Most Frequent Launch Vehicles for Crewed Flight

Ranking the spacecraft that have carried the highest number of astronauts and cosmonauts to orbital stations.

The top 3

  1. Soyuz: The Workhorse: The Russian Soyuz spacecraft remains the most frequent human launch vehicle, having conducted over 150 crewed missions since 1967.
  2. Space Shuttle Fleet Statistics: NASA's Space Shuttle conducted 135 missions between 1981 and 2011, defining an era of modular space station assembly.
  3. Crew Dragon's Rapid Rise: SpaceX's Crew Dragon has achieved over 15 crewed orbital missions in under five years, becoming a primary shuttle for the ISS. Crew Dragon

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