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List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980

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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	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79
USA Alan B. Shepard (2)
USA Stuart A. Roosa
USA Edgar D. Mitchell	31 January 1971
USA Apollo 14	Moon	9 February 1971
USA Apollo 14	Third lunar landing. Shepard becomes only Mercury astronaut to walk on the Moon and hits a golf ball on the Moon's surface.
USSR Vladimir Shatalov (3)
USSR Aleksei Yeliseyev (3)
USSR Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1)	23 April 1971
USSR Soyuz 10	25 April 1971
USSR Soyuz 10	Unsuccessful attempt to board Salyut 1 space station.
USSR Georgy Dobrovolsky
USSR Viktor Patsayev
USSR Vladislav Volkov (2)	6 June 1971
USSR Soyuz 11	Salyut 1	29 June 1971
USSR Soyuz 11	Successful boarding of Salyut 1 (first crewed space station). All crew died on re-entry due to air leak.
USA David R. Scott (3)
USA Alfred M. Worden
USA James B. Irwin	26 July 1971
USA Apollo 15	Moon	7 August 1971
USA Apollo 15	Fourth lunar landing. First Lunar Rover. First deep space EVA.
USA John W. Young (4)
USA Thomas K. Mattingly (1)
USA Charles M. Duke	16 April 1972
USA Apollo 16	Moon	27 April 1972
USA Apollo 16	Fifth lunar landing. Second Lunar Rover. Second deep space EVA.
USA Eugene A. Cernan (3)
USA Ronald E. Evans
USA Harrison H. Schmitt	7 December 1972
USA Apollo 17	Moon	19 December 1972
USA Apollo 17	Sixth and last lunar landing. Third and last Lunar Rover. Third and last deep space EVA.
USA Charles P. Conrad (4)
USA Paul J. Weitz (1)
USA Joseph P. Kerwin	25 May 1973
USA Skylab 2	Skylab	22 June 1973
USA Skylab 2	First crewed mission to Skylab space station. Spent almost one month in space.
USA Alan L. Bean (2)
USA Jack R. Lousma (1)
USA Owen K. Garriott (1)	28 July 1973
USA Skylab 3	Skylab	25 September 1973
USA Skylab 3	Spent almost two months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments.
USSR Vasili Lazarev (1)
USSR Oleg Makarov (1)	27 September 1973
USSR Soyuz 12	29 September 1973
USSR Soyuz 12	Test flight of new Soyuz design following Soyuz 11 disaster.
USA Gerald P. Carr
USA William R. Pogue
USA Edward G. Gibson	16 November 1973
USA Skylab 4	Skylab	8 February 1974
USA Skylab 4	Spent almost three months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments conducted.
USSR Valentin Lebedev (1)
USSR Pyotr Klimuk (1)	18 December 1973
USSR Soyuz 13	26 December 1973
USSR Soyuz 13	Second test of redesigned Soyuz capsule.
Astrophysical observations.
USSR Yuri Artyukhin
USSR Pavel Popovich (2)	3 July 1974
USSR Soyuz 14	Salyut 3	19 July 1974
USSR Soyuz 14	Military mission. Evaluation of military applications of human spaceflight.
USSR Lev Demin
USSR Gennadi Sarafanov	26 August 1974
USSR Soyuz 15	28 August 1974
USSR Soyuz 15	Failed to board Salyut 3 space station.
USSR Anatoly Filipchenko (2)
USSR Nikolay Rukavishnikov (2)	2 December 1974
USSR Soyuz 16	8 December 1974
USSR Soyuz 16	Systems testing in preparation for joint Soviet-US space flight.
USSR Georgy Grechko (1)
USSR Aleksei Gubarev (1)	11 January 1975
USSR Soyuz 17	Salyut 4	10 February 1975
USSR Soyuz 17	Astronomical observations.
USSR Vasili Lazarev (2)
USSR Oleg Makarov (2)	5 April 1975
USSR Soyuz 18a	Failed to reach orbit due to malfunction.
USSR Pyotr Klimuk (2)
USSR Vitali Sevastyanov (2)	24 May 1975
USSR Soyuz 18	Salyut 4	26 July 1975
USSR Soyuz 18	Research into long-term stays in space.
USSR Alexei Leonov (2)
USSR Valeri Kubasov (2)	15 July 1975
USSR Soyuz 19	21 July 1975
USSR Soyuz 19	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.
USA Thomas P. Stafford (4)
USA Vance D. Brand (1)
USA Donald K. Slayton	15 July 1975
USA Apollo–Soyuz	24 July 1975
USA Apollo–Soyuz
USSR Boris Volynov (2)
USSR Vitaliy Zholobov	6 July 1976
USSR Soyuz 21	Salyut 5	24 August 1976
USSR Soyuz 21	Assessment of Salyut 5 station's military surveillance capabilities.
USSR Valery Bykovsky (2)
USSR Vladimir Aksyonov (1)	15 September 1976
USSR Soyuz 22	23 September 1976
USSR Soyuz 22	Earth photography.
USSR Vyacheslav Zudov
USSR Valery Rozhdestvensky	14 October 1976
USSR Soyuz 23	16 October 1976
USSR Soyuz 23	Failed to board Salyut 5 space station.
USSR Viktor Gorbatko (2)
USSR Yuri Glazkov	7 February 1977
USSR Soyuz 24	Salyut 5	25 February 1977
USSR Soyuz 24	Investigation of air quality on board Salyut 5.
USSR Vladimir Kovalyonok (1)
USSR Valeri Ryumin (1)	9 October 1977
USSR Soyuz 25	11 October 1977
USSR Soyuz 25	Failed to board Salyut 6 space station.
USSR Georgy Grechko (2)
USSR Yuri Romanenko (1)	10 December 1977
USSR Soyuz 26	Salyut 6	16 March 1978
USSR Soyuz 27	First successful docking with Salyut 6.
USSR Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1)
USSR Oleg Makarov (3)	10 January 1978
USSR Soyuz 27	Salyut 6	16 January 1978
USSR Soyuz 26
USSR Aleksey Gubarev (2)
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Remek	2 March 1978
USSR Soyuz 28	Salyut 6	10 March 1978
USSR Soyuz 28	First Czech astronaut and first astronaut not from USA or USSR (Remek).
USSR Vladimir Kovalyonok (2)
USSR Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1)	15 June 1978
USSR Soyuz 29	Salyut 6	2 November 1978
USSR Soyuz 31	Salyut 6 crew rotation.
USSR Pyotr Klimuk (3)
POL Mirosław Hermaszewski	27 June 1978
USSR Soyuz 30	Salyut 6	5 July 1978
USSR Soyuz 30	Life sciences experiments. Earth observations and study of aurora borealis. First Pole in space (Hermaszewski).
USSR Valery Bykovsky (3)
GDR Sigmund Jähn	26 August 1978
USSR Soyuz 31	Salyut 6	3 September 1978
USSR Soyuz 29	First East German in space (Jähn).
USSR Vladimir Lyakhov (1)
USSR Valeri Ryumin (2)	25 February 1979
USSR Soyuz 32	Salyut 6	19 August 1979
USSR Soyuz 34	Salyut 6 crew rotation.
USSR Nikolay Rukavishnikov (3)
Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov	10 April 1979
USSR Soyuz 33	12 April 1979
USSR Soyuz 33	Failed to board Salyut 6 space station. First Bulgarian in space (Ivanov).
USSR Leonid Popov (1)
USSR Valeri Ryumin (3)	9 April 1980
USSR Soyuz 35	Salyut 6	11 October 1980
USSR Soyuz 37	Salyut 6 crew rotation.
USSR Valeri Kubasov (3)
HUN Bertalan Farkas	26 May 1980
USSR Soyuz 36	Salyut 6	3 June 1980
USSR Soyuz 35	Materials processing, Earth observation and life sciences experiments. First Hungarian in space (Farkas).
USSR Yury Malyshev (1)
USSR Vladimir Aksyonov (2)	5 June 1980
USSR Soyuz T-2	Salyut 6	9 June 1980
USSR Soyuz T-2	First crewed flight of the Soyuz T.
USSR Viktor Gorbatko (3)
VNM Pham Tuân	23 July 1980
USSR Soyuz 37	Salyut 6	31 July 1980
USSR Soyuz 36	Miscellaneous scientific experiments. First Vietnamese and first Asian outside USSR in space (Tuan).
USSR Yuri Romanenko (2)
CUB Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez	18 September 1980
USSR Soyuz 38	Salyut 6	26 September 1980
USSR Soyuz 38	First Cuban and first black person in space (Tamayo-Mendez).
USSR Leonid Kizim (1)
USSR Oleg Makarov (4)
USSR Gennadi Strekalov (1)	27 November 1980
USSR Soyuz T-3	Salyut 6	10 December 1980
USSR Soyuz T-3	Salyut 6 refurbishment.

References

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