List of astronauts by name
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This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people who trained to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, professional space travelers were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the launch of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne in 2005, a new category of professional astronaut was created - the commercial astronaut.
While the term is also sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists, this article only lists professional astronauts. A list of everyone who has flown in space can be found at List of space travelers by name.
Names in italic are astronauts that have left Low Earth orbit, names in bold are are astronauts that have walked on the moon. As of 2006, a total of 450 people had travelled to space.
A * next to a name indicates that the person died during spaceflight, during spaceflight attempts, or while training to become astronauts.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
Joseph M. Acaba, first Puerto Rican astronaut.
Loren Acton- Mike Adams (1930-1967) X-15
- James Adamson
Viktor M. Afanasyev- Thomas Akers
Vladimir Aksyonov- Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the second person to walk on the Moon.
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov- Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
- Andrew M. Allen
- Joseph P. Allen
- Scott Altman
- William Anders, first Asian-born person in space. (Anders was born in Hong Kong, but was an American citizen of Caucasian parents.)
- *Michael P. Anderson, (1959-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
- (Claudie André-Deshays - see Claudie Haigneré)
- Jerome Apt
- Neil Armstrong (b. 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Anatoly Artsebarsky- Yuri Artyukhin (1930-1998)
- Jeffrey Ashby
- Oleg Atkov
Toktar Aubakirov, first Kazakh person in space.- Sergei Avdeyev
[edit] B
- James Bagian
-
Ellen Baker - Michael Baker
- Aleksandr Balandin
- Daniel Barry
- John-David F. Bartoe
- Charlie Bassett (1931-1966) original pilot, Gemini 9.
- Yuri Baturin, first Russian politician in space.
Patrick Baudry, first African-born man and second Frenchman in space- Alan Bean, flew on Apollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space.- Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970)
- Georgi Beregovoi (1921-1995)
- Anatoli Berezovoy
- Brian Binnie, second commercial astronaut.
- John Blaha
- Michael J. Bloomfield
- Guion Bluford, first African-American in space.
- Karol Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut.
- Charles Bolden
Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space.- Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon.
- Kenneth Bowersox
- Charles Brady (1951-2006)
- Vance Brand
- Daniel Brandenstein
- Roy Bridges. Became Director of the Kennedy Space Center in March 1997
- Curtis Brown
- *David M. Brown (1956-2003)
- Mark Brown
- James Buchli
- Jay Buckey
- Nikolai Budarin
- Daniel Burbank
- Daniel Bursch
- Valery Bykovsky (b. 1934)
[edit] C
- Robert Cabana
- Charles Camarda
- Kenneth Cameron
- Duane Carey
- Scott Carpenter, a Project Mercury astronaut.
- Gerald Carr
- Sonny Carter, (1947-1991)
- John Casper
- Robert Cenker
- Gene Cernan, flew on Apollo 17
- *Roger B. Chaffee, died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
/ Franklin Chang-Diaz, first Hispanic-American in space, flew on seven space flights.
/ Philip K. Chapman, first Australian-born astronaut.
/ *Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003), first Indian-American woman in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Maurizio Cheli- Leroy Chiao
- Kevin Chilton
- Jean-Loup Chrétien, first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space
- *Laurel B. Clark (1961-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
- Mary Cleave
- Jean-François Clervoy
- Michael Clifford
- Michael Coats
- Kenneth Cockrell
- Catherine Coleman (b. 1960)
- Eileen Collins
- Michael Collins (b. 1930), flew on Apollo 11 crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.)
- Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, (1930-1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the first Skylab mission.
- Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.
- Richard Covey
- John Creighton
- Robert Crippen, Space Shuttle pioneer
- Roger Crouch
- Frank Culbertson
- Walter Cunningham, flew on Apollo 7.
- Robert Curbeam
- Nancy Currie
[edit] D
- Nancy Jan Davis
- Lawrence J. DeLucas
- Lev Demin (1926-1998)
Frank De Winne- Vladimir N. Dezhurov
- *Georgi Dobrovolski (1928-1971)
Takao Doi, first Japanese to walk in space.- Brian Duffy
- Charles Duke, flew on Apollo 16.
- Bonnie J. Dunbar
Pedro Duque, first Spaniard in space.- Samuel T. Durrance
- Vladimir Dzhanibekov
[edit] E
- Joe Edwards
- Donn F. Eisele (1930-1987), flew on Apollo 7.
- Anthony W. England
- Joseph H. Engle
- Ronald Evans (1933-1990)
Reinhold Ewald- Léopold Eyharts
[edit] F
- John Fabian
Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space.
Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space.- Jean-Jacques Favier
Fèi Jùnlóng, taikonaut- Konstantin Feoktistov
- Christopher Ferguson
- Martin Fettman
- Anatoli Filipchenko
- John L. Finley (1935-2006), trained for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
- Edward Fincke
- Anna Fisher
- William Frederick Fisher
- Klaus-Dietrich Flade
- /
Michael Foale, holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. - Patrick Forrester
- Michael Fossum
- Ted Freeman (1930-1964) NASA group 3
- Stephen Frick
- Dirk Frimout, first Belgian in space.
Christer Fuglesang, first Swede in space.- Charles Fullerton
- Reinhard Furrer (1940-1995)
[edit] G
- Francis Gaffney
- Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), first person in space.
- Dale Gardner
- Guy Gardner
- Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space.
- Owen Garriott
- Charles Gemar
- Michael Gernhardt
- Edward Gibson
- Robert L. Gibson
- Yuri Gidzenko
- Ed Givens (1930-1967) NASA group 5
- Yuri Glazkov
- John Glenn (b. 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight.
- Linda Godwin
- Viktor Gorbatko
- Richard Gordon, flew on Apollo 12.
- Dominic Gorie
- Ronald Grabe
- Georgi Grechko
- Frederick Gregory
- William Gregory
- Stanley Griggs (1939-1989)
- *Virgil Grissom (1926-1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice and the first person to go into space twice in a capsule-type spacecraft. Would have been the first person to fly three times. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
- John Grunsfeld
- Aleksei Gubarev
- Umberto Guidoni
Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, first Mongolian in space.- Sidney Gutierrez
[edit] H
- Chris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space.
- Claudie Haigneré, first Frenchwoman in space.
- Jean-Pierre Haigneré
- Fred Haise, flew on Apollo 13.
- James Halsell
- Lloyd Hammond
- Gregory Harbaugh
- Bernard Harris, first African-American to walk in space.
- Terry Hart
- Henry Hartsfield
- Frederick Hauck
- Steven Hawley
- Susan Helms
- Karl Henize (1926-1993)
- Thomas Hennen
- Terence Henricks
Miroslaw Hermaszewski, first Pole in space.- John Herrington, first Native American in space.
- Richard Hieb
- Joan Higginbotham
- David Hilmers
- Kathryn Hire
- Charles Hobaugh
- Jeffrey Hoffman
- Scott Horowitz
- Millie Hughes-Fulford, first female Payload Specialist.
- *Rick D. Husband (1957-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
[edit] I
- James Irwin (1930-1991), flew on Apollo 15.
- Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
- Georgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.
- Marsha Ivins
[edit] J
Sigmund Jähn, first German in space- Mae Jemison, first African-American woman in space
- Tamara E. Jernigan
- Brent W. Jett, Jr.
- Thomas D. Jones
[edit] K
- Leonid Kadenyuk, first Ukrainian in space since independence.
- Alexander Kaleri, first Russian in space since independence.
- Janet Kavandi
- James Kelly
- Mark E. Kelly
- Scott Kelly
- Joseph Kerwin
- Yevgeny Khrunov (1933-2000)
- Leonid Kizim
- Petr Klimuk, first Belarusian in space.
- *Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967), killed during a USSR space flight.
- Yelena V. Kondakova
- Valery Korzun
- Vladimir Kovalyonok
- Konstantin Kozeyev
- Kevin Kregel
- Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.
- Valeri Kubasov (b. 1935)
André Kuipers
[edit] L
- Aleksandr Laveykin
- Robert Lawrence (1935-1967) MOL
- Wendy Lawrence
- Vasili Lazarev (1928-1990)
- Aleksandr Lazutkin
- Valentin Lebedev
- Mark C. Lee
- David Leestma
- William B. Lenoir
- Aleksei Leonov, first person to "walk in space" (to make an EVA).
- Frederick W. Leslie
- Anatoli Levchenko (1941-1988)
- Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA Payload Specialist.
- Don Lind
- Steven Lindsey
- Jerry Linenger
- Richard Linnehan
- Gregory Linteris
- Yang Liwei - see under Y
- Paul Lockhart
- Yuri Lonchakov
- Michael Lopez-Alegria
- Christopher Loria
- John Lounge
- Jack Lousma
- Jim Lovell, flew on Apollo 8, the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and on Apollo 13.
- G. David Low
- Edward Lu
- Shannon Lucid, first Asian-born woman in space. As of 2006, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
- Vladimir Lyakhov
[edit] M
- Steven MacLean
- Sandra Magnus
- Oleg Makarov (1933-2003)
- Yuri Malenchenko
- Franco Malerba, first Italian in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)
- Yuri Malyshev (1941-1999)
- Gennadi Manakov
- Musa Manarov
- Michael Massimino
- Richard Mastracchio
- Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II (b. 1936), flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C.
- William McArthur
- Jon McBride
- Bruce McCandless II
- *William C. McCool (1961-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
- Michael McCulley
- James McDivitt, flew on Apollo 9.
- Donald McMonagle
- *Ronald McNair (1950-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- Carl Meade
- Bruce Melnick
- Pamela Melroy
/ Mike Melvill, first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.- Ulf Merbold
- Ernst Messerschmid
- Edgar Mitchell, flew on Apollo 14.
Abdul Ahad Mohmand, first Afghan in space.- Mamoru Mohri, first professional Japaneseastronaut in space.
- Lee Morin
- Boris Morukov
- Chiaki Mukai, first Japanese woman in space.
- Richard Mullane
- Talgat Musabayev
- Story Musgrave
[edit] N
- Steven R. Nagel
- George Nelson
- Grigori Nelyubov (1934-1966) Vostok backup.
Rodolfo Neri Vela, first Mexican in space.- James H. Newman
Claude Nicollier, first Swiss in space.- Niè Hǎishèng, taikonaut
- Andrian Nikolayev (1929-2004)
- Soichi Noguchi
- Carlos I. Noriega, first Peruvian-born person in space.
- Lisa Nowak
[edit] O
- Bryan O'Connor
- Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space.
- Wubbo Ockels, first Dutchman in space.
- William Oefelein
- *Ellison Onizuka (1946-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- Yuri Onufrienko
- Stephen Oswald
- Robert Overmyer (1936-1996)
[edit] P
- Gennady Padalka
- William Pailes
- Scott Parazynski
- Ronald A. Parise
- Robert Parker
- Nicholas Patrick
- *Viktor Patsayev (1933-1971)
- James Pawelczyk
- Julie Payette
- Gary Payton, first military astronaut.
- Philippe Perrin, first Morocco-born man in space
- Donald Peterson
- Donald Pettit
Pham Tuân, first Vietnamese and first Asian in space.- John Phillips
- William Pogue
- Mark Polansky
- Alexander Poleshchuk
- Valeri Polyakov, holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days.
Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian in space.- Leonid Popov
- Pavel Popovich, first Ukrainian-born person in space.
- Charles Precourt
Dumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space.
[edit] R
*Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), first Israeli in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.- William Readdy
- Kenneth Reightler
- James F. Reilly
- Thomas Reiter, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS.
Vladimír Remek, first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space.- *Judith Resnik (1949-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- Paul W. Richards
- Richard N. Richards
- Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
- Stephen Robinson
- Russell L. Rogers (1928-1967) Dyna Soar
- Yuri Romanenko
- Kent Rominger
- Stuart Roosa (1933-1994), flew on Apollo 14.
- Jerry L. Ross, flew on seven space flights.
- Valeri Rozhdestvensky
- Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932-2002)
- Mario Runco, Jr.
- Valery Ryumin
[edit] S
Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud- Albert Sacco
- Gennadi Sarafanov (1942-2005)
- Viktor Savinykh
- Svetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space.
- Wally Schirra
- Hans Schlegel
- Harrison Schmitt, flew on Apollo 17.
- Rusty Schweickart
- *Dick Scobee (1939-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- Winston Scott
- David Scott
- / Paul Scully-Power
- Richard Searfoss
- Rhea Seddon
- Elliott See (1927-1966) original command pilot, Gemini 9.
- Ronald Sega
- / Piers Sellers
- Aleksandr Serebrov
- Vitali Sevastyanov
- Doug Shane, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
- Yuri Shargin, first Russian military cosmonaut
Salizhan Sharipov- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space.
- Vladimir Shatalov
- Brewster Shaw
- Alan Shepard (1923-1998), first American in space.
- William Shepherd
- (Nancy Sherlock - see Nancy Currie)
- Georgi Shonin (1935-1997)
- Loren Shriver
- Peter Siebold, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
- Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924-1996), a Mercury astronaut.
- Steven Smith
Anatoly Solovyev- Vladimir Solovyov
- Aleksei Sorokin[1] (1931-1976) Voskhod 1 backup.
- Sherwood Spring
- Robert Springer
- Thomas Patten Stafford
- Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
- Robert Stewart
- Susan Still
- Gennady Strekalov (1940-2004)
- Frederick Sturckow
- Kathryn Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space.
- John "Jack" Swigert (1931-1982), flew on Apollo 13.
[edit] T
- Daniel Tani
- Joseph Tanner
- James M. Taylor (1930-1970) MOL
- Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space.
- Norman Thagard
- Gerhard Thiele
- Robert Thirsk
- / Andrew Thomas
- Donald Thomas
- Stephen Thorne (1953-1986), died before completing his NASA astronaut training.
- Kathryn Thornton, first woman to make multiple EVAs.
- William Thornton
- Pierre Thuot
- Gherman Titov (1935-2000), the second person to make a space flght and the first to stay up for a day.
- Vladimir Titov
- Michel Tognini
- Valery Tokarev
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space.- Sergei Treschev
- Eugene Trinh, first Vietnamese-American in space.
- Richard Truly
- Bjarni Tryggvason
- Vasili Tsibliyev
- Mikhail Tyurin
[edit] U
[edit] V
- / Lodewijk van den Berg
- James "Ox" van Hoften
- Vladimir Vasyutin (1952-2002)
- Charles Veach (1944-1995)
Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space.- Alexander Viktorenko
- Pavel Vinogradov
- Roberto Vittori
- Igor Volk
- *Vladislav Volkov (1935-1971), killed on Soyuz 11.
- Alexander Volkov
- Boris Volynov, first Jew in space.
- James Voss
- Janice Voss
[edit] W
- Koichi Wakata
- Rex Walheim
- Charles Walker
- David M. Walker (1944-2001)
- Joseph A. Walker (1921-1966), first person to enter space twice.
- Ulrich Walter
- Carl Walz
- / Taylor Wang, first ethnic Chinese person in space.
- Mary Weber
- Paul Weitz
- James Wetherbee
- *Edward White (1930-1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
- Peggy Whitson
- Terrence Wilcutt
- Clifton Williams (1932-1967), died in a training accident.
- Dafydd Williams
- Donald Williams
- Jeffrey Williams
- Sunita "Suni" Williams
- Stephanie Wilson
- Peter Wisoff
- David Wolf
- Alfred Worden
[edit] Y
- Yáng Lìwěi, first taikonaut.
- Boris Yegorov (1937-1994)
- Aleksei Yeliseyev
- John Young, flew on two Gemini, two Apollo (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), and two Space Shuttle missions.
- Fyodor Yurchikhin
[edit] Z
[edit] See also
- Timeline of astronauts by nationality
- List of Apollo astronauts
- List of human spaceflights
- Space Shuttle crews
- Spaceflight records
- List of United States Marine Corps astronauts
