List of human spaceflights, 1970s

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This is a detailed listing of human spaceflights from 1970 to 1979, including the later Apollo moon landings, the US Skylab missions, and the start of the Soviet Union's Salyut series of space stations.

• Red indicates fatalities.
• Green indicates suborbital flights (including flights that failed to attain intended orbit).
• Grey indicates flights to the Moon.

Continued from List of human spaceflights, 1960s
Crew	Launch Spacecraft	Habitation		Return Spacecraft	Brief Mission Summary
1970 launches
Jim Lovell Jack Swigert Fred Haise	11 April 1970 Apollo 13		17 April 1970 Apollo 13		Lunar landing aborted following explosion en route.
Andrian Nikolayev Vitali Sevastyanov	1 June 1970 Soyuz 9		19 June 1970 Soyuz 9		Investigations into effects of prolonged spaceflight. Record duration mission for single spacecraft.
1971 launches
Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa Edgar Mitchell	31 January 1971 Apollo 14		9 February 1971 Apollo 14		Third lunar landing. Shepard becomes only Mercury astronaut to walk on moon; hits golf ball on moon's surface.
Vladimir Shatalov Aleksei Yeliseyev Nikolai Rukavishnikov	23 April 1971 Soyuz 10		25 April 1971 Soyuz 10		Unsuccessful attempt to board Salyut 1 space station.
Georgi Dobrovolski Viktor Patsayev Vladislav Volkov	6 June 1971 Soyuz 11	Salyut 1		29 June 1971 Soyuz 11	Successful boarding of Salyut 1 (first manned space station). All crew died on re-entry due to air leak.
David Scott Alfred Worden James Irwin	26 July 1971 Apollo 15		7 August 1971 Apollo 15		Fourth lunar landing. First Lunar Rover.
1972 launches
John W. Young Ken Mattingly Charles Duke	16 April 1972 Apollo 16		27 April 1972 Apollo 16		Fifth lunar landing.
Gene Cernan Ron Evans Harrison Schmitt	7 December 1972 Apollo 17		19 December 1972 Apollo 17		Sixth and last lunar landing.
1973 launches
Pete Conrad Paul Weitz Joseph Kerwin	25 May 1973 Skylab 2	Skylab		22 June 1973 Skylab 2	First manned mission to Skylab space station. Spent almost one month in space.
Alan Bean Jack Lousma Owen Garriott	28 July 1973 Skylab 3	Skylab		25 September 1973 Skylab 3	Spent almost two months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments.
Vasili Lazarev Oleg Makarov	27 September 1973 Soyuz 12		29 September 1973 Soyuz 12		Test flight of new Soyuz design following Soyuz 11 disaster.
Gerald Carr William Pogue Edward Gibson	16 November 1973 Skylab 4	Skylab		8 February 1974 Skylab 4	Spent almost three months in space. Miscellaneous scientific experiments conducted.
Valentin Lebedev Pyotr Klimuk	18 December 1973 Soyuz 13		26 December 1973 Soyuz 13		Second test of redesigned Soyuz capsule. Astrophysical observations.
1974 launches
Yuri Artyukhin Pavel Popovich	3 July 1974 Soyuz 14	Salyut 3		19 July 1974 Soyuz 14	Military mission; evaluation of military applications of human spaceflight.
Lev Demin Gennadi Sarafanov	26 August 1974 Soyuz 15		28 August 1974 Soyuz 15		Failed to board Salyut 3 space station.
Anatoli Filipchenko Nikolai Rukavishnikov	2 December 1974 Soyuz 16		8 December 1974 Soyuz 16		Systems testing in preparation for joint Soviet-US space flight.
1975 launches
Georgi Grechko Aleksei Gubarev	11 January 1975 Soyuz 17	Salyut 4		10 February 1975 Soyuz 17	Astronomical observations.
Vasili Lazarev Oleg Makarov	5 April 1975 Soyuz 18a				Failed to reach orbit due to malfunction.
Pyotr Klimuk Vitali Sevastyanov	24 May 1975 Soyuz 18	Salyut 4		26 July 1975 Soyuz 18	Research into long-term stays in space.
Alexei Leonov Valery Kubasov	15 July 1975 Soyuz 19		21 July 1975 Soyuz 19		Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); first joint Soviet–US spaceflight. The two craft dock in space with exchange of flags and gifts. Last manned US mission until Columbia shuttle in 1981.
Tom Stafford Vance Brand Deke Slayton	15 July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz (unofficial name: Apollo 18)		24 July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz (unofficial name: Apollo 18)
1976 launches
Boris Volynov Vitali Zholobov	6 June 1976 Soyuz 21	Salyut 5		24 August 1976 Soyuz 21	Assessment of Salyut 5 station’s military surveillance capabilities.
Valery Bykovsky Vladimir Aksyonov	9 September 1976 Soyuz 22		23 September 1976 Soyuz 22		Earth photography.
Vyacheslav Zudov Valeri Rozhdestvenski	14 October 1976 Soyuz 23		16 October 1976 Soyuz 23		Failed to board Salyut 5 space station.
1977 launches
Viktor Gorbatko Yuri Glazkov	7 February 1977 Soyuz 24	Salyut 5		25 February 1977 Soyuz 24	Investigation of air quality on board Salyut 5.
Vladimir Kovalyonok Valeri Ryumin	9 October 1977 Soyuz 25		11 October 1977 Soyuz 25		Failed to board Salyut 6 space station.
Georgi Grechko Yuri Romanenko	10 December 1977 Soyuz 26	Salyut 6		16 March 1978 Soyuz 27	First successful docking with Salyut 6.
1978 launches
Vladimir A. Dzhanibekov Oleg G. Makarov	10 January 1978 Soyuz 27	Salyut 6		16 January 1978 Soyuz 26
Aleksey A. Gubarev Vladimír Remek	2 March 1978 Soyuz 28	Salyut 6		10 March 1978 Soyuz 28	First Czech astronaut, first European astronaut and first astronaut not from USA or USSR (Remek).
Vladimir V. Kovalenok  Alexander S. Ivanchenkov	15 June 1978 Soyuz 29	Salyut 6		2 November 1978 Soyuz 31	Salyut 6 crew rotation.
Pyotr I. Klimuk Miroslaw Hermaszewski	27 June 1978 Soyuz 30	Salyut 6		5 July 1978 Soyuz 30	Life sciences experiments, Earth observations and study of aurora borealis. First Pole in space (Hermaszewski).
Valeri F. Bykovsky Sigmund Jähn	26 August 1978 Soyuz 31	Salyut 6		3 September 1978 Soyuz 29	First East German in space (Jähn).
1979 launches
Vladmir A. Lyakhov Valeri V. Ryumin	25 February 1979 Soyuz 32	Salyut 6		19 August 1979 Soyuz 34	Salyut 6 crew rotation.
Nikolai N. Rukavishnikov Georgi Ivanov	10 April 1979 Soyuz 33		12 April 1979 Soyuz 33		Failed to board Salyut 6 space station. First Bulgarian in space (Ivanov).
Continued at List of human spaceflights, 1980s