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List of fully civilian crewed suborbital spaceflights

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:

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No. Mission Ship Date Crew[2] Result. Ref.
1 X-15 Flight 77 X-15 17.01.1963   Joseph Walker Success [3][4][5]
2 X-15 Flight 90 X-15 #3 19.07.1963   Joseph Walker Success [6][5]
3 X-15 Flight 91 X-15 22.08.1963   Joseph Walker Success [7][5]
4 X-15 Flight 150 X-15 22.09.1965   John B. McKay Success [8][9][5]
5 X-15 Flight 174 X-15 01.11.1966   William H. Dana Success [10][11][5]
6 X-15 Flight 197 X-15 21.08.1968   William H. Dana Success [12][13][5]
7 SpaceShipOne flight 15P SpaceShipOne 21.06.2004   Mike Melvill Success [14][5]
8 SpaceShipOne flight 16P SpaceShipOne 29.09.2004   Mike Melvill Success [15][5]
9 SpaceShipOne flight 17P SpaceShipOne 04.10.2004   Brian Binnie Success [16][5]
10 VSS Unity VP-03 VSS Unity 13.12.2018   Mark P. Stucky,   Frederick Sturckow Success [17][5]
11 VSS Unity VF-01 VSS Unity 22.02.2019   David Mackay,   Michael Masucci,   Beth Moses Success [18][5]
12 Virgin Galactic Unity 21 VSS Unity 22.05.2021   Frederick Sturckow,   David Mackay Success [5]
13 Virgin Galactic Unity 22 VSS Unity 11.06.2021   David Mackay,   Michael Masucci,   Sirisha Bandla,   Colin Bennett,   Beth Moses,   Richard Branson Success [5]
14 Blue Origin NS-16 RSS First Step 20.07.2021   Jeff Bezos,   Mark Bezos,   Wally Funk,   Oliver Daemen Success [5]
15 Blue Origin NS-18 RSS First Step 13.10.2021   Audrey Powers,   Chris Boshuizen,   Glen de Vries,   William Shatner Success [5]
16 Blue Origin NS-19 RSS First Step 11.12.2021   Michael Strahan,   Laura Shepard-Churchley,   Dylan Taylor,   Lane Bess,   Cameron Bess,   Evan L. Dick Success [5]
17 Blue Origin NS-20 RSS First Step 30.03.2022   Marty Allen,   Sharon Hagle,   Marc Hagle,   Jim Kitchen,   George Nield,   Gary Lai Success [19]
18 Blue Origin NS-21 RSS First Step 04.06.2022   Evan Dick,   Katya Echazarreta,   Hamish Harding,   Victor Correa Hespanha,   Jaison Robinson,   Victor Vescovo Success [19]
19 Blue Origin NS-22 RSS First Step 04.08.2022   Coby Cotton,   Mário Ferreira,  Vanessa O'Brien,   Clint Kelly III,   Sara Sabry,   Steve Young Success [19]
20 Unity 25 VSS Unity 25.05.2023   Michael Masucci,   Frederick Sturckow,   Beth Moses,   Luke Mays,   Jamila Gilbert,   Christopher Huie Success [19]
21 Galactic 02 VSS Unity 10.08.2023   Frederick Sturckow,   Kelly Latimer,   Beth Moses,   Jon Goodwin,   Keisha Schahaff,   Anastatia Mayers Success [20]
21 Galactic 03 VSS Unity 08.09.2023   Michael Masucci,   Beth Moses,   Adrian Reynard,   Nicole Pecile,   Ken Baxter,   /   Timothy Nash Success [21]
21 Galactic 04 VSS Unity 06.10.2023   Frederick Sturckow,   Kelly Latimer,   Beth Moses,   Trevor Beattie,   Namira Salim,   Ron Rosano Success [22]
21 Galactic 05 VSS Unity 02.11.2023   Michael Masucci,   Kelly Latimer,   Colin Bennett,   Alan Stern,   Kellie Gerardi,   Ketty Maisonrouge Success [23]
21 Galactic 06 VSS Unity 26.01.2024   Frederick Sturckow,   Nicola Pecile,  /  Lina Borozdina,   Robie Vaughn,   Franz Haider,   Neil Kornswiet Success [24]
22 Blue Origin NS-25 RSS First Step 19.05.2024   Mason Angel,   Sylvain Chiron,   Ed Dwight,   Carol Schaller,   Kenneth Hess,   Thotakura Gopichand Success [25]
23 Galactic 07 VSS Unity 08.06.2024   Jameel Janjua,   Nicola Pecile,   Irving Pergament,   Andy Sadhwani,   Tuva Cihangir Atasever,   Giorgio Manenti Success [26][27]
24 Blue Origin NS-26 RSS First Step 29.08.2024  /  Nicolina Elrick,   Karsen Kitchen,   Rob Ferl,   Eugene Grin,  /  Eiman Jahangir,  /  Ephraim Rabin Success [28]
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     Flights with space tourists.

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References

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  1. ^ "Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space". 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. ^ Jonathan McDowell (2021-10-09). "Jonathan's Space Report | Human Spaceflight: Rides". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  3. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 77". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ Evans 2020, p. 20.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Jonathan McDowell. "Suborbital spaceflights". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  6. ^ "Flight No. 90". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  7. ^ "Flight No. 91". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  8. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 150". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  9. ^ Evans 2020, p. 43.
  10. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 174". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  11. ^ Evans 2020, p. 48.
  12. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 197". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  13. ^ Evans 2020, p. 52.
  14. ^ "Flight No. 60L/15P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  15. ^ "Flight No. 65L/16P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  16. ^ "Flight No. 66L/17P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  17. ^ Grush, Loren (2018-12-13). "Virgin Galactic's spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time". The Verge.
  18. ^ Tribou, Richard (2019-02-22). "Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger on space flight". Orlando Sentinel.
  19. ^ a b c d "Rides". 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  20. ^ Virgin Galactic (10 August 2023). "Galactic 02 Spaceflight". Virgin Galactic streaming. Virgin Galactic stream.
  21. ^ "Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  22. ^ Virgin Galactic (2023-10-06). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIFTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FIVE MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  23. ^ Virgin Galactic (2 November 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  24. ^ Virgin Galactic (26 January 2024). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  25. ^ "New Shepard's 25th Mission Includes America's First Black Astronaut Candidate". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  26. ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (8 June 2024). "Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  28. ^ Argueta, Brenda (2024-07-24). "Next crew announced for Blue Origin. Here's who's going to space". WKMG. Retrieved 2024-07-25.

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