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Following the definition that a
civilian is someone who is not part of their country's
armed forces (not in active duty; former service or reservist status is not considered being part of armed forces),
[1] these are suborbital space flights (spaceflight according to US 50 mile space boundary definition) with a fully civilian crew:
List
No.
Mission
Ship
Date
Crew
[2]
Result.
Ref.
1
X-15 Flight 77
X-15
17.01.1963
Joseph Walker
Success
[3]
[5]
2
X-15 Flight 90
X-15 #3
19.07.1963
Joseph Walker
Success
[6]
[5]
3
X-15 Flight 91
X-15
22.08.1963
Joseph Walker
Success
[7]
[5]
4
X-15 Flight 150
X-15
22.09.1965
John B. McKay
Success
[8]
[5]
5
X-15 Flight 174
X-15
01.11.1966
William H. Dana
Success
[10]
[5]
6
X-15 Flight 197
X-15
21.08.1968
William H. Dana
Success
[12]
[5]
7
SpaceShipOne flight 15P
SpaceShipOne
21.06.2004
Mike Melvill
Success
[14]
[5]
8
SpaceShipOne flight 16P
SpaceShipOne
29.09.2004
Mike Melvill
Success
[15]
[5]
9
SpaceShipOne flight 17P
SpaceShipOne
04.10.2004
Brian Binnie
Success
[16]
[5]
10
VSS Unity VP-03
VSS Unity
13.12.2018
Mark P. Stucky ,
Frederick Sturckow
Success
[17]
[5]
11
VSS Unity VF-01
VSS Unity
22.02.2019
David Mackay ,
Michael Masucci ,
Beth Moses
Success
[18]
[5]
12
Virgin Galactic Unity 21
VSS Unity
22.05.2021
Frederick Sturckow ,
David Mackay
Success
[5]
13
Virgin Galactic Unity 22
VSS Unity
11.06.2021
David Mackay ,
Michael Masucci ,
Sirisha Bandla ,
Colin Bennett ,
Beth Moses ,
Richard Branson
Success
[5]
14
Blue Origin NS-16
RSS First Step
20.07.2021
Jeff Bezos ,
Mark Bezos ,
Wally Funk ,
Oliver Daemen
Success
[5]
15
Blue Origin NS-18
RSS First Step
13.10.2021
Audrey Powers ,
Chris Boshuizen ,
Glen de Vries ,
William Shatner
Success
[5]
16
Blue Origin NS-19
RSS First Step
11.12.2021
Michael Strahan ,
Laura Shepard-Churchley ,
Dylan Taylor ,
Lane Bess ,
Cameron Bess ,
Evan L. Dick
Success
[5]
17
Blue Origin NS-20
RSS First Step
30.03.2022
Marty Allen,
Sharon Hagle,
Marc Hagle,
Jim Kitchen,
George Nield,
Gary Lai
Success
[19]
18
Blue Origin NS-21
RSS First Step
04.06.2022
Evan Dick,
Katya Echazarreta,
Hamish Harding ,
Victor Correa Hespanha,
Jaison Robinson ,
Victor Vescovo
Success
[19]
19
Blue Origin NS-22
RSS First Step
04.08.2022
Coby Cotton ,
Mário Ferreira ,
Vanessa O'Brien ,
Clint Kelly III,
Sara Sabry,
Steve Young
Success
[19]
20
Unity 25
VSS Unity
25.05.2023
Michael Masucci ,
Frederick Sturckow ,
Beth Moses ,
Luke Mays,
Jamila Gilbert,
Christopher Huie
Success
[19]
21
Galactic 02
VSS Unity
10.08.2023
Frederick Sturckow ,
Kelly Latimer ,
Beth Moses ,
Jon Goodwin ,
Keisha Schahaff ,
Anastatia Mayers
Success
[20]
21
Galactic 03
VSS Unity
08.09.2023
Michael Masucci ,
Beth Moses ,
Adrian Reynard ,
Nicole Pecile,
Ken Baxter ,
/
Timothy Nash
Success
[21]
21
Galactic 04
VSS Unity
06.10.2023
Frederick Sturckow ,
Kelly Latimer ,
Beth Moses ,
Trevor Beattie ,
Namira Salim ,
Ron Rosano
Success
[22]
21
Galactic 05
VSS Unity
02.11.2023
Michael Masucci ,
Kelly Latimer ,
Colin Bennett ,
Alan Stern ,
Kellie Gerardi ,
Ketty Maisonrouge
Success
[23]
21
Galactic 06
VSS Unity
26.01.2024
Frederick Sturckow ,
Nicola Pecile,
/
Lina Borozdina,
Robie Vaughn,
Franz Haider,
Neil Kornswiet
Success
[24]
Color:
Flights with space tourists.
See also
References
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