European Space Agency (ESA)

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line

Soyuz TM-25

This Soyuz flight transported part of the EO-22 crew to Space Station Mir and was the 30th crew vehicle to visit the station.

Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.

Soyuz

Reinhold Ewald

Germany

Roscosmos

This astronaut is in the top 5% for total time in space.

Elite Spaceflyer

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

Soyuz TM-17

This ferry flight brought the EO-14 long duration crew to Space Station Mir. During undocking, Soyuz TM-17 collided twice with Mir while trying to conduct up-close inspections. Thankfully no significant damage to Soyuz or Mir was observed.

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