1992 in spaceflight
Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 21 January |
| Last | 29 December |
| Total | 97 |
| Successes | 93 |
| Failures | 2 |
| Partial failures | 2 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite | South Korea |
| Orbital launch | Russia |
| Space traveller | Belgium Italy Switzerland |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Atlas IIA Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Retirements | Commercial Titan III Delta II 6920 Delta II 6925 H-I |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 10 |
| Total travellers | 59 |
The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.