List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980

Last updated December 16, 2023

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

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