Statistics
As of June 16, 2011 (2011-06-16), people from 35 countries have traveled in space. 527 people have reached Earth orbit. 530 have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space, and 536 people have reached the altitude of space according to the American definition. Only 24 people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
Of the 35 countries whose citizens have traveled into Earth orbit, 24 have only flown a single space traveler. Over 94% of all space travelers have been contributed by the following eight nations:
| United States | 332 (63.00%) | |||
| Russia1 | 115 (21.82%) | |||
| Germany2,3 | 10 (1.90%) | |||
| France2 | 9 (1.71%) | |||
| Canada | 9 (1.71%) | |||
| Japan | 9 (1.71%) | |||
| China | 8 (1.52%) | |||
| Italy | 5 (0.95%) | |||
| - Other countries | 30 (5.69%) | |||
1 Includes 61 Soviet cosmonauts and 11 cosmonauts who flew for both Russia and the Soviet Union.
2 Includes both national space programme activity and European Space Agency participation.
3 Includes astronauts from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
Read more about this topic: List Of Space Travelers By Nationality
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