Second Flights
Rank (Country) Name Age Mission Days since last mission
1.(USA 1) Virgil Grissom+ 39 Gemini 3 1,341
2.(USA 2) L. Gordon Cooper 38 Gemini 5 828
3.(USA 3) Walter Schirra 42 Gemini 6 1,169
4.(USA 4) Thomas Stafford 35 Gemini 9 169
5.(USA 5) John Young 35 Gemini 10 482
6.(USA 6) Charles Conrad+ 36 Gemini 11 387
7.(USA 7) James Lovell 38 Gemini 12 328
N/A Edward White II+ 36 Apollo 1 N/A
8.(RUS 1) Vladimir Komarov+ 40 Soyuz 1 926
9.(USA 8) Frank Borman 40 Apollo 8 1,099
10.(USA 9) James McDivitt 39 Apollo 9 1,365
10.(USA 9) David Scott 36 Apollo 9 1,083
12.(USA 11) Eugene Cernan 35 Apollo 10 1,077
13.(USA 12) Edwil Aldrin 39 Apollo 11 974
13.(USA 12) Neil Armstrong 38 Apollo 11 1,218
13.(USA 12) Michale Collins 38 Apollo 11 1,091
16.(RUS 2) Vladimir Shatalov 42 Soyuz 8 269
16.(RUS 2) Alexei Yeliseyev 35 Soyuz 8 268
18.(USA 15) Richard Gordon 40 Apollo 12 1,156
19.(RUS 4) Andrian Nikolayev 40 Soyuz 9 2,847
20.(USA 16) Alan Shepard+ 47 Apollo 14 3,558
21.(RUS 5) Vladislav Volkov+ 35 Soyuz 11 597
22.(USA 17) Alan Bean 41 Skylab 2 1,342
23.(RUS 6) Pavel Popovich 43 Soyuz 14 4,340
24.(RUS 7) Anatoli Filipchenko 46 Soyuz 16 1,872
24.(RUS 7) Nikolai Rukavishnikov 42 Soyuz 16 1,317
26.(RUS 9) Vasili Lazarev 47 Soyuz 18-1 553
26.(RUS 9) Oleg Makarov 42 Soyuz 18-1 553
28.(RUS 11) Pyotr Klimuk 32 Soyuz 18 1,800
28.(RUS 11) Vitali Sevastyanov 39 Soyuz 18 2,098
30.(RUS 13) Valeri Kubasov 40 Soyuz 19 1,818
30.(RUS 13) Alexei Leonov 41 Soyuz 19 3,770
32.(RUS 15) Boris Volynov 41 Soyuz 21 2,725
33.(RUS 16) Valeri Bykovsky 42 Soyuz 22 4,837
34.(RUS 17) Viktor Gorbatko 42 Soyuz 24 2,670
35.(RUS 18) Georgi Grechko 45 Soyuz 26 1,034
36.(RUS 19) Alexei Gubarev 45 Soyuz 28 1,116
37.(RUS 20) Vladimir Kovalyonok 36 Soyuz 29 247
38.(RUS 21) Valeri Ryumin 39 Soyuz 32 502
39.(RUS 22) Vladimir Aksyonov 45 Soyuz-T 2 1,351
40.(RUS 23) Yuri Romanenko 36 Soyuz 38 917
41.(RUS 24) Vladimir Dzhanibekov 38 Soyuz 39 1,161
42.(RUS 25) Leonid Popov 35 Soyuz 40 216
43.(USA 18) Jack Lousma 46 Columbia 3 3,100
44.(RUS 26) Valentin Lebedev 40 Soyuz-T 5 3,060
45.(RUS 27) Alexander Ivanchenkov 41 Soyuz-T 6 1,330
46.(USA 19) Thomas Mattingly 46 Columbia 4 3,713
47.(USA 20) Vance Brand 51 Columbia 5 3,032
48.(USA 21) Paul Weitz 50 Challenger 1 3,342
49.(RUS 28) Alexander Serebrov 39 Soyuz-T 8 236
49.(RUS 28) Gennadi Strekalov 43 Soyuz-T 8 861
51.(USA 22) Robert Crippen 45 Challenger 2 430
52.(RUS 30) Vladimir Lyakhov 42 Soyuz-T 9 1,408
53.(USA 23) Richard Truly 45 Challenger 3 654
54.(RUS 31) Vladimir Titov 36 Soyuz-T 10-1 157
55.(USA 24) Owen Garriott 53 Columbia 6 3,716
56.(RUS 32) Leonid Kizim 42 Soyuz-T 10 1,155
57.(RUS 33) Yuri Malyshev 42 Soyuz-T 11 1,395
58.(RUS 34) Svetlana Savitskaya 35 Soyuz-T 12 690
59.(USA 25) Henry Hartsfield 50 Discovery 1 665
60.(USA 26) Sally Ride 33 Challenger 6 468
61.(USA 27) Joseph Allen 47 Discovery 2 723
61.(USA 27) Dale Gardner 36 Discovery 2 436
61.(USA 27) Frederick Hauck 43 Discovery 2 503
64.(USA 30) Karol Bobko 47 Discovery 2 734
64.(USA 30) Charles Walker 36 Discovery 4 219
66.(USA 32) Robert Overmyer+ 48 Challenger 7 895
66.(USA 32) Norman Thagard 41 Challenger 7 675
66.(USA 32) William Thornton 56 Challenger 7 602
69.(RUS 35) Viktor Savinykh 45 Soyuz-T 13 1,472
70.(USA 35) Daniel Brandenstein 42 Discovery 3 651
70.(USA 35) John Fabian 43 Discovery 5 724
72.(USA 37) Charles Fullerton 48 Challenger 8 1,217
72.(USA 37) F. Story Musgrave 49 Challenger 8 842
74.(USA 39) Joseph Engle 53 Discovery 6 1,382
74.(USA 39) James van Hoften 41 Discovery 6 501
76.(USA 41) Robert Stewart 43 Atlantis 1 608
77.(USA 42) Guion Bluford 41 Challenger 9 786
77.(USA 42) James Buchli 40 Challenger 9 276
77.(USA 42) Steve Nagel 39 Challenger 9 128
80.(USA 45) Brewster Shaw 40 Atlantis 2 719
81.(USA 46) Robert Gibson 39 Columbia 7 701
81.(USA 46) Steven Hawley 34 Columbia 7 464
81.(USA 46) George Nelson 35 Columbia 7 639
N/A Ronald Erwin McNair+ 35 Challenger 10 N/A
N/A Ellison Shoji Onizuka+ 39 Challenger 10 N/A
N/A Judith Arlene Resnik+ 40 Challenger 10 N/A
N/A Francis Richard Scobee+ 47 Challenger 10 N/A
84.(RUS 36) Vladimir Solovyovv 39 Soyuz-T 15 527
85.(RUS 37) Aleksander Aleksandrov 44 Soyuz-TM 3 1,337
86.(USA 49) Richard Covey 42 Discovery 7 1,122
86.(USA 49) David Hilmers 38 Discovery 7 1,087
86.(USA 49) John Lounge 42 Discovery 7 1,122
89.(FRA 1) Jean-Loup Chretien 50 Soyuz-TM 7 2,217
89.(RUS 38) Aleksander Volkov 40 Soyuz-TM 7 1,101
91.(USA 52) Richard Mullane 43 Atlantis 3 1,549
91.(USA 52) Jerry Ross 40 Atlantis 3 1,095
93.(USA 54) Michael Coats 43 Discovery 8 1,650
94.(USA 55) Mary Cleave 42 Atlantis 4 1,248
94.(USA 55) Ronald Grabe 43 Atlantis 4 1,305
94.(USA 55) David Walker 44 Atlantis 4 1,630
97.(USA 58) David Leestma 40 Columbia 8 1,760
98.(RUS 39) Aleksander Viktorenko 42 Soyuz-TM 8 768
99.(USA 59) Franklin Chang-Diaz 39 Atlantis 5 1,369
99.(USA 59) Shannon Lucid 46 Atlantis 5 1,577
99.(USA 59) Donald Williams 47 Atlantis 5 1,643
102.(USA 62) John Blaha 47 Discovery 9 249
102.(USA 62) Frederick Gregory 48 Discovery 9 1,661
104.(USA 64) Bonnie Dunbar 40 Columbia 9 1,525
105.(RUS 40) Anatoli Solovyov 42 Soyuz-TM 9 604
106.(USA 65) John Creighton 47 Atlantis 6 1,710
107.(USA 66) Charles Bolden 43 Discovery 10 1,557
107.(USA 66) Bruce McCandless II 52 Discovery 10 2,264
107.(USA 66) Loren Shriver 45 Discovery 10 1,913
107.(USA 66) Kathryn Sullivan 38 Discovery 10 2,019
111.(USA 70) Richard Richards 44 Discovery 11 419
111.(USA 70) William Shepherd 41 Discovery 11 669
113.(USA 72) Robert Springer 46 Atlantis 7 607
114.(USA 73) Guy Gardner 42 Columbia 10 726
114.(USA 73) Jeffrey Hoffman 46 Columbia 10 2,053
114.(USA 73) Robert A. K. Parker 53 Columbia 10 2,551
117.(RUS 41) Musa Manarov 39 Soyuz-TM 11 711
118.(RUS 42) Sergei Krikalyov 32 Soyuz-TM 12 751
119.(USA 76) James Bagian 49 Columbia 11 809
119.(USA 76) Bryan O'Connor 44 Columbia 11 2,010
119.(USA 76) M. Rhea Seddon 43 Columbia 11 2,238
122.(USA 79) James Adamson 45 Atlantis 9 728
122.(USA 79) G. David Low 35 Atlantis 9 568
124.(USA 81) Mark Brown 39 Discovery 13 760
124.(USA 81) Charles Gemar 36 Discovery 13 296
126.(GRM 1) Ulf Merbold 50 Discovery 14 2,967
127.(USA 83) Byron Lichtenberg 44 Atlantis 11 3,029
128.(USA 84) Thomas Akers 40 Endeavour 1 574
128.(USA 84) Richard Heib 36 Endeavour 1 366
128.(USA 84) Bruce Melnick 42 Endeavour 1 574
128.(USA 84) Kathryn Thornton 39 Endeavour 1 891
128.(USA 84) Pierre Thuot 36 Endeavour 1 794
133.(USA 89) Ellen Baker 41 Columbia 12 583
133.(USA 89) Carl Meade 39 Columbia 12 976
135.(USA 91) Marsha Ivins 41 Atlantis 12 923
136.(USA 92) Jerome Apt 43 Endeavour 2 520
136.(USA 92) Mark Lee 40 Endeavour 2 1,223
138.(USA 94) Michael Baker 38 Columbia 13 438
138.(USA 94) Tamara Jernigan 33 Columbia 13 496
138.(USA 94) James Wetherbee 48 Columbia 13 535
138.(USA 94) Charles Veach+ 39 Columbia 13 1,006
142.(USA 98) Robert Cabana 43 Discovery 15 784
142.(USA 98) James Voss 43 Discovery 15 367
144.(USA100) John Casper 49 Endeavour 3 1,046
144.(USA100) Gregory Harbaugh 36 Endeavour 3 618
144.(USA100) Donald McMonagle 40 Endeavour 3 618
144.(USA100) Mario Runco 40 Endeavour 3 409
148.(RUS 43) Gennadi Manakov 42 Soyuz-TM 16 776
149.(USA104) Kenneth Cameron 43 Discovery 16 728
149.(USA104) C. Michael Foale 36 Discovery 16 371
149.(USA104) Stephen Oswald 41 Discovery 16 434
152.(USA107) Terrence Henricks 40 Columbia 14 512
153.(USA108) Brian Duffy 40 Endeavour 4 445
154.(USA109) Frank Culbertson 44 Discovery 17 1,027
154.(USA109) William Readdy 41 Discovery 17 591
156.(USA111) Kenneth Bowersox 37 Endeavour 5 511
156.(SWS 1) Claude Nicollier 49 Endeavour 5 481
158.(RUS 44) Viktor Afanasyev 45 Soyuz-TM 18 958
158.(RUS 44) Valeri Polyakov 51 Soyuz-TM 18 1,717
160.(USA112) N. Jan Davis 40 Discovery 18 501
160.(USA112) Kenneth Reightler 42 Discovery 18 869
162.(USA114) Andrew Allen 38 Columbia 16 573
163.(USA115) Kevin Chilton 39 Endeavour 6 693
163.(USA115) Michael R. U. Clifford 41 Endeavour 6 486
163.(USA115) Linda Godwin 41 Endeavour 6 1,094
163.(USA115) Sidney Gutierrez 42 Endeavour 6 1,030
167.(USA119) Carl Walz 38 Columbia 17 289
168.(USA120) L. Blaine Hammond 42 Discovery 19 1,222
168.(USA120) Susan Helms 36 Discovery 19 598
170.(USA122) Daniel Bursch 37 Endeavour 7 373
170.(USA122) Thomas Jones 39 Endeavour 7 163
170.(USA122) Peter J.K. Wisoff 36 Endeavour 7 456
173.(USA125) Curtis Brown 38 Atlantis 13 774
173.(USA125) Ellen Ochoa 36 Atlantis 13 565
175.(USA127) Bernard Harris 38 Discovery 20 638
175.(USA127) Janice Voss-Ford 38 Discovery 20 582
177.(USA129) Samuel Durrance 51 Endeavour 8 1,543
177.(USA129) Ronald Parise 43 Endeavour 8 1,543
179.(USA131) Charles Precourt# 39 Atlantis 14 792
180.(USA132) Nancy Sherlock 36 Discovery 21 752
180.(USA132) Donald Thomas 40 Discovery 21 669
182.(RUS 46) Sergei Avdeyev 39 Soyuz-TM 22 1,133
183.(USA134) Kenneth Cockrell 45 Endeavour 9 882
183.(USA134) James Newman 38 Endeavour 9 725
185.(USA136) James Halsell 39 Atlantis 15 492
185.(USA136) William McArthur 44 Atlantis 15 755
187.(USA138) Leroy Chiao 35 Endeavour 10 552
188.(RUS 47) Yuri Usachyov 38 Soyuz-TM 23 774
189.(USA139) Richard Searfoss 43 Atlantis 16 886
189.(USA139) Ronald Sega 43 Atlantis 16 552
191.(CAN 1) Marc Garneau 47 Endeavour 11 4,236
192.(USA141) Kevin Kregel 39 Columbia 20 334
193.(RUS 48) Aleksander Kaleri 40 Soyuz-TM 24 1,468
194.(USA142) Terrence Wilcutt 46 Atlantis 17 717
195.(USA143) Kent Rominger 40 Columbia 21 380
196.(USA144) John Grunsfeld 38 Atlantis 18 682
196.(USA144) Brent Jett 38 Atlantis 18 367
196.(USA144) Jerry Linenger 41 Atlantis 18 856
199.(RUS 49) Vasili Tsibliyev 42 Soyuz-TM 25 1,143
200.(USA147) Scott Horowitz 39 Discovery 22 355
200.(USA147) Steven Smith 38 Discovery 22 865
200.(USA147) Joseph Tanner 47 Discovery 22 831
203.(USA150) Michael Gernhardt 40 Columbia 22 575
204.(FRA 2) Jean-Francois Clervoy 38 Atlantis 19 924
204.(USA151) Eileen Collins 40 Atlantis 19 832
204.(RUS 50) Yelena Kondakova 40 Atlantis 19 955
207.(USA152) Roger Crouch 56 Columbia 23 88
207.(USA152) Gregory Linteris 39 Columbia 23 88
207.(USA152) Susan Still 35 Columbia 23 88
210.(USA155) Wendy Lawrence 38 Atlantis 20 939
210.(USA155) Scott Parazynski 36 Atlantis 20 1,058
210.(USA155) David Wolf 41 Atlantis 20 1,439
213.(USA158) Winston Scott 47 Columbia 24 678
214.(USA159) Andrew S.W. Thomas 46 Endeavour 12 614
215.(RUS 51) Nikolai Budarin 44 Soyuz-TM 27 947
215.(KZH 1) Talgat Musabayev 47 Soyuz-TM 27 1,308
217.(USA160) Richard Linnehan 40 Columbia 25 666
218.(USA161) John Glenn 77 Discovery 25 13,400
218.(USA161) Steven Lindsey 38 Discovery 25 344
218.(JAP 1) Chiaki Mukai 46 Discovery 25 1,379
218.(USA161) Stephen Robinson 43 Discovery 25 448
222.(FRA 3) Jean-Pierre Haignere 50 Soyuz-TM 29 2,060
223.(USA164) Daniel Barry 45 Discovery 26 1,232
224.(USA165) Catherine Coleman 38 Columbia 26 1,372
224.(FRA 4) Michel Tognini 49 Columbia 26 2,552
226.(USA166) Dominic Gorie 42 Endeavour 14 619
226.(USA166) Janet Kavandi 40 Endeavour 14 619
226.(JAP 2) Mamoru Mohri 52 Endeavour 14 2,708
229.(USA167) Mary Ellen Weber 37 Atlantis 21 1,772
230. (USA169) Scott Altman 41 Atlantis 22 875
230. (USA169) Edward Lu 37 Atlantis 22 1,212
230. (RUS 52) Yuri malenchenko 40 Atlantis 22 2,262
233. (JAP 3) Kiochi Wakata 37 Discovery 28 1,735
233. (USA171) Michael Lopez-Alegria 42 Discovery 28 1,818
235. (RUS 53) Yuri Gidzenko 38 Soyuz-TM 31 1,885
236. (USA172) Michael Bloomfield 41 Endeavour 15 1,162
236. (USA172) Carlos Noriega 41 Endeavour 15 1,295
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Records
Country Shortest Longest Average
USA (173) 88 13,400 975.457 days (2.671 years)
RUS (53) 157 4,837 1,282.830 days (3.512 years)
ROW (11) 481 4,236 2,051.545 days (5.617 years)
Total (237) 88 13,400 1,094.139 days (2.996 years)



Oldest
John Glenn - USA 77 Discovery 25
Woman
Shannon Lucid - USA 46 Atlantis 5
Russia
Male
Valeri Polyakov 51 Soyuz-TM 18
Female
Svetlana Savitskaya 35 Soyuz-T 12
Rest of World
Male
Jean-Loup Chretien - France 50 Soyuz-TM 7
Woman
Chiaki Mukai - Japan 46 Discovery 25
Youngest
Male
Pyotr Klimuk - Russia 32 Soyuz 18
Woman
Sally Ride - USA 33 Challenger 6
USA
Male
Thomas Stafford 35 Gemini 9
Russia
Woman
Svetlana Savitskaya 35 Soyuz-T 12
Rest of World
Male
Jean-Francois Clervoy - France 38 Atlantis 19
Woman
Chiaki Mukai - Japan 46 Discovery 25
Longest Wait
Male
John Glenn - USA 13,400 (36.688) Discovery 25
Female
M. Rhea Seddon - USA 2,238 (6.127) Columbia 11
Russia
Male
Valeri Bykovski 4,837 (11.883) Soyuz 22
Woman
Yelena Kondakova 955 (2.615) Atlantis 19
Rest of World
Male
Marc Garneau - Canada 4,236 (11.598) Endeavour 11
Woman
Chiaki Mukai - Japan 1,379 (3.776) Discovery 25
Shortest Wait
Male
Roger Crouch - USA 88 Columbia 23
Roger Linteris- USA 88 Columbia 23
Female
Susan Still - USA 88 Columbia 23
Russia
Male
Vladimir Titov 157 Soyuz-T 10-1
Russia
Female
Svetlana Savitskaya 690 (1.889) Soyuz-T 12
Rest of World
Male
Claude Nicollier - Switzerland 481 (1.317) Endeavour 5
Female
Chiaki Mukai - Japan 1,379 (3.776) Discovery 25