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Crewed spaceflights during the 1980s are listed chronologically in the table.
| mission | country | crew | dates | notes | |
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| Soyuz 35/Salyut 6/Soyuz 37 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Popov | April 9–Oct. 11, 1980 | new space endurance record (184 days 20 hours) | |
| Valery Ryumin | |||||
| Soyuz 36/Salyut 6/Soyuz 35 | U.S.S.R. | Valery Kubasov | May 26–June 3, 1980 | first Hungarian astronaut (Farkas) | |
| Bertalan Farkas | |||||
| Soyuz T-2/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Yuri Malyshev | June 5–9, 1980 | test flight of updated Soyuz | |
| Vladimir Aksyonov | |||||
| Soyuz 37/Salyut 6/Soyuz 36 | U.S.S.R. | Viktor Gorbatko | July 23–31, 1980 | first Vietnamese astronaut (Tuan) | |
| Pham Tuan | |||||
| Soyuz 38/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Yury Romanenko | Sept. 18–26, 1980 | first Cuban astronaut (Tamayo Méndez) | |
| Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez | |||||
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Soyuz T-3/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Kizim | Nov. 27–Dec. 10, 1980 | conducted maintenance and repairs of Salyut 6 |
| Oleg Makarov | |||||
| Gennady Strekalov | |||||
| Soyuz T-4/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Kovalyonok | March 12–May 26, 1981 | conducted biomedical experiments | |
| Viktor Savinkyh | |||||
| Soyuz 39/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | March 22–30, 1981 | first Mongolian astronaut (Gurragcha) | |
| Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha | |||||
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STS-1 (Columbia) | U.S. | John Young | April 12–14, 1981 | first space shuttle flight |
| Robert Crippen | |||||
| Soyuz 40/Salyut 6 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Popov | May 14–22, 1981 | first Romanian astronaut (Prunariu) | |
| Dumitru Prunariu | |||||
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STS-2 (Columbia) | U.S. | Joseph Engle | Nov. 12–14, 1981 | first reuse of a crewed spacecraft |
| Richard Truly | |||||
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STS-3 (Columbia) | U.S. | Jack Lousma | March 22–30, 1982 | conducted biological experiments and operated manipulator arm |
| Gordon Fullerton | |||||
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Soyuz T-5/Salyut 7/Soyuz T-7 | U.S.S.R. | Anatoly Berezovoy | May 13–Dec. 10, 1982 | new space endurance record (211 days 9 hours) |
| Valentin Lebedev | |||||
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Soyuz T-6/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | June 24–July 2, 1982 | first French astronaut (Chrétien) |
| Aleksandr Ivanchenkov | |||||
| Jean-Loup Chrétien | |||||
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STS-4 (Columbia) | U.S. | Thomas Mattingly | June 27–July 4, 1982 | first Getaway Specials, which were small, inexpensive experiments carried in payload bay |
| Henry Hartsfield | |||||
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Soyuz T-7/Salyut 7/Soyuz T-5 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Popov | Aug. 19–27, 1982 | second woman in space (Savitskaya) |
| Aleksandr Serebrov | |||||
| Svetlana Savitskaya | |||||
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STS-5 (Columbia) | U.S. | Vance Brand | Nov. 11–16, 1982 | first four-person spaceflight; deployed two communication satellites |
| Robert Overmyer | |||||
| William Lenoir | |||||
| Joseph Allen | |||||
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STS-6 (Challenger) | U.S. | Paul Weitz | April 4–9, 1983 | tested space shuttle spacesuits for the first time |
| Karol Bobko | |||||
| Story Musgrave | |||||
| Donald Peterson | |||||
| Soyuz T-8 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Titov | April 20–22, 1983 | failed to dock with Salyut 7 | |
| Gennady Strekalov | |||||
| Aleksandr Serebrov | |||||
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STS-7 (Challenger) | U.S. | Robert Crippen | June 18–24, 1983 | first American woman in space (Ride); first five-person spaceflight |
| Frederick Hauck | |||||
| John Fabian | |||||
| Sally Ride | |||||
| Norman Thagard | |||||
| Soyuz T-9/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Lyakhov | June 27–Nov. 23, 1983 | attached Salyut 7 to experimental solar cell battery | |
| Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov | |||||
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STS-8 (Challenger) | U.S. | Richard Truly | Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 1983 | first African American in space (Bluford) |
| Daniel Brandenstein | |||||
| Dale Gardner | |||||
| Guion Bluford | |||||
| William Thornton | |||||
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STS-9 (Columbia) | U.S. | John Young | Nov. 28–Dec. 8, 1983 | first ESA astronaut in space (Merbold); carried Spacelab 1 |
| Brewster Shaw | |||||
| Owen Garriott | |||||
| Robert Parker | |||||
| Byron Lichtenberg | |||||
| Ulf Merbold | |||||
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STS-41-B (Challenger) | U.S. | Vance Brand | Feb. 3–11, 1984 | first untethered spacewalk (McCandless) |
| Robert Gibson | |||||
| Bruce McCandless | |||||
| Ronald McNair | |||||
| Robert Stewart | |||||
| Soyuz T-10/Salyut 7/Soyuz T-11 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Kizim | Feb. 8–Oct. 2, 1984 | new space endurance record (236 days 23 hours) | |
| Vladimir Solovyov | |||||
| Oleg Atkov | |||||
| Soyuz T-11/Salyut 7/Soyuz T-10 | U.S.S.R. | Yury Malyshev | April 3–11, 1984 | first Indian in space (Sharma) | |
| Gennady Strekalov | |||||
| Rakesh Sharma | |||||
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STS-41-C (Challenger) | U.S. | Robert Crippen | April 6–13, 1984 | first in-orbit repair of a satellite |
| Francis Scobee | |||||
| Terry Hart | |||||
| George Nelson | |||||
| James van Hoften | |||||
| Soyuz T-12/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | July 17–29, 1984 | first woman to walk in space (Savitskaya) | |
| Svetlana Savitskaya | |||||
| Igor Volk | |||||
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STS-41-D (Discovery) | U.S. | Henry Hartsfield | Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 1984 | launched three communication satellites into orbit |
| Michael Coats | |||||
| Steven Hawley | |||||
| Mike Mullane | |||||
| Judith Resnik | |||||
| Charles Walker | |||||
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STS-41-G (Challenger) | U.S. | Robert Crippen | Oct. 5–13, 1984 | first Canadian in space (Garneau); first American woman to walk in space (Sullivan) |
| Jon McBride | |||||
| Kathryn Sullivan | |||||
| Sally Ride | |||||
| David Leetsma | |||||
| Marc Garneau | |||||
| Paul Scully-Power | |||||
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STS-51-A (Discovery) | U.S. | Frederick Hauck | Nov. 8–16, 1984 | first retrieval of two satellites for repair and relaunch |
| David Walker | |||||
| Dale Gardner | |||||
| Joseph Allen | |||||
| Anna Fisher | |||||
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STS-51-C (Discovery) | U.S. | Thomas Mattingly | Jan. 24–27, 1985 | first military shuttle mission |
| Loren Shriver | |||||
| Ellison Onizuka | |||||
| James Buchli | |||||
| Gary Payton | |||||
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STS-51-D (Discovery) | U.S. | Karol Bobko | April 12–19, 1985 | first politician in space (Garn) |
| Donald Williams | |||||
| Stanley Griggs | |||||
| Jeffrey Hoffman | |||||
| Rhea Seddon | |||||
| Jake Garn | |||||
| Charles Walker | |||||
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STS-51-B (Challenger) | U.S. | Robert Overmyer | April 29–May 6, 1985 | conducted materials processing and life science experiments |
| Fred Gregory | |||||
| Norman Thagard | |||||
| William Thornton | |||||
| Don Lind | |||||
| Lodewijk van den Berg | |||||
| Taylor Wang | |||||
| Soyuz T-13/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | June 6–Sept. 26, 1985 (Nov. 21 [Savinykh]) | repaired dead space station | |
| Viktor Savinykh | |||||
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STS-51-G (Discovery) | U.S. | Daniel Brandenstein | June 17–24, 1985 | first Saudi astronaut (al-Saud) |
| John Creighton | |||||
| John Fabian | |||||
| Steven Nagel | |||||
| Shannon Lucid | |||||
| Patrick Baudry | |||||
| Salman al-Saud | |||||
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STS-51-F (Challenger) | U.S. | Gordon Fullerton | July 29–Aug. 6, 1985 | flight of Spacelab 2 |
| Roy Bridges | |||||
| Anthony England | |||||
| Karl Henize | |||||
| Story Musgrave | |||||
| Loren Acton | |||||
| John-David Bartoe | |||||
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STS-51-I (Discovery) | U.S. | Joseph Engle | Aug. 27–Sept. 3, 1985 | repair and redeployment of satellite in orbit |
| Richard Covey | |||||
| William Fisher | |||||
| John Lounge | |||||
| James van Hoften | |||||
| Soyuz T-14/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Vasyutin | Sept. 17–Nov. 21, 1985 (Sept. 26 [Grechko]) | mission cut short because of psychological illness of Vasyutin | |
| Aleksandr Volkov | |||||
| Georgy Grechko | |||||
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STS-51-J (Atlantis) | U.S. | Karol Bobko | Oct. 3–7, 1985 | launched two military communications satellites into orbit |
| Ronald Grabe | |||||
| David Hilmers | |||||
| Robert Stewart | |||||
| William Pailes | |||||
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STS-61-A (Challenger) | U.S. | Henry Hartsfield | Oct. 30–Nov. 6, 1985 | first Dutch astronaut (Ockels) |
| Steven Nagel | |||||
| Guion Bluford | |||||
| James Buchli | |||||
| Bonnie Dunbar | |||||
| Reinhard Furrer | |||||
| Ernst Messerschmid | |||||
| Wubbo Ockels | |||||
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STS-61-B (Atlantis) | U.S. | Brewster Shaw | Nov. 27–Dec. 3, 1985 | first Mexican astronaut (Neri Vela) |
| Bryan O'Connor | |||||
| Mary Cleave | |||||
| Sherwood Spring | |||||
| Jerry Ross | |||||
| Rodolfo Neri Vela | |||||
| Charles Walker | |||||
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STS-61-C (Columbia) | U.S. | Robert Gibson | Jan. 12–18, 1986 | first Hispanic American in space (Chang-Díaz); first U.S. congressman in space (Nelson) |
| Charles Bolden | |||||
| Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
| Stephen Hawley | |||||
| George Nelson | |||||
| Robert Cenker | |||||
| Bill Nelson | |||||
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STS-51-L (Challenger) | U.S. | Francis Scobee | Jan. 28, 1986 | crew killed when shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff |
| Michael Smith | |||||
| Ellison Onizuka | |||||
| Judith Resnik | |||||
| Ronald McNair | |||||
| Gregory Jarvis | |||||
| Christa McAuliffe | |||||
| Soyuz T-15/Mir/Salyut 7 | U.S.S.R. | Leonid Kizim | March 13–July 16, 1986 | first spaceflight between two space stations | |
| Vladimir Solovyov | |||||
| Soyuz TM-2/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Aleksandr Laveykin | Feb. 5–July 30, 1987 (Dec. 29 [Romanenko]) | new space endurance record (Romanenko; 326 days 12 hours); addition of Kvant 1 module to Mir | |
| Yury Romanenko | |||||
| Soyuz TM-3/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Aleksandr Viktorenko | July 22–July 30, 1987 (Dec. 29 [Aleksandrov]) | first Syrian astronaut (Faris) | |
| Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov | |||||
| Muhammed Faris | |||||
| Soyuz TM-4/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Titov | Dec. 21, 1987–Dec. 21, 1988 (Dec. 29, 1987 [Levchenko]) | new space endurance record (Titov and Manarov; 365 days 23 hours) | |
| Musa Manarov | |||||
| Anatoly Levchenko | |||||
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Soyuz TM-5/Mir/Soyuz TM-4 | U.S.S.R. | Anatoly Solovyov | June 7–17, 1988 | second Bulgarian astronaut (Aleksandrov) |
| Viktor Savinykh | |||||
| Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov | |||||
| Soyuz TM-6/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Vladimir Lyakhov | Aug. 29–Sept. 7, 1988 (April 4, 1989 [Polyakov]) | first Afghan astronaut (Mohmand) | |
| Valery Polyakov | |||||
| Abdul Ahad Mohmand | |||||
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STS-26 (Discovery) | U.S. | Frederick Hauck | Sept. 29–Oct. 3, 1988 | first space shuttle flight after Challenger disaster |
| Richard Covey | |||||
| John Lounge | |||||
| David Hilmers | |||||
| George Nelson | |||||
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Soyuz TM-7/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Aleksandr Volkov | Nov. 26, 1988–April 27, 1989 (Dec. 21, 1988 [Chrétien]) | Mir was left unoccupied after crew returned to Earth |
| Sergey Krikalyov | |||||
| Jean-Loup Chrétien | |||||
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STS-27 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Robert Gibson | Dec. 2–6, 1988 | launched classified satellite for U.S. Department of Defense |
| Guy Gardner | |||||
| Mike Mullane | |||||
| Jerry Ross | |||||
| William Shepherd | |||||
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STS-29 (Discovery) | U.S. | Michael Coats | March 13–18, 1989 | carried Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
| John Blaha | |||||
| Robert Springer | |||||
| James Buchli | |||||
| James Bagian | |||||
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STS-30 (Atlantis) | U.S. | David Walker | May 4–8, 1989 | launch of Magellan space probe |
| Ronald Grabe | |||||
| Mark Lee | |||||
| Norman Thagard | |||||
| Mary Cleave | |||||
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STS-28 (Columbia) | U.S. | Brewster Shaw | Aug. 8–13, 1989 | launched classified satellite for U.S. Department of Defense |
| Richard Richards | |||||
| James Adamson | |||||
| David Leetsma | |||||
| Mark Brown | |||||
| Soyuz TM-8/Mir | U.S.S.R. | Aleksandr Viktorenko | Sept. 5, 1989–Feb. 19, 1990 | addition of Kvant 2 module to Mir | |
| Aleksandr Serebrov | |||||
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STS-34 (Atlantis) | U.S. | Donald Williams | Oct. 18–23, 1989 | launch of Galileo space probe |
| Michael McCulley | |||||
| Shannon Lucid | |||||
| Franklin Chang-Díaz | |||||
| Ellen Baker | |||||
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STS-33 (Discovery) | U.S. | Frederick Gregory | Nov. 23–28, 1989 | launched classified satellite for U.S. Department of Defense |
| John Blaha | |||||
| Manley Carter | |||||
| Story Musgrave | |||||
| Kathryn Thornton |