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'''Human spaceflight''' (also referred to as '''crewed spaceflight''' or '''manned spaceflight''') is [[spaceflight|space travel]] with a [[Astronaut|crew]] or passengers aboard the [[spacecraft]]. Spacecraft carrying people may be operated directly, by human crew, or it may be either remotely operated from ground stations on Earth or be autonomous, able to carry out a specific mission with no human involvement.
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'''Human spaceflight''' (or manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is space travel with [[humans]] on the [[spacecraft]]. When a spacecraft is manned, it can be piloted directly, as opposed to machine or robotic [[space probes]] controlled remotely by humans or through automatic methods on board the spacecraft.
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The [[Vostok 1|first human spaceflight]] was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961 as a part of the [[Vostok program]], with [[cosmonaut]] [[Yuri Gagarin]] aboard. Humans have been continuously present in space for 18 years and 149 days on the [[International Space Station]].  All early human spaceflight was crewed, where at least some of the passengers acted to carry out tasks of piloting or operating the spacecraft.  After 2015, several human-capable spacecraft are being explicitly designed with the ability to operate autonomously.
 
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[[Russia]] and [[China]] have human spaceflight capability with the [[Soyuz program]] and [[Shenzhou program]]. In the [[United States]], [[SpaceShipTwo]] reached the edge of space in 2018; this was the first crewed spaceflight from the USA since the [[Space Shuttle]] retired in 2011. Currently, all expeditions to the International Space Station use [[Soyuz]] vehicles, which remain attached to the station to allow a quick return if needed. The [[United States]] is developing commercial crew transportation to facilitate domestic access to ISS and low Earth orbit, as well as the [[Orion]] vehicle for beyond-low Earth orbit applications.
 
  
 
==Orbital human spaceflight==
 
==Orbital human spaceflight==
 
Human [[orbital]] spaceflight programs:
 
Human [[orbital]] spaceflight programs:
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*[[Vostok]], 1961, simulated in [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5126] and [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3931] [[add-ons]]
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*[[Vostok]], 1961
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*[[Project Mercury]], 1962, simulated in [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1878], [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4000], [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4089], [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4091] and [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4112]
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*[[Mercury]], 1962
 
*[[Voskhod]], 1964
 
*[[Voskhod]], 1964
 
*[[Gemini]], 1965
 
*[[Gemini]], 1965
 
*[[Soyuz]], 1967
 
*[[Soyuz]], 1967
 
*[[Apollo]], 1968
 
*[[Apollo]], 1968
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*[[space transportation system|Space Shuttle]], 1981
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*[[Shuttle]], 1981
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*[[Shenzhou]], 2003, simulated in [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5920] and [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3179]
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*[[Shenzhou]], 2003
  
 
==Suborbital human spaceflight==
 
==Suborbital human spaceflight==
 
Human [[suborbital]] spaceflight programs:
 
Human [[suborbital]] spaceflight programs:
 
*[[X-15]], 1962
 
*[[X-15]], 1962
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*[[SpaceShipTwo]], 2004
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*[[SpaceShipOne]], 2004
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[[Category:Manned space program]]
 

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