{"id": 1014837, "name": "Cumulative number of people who have been to space", "unit": "people", "createdAt": "2025-03-07T11:15:28.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-07-23T16:28:59.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1961-2021", "datasetId": 6982, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "n_cumulative_new_astronauts", "catalogPath": "grapher/space/2025-03-04/international_astronaut_database/international_astronaut_database#n_cumulative_new_astronauts", "descriptionProcessing": "- We have mapped values for Czechoslovakia to Slovakia (there was no entry for Czechia in the data), East Germany to Germany (there was no entry for West Germany), and USSR to Russia (Russia accounts for over 95% of entries in the data among all other USSR successors).", "type": "int", "grapherConfigIdETL": "01957051-41b9-7649-9da0-c38338379f51", "dataChecksum": "16446209459899697436", "metadataChecksum": "-8532947614992967658", "datasetName": "International Astronaut Database", "updatePeriodDays": 364, "datasetVersion": "2025-03-04", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "people", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Space Exploration & Satellites"]}, "descriptionKey": ["The definition of astronaut is not universally agreed upon among space launch providers. This data includes all individuals who have flown to outer space.", "Outer space is defined here as an altitude of 100 kilometers or higher, following the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) definition, an international standard for aeronautics and astronautics records.", "The data includes astronauts who died during space-bound missions, such as those aboard STS-51-L.", "This data does not include individuals who flew below 100 kilometers or first-time astronauts who died in non-space-bound missions without having previously been to space.", "For individuals who went to space multiple times, only the first visit is counted. Country-level data is assigned according to the individual's nationality."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1961}, {"id": 1962}, {"id": 1963}, {"id": 1964}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1967}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1971}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 15, "name": "Afghanistan", "code": "AFG"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Austria", "code": "AUT"}, {"id": 4, "name": "Belgium", "code": "BEL"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Brazil", "code": "BRA"}, {"id": 39, "name": "Bulgaria", "code": "BGR"}, {"id": 44, "name": "Canada", "code": "CAN"}, {"id": 171, "name": "China", "code": "CHN"}, {"id": 164, "name": "Cuba", "code": "CUB"}, {"id": 161, "name": "Denmark", "code": "DNK"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 138, "name": "Hungary", "code": "HUN"}, {"id": 137, "name": "India", "code": "IND"}, {"id": 135, "name": "Iran", "code": "IRN"}, {"id": 133, "name": "Israel", "code": "ISR"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 14, "name": "Japan", "code": "JPN"}, {"id": 131, "name": "Kazakhstan", "code": "KAZ"}, {"id": 116, "name": "Malaysia", "code": "MYS"}, {"id": 113, "name": "Mexico", "code": "MEX"}, {"id": 112, "name": "Mongolia", "code": "MNG"}, {"id": 5, "name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 97, "name": "Peru", "code": "PER"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 92, "name": "Romania", "code": "ROU"}, {"id": 12, "name": "Russia", "code": "RUS"}, {"id": 90, "name": "Saudi Arabia", "code": "SAU"}, {"id": 85, "name": "Slovakia", "code": "SVK"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 127, "name": "South Korea", "code": "KOR"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 7, "name": "Switzerland", "code": "CHE"}, {"id": 77, "name": "Syria", "code": "SYR"}, {"id": 67, "name": "Ukraine", "code": "UKR"}, {"id": 72, "name": "United Arab Emirates", "code": "ARE"}, {"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}, {"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}, {"id": 84, "name": "Vietnam", "code": "VNM"}, {"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 3029, "title": "International Astronaut Database", "description": "This dataset includes all astronauts who have flown to an altitude of 100 kilometers or higher. This particular definition of \"outer space\" is used by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), an international record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. This database also includes those who were killed in a space-bound mission. It does not include, however, those who have flown to altitudes below 100 kilometers or first-time astronauts who were killed in non-space-bound missions without having previously flown to space.\n\nSome astronauts flew to space and returned to Earth on two different spacecraft. In those cases, only the ascent vehicle is included.", "producer": "CSIS Aerospace Security Project", "citationFull": "Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Aerospace Security Project - International Astronaut Database (2022).", "attributionShort": "CSIS", "urlMain": "https://aerospace.csis.org/data/international-astronaut-database/", "dateAccessed": "2025-03-04", "datePublished": "2022-07-05", "license": {"url": "https://aerospace.csis.org/data/international-astronaut-database/", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}]}