Map of space travel by nationality

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Citizens of forty countries have flown in space. Only three nations have launched their own manned spacecraft.

Countries have achieved independent human spaceflight capability:
1. USSR – 12 April 1961 (Yuri Gagarin)
2. USA – 5 May 1961 (Alan Shepard)
3. China – 15 October 2003 (Yang Liwei)