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

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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.

## See also

A chart showing relative accomplishments in human spaceflights (along with probes) visually graphing how the U.S. had far surpassed the Soviet Union in the 1970s with lunar missions, yet lagged years behind in space station activity. A chart showing U.S. astronaut assignments during the 1970s as graduated from the Mercury and Gemini programs.

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