Chronological Order of First Flights (FAI)
NOTE: All first flight participants meeting FAI criteria, including suborbital flights, are listed. Not listed are participants whose first flight met USAF criteria but not FAI criteria. An example would be Joseph Engle, who first met USAF criteria on 29 June 1965 during X-15 flight #138, but did not meet FAI requirements until 12 November 1981 on STS-2.
People Whose First FAI Flight Was Suborbital
1 | Alan Shepard | 5 May 1961 | Freedom 7 |
2 | Virgil Grissom | 21 July 1961 | Liberty Bell 7 |
3 | Joseph Walker | 19 July 1963 | X-15 Flight #90 |
People Whose First Flight Did Not Meet FAI Criteria
1 | Robert White | 17 July 1962 | X-15 Flight #62 |
2 | Joseph Walker | 17 January 1963 | X-15 Flight #77 |
3 | Robert Rushworth | 27 June 1963 | X-15 Flight #87 |
4 | Joseph Engle | 29 June 1965 | X-15 Flight #138 |
5 | John McKay | 28 September 1965 | X-15 Flight #150 |
6 | William Dana | 1 November 1966 | X-15 Flight #174 |
7 | William Knight | 17 October 1967 | X-15 Flight #190 |
8 | Michael Adams | 15 November 1967 | X-15 Flight #191 |
Commercial Sub-Orbital Tourism - FAI
1 | Michael Melvill | 21 June 2004 | SpaceShipOne 15P |
2 | Brian Binnie | 4 October 2004 | SpaceShipOne 17P |
3 | Jeffrey Bezos | 20 July 2021 | New Shepard 16 |
Mark Bezos | 20 July 2021 | New Shepard 16 | |
Oliver Daemen | 20 July 2021 | New Shepard 16 | |
Mary Funk | 20 July 2021 | New Shepard 16 | |
7 | Christopher Boshuizen | 13 October 2021 | New Shepard 18 |
Glen de Vries | 13 October 2021 | New Shepard 18 | |
Audrey Powers | 13 October 2021 | New Shepard 18 | |
William Shatner | 13 October 2021 | New Shepard 18 | |
11 | Lane Bess | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 |
Cameron Bess | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 | |
Laura Shepard Churchley | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 | |
Evan Dick | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 | |
Michael Strahan | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 | |
Dylan Taylor | 11 December 2021 | New Shepard 19 | |
17 | Marty Allen | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 |
Sharon Hagle | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 | |
Marc Hagle | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 | |
Jim Kitchen | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 | |
Gary Lai | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 | |
George Nield | 31 March 2022 | New Shepard 20 | |
23 | Katya Echazarreta | 4 June 2022 | New Shepard 21 |
Hamish Harding | 4 June 2022 | New Shepard 21 | |
Victor Hespanha | 4 June 2022 | New Shepard 21 | |
Jaison Robinson | 4 June 2022 | New Shepard 21 | |
Victor Vescovo | 4 June 2022 | New Shepard 21 | |
28 | Coby Cotton | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 |
Mário Ferreira | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 | |
Clint Kelly | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 | |
Vanessa O'Brien | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 | |
Sara Sabry | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 | |
Steve Young | 4 August 2022 | New Shepard 22 | |
Commercial Sub-Orbital Tourism - Non-FAI
1 | Mark Stucky | 13 December 2018 | VSS Unity PF04 |
2 | David Mackay | 22 February 2019 | VSS Unity PF05 |
Michael Masucci | 22 February 2019 | VSS Unity PF05 | |
Natalie Moses | 22 February 2019 | VSS Unity PF05 | |
5 | Sirisha Bandla | 11 July 2021 | VSS Unity 22 |
Colin Bennett | 11 July 2021 | VSS Unity 22 | |
Richard Branson | 11 July 2021 | VSS Unity 22 | |
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