1. USSR - 1957

2. USA - 1958

3. UK - 1962

4. Canada - 1962

5. Italy - 1964

6. France - 1965

7. Australia - 1967

8. Europe - 1968

9. Germany - 1969

10. Japan - 1970

11. China - 1970

12. Poland - 1973

13. Netherlands - 1974

14. Spain - 1974

15. India - 1975

Countries listed by the first launches of space satellites with their own launch vehicles:

1. USSR - October 4, 1957

2. USA - February 1, 1958

3. France - November 26, 1965

4. Italy - April 26, 1967

5. Japan - February 11, 1970

6. China - April 24, 1970

7. UK - October 28, 1971

• European Union - December 24, 1979

8. India - 18 July 1980

9. Israel - September 19, 1988

• Russia - January 21, 1992

• Ukraine - August 31, 1995

10. Iran - February 2, 2009

11. DPRK - December 12, 2012

12. Republic of Korea - 30 January 2013

13. New Zealand - January 21, 2018

Countries listed by the first flights of astronauts:

1. USSR - April 12, 1961

2. USA - May 5, 1961

3. Czechoslovakia - March 2, 1978

4. Poland - June 27, 1978

5. GDR - 26 August 1978

6. Bulgaria - April 10, 1979

7. Hungary - May 26, 1980

8. Vietnam - July 23, 1980

9. Cuba - September 18, 1980

10. Mongolia - March 22, 1981

11. Romania - May 14, 1981

12. France - June 24, 1982

13. FRG - November 28, 1983

14. India - April 3, 1984

15. Canada - October 5, 1984

Countries listed by the number of first-of-its-kind spacecraft (remarkable, of historical significance, with achievements that were made for the first time by one of the countries) until 1992:

1. USSR - 21

2. USA - 15

3. EU - 1

Countries listed by the number of spacecraft launched to explore the solar system, as well as first-of-its-kind or noteworthy vehicles launched into low Earth orbit before 1992:

1. USSR - 115

2. USA - 84

3. EU - 4

4. Japan - 4

5. Germany - 2

6. UK - 1

Countries listed by the number of successful orbital launches (not including emergency and partially emergency) until 1992:

1. USSR - 2278

2. USA - 903

3. Japan - 42

4. France - 39

5. China - 27

6. EU - 13

7. Kenya* - 9

8. India - 3

9. Australia - 2

10. Israel - 2

• Italian naval spaceport "San Marco" located off the coast of Kenya and used to launch American missiles "Scout".

Countries listed by the lowest proportion of emergency orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

1. USSR - 5.54%

2. EU - 7.14%

3. USA - 11.25%

4. Japan - 12.24%

5. France - 14.89%

6. China - 17.65%

Countries listed by the lowest proportion of accidental and partially accidental orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

1. USSR - 7.13%

2. EU - 7.14%

3. Japan - 14.29%

4. USA - 14.65%

5. France - 17.02%

6. China - 20.59%

The number of dead astronauts:

• when performing space flight: in the USSR - 4, in the USA - 14;

• in preparation for space flight: the USSR - 1, the USA - 5.