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Following the definition that a civilian is someone who is not part of their country's armed forces (not in active duty; former service or reservist status is not considered being part of armed forces),[1] these are suborbital space flights (spaceflight according to US 50 mile space boundary definition) with a fully civilian crew:

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No. Mission Ship Date Crew[2] Result. Ref.
1 X-15 Flight 77 X-15 17.01.1963 United States Joseph Walker Success [3][4][5]
2 X-15 Flight 90 X-15 #3 19.07.1963 United States Joseph Walker Success [6][5]
3 X-15 Flight 91 X-15 22.08.1963 United States Joseph Walker Success [7][5]
4 X-15 Flight 150 X-15 22.09.1965 United States John B. McKay Success [8][9][5]
5 X-15 Flight 174 X-15 01.11.1966 United States William H. Dana Success [10][11][5]
6 X-15 Flight 197 X-15 21.08.1968 United States William H. Dana Success [12][13][5]
7 SpaceShipOne flight 15P SpaceShipOne 21.06.2004 South Africa Mike Melvill Success [14][5]
8 SpaceShipOne flight 16P SpaceShipOne 29.09.2004 South Africa Mike Melvill Success [15][5]
9 SpaceShipOne flight 17P SpaceShipOne 04.10.2004 United States Brian Binnie Success [16][5]
10 VSS Unity VP-03 VSS Unity 13.12.2018 United States Mark P. Stucky, United States Frederick Sturckow Success [17][5]
11 VSS Unity VF-01 VSS Unity 22.02.2019 Scotland David Mackay, United States Michael Masucci, United States Beth Moses Success [18][5]
12 Virgin Galactic Unity 21 VSS Unity 22.05.2021 United States Frederick Sturckow, Scotland David Mackay Success [5]
13 Virgin Galactic Unity 22 VSS Unity 11.06.2021 Scotland David Mackay, United States Michael Masucci, United States Sirisha Bandla, United Kingdom Colin Bennett, United States Beth Moses, United Kingdom Richard Branson Success [5]
14 Blue Origin NS-16 RSS First Step 20.07.2021 United States Jeff Bezos, United States Mark Bezos, United States Wally Funk, Netherlands Oliver Daemen Success [5]
15 Blue Origin NS-18 RSS First Step 13.10.2021 United States Audrey Powers, Australia Chris Boshuizen, United States Glen de Vries, Canada William Shatner Success [5]
16 Blue Origin NS-19 RSS First Step 11.12.2021 United States Michael Strahan, United States Laura Shepard-Churchley, United States Dylan Taylor, United States Lane Bess, United States Cameron Bess, United States Evan L. Dick Success [5]
17 Blue Origin NS-20 RSS First Step 30.03.2022 United States Marty Allen, United States Sharon Hagle, United States Marc Hagle, United States Jim Kitchen, United States George Nield, United States Gary Lai Success [19]
18 Blue Origin NS-21 RSS First Step 04.06.2022 United States Evan Dick, United States Katya Echazarreta, United Kingdom Hamish Harding, Brazil Victor Correa Hespanha, United States Jaison Robinson, United States Victor Vescovo Success [19]
19 Blue Origin NS-22 RSS First Step 04.08.2022 United States Coby Cotton, Portugal Mário Ferreira,United Kingdom Vanessa O'Brien, United States Clint Kelly III, Egypt Sara Sabry, United States Steve Young Success [19]
20 Unity 25 VSS Unity 25.05.2023 United States Michael Masucci, United States Frederick Sturckow, United States Beth Moses, United States Luke Mays, United States Jamila Gilbert, United States Christopher Huie Success [19]
21 Galactic 02 VSS Unity 10.08.2023 United States Frederick Sturckow, United States Kelly Latimer, United States Beth Moses, United Kingdom Jon Goodwin, Antigua and Barbuda Keisha Schahaff, Antigua and Barbuda Anastatia Mayers Success [20]
21 Galactic 03 VSS Unity 08.09.2023 United States Michael Masucci, United States Beth Moses, United Kingdom Adrian Reynard, Italy Nicole Pecile, United States Ken Baxter, United Kingdom / South Africa Timothy Nash Success [21]
21 Galactic 04 VSS Unity 06.10.2023 United States Frederick Sturckow, United States Kelly Latimer, United States Beth Moses, United Kingdom Trevor Beattie, Pakistan Namira Salim, United States Ron Rosano Success [22]
21 Galactic 05 VSS Unity 02.11.2023 United States Michael Masucci, United States Kelly Latimer, United Kingdom Colin Bennett, United States Alan Stern, United States Kellie Gerardi, Italy Ketty Maisonrouge Success [23]
21 Galactic 06 VSS Unity 26.01.2024 United States Frederick Sturckow, Italy Nicola Pecile, Ukraine/United States Lina Borozdina, United States Robie Vaughn, Austria Franz Haider, United States Neil Kornswiet Success [24]
22 Blue Origin NS-25 RSS First Step 19.05.2024 United States Mason Angel, France Sylvain Chiron, United States Ed Dwight, United States Carol Schaller, United States Kenneth Hess, India Thotakura Gopichand Success [25]
23 Galactic 07 VSS Unity 08.06.2024 United States Jameel Janjua, Italy Nicola Pecile, United States Irving Pergament, United States Andy Sadhwani, Turkey Tuva Cihangir Atasever, Italy Giorgio Manenti Success [26][27]
24 Blue Origin NS-26 RSS First Step 29.08.2024 United Kingdom/Singapore Nicolina Elrick
United States Karsen Kitchen
United States Rob Ferl
Ukraine Eugene Grin
Iran/United States Eiman Jahangir
United States/Israel Ephraim Rabin 		Success [28]
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     Flights with space tourists.

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References

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  1. ^ "Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space". 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. ^ Jonathan McDowell (2021-10-09). "Jonathan's Space Report | Human Spaceflight: Rides". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  3. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 77". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ Evans 2020, p. 20.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Jonathan McDowell. "Suborbital spaceflights". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  6. ^ "Flight No. 90". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  7. ^ "Flight No. 91". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  8. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 150". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  9. ^ Evans 2020, p. 43.
  10. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 174". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  11. ^ Evans 2020, p. 48.
  12. ^ "X-15 Flight No. 197". Spacefacts. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  13. ^ Evans 2020, p. 52.
  14. ^ "Flight No. 60L/15P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  15. ^ "Flight No. 65L/16P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  16. ^ "Flight No. 66L/17P". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  17. ^ Grush, Loren (2018-12-13). "Virgin Galactic's spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time". The Verge.
  18. ^ Tribou, Richard (2019-02-22). "Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger on space flight". Orlando Sentinel.
  19. ^ a b c d "Rides". 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  20. ^ Virgin Galactic (10 August 2023). "Galactic 02 Spaceflight". Virgin Galactic streaming. Virgin Galactic stream.
  21. ^ "Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  22. ^ Virgin Galactic (2023-10-06). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIFTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FIVE MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  23. ^ Virgin Galactic (2 November 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  24. ^ Virgin Galactic (26 January 2024). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  25. ^ "New Shepard's 25th Mission Includes America's First Black Astronaut Candidate". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  26. ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (8 June 2024). "Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  28. ^ Argueta, Brenda (2024-07-24). "Next crew announced for Blue Origin. Here's who's going to space". WKMG. Retrieved 2024-07-25.

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