Manned Sub-orbital Spaceflights
Above at least 100 km in altitude.
| Date (GMT) | Mission | Crew | Country | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961-05-05 | Mercury-Redstone 3 | Alan Shepard | United States | First manned sub-orbital spaceflight, first American in space |
| 2 | 1961-07-21 | Mercury-Redstone 4 | Virgil Grissom | United States | |
| 3 | 1963-07-19 | X-15 Flight 90 | Joseph A. Walker | United States | First winged craft in space |
| 4 | 1963-08-22 | X-15 Flight 91 | Joseph A. Walker | United States | First person and spacecraft to make two flights into space |
| 5 | 1975-04-05 | Soyuz 18a | Vasili Lazarev Oleg Makarov |
Soviet Union | Failed orbital launch. Aborted after malfunction during stage separation |
| 6 | 2004-06-21 | SpaceShipOne flight 15P | Mike Melvill | United States | First commercial spaceflight |
| 7 | 2004-09-29 | SpaceShipOne flight 16P | Mike Melvill | United States | First of two flights to win Ansari X-Prize |
| 8 | 2004-10-04 | SpaceShipOne flight 17P | Brian Binnie | United States | Second X-Prize flight, clinching award |
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