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Manned spaceflights statistics

Manned Spaceflight

Manned Launches*:	284
Total astronauts sent:	1179
Individual astronauts:	525

* STS-51L included - Mercury 3 and 4, Soyuz 18 excluded

Cumulative time* in hours
* total stopped as of the Soyouz TMA-02M landing (22 November 2011)

All nationalities:	951849 h
Russia:	530247 h
United States:	352996 h
China:	457 h
Other countries:	68149 h

Total kept by Daniel Tromeur of the French Cap Espace association

On orbit: Expedition 30

International Space Station

Expedition 30

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Oleg Kononenko

Flight engineer
Russian - Roscosmos
Born on 21 June 1964 in Chardzhou (Turkmenia)

Graduated as a mechanical engineer, he worked as a manager in Samara where the Soyuz rockets are manufactured. He was selected to become a cosmonaut in 1996.

Space flights:
-Expedition 17 aboard the ISS (8 April - 24 October 2008, return trip in Soyuz TMA-12).
-Expedition 30 since 21 December 2011 (Soyuz TMA-03-M).

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Donald Pettit

Flight engineer
American - NASA
Born on 20 April 1955 in Silverton (Oregon, USA)

Doctor in chemical engineering, he worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory and took part in the work group for the return to the Moon in 1990 and then worked on the Space Station Freedom project (1993). NASA selected him to become an astronaut in 1996.

Space flights:
-Expedition 6 aboard the ISS (23 November 2002 - 3 May 2003, arrived in space shuttle Endeavour with STS-113 mission and returned in Soyuz TMA-1).
-STS-126 (space shuttle Endeavour to the ISS) 14 to 30 November 2008.
-Expedition 30 since 21 December 2011 (Soyuz TMA-03-M).

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André Kuipers

Flight engineer
Dutch - ESA
Born on 5 October 1958 in Amsterdam (Netherlands)

This medical doctor worked for the medical corps in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and then as a scientist for the ESA before he was selected to become an astronaut in 1999.

Space flights:
-Taxi-flight to the ISS (19-30 April 2004, arrived in Soyuz TMA-4 and returned in TMA-3).
-Expedition 30 since 21 December 2011 (Soyuz TMA-03-M).

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Anton Shkaplerov

Flight engineer
Russian - Roscosmos
Born on 20 February 1972 in Sebastopol (Ukraine)

Pilot-engineer in the Russian Air Force (Colonel), he was also a pilot-instructor and has more than 300 parachute jumps to his credit. He was selected to become a cosmonaut in 2003.

Space flight:
-Expedition 29 since 14 November 2011 (Soyuz TMA-22).

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Anatoli Ivanishin

Flight engineer
Russian - Roscosmos
Born on 15 January 1969 in Irkutsk (Russia)

Pilot in the Russian Air Force (Lieutenant Colonel), he graduated from Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute and Moscow University in economics, statistics and information theory. He was selected to become a cosmonaut in 2003.

Space flight:
-Expedition 29 since 14 November 2011 (Soyuz TMA-22).

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Daniel Burbank

Flight engineer
American - NASA
Born on 27 July 1961 in Manchester, Connecticut (USA)

Pilot and instructor for the US Coast Guards, he graduated in electrical engineering and has a master of science degree in aeronautical science.

Space flights:
-STS-106 (space shuttle Atlantis to the ISS) from 8 to 20 September 2000.
-STS-115 (space shuttle Atlantis to the ISS) from 9 to 21 September 2006.
-Expedition 29 since 14 November 2011 (Soyuz TMA-22).

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