This dimension groups astronauts by the year they were born, showing which generation of spaceflight they belong to. Wikipedia notes that "as of April 2026, 781 humans have flown in space," a population spanning many decades of birth years from the earliest Soviet and American astronauts onward. Browsing by birth year lets a visitor compare astronauts of the same generation.
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Field Origin Era 1970s
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1. Wikipedia: Franco Malerba
Wikimedia FoundationFranco Malerba, lead section, first Italian in space sentenceQuote, Franco Malerba, lead section, first Italian in space sentence
In 1992 he was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.
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