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This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human death or serious injury. These include incidents during flight or training for crewed space missions and testing, assembly, preparation, or flight of crewed and robotic spacecraft. Not included are accidents or incidents associated with intercontinental ...
The rate of these conditions is relatively low (10-50 cases per 100,000 people per day) and most were non-emergency (trauma, infection, psychiatric disorders), but they required an evacuation that would be impossible to provide in space. Crews living and working in harsh environments (Antarctic expeditions, submarines, and undersea habitats ...
Andreas Mogensen, joint 544th person and the first Dane in space. Aidyn Aimbetov, joint 544th person and the first solely Kazakh cosmonaut. Hazza Al Mansouri, joint 564th person and the first in space from the UAE. Jeff Bezos, joint 571st person and the founder of spaceflight company Blue Origin.
Besides the 12 people who have walked on the Moon, 12 more have flown to within 0.001 lunar distance of its surface. As of June 2024 [update] , two of them are alive with an average age of 93 years. During each of the six missions with successful lunar landings, one astronaut remained in lunar orbit while the other two landed.
Most launches from Earth. 10 launches. Frederick W. Sturckow (USA), Space Shuttle and SpaceShipTwo (1998–2024) Note: The six SpaceShipTwo flights surpass the U.S. definition of spaceflight (50 mi (80.47 km)), but fall short of the Kármán line (100 km (62.14 mi)), the definition used for FAI space recordkeeping.
The effects of spaceflight on the human body are complex and largely harmful over both short and long term. [1] Significant adverse effects of long-term weightlessness include muscle atrophy and deterioration of the skeleton (spaceflight osteopenia). [2] Other significant effects include a slowing of cardiovascular system functions, decreased ...
14. Commercial Pilot. Fatal injuries among drivers spurred an industry-wide increase in the fatal injury rate. However, commercial pilots still have the most dangerous transportation job and the ...
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.