaluation of military applications of human spaceflight. | |
54 | ![]() ![]() | 26 August 1974![]() | 28 August 1974![]() | Failed to board Salyut 3 space station. | ||
55 | ![]() ![]() | 2 December 1974![]() | 8 December 1974![]() | Systems testing in preparation for joint Soviet-US space flight. | ||
56 | ![]() ![]() | 11 January 1975![]() | Salyut 4 | 10 February 1975![]() | Astronomical observations. | |
57 | ![]() ![]() | 5 April 1975![]() | Failed to reach orbit due to malfunction. | |||
58 | ![]() ![]() | 24 May 1975![]() | Salyut 4 | 26 July 1975![]() | Research into long-term stays in space. | |
59 | ![]() ![]() | 15 July 1975![]() | 21 July 1975![]() | Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); first joint Soviet–US spaceflight. The two craft dock in space with exchange of flags and gifts. Last crewed US mission until STS-1 in 1981. | ||
60 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 15 July 1975![]() | 24 July 1975![]() | |||
61 | ![]() ![]() | 6 July 1976![]() | Salyut 5 | 24 August 1976![]() | Assessment of Salyut 5 station's military surveillance capabilities. | |
62 | ![]() ![]() | 15 September 1976![]() | 23 September 1976![]() | Earth photography. | ||
63 | ![]() ![]() | 14 October 1976![]() | 16 October 1976![]() | Failed to board Salyut 5 space station. | ||
64 | ![]() ![]() | 7 February 1977![]() | Salyut 5 | 25 February 1977![]() | Investigation of air quality on board Salyut 5. | |
65 | ![]() ![]() | 9 October 1977![]() | 11 October 1977![]() | Failed to board Salyut 6 space station. | ||
66 | ![]() ![]() | 10 December 1977![]() | Salyut 6 | 16 March 1978![]() | First successful docking with Salyut 6. | |
67 | ![]() ![]() | 10 January 1978![]() | Salyut 6 | 16 January 1978![]() | ||
68 | ![]() ![]() | 2 March 1978![]() | Salyut 6 | 10 March 1978![]() | First Czech astronaut and first astronaut not from USA or USSR (Remek). | |
69 | ![]() ![]() | 15 June 1978![]() | Salyut 6 | 2 November 1978![]() | Salyut 6 crew rotation. | |
70 | ![]() ![]() | 27 June 1978![]() | Salyut 6 | 5 July 1978![]() | Life sciences experiments. Earth observations and study of aurora borealis. First Pole in space (Hermaszewski). | |
71 | ![]() ![]() | 26 August 1978![]() | Salyut 6 | 3 September 1978![]() | First East German in space (Jähn). | |
72 | ![]() ![]() | 25 February 1979![]() | Salyut 6 | 19 August 1979![]() | Salyut 6 crew rotation. | |
73 | ![]() ![]() | 10 April 1979![]() | 12 April 1979![]() | Failed to board Salyut 6 space station. First Bulgarian in space (Ivanov). | ||
74 | ![]() ![]() | 9 April 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 11 October 1980![]() | Salyut 6 crew rotation. | |
75 | ![]() ![]() | 26 May 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 3 June 1980![]() | Materials processing, Earth observation and life sciences experiments. First Hungarian in space (Farkas). | |
76 | ![]() ![]() | 5 June 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 9 June 1980![]() | First crewed flight of the Soyuz T. | |
77 | ![]() ![]() | 23 July 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 31 July 1980![]() | Miscellaneous scientific experiments. First Vietnamese and first Asian outside USSR in space (Tuan). | |
78 | ![]() ![]() | 18 September 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 26 September 1980![]() | First Cuban and first black person in space (Tamayo-Mendez). | |
79 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 27 November 1980![]() | Salyut 6 | 10 December 1980![]() | Salyut 6 refurbishment. |
See also
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Space_Race_1957-1975.jpg/220px-Space_Race_1957-1975.jpg)
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights
- List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970
- List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990
- List of human spaceflights, 1991–2000
- List of human spaceflights, 2001–2010
- List of human spaceflights, 2011–2020
- List of human spaceflights, 2021–present
References
- Vostok and Voskhod flight history
- Mercury flight history
- X-15 flight history (altitudes given in feet)
- Gemini flight history
- Apollo flight history (student resource)
- Skylab flight history
- Apollo–Soyuz flight history
- Space Shuttle flight history infographic
- Shenzhou flight history timeline
- SpaceShipOne flight history
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