Who's who in space exploration begins with a listing of the first one hundred humans who travelled into space.  These astronauts and cosmonauts really put their lives on the line from 1961-1981 in the advance of science.

If you collect space memorabilia and autographs, these are the founding fathers (and mother) of space travel.  Bear in mind their ranking numbers are not exact, since there were some two and three-man crews that travelled into space simultaneously.

This is the group I collect, and I've been collecting space autographs since the 1980s.  I'm so into it that I published the newsletter "Space Autograph News" for five years, and I wrote the book "Space Autograph Price Guide" in 1999.  It's a fun hobby, because you can learn a lot about history too.

I think it's important to realize that space exploration is an international endeavor, not just an American or Russian achievement.  For more information, consult the great reference books by Tim Furness, "Manned Spaceflight Log" (1983) and "Space Flight: The Records (1985).

Here's the first one hundred humans to travel into space:

1. Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1
2. Alan Shepard, Freedom 7
3. Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Liberty Bell 7
4. Gherman Titov, Vostok 2
5. John Glenn, Friendship 7
6. Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7
7. Andrian Nikolyev, Vostok 3
8. Pavel Popovich, Vostok 4
9. Wally Schirra, Sigma 7
10. Gordon Cooper, Faith 7
11. Valery Bykovsky, Vostok 5
12. Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6
13. Vladimir Komarov, Voskhod 1
14. Konstantin Feoktistov, Voskhod 1
15. Boris Yegerov, Voskhod 1
16. Pavel Belyayev, Voskhod 2
17. Alexei Leonov, Voskhod 2
18. John Young, Gemini 3
19. James McDivitt, Gemini 4
20. Edward White, Gemini 4
21. Charles Conrad, Gemini 5
22. Frank Borman, Gemini 7
23. James Lovell, Gemini 7
24. Thomas Stafford, Gemini 6
25. Neil Armstrong, Gemini 8
26. David Scott, Gemini 8
27. Eugene Cernan, Gemini 9
28. Michael Collins, Gemini 10
29. Dick Gordon, Gemini 11
30. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Gemini 12
31. Donn Eisele, Apollo 7
32. Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7
33. Georgi Beregovoi, Soyuz 3
34. William Anders, Apollo 8
35. Vladimir Shatalov, Soyuz 4
36. Boris Volynov, Soyuz 5
37. Yevgeni Khrunov, Soyuz 5
38. Alexei Yeliseyev, Soyuz 5
39. Russell Schweickart, Apollo 9
40. Georgi Shonin, Soyuz 6
41. Valery Kubasov, Soyuz 6
42. Anatoli Filipchenko, Soyuz 7
43. Vladislav Volkov, Soyuz 7
44. Viktor Gorbatko, Soyuz 7
45. Alan Bean, Apollo 12
46. Jack Swigert, Apollo 13
47. Fred Haise, Apollo 12
48. Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soyuz 9
49. Stuart Roosa, Apollo 14
50. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14
51. Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Soyuz 10
52. Georgi Dobrovolsky, Soyuz 11
53. Viktor Patsayev, Soyuz 11
54. Alfred Worden, Apollo 15
55. James Irwin, Apollo 15
56. Thomas "Ken" Mattingly, Apollo 15
57. Charles Duke, Apollo 16
58. Ronald Evans, Apollo 17
59. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Apollo 17
60. Joseph Kerwin, Skylab 2
61. Paul Weitz, Skylab 2
62. Jack Lousma, Skylab 3
63. Owen Garriott, Skylab 3
64. Vasili Lazaryev, Soyuz 12
65. Oleg Makarov, Soyuz 12
66. Gerald Carr, Skylab 4
67. Edward Gibson, Skylab 4
68. William Pogue, Skylab 4
69. Pyotr Klimuk, Soyuz 13
70. Valentin Lebedev, Soyuz 13
71. Yuri Artyukhin, Soyuz 14
72. Gennady Sarafanov, Soyuz 15
73. Lev Demin, Soyuz 15
74. Alexei Gubarev, Soyuz 17
75. Georgi Grechko, Soyuz 17
76. Vance Brand, Apollo 18
77. Deke Slayton, Apollo 18
78. Vitali Zholobov, Soyuz 21
79. Vladimir Aksyonov, Soyuz 22
80. Vyacheslav Zudov, Soyuz 23
81. Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soyuz 23
82. Yuri Glaskov, Soyuz 23
83. Fladimir Kovalyonok, Soyuz 25
84. Valery Ryumin, Soyuz 25
85. Yuri Romanenko, Soyuz 26
86. Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Soyuz 27
87. Vladimir Remek, Soyuz 28
88. Alexander Ivanchenkov, Soyuz 29
89. Miroslav Hermaszewski, Soyuz 30
90. Sigmund Jahn, Soyuz 31
91. Vladimir Lyakhov, Soyuz 32
92. Georgi Ivanov, Soyuz 33
93. Leonid Popov, Soyuxz 35
94. Bertalan Farkas, Soyuz 36
95. Yuri Malyshev, Soyuz T-2
96. Pham Tuan, Soyuz 37
97. Arnaldo Mendez, Soyuz 38
98. Leonid Kizim, Soyuz T-3
99. Gennady Strekalov, Soyuz T-3
100. Viktor Savinykh, Soyuz T-4

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