About this Dataset

International Astronaut Database

This dataset includes all astronauts who have flown to an altitude of 100 kilometers or higher. This particular definition of "outer space" is used by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), an international record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. This database also includes those who were killed in a space-bound mission. It does not include, however, those who have flown to altitudes below 100 kilometers or first-time astronauts who were killed in non-space-bound missions without having previously flown to space.

Some astronauts flew to space and returned to Earth on two different spacecraft. In those cases, only the ascent vehicle is included.

Tables

International Astronaut Database

@owid.international_astronaut_database.owid_international_astronaut_database

9.55 kB
2,440 rows
6 columns

CREATE TABLE owid_international_astronaut_database (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "n_launches" INTEGER,
  "n_new_astronauts" INTEGER,
  "n_cumulative_launches" INTEGER,
  "n_cumulative_new_astronauts" INTEGER
);