- List of astronauts by name
This is an alphabetical list of
astronaut s, people trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of aspacecraft . Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the first sub-orbital flight of the privately-fundedSpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created - thecommercial astronaut .While the term astronaut is 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 who have left
Low Earth orbit , names in bold are astronauts who have .The flags indicate citizenship during time as an astronuat. As of 2008, more than 480 people had trained as astronauts.
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Joseph M. Acaba , first Puerto Rican astronaut. - Flagicon|USA
Loren Acton - Flagicon|USA Mike Adams (1930–1967)
X-15 - Flagicon|USA James Adamson
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Viktor M. Afanasyev - Flagicon|USA
Thomas Akers - Flagicon|Japan
Toyohiro Akiyama , the first business-sponsored space traveler. - Flagicon|USSR
Vladimir Aksyonov - Flagicon|USA "
Buzz Aldrin " (born 1930), flew onApollo 11 and was the second person to walk on the Moon. - Flagicon|BUL
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov - Flagicon|USSR
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov - Flagicon|USA
Andrew M. Allen - Flagicon|USA
Joseph P. Allen - Flagicon|USA
Scott Altman - Flagicon|USA "
William Anders " - Flagicon|USA
Clayton Anderson - Flagicon|USA *
Michael P. Anderson , (1959–2003), died in theSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster .
*(Claudie André-Deshays - see Claudie Haigneré) - Flagicon|USA
Jerome Apt - Flagicon|USA
Lee Archambault - Flagicon|USA "
Neil Armstrong " (born 1930), flew onApollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon. - Flagicon|URS/Flagicon|UKR
Anatoly Artsebarsky - Flagicon|USSR
Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) - Flagicon|USA
Jeffrey Ashby - Flagicon|USSR
Oleg Atkov - Flagicon|URS
Toktar Aubakirov , first Kazakh born person in space. - Flagicon|RUS
Sergei Avdeyev B
- Flagicon|USA James Bagian
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- Flagicon|USA Michael Baker
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Aleksandr Balandin - Flagicon|USA Daniel Barry
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John-David F. Bartoe - Flagicon|USA Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) original pilot,
Gemini 9 . - Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Baturin , first Russian politician in space. - Flagicon|FRA
Patrick Baudry , firstAfrica n-born man and second Frenchman in space - Flagicon|USA "
Alan Bean ", flew onApollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. - Flagicon|USA
Robert L. Behnken - Flagicon|SVK
Ivan Bella , first Slovak in space. - Flagicon|USSR
Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970) - Flagicon|USSR
Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995) - Flagicon|USSR
Anatoli Berezovoy - Flagicon|USA
Brian Binnie , secondcommercial astronaut . - Flagicon|USA John Blaha
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Michael J. Bloomfield - Flagicon|USA
Guion Bluford , firstAfrican-American in space. - Flagicon|USA Karol Bobko, first graduate of the
United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut. - Flagicon|USA Charles Bolden
- Flagicon|CAN woman in space.
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Frank Borman ", commander ofApollo 8 , the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon. - Flagicon|USA Kenneth Bowersox
- Flagicon|USA Charles Brady (1951–2006)
- Flagicon|USA Vance Brand
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Daniel Brandenstein - Flagicon|USA Roy Bridges. Became Director of the Kennedy Space Center in March 1997
- Flagicon|USA Curtis Brown
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David M. Brown (1956–2003) - Flagicon|USA Mark Brown
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James Buchli - Flagicon|USA Jay Buckey
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Nikolai Budarin - Flagicon|USA Daniel Burbank
- Flagicon|USA Daniel Bursch
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Valery Bykovsky (born 1934)C
- Flagicon|USA Robert Cabana
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Charles Camarda - Flagicon|USA Kenneth Cameron
- Flagicon|USA Duane Carey
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Scott Carpenter , aProject Mercury astronaut. - Flagicon|USA Gerald Carr
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Sonny Carter , (1947–1991) - Flagicon|USA
John Casper - Flagicon|USA Robert Cenker
- Flagicon|USA "Gene Cernan", flew on
Apollo 17 - Flagicon|USA *
Roger B. Chaffee , died in theApollo 1 disaster. - Flagicon|USA
Gregory Chamitoff - Flagicon|CRC / Flagicon|USA
Franklin Chang-Diaz , first Hispanic-American in space, flew on seven space flights. - Flagicon|AUS / Flagicon|USA
Philip K. Chapman , first Australian-born astronaut. - Flagicon|IND / Flagicon|USA .
- Flagicon|ITA
Maurizio Cheli - Flagicon|PRC
Chen Quan , backup Shenzhou 7. - Flagicon|USA
Leroy Chiao - Flagicon|USA Kevin Chilton
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Jean-Loup Chrétien , first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space - Flagicon|USA .
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Jean-François Clervoy - Flagicon|USA Michael Clifford
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Michael Coats - Flagicon|USA
Kenneth Cockrell - Flagicon|USA (born 1960)
- Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA "Michael Collins (born 1930), flew on
Apollo 11 " crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.) - Flagicon|USA "
Pete Conrad ",Apollo 12 , (1930–1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the firstSkylab mission. - Flagicon|USA
Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day. - Flagicon|USA Richard Covey
- Flagicon|USA John Creighton
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Robert Crippen ,Space Shuttle pioneer - Flagicon|USA Roger Crouch
- Flagicon|USA Frank Culbertson
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Walter Cunningham , flew onApollo 7 . - Flagicon|USA
Robert Curbeam - Flagicon|USA
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Lawrence J. DeLucas - Flagicon|USSR
Lev Demin (1926–1998) - Flagicon|BEL
Frank De Winne - Flagicon|RUS Vladimir N. Dezhurov
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Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971) - Flagicon|JPN
Takao Doi , first Japanese to walk in space. - Flagicon|USA
B. Alvin Drew (born 1962) - Flagicon|USA
Brian Duffy - Flagicon|USA "Charles Duke", flew on
Apollo 16 . - Flagicon|USA
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Pedro Duque , first Spaniard in space. - Flagicon|USA
Samuel T. Durrance - Flagicon|USSR
Vladimir Dzhanibekov E
- Flagicon|USA Joe Edwards
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Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987), flew onApollo 7 . - Flagicon|USA
Anthony W. England - Flagicon|USA
Joseph H. Engle - Flagicon|USA "
Ronald Evans " (1933–1990) - Flagicon|GER
Reinhold Ewald - Flagicon|FRA
Léopold Eyharts F
- Flagicon|USA John Fabian
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Muhammed Faris , first Syrian in space. - Flagicon|HUN
Bertalan Farkas , first Hungarian in space. - Flagicon|FRA
Jean-Jacques Favier - Flagicon|CHN Fèi Jùnlóng
- Flagicon|USSR
Konstantin Feoktistov - Flagicon|USA
Christopher Ferguson - Flagicon|USA Martin Fettman
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Anatoli Filipchenko - Flagicon|USA
John L. Finley (1935–2006), trained for theManned Orbiting Laboratory program. - Flagicon|USA
Edward Fincke - Flagicon|USA
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William Frederick Fisher - Flagicon|GER
Klaus-Dietrich Flade - Flagicon|USA / Flagicon|GBR
Michael Foale , holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. - Flagicon|USA
Michael Foreman - Flagicon|USA Patrick Forrester
- Flagicon|USA Michael Fossum
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Ted Freeman (1930–1964) NASA group 3 - Flagicon|USA
Stephen Frick - Flagicon|BEL
Dirk Frimout , first Belgian in space. - Flagicon|SWE
Christer Fuglesang , first Swede in space. - Flagicon|USA Charles Fullerton
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Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995)G
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Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), first person in space. - Flagicon|USA Ronald Garan
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Dale Gardner - Flagicon|USA Guy Gardner
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Marc Garneau , first Canadian in space. - Flagicon|USA Owen Garriott
- Flagicon|USA Charles Gemar
- Flagicon|USA Michael Gernhardt
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Edward Gibson - Flagicon|USA
Robert L. Gibson - Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Gidzenko - Flagicon|USA Ed Givens (1930–1967) NASA group 5
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Yuri Glazkov - Flagicon|USA
John Glenn (born 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight. - Flagicon|USA
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Viktor Gorbatko - Flagicon|USA "Richard Gordon", flew on
Apollo 12 . - Flagicon|USA Dominic Gorie
- Flagicon|USA Ronald Grabe
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Georgi Grechko - Flagicon|USA Frederick Gregory
- Flagicon|USA William Gregory
- Flagicon|USA Stanley Griggs (1939–1989)
- Flagicon|USA *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. - Flagicon|USA John Grunsfeld
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Aleksei Gubarev - Flagicon|ITA
Umberto Guidoni - Flagicon|MNG
Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha , first Mongolian in space. - Flagicon|USA Sidney Gutierrez
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Chris Hadfield , first Canadian to walk in space. - Flagicon|FRA woman in space.
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Jean-Pierre Haigneré - Flagicon|USA "
Fred Haise ", flew onApollo 13 . - Flagicon|USA
James Halsell - Flagicon|USA
Kenneth Ham - Flagicon|USA
Lloyd Hammond - Flagicon|USA
Gregory Harbaugh - Flagicon|USA
Bernard Harris , firstAfrican-American to walk in space. - Flagicon|USA
Terry Hart - Flagicon|USA
Henry Hartsfield - Flagicon|USA
Frederick Hauck - Flagicon|USA
Steven Hawley - Flagicon|USA
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Karl Henize (1926–1993) - Flagicon|USA
Thomas Hennen - Flagicon|USA
Terence Henricks - Flagicon|POL
Miroslaw Hermaszewski , first Pole in space. - Flagicon|USA
John Herrington , first Native American in space. - Flagicon|USA
Richard Hieb - Flagicon|USA
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David Hilmers - Flagicon|USA
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Charles Hobaugh - Flagicon|USA
Jeffrey Hoffman - Flagicon|USA
Scott Horowitz - Flagicon|Japan
Akihiko Hoshide - Flagicon|USA
Millie Hughes-Fulford , first femalePayload Specialist . - Flagicon|USA *
Rick D. Husband (1957–2003), died in theSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster .I
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James Irwin " (1930–1991), flew onApollo 15 . - Flagicon|USSR
Aleksandr Ivanchenkov - Flagicon|BUL
Georgi Ivanov , first Bulgarian in space. - Flagicon|USA
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Sigmund Jähn , first German in space - Flagicon|USA woman in space
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Brent W. Jett, Jr. - Flagicon|USA
Gregory H. Johnson - Flagicon|USA
Thomas D. Jones K
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Leonid Kadenyuk , first Ukrainian in space since independence. - Flagicon|RUS
Alexander Kaleri , first Russian in space since independence. - Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA James Kelly
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Mark E. Kelly - Flagicon|USA
Scott Kelly - Flagicon|USA
Joseph Kerwin - Flagicon|USSR
Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000) - Flagicon|USSR
Leonid Kizim - Flagicon|USSR
Petr Klimuk , firstBelarus ian in space. - Flagicon|USSR *Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), killed during a USSR space flight.
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Oleg Kononenko - Flagicon|RUS
Valery Korzun - Flagicon|RUS
Oleg Kotov - Flagicon|USSR
Vladimir Kovalyonok - Flagicon|RUS
Konstantin Kozeyev - Flagicon|USA
Kevin Kregel - Flagicon|USSR/Flagicon|RUS
Sergei Krikalev , six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes. - Flagicon|USSR
Valeri Kubasov (born 1935) - Flagicon|NLD
André Kuipers L
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Aleksandr Laveykin - Flagicon|USA Robert Lawrence (1935–1967) MOL, first black astronaunt
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Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990) - Flagicon|RUS
Aleksandr Lazutkin - Flagicon|USSR
Valentin Lebedev - Flagicon|USA
Mark C. Lee - Flagicon|USA
David Leestma - Flagicon|USA
William B. Lenoir - Flagicon|USSR
Aleksei Leonov , first person to walk in space (to make an EVA). - Flagicon|USA
Frederick W. Leslie - Flagicon|USSR
Anatoli Levchenko (1941–1988) - Flagicon|USA
Byron Lichtenberg , first NASAPayload Specialist . - Flagicon|USA
Don Lind - Flagicon|USA
Steven Lindsey - Flagicon|USA
Jerry Linenger - Flagicon|USA
Richard Linnehan - Flagicon|USA
Gregory Linteris
*(Yáng Lìwěi - see Yáng Lìwěi) - Flagicon|USA
Paul Lockhart - Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Lonchakov - Flagicon|USA
Michael Lopez-Alegria - Flagicon|USA
Christopher Loria - Flagicon|USA
John Lounge - Flagicon|USA
Jack Lousma - Flagicon|USA
Stanley G. Love - Flagicon|USA "
Jim Lovell ", flew onApollo 8 , the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and onApollo 13 . - Flagicon|USA
G. David Low (1956-2008) - Flagicon|USA
Edward Lu - Flagicon|USA .
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Vladimir Lyakhov M
- Flagicon|CAN Steven MacLean
- Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USSR Oleg Makarov (1933–2003)
- Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Malenchenko - Flagicon|ITA
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.) - Flagicon|USSR
Yuri Malyshev (1941–1999) - Flagicon|USSR/Flagicon|RUS
Gennadi Manakov - Flagicon|USSR
Musa Manarov - Flagicon|USA
Michael Massimino - Flagicon|USA
Richard Mastracchio - Flagicon|USA "Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II" (born 1936), flew on
Apollo 16 ,STS-4 , andSTS-51-C . - Flagicon|USA William McArthur
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Jon McBride - Flagicon|USA
Bruce McCandless II - Flagicon|USA *
William C. McCool (1961–2003), died in theSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster . - Flagicon|USA
Michael McCulley - Flagicon|USA
James McDivitt , flew onApollo 9 . - Flagicon|USA
Donald McMonagle - Flagicon|USA *
Ronald McNair (1950–1986), died in theSpace Shuttle Challenger disaster . - Flagicon|USA
Carl Meade - Flagicon|USA
Bruce Melnick - Flagicon|USA
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Mike Melvill , first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut. - Flagicon|USA
Leland D. Melvin - Flagicon|Germany
Ulf Merbold - Flagicon|GER
Ernst Messerschmid - Flagicon|USA "
Edgar Mitchell ", flew onApollo 14 . - Flagicon|AFG
Abdul Ahad Mohmand , first Afghan in space. - Flagicon|JPN
Mamoru Mohri , first professional Japaneseastronaut in space. - Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA
Lee Morin - Flagicon|RUS
Boris Morukov - Flagicon|JPN woman in space.
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Richard Mullane - Flagicon|KAZ
Talgat Musabayev - Flagicon|USA
Story Musgrave N
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Steven R. Nagel - Flagicon|USA George Nelson
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Grigori Nelyubov (1934–1966) Vostok backup. - Flagicon|ITA
Paolo A. Nespoli - Flagicon|USA
James H. Newman - Flagicon|CHE
Claude Nicollier , first Swiss in space. - Flagicon|CHN
Niè Hǎishèng , flew onShenzhou 6 - Flagicon|USSR
Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) - Flagicon|JPN
Soichi Noguchi - Flagicon|USA
Carlos I. Noriega , first Peruvian-born person in space. - Flagicon|USA
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Bryan O'Connor - Flagicon|USA woman in space.
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Wubbo Ockels , first Dutchman in space. - Flagicon|USA
William Oefelein - Flagicon|USA *
Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died in theSpace Shuttle Challenger disaster . - Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Onufrienko - Flagicon|USA
Stephen Oswald - Flagicon|USA
Robert Overmyer (1936–1996)P
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Gennady Padalka - Flagicon|USA
William Pailes - Flagicon|USA
Scott Parazynski - Flagicon|USA
Ronald A. Parise - Flagicon|USA Robert Parker
- Flagicon|GBR / Flagicon|USA
Nicholas Patrick - Flagicon|USSR *
Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971) - Flagicon|USA
James Pawelczyk - Flagicon|CAN
- Flagicon|USA Gary Payton, first military
astronaut . - Flagicon|FRA
Philippe Perrin , firstMorocco -born man in space - Flagicon|USA
Donald Peterson - Flagicon|USA
Donald Pettit - Flagicon|VNM
Pham Tuân , first Vietnamese and first Asian in space. - Flagicon|USA John Phillips
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William Pogue - Flagicon|USA
Alan G. Poindexter - Flagicon|USA
Mark Polansky - Flagicon|RUS
Alexander Poleshchuk - Flagicon|USSR/Flagicon|RUS
Valeri Polyakov , holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days. - Flagicon|BRA
Marcos Pontes , first Brazilian in space. - Flagicon|USSR
Leonid Popov - Flagicon|USSR
Pavel Popovich , first Ukrainian-born person in space. - Flagicon|USA
Charles Precourt - Flagicon|ROU
Dumitru Prunariu , first Romanian in space.R
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Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli in space, died in theSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster . - Flagicon|USA
William Readdy - Flagicon|USA
Kenneth Reightler - Flagicon|USA
James F. Reilly - Flagicon|USA
Garrett Reisman - Flagicon|GER
Thomas Reiter , first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS. - Flagicon|CSK
Vladimír Remek , first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space. - Flagicon|USA .
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Paul W. Richards - Flagicon|USA
Richard N. Richards - Flagicon|USA , first American woman in space.
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Stephen Robinson - Flagicon|USA
Russell L. Rogers (1928–1967)Dyna Soar - Flagicon|USSR
Yuri Romanenko - Flagicon|USA
Kent Rominger - Flagicon|USA "
Stuart Roosa " (1933–1994), flew onApollo 14 . - Flagicon|USA
Jerry L. Ross , flew on seven space flights. - Flagicon|USSR
Valeri Rozhdestvensky - Flagicon|USSR
Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932–2002) - Flagicon|USA
Mario Runco, Jr. - Flagicon|USSR/Flagicon|RUS
Valery Ryumin - Flagicon|USA
Albert Sacco - Flagicon|USSR
Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005) - Flagicon|USSR
Viktor Savinykh - Flagicon|USSR , first woman to walk in space.
- Flagicon|USA
Wally Schirra (1923–2007) - Flagicon|GER
Hans Schlegel - Flagicon|USA "
Harrison Schmitt ", flew onApollo 17 . - Flagicon|USA
Rusty Schweickart - Flagicon|USA *
Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died in theSpace Shuttle Challenger disaster . - Flagicon|USA Winston Scott
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David Scott " - Flagicon|AUS / Flagicon|USA Paul Scully-Power
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Richard Searfoss - Flagicon|USA
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Elliott See (1927–1966) original command pilot, Gemini 9. - Flagicon|USA
Ronald Sega - Flagicon|GBR / Flagicon|USA
Piers Sellers - Flagicon|USSR/Flagicon|RUS
Aleksandr Serebrov - Flagicon|USSR
Vitali Sevastyanov - Flagicon|USA
Doug Shane ,commercial astronaut , trained to pilot SpaceShipOne. - Flagicon|RUS
Yuri Shargin , first Russian military cosmonaut - Flagicon|RUS
Salizhan Sharipov [ [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/people/oral-histories/sharipov.pdf Salihzan Sharipov ] ] - Flagicon|IND
Rakesh Sharma , first Indian in space. - Flagicon|USSR
Vladimir Shatalov - Flagicon|USA Brewster Shaw
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Alan Shepard " (1923–1998), first American in space. - Flagicon|USA
William Shepherd
*(Nancy Sherlock - see Nancy Currie) - Flagicon|USSR
Georgi Shonin (1935–1997) - Flagicon|USA
Loren Shriver - Flagicon|MYS
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor , firstMalaysia n in space. - Flagicon|USA
Peter Siebold ,commercial astronaut , trained to pilot SpaceShipOne. - Flagicon|USA Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924–1996), a Mercury astronaut.
- Flagicon|USA Steven Smith
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Anatoly Solovyev first Latvia born astronaut, holds the world record for time spent during space walks, has 77+ hours over 16 separate outings. - Flagicon|USSR Vladimir Solovyov
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Aleksei Sorokin [ [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/german/sorokin_aleksei.htm Kosmonautenbiographie: Alexej Sorokin ] ] (1931–1976)Voskhod 1 backup. - Flagicon|USA Sherwood Spring
- Flagicon|USA Robert Springer
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Thomas Patten Stafford " - Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA Robert Stewart
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Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004) - Flagicon|USA Frederick Sturckow
- Flagicon|USA woman to walk in space.
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Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Flagicon|USA "John "Jack" Swigert" (1931–1982), flew on
Apollo 13 .T
- Flagicon|USA Daniel Tani
- Flagicon|USA Joseph Tanner
- Flagicon|USA James M. Taylor (1930–1970) MOL
- Flagicon|USSR , first woman in space.
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Norman Thagard - Flagicon|GER
Gerhard Thiele - Flagicon|CAN
Robert Thirsk - Flagicon|AUS / Flagicon|USA Andrew Thomas
- Flagicon|USA Donald Thomas
- Flagicon|USA Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), died before completing his NASA astronaut training.
- Flagicon|USA , first woman to make multiple EVAs.
- Flagicon|USA William Thornton
- Flagicon|USA Pierre Thuot
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Gherman Titov (1935–2000), first human to spend a full 24 hour day in orbit. He was the Soviet Union's second cosmonaut. - Flagicon|RUS
Vladimir Titov - Flagicon|FRA
Michel Tognini - Flagicon|RUS
Valery Tokarev - Flagicon|CUB
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez , the firstCuba n, firstHispanophone , and first person ofAfrica n ancestry in space. - Flagicon|RUS
Sergei Treshchev - Flagicon|USA
Eugene Trinh , firstVietnamese-American in space. - Flagicon|USA
Richard Truly - Flagicon|CAN
Bjarni Tryggvason - Flagicon|RUS
Vasili Tsibliyev - Flagicon|RUS
Mikhail Tyurin U
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Yury Usachev V
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Lodewijk van den Berg - Flagicon|USA James "Ox" van Hoften
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Vladimir Vasyutin (1952–2002) - Flagicon|USA
Charles Veach (1944–1995) - Flagicon|AUT
Franz Viehböck , first Austrian in space. - Flagicon|RUS
Alexander Viktorenko - Flagicon|RUS
Pavel Vinogradov - Flagicon|ITA
Roberto Vittori - Flagicon|USSR
Igor Volk - Flagicon|RUS Alexander Volkov
- Flagicon|RUS Sergey Volkov son of Alexander Volkov.
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Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), killed onSoyuz 11 . - Flagicon|USSR
Boris Volynov , firstJew in space. - Flagicon|USA
James Voss - Flagicon|USA
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Koichi Wakata - Flagicon|USA Rex Walheim
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Charles Walker - Flagicon|USA David M. Walker (1944–2001)
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Joseph A. Walker (1921–1966), first person to enter space twice. - Flagicon|GER
Ulrich Walter - Flagicon|USA
Carl Walz - Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA Paul Weitz
- Flagicon|USA James Wetherbee
- Flagicon|USA Douglas Wheelock
- Flagicon|USA *Edward White (1930–1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the
Apollo 1 disaster. - Flagicon|USA
- Flagicon|USA Terrence Wilcutt
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Clifton Williams (1932–1967), died in a training accident. - Flagicon|CAN
Dafydd Williams - Flagicon|USA Donald Williams
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Jeffrey Williams - Flagicon|USA As of 2007, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
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- Flagicon|USA Peter Wisoff
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David Wolf - Flagicon|USA
Neil Woodward - Flagicon|USA "
Alfred Worden "Y
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Yáng Lìwěi , first person launched by a Chinese space program - Flagicon|USSR
Boris Yegorov (1937–1994) - Flagicon|USSR
Aleksei Yeliseyev - Flagicon|USA "John Young", flew on two Gemini, two Apollo (
Apollo 10 andApollo 16 ), and twoSpace Shuttle missions. - Flagicon|RUS
Fyodor Yurchikhin Z
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Sergei Zalyotin - Flagicon|USSR
Vitaliy Zholobov - Flagicon|USSR
Vyacheslav Zudov
ee also
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Timeline of space travel by nationality
*List of Apollo astronauts
*List of human spaceflights
*Space Shuttle crews
*List of United States Marine Corps astronauts
*Spaceflight records Notes
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