This was the final year of the Soviet Union, and thus the end of the Cold War competition between the two space superpowers. The launch rate declined drastically from the initial three decades of the Space Age to the modern average of about eighty orbital launches per year worldwide.
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| country with first astronaut | |
| failed launches |
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| maiden flight rocket | |
| orbital flights |
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| partial failed launches |
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| retired rocket | |
| successful launches |
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| total launches |
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| total travellers |
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