List of astronauts by name

This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name.

More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the advent of suborbital flight starting with privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut.

While the term astronaut is sometimes applied to anyone who trains for travel into space—including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists—this article lists only professional astronauts, those who have been selected to train professionally. This includes national space programs, industry and commercial space programs which train and/or hire their own professional astronauts.

A

• Joseph M. Acaba (1967–) — STS-119, Soyuz TMA-04M
• Loren Acton (1936—) STS-51-F
• Mike Adams (1930–1967) — X-15. Died during space flight
• James Adamson (1946–) — STS-28, STS-43
• Viktor M. Afanasyev — Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33/32
• Aydyn Aimbetov — Soyuz TMA-18M
• Thomas Akers — STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79
• Vladimir Aksyonov — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
• Buzz Aldrin — Gemini 12, Apollo 11, second person to walk on the Moon
• Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5
• Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
• Andrew M. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75
• Joseph P. Allen — STS-5, STS-51-A
• Michael Alsbury — Commercial astronaut, killed during test flight PF04 of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise
• Christopher Altman — NASA-trained Commercial astronaut, Association of Spaceflight Professionals 2011^[1][2]
• Scott Altman — STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125
• William Anders — Apollo 8
• Clayton Anderson — STS-117/120, STS-131
• Michael P. Anderson, (1959–2003) — STS-89, STS-107. Died in the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003.
  • (Claudie André-Deshays – see Claudie Haigneré)
• Dominic A. Antonelli — STS-119, STS-132
• Jerome Apt — STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
• Lee Archambault — STS-117, STS-119
• Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) — Gemini 8, Apollo 11. First person to walk on the Moon.^[3][4]
• Richard R. Arnold — STS-119
• Anatoly Artsebarsky — Soyuz TM-12
• Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) — Soyuz 14
• Jeffrey Ashby — STS-93, STS-100, STS-112
• Oleg Atkov — Soyuz T-10/11
• Toktar Aubakirov — Soyuz TM-13/12
• Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor — Soyuz MS-09, Expedition 56/57
• Sergei Avdeyev — Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22
• Anousheh Ansari — Soyuz TMA-9

B

• James P. Bagian, M.D. — STS-29, STS-40
• Ellen S. Baker, M.D. — STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
• Michael Baker — STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81
• Aleksandr Balandin — Soyuz TM-9
• Michael R. Barratt, M.D. — Soyuz TMA-14, STS-133
• Kayla Barron— No flights.
• Daniel Barry — STS-72, STS-96, STS-105
• John-David F. Bartoe — STS-51-F
• Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) — No flights. Originally assigned to Gemini 9.
• Yuri Baturin — Soyuz TM-28/27, Soyuz TM-32/31
• Patrick Baudry — STS-51-G
• Alan Bean (1932–2018) — Apollo 12, Skylab 3
• Robert L. Behnken — STS-123, STS-130, Crew Dragon Demo-2
• Ivan Bella — Soyuz TM-29/28
• Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970) — Voskhod 2
• Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995) — Soyuz 3
• Anatoli Berezovoy (1942–2014) — Soyuz T-5/7
• Brian Binnie — SpaceShipOne flight 17P
• John Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81
• Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110
• Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
• Karol Bobko — STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J
• Eric A. Boe — STS-126, STS-133
• Charles Bolden— STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
• Roberta Bondar, M.D. — STS-42
• Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961) – No flights. Died in fire while training in pure oxygen (three weeks before Gagarin's flight).
• Andrei Borisenko — Soyuz TMA-21
• Frank Borman — Gemini 7, Apollo 8
• Stephen G. Bowen — STS-126, STS-132, STS-133
• Kenneth Bowersox — STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
• Charles E. Brady, Jr., M.D. (1951–2006) — STS-78
• Vance Brand — Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
• Daniel Brandenstein — STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49
• Randolph Bresnik – STS-129
• Roy Bridges — STS-51-F
• Curtis Brown — STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103
• David M. Brown (1956–2003) — STS-107. Died on the Columbia.
• Mark Brown — STS-28, STS-48
• James Buchli — STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, STS-48
• Jay C. Buckey, M.D. — STS-90
• Nikolai Budarin — STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
• John S. Bull (1934–2008) — No flights.
• Daniel Burbank — STS-106, STS-115, Soyuz TMA-22
• Daniel Bursch — STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108/111
• Valery Bykovsky — Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31/29

C

• Robert D. Cabana — STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88
• Yvonne Cagle, M.D. — No flights.
• Fernando Caldeiro (1958–2009) — No flights.
• Charles Camarda — STS-114
• Kenneth D. Cameron — STS-37, STS-56, STS-74
• Zena Cardman— No flights.
• Duane G. Carey — STS-109
• Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7^[5]
• Gerald P. Carr — Skylab 4
• Sonny Carter, M.D. (1947–1991) — STS-33
• John Casper — STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77
• Josh Cassada — No flights.
• Christopher Cassidy — STS-127 Soyuz MS-16
• Robert J. Cenker — STS-61-C
• Eugene Cernan (1934–2017) — Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
• Roger B. Chaffee (1935–1967) Died in the fire in Apollo 1.
• Gregory Chamitoff — STS-124/126, STS-134
• Franklin Chang-Diaz — STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111
• Philip K. Chapman — No flights.
• Raja Chari — No flights.
• Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003) — STS-87, STS-107. Died on the crash of the Columbia.
• Maurizio Cheli — STS-75
• Chen Dong — Shenzhou 11.
• Chen Quan — No flights. Backup for Shenzhou 7.
• Leroy Chiao — STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5
• Kevin P. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76
• Jean-Loup Chrétien — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/6, STS-86
• Laurel B. Clark, M.D. (1961–2003) — STS-107. Died in the crash of the Columbia.
• Mary L. Cleave — STS-61-B, STS-30
• Jean-François Clervoy, EAC — STS-66, STS-84, STS-103
• Michael R. Clifford — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76
• Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39
• Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111
• Catherine Coleman — STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20
• Eileen Collins — STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114
• Michael Collins — Gemini 10, Apollo 11
• Charles "Pete" Conrad, (1930–1999) — Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2
• Gordon Cooper (1927–2004) — Mercury 9, Gemini 5
• Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
• Timothy Creamer — Soyuz TMA-17
• John O. Creighton — STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
• Robert Crippen — STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
• Samantha Cristoforetti — Soyuz TMA-15M
• Roger K. Crouch — STS-83, STS-94
• Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. — STS-38, STS-51, STS-105/108
• Walter Cunningham — Apollo 7
• Robert Curbeam — STS-85, STS-98, STS-116
• Nancy J. Currie — STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109

D

• Bill Dana — X-15 flights 174 and 197
• Nancy Jan Davis — STS-47, STS-60, STS-85
• Lawrence J. DeLucas — STS-50
• Frank De Winne — Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-15
• Vladimir N. Dezhurov — Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
• Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971) — Soyuz 11 Died on reentry.
• Takao Doi — STS-87, STS-123
• Matthew Dominick — No flights.
• B. Alvin Drew — STS-118, STS-133
• Brian Duffy — STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92
• Charles Duke — Apollo 16
• Bonnie J. Dunbar — STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89
• Pedro Duque — STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2
• Samuel T. Durrance — STS-35, STS-67
• James Dutton — STS-131
• Lev Dyomin (1926–1998) — Soyuz 15
• Tracy Caldwell Dyson — STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18
• Vladimir Dzhanibekov — Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13

E

• Joe Edwards — STS-89
• Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987) — Apollo 7
• Anthony W. England — STS-51-F
• Joe H. Engle — X-15 flights 138, 143, and 153, STS-2, STS-51-I
• Jeanette J. Epps — No flights.
• Ronald Evans (1933–1990) — Apollo 17
• Reinhold Ewald — Soyuz TM-25/24
• Léopold Eyharts, EAC — Soyuz TM-27/26, STS-122/123

F

• John Fabian — STS-7, STS-51-G
• Muhammed Faris — Soyuz TM-3/2
• Bertalan Farkas — Soyuz 36/35
• Jean-Jacques Favier — STS-78
• Fei Junlong — Shenzhou 6
• Konstantin Feoktistov (1926–2009) — Voskhod 1
• Christopher Ferguson — STS-115, STS-126, STS-135
• Martin J. Fettman — STS-58
• Andrew J. Feustel — STS-125, STS-134
• Anatoly Filipchenko — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 16
• Michael Fincke — Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-13, STS-134
• John L. Finley (1935–2006) — No flights. Trained for the MOL program.
• Jack D. Fischer - Soyuz MS-04
• Anna Lee Fisher, M.D. — STS-51-A
• William Frederick Fisher, M.D. — STS-51-I
• Klaus-Dietrich Flade — Soyuz TM-14/13
• Michael Foale — STS-45, STS-56, STS-63, STS-84/86, STS-103, Soyuz TMA-3
• Kevin A. Ford — STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M
• Michael Foreman — STS-123, STS-129
• Patrick Forrester — STS-105, STS-117, STS-128
• Michael Fossum — STS-121, STS-124, Soyuz TMA-02M
• Ted Freeman (1930–1964) — No flights.
• Stephen Frick — STS-110, STS-122
• Dirk Frimout — STS-45
• Christer Fuglesang — STS-116, STS-128
• Charles Fullerton (1936–2013) — STS-3, STS-51-F
• Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995) — STS-61-A
• Satoshi Furukawa — Soyuz TMA-02M franklin Chang

G

• F. Drew Gaffney, M.D. — STS-40
• Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) — Vostok 1. First person in space.
• Ronald Garan — STS-124, Soyuz TMA-21
• Dale Gardner (1948–2014) — STS-8, STS-51-A
• Guy Gardner — STS-27, STS-35
• Marc Garneau — STS-41-G, STS-77, STS-97
• Owen Garriott (1930–2019) — Skylab 3, STS-9
• Charles Gemar — STS-38, STS-48, STS-62
• Michael Gernhardt — STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104
• Alexander Gerst — Soyuz TMA-13M
• Edward Gibson — Skylab 4
• Robert L. Gibson — STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71
• Yuri Gidzenko — Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102, Soyuz TM-34/Soyuz TM-33
• Ed Givens (1930–1967) — No flights. NASA group 5.
• Yuri Glazkov (1939–2008) — Soyuz 24
• John Glenn (1921–2016) — Mercury 6, STS-95
• Victor Glover — SpaceX Crew-1
• Linda Godwin — STS-37, STS-59, STS-76, STS-108
• Michael T. Good — STS-125, STS-132
• Viktor Gorbatko — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37/36
• Richard Gordon (1929–2017) — Gemini 11, Apollo 12
• Dominic Gorie — STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123
• Ronald Grabe — STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57
• Duane Graveline, M.D. (1931–2016) — No flights.
• Georgi Grechko (1931–2017) — Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz T-14/13
• Frederick Gregory — STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44
• William Gregory — STS-67
• David Griggs (1939–1989) — STS-51-D
• Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (1926–1967) — Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3. Died in the Apollo 1 fire.
• John Grunsfeld — STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109, STS-125
• Aleksei Gubarev — Soyuz 17, Soyuz 28
• Umberto Guidoni — STS-75, STS-100
• Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa — Soyuz 39
• Sidney Gutierrez — STS-40, STS-59

H

• Chris Hadfield — STS-74, STS-100, Expedition 34, Expedition 35, Soyuz TMA-07M
• Nick Hague — Soyuz MS-10, Soyuz MS-12
• Claudie Haigneré, EAC — Soyuz TM-24/23, Soyuz TM-33/32
• Jean-Pierre Haigneré, EAC — Soyuz TM-17/16, Soyuz TM-29
• Fred Haise — Apollo 13
• James Halsell — STS-65, STS-74, STS-83, STS-94, STS-101
• Kenneth Ham — STS-124, STS-132
• Christina Hammock Koch — Soyuz MS-12/Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 59/60/61) A member of the first all-female EVA team.
• Lloyd Hammond — STS-39, STS-64
• Jeremy Hansen — No flights.
• Gregory Harbaugh — STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82
• Bernard A. Harris, Jr. — STS-55, STS-63
• Terry Hart — STS-41-C
• Henry Hartsfield (1933–2014) — STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
• Frederick Hauck — STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26
• Steven Hawley — STS-41-D, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93
• Susan Helms — STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101, STS-102/105
• Karl Henize (1926–1993) — STS-51-F
• Thomas Hennen — STS-44
• Terence Henricks — STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78
• Mirosław Hermaszewski — Soyuz 30
• José M. Hernández — STS-128
• John Herrington— STS-113
• Richard Hieb — STS-39, STS-49, STS-65
• Joan Higginbotham — STS-116
• David Hilmers — STS-51-J, STS-26, STS-36, STS-42
• Robert Hines — No flights.
• Kathryn Hire — STS-90, STS-130
• Charles Hobaugh — STS-104, STS-118, STS-129
• Warren Hoburg — No flights.
• Jeffrey Hoffman — STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75
• Donald Holmquest, M.D. — No flights.
• Michael S. Hopkins — Soyuz TMA-10M, SpaceX Crew-1
• Scott Horowitz — STS-75, STS-82, STS-101, STS-105
• Akihiko Hoshide — STS-124, Soyuz TMA-05M
• Millie Hughes-Fulford — STS-40
• Douglas G. Hurley — STS-127, STS-135, Crew Dragon Demo-2
• Rick Husband (1957–2003) — STS-96, STS-107. Died on the Columbia.

I

• James Irwin — Apollo 15
• Aleksandr Ivanchenkov — Soyuz 29/31
• Anatoli Ivanishin — Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz MS-16
• Georgi Ivanov — Soyuz 33
• Marsha Ivins — STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98

J

• Sigmund Jähn — Soyuz 31/29
• Mae Jemison, M.D. — STS-47
• Tamara E. Jernigan — STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96
• Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72, STS-81, STS-97, STS-115
• Jing Haipeng — Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 11
• Gregory C. Johnson — STS-125
• Gregory H. Johnson — STS-123, STS-134
• Thomas D. Jones — STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98
• Zenon Jankowski — Soyuz 30 Backup

K

• Leonid Kadeniuk — STS-87
• Alexander Kaleri — Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-3, Soyuz TMA-01M
• Janet L. Kavandi — STS-91, STS-99, STS-104
• James M. Kelly — STS-102, STS-114
• Mark Kelly — STS-108, STS-121, STS-124, STS-134
• Scott Kelly — STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-01M, Soyuz TMA-16M/18M
• Joseph Kerwin, M.D. — Skylab 2
• Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000) — Soyuz 5/4
• Jonny Kim — No flights.
• Robert S. Kimbrough — STS-126.
• Leonid Kizim (1941–2010) — Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10/11, Soyuz T-15
• Petr Klimuk — Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18, Soyuz 30
• Pete Knight — X-15 flight 190
• Pyotr Kolodin — No flights, backup for several missions.
• Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967) — Voskhod 1, Soyuz 1. Died during re-entry of first Soyuz spacecraft.
• Yelena Kondakova — Soyuz TM-20/STS-84
• Dmitri Kondratyev — Soyuz TMA-20
• Oleg Kononenko — Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-03M, Soyuz MS-11
• Timothy L. Kopra — STS-127/128
• Mikhail Korniyenko — Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz TMA-16M/18M
• Valery Korzun — Soyuz TM-24, STS-111/113
• Oleg Kotov — Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-17, Soyuz TMA-10M
• Vladimir Kovalyonok — Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29/31, Soyuz T-4
• Konstantin Kozeyev — Soyuz TM-33/32
• Kevin Kregel — STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99
• Sergei Krikalev — Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-12/Soyuz TM-13, STS-60, STS-88, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102, Soyuz TMA-6
• Valeri Kubasov — Soyuz 6, Soyuz 19, Soyuz 36/35
• André Kuipers — Soyuz TMA-4/3, Soyuz TMA-03M
• Robb Kulin — No flights.

L

• Aleksandr Laveykin — Soyuz TM-2
• Robert Lawrence (1935–1967) — No flights. Trained for MOL program.
• Wendy Lawrence — STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114
• Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990) — Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a
• Aleksandr Lazutkin — Soyuz TM-25
• Valentin Lebedev — Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5/7
• Mark C. Lee — STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82
• David Leestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45
• William B. Lenoir (1939–2010) — STS-5
• Alexei Leonov (1934-2019) — Voskhod 2, Soyuz 19. First human to conduct a space walk.
• Frederick W. Leslie — STS-73
• Anatoli Levchenko (1941–1988) — Soyuz TM-4/3
• Byron Lichtenberg — STS-9, STS-45
• Don Lind — STS-51-B
• Kjell N. Lindgren — Soyuz TMA-17M
• Steven Lindsey — STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133
• Jerry Linenger — STS-64, STS-81/84
• Richard Linnehan — STS-78, STS-90, STS-109, STS-123
• Gregory Linteris — STS-83, STS-94
• Liu Boming — Shenzhou 7
• Liu Wang — Shenzhou 9
• Liu Yang — Shenzhou 9
  • (Yáng Lìwěi – see Yáng Lìwěi)
• Anthony Llewellyn — No flights.
• Paul Lockhart — STS-111, STS-113
• Yuri Lonchakov — STS-100, Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-13
• Michael Lopez-Alegria — STS-73, STS-92, STS-113, Soyuz TMA-9
• Christopher Loria — No flights.
• John Lounge — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35
• Jack Lousma — Skylab 3, STS-3
• Stanley G. Love — STS-122
• Jim Lovell — Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13
• G. David Low (1956–2008) — STS-32, STS-43, STS-57
• Edward Lu — STS-84, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2
• Shannon Lucid — STS-51-G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, STS-76/79.
• Vladimir Lyakhov — Soyuz 32/34, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-6/5

M

• David Mackay — VSS Unity VF-01
• Steven MacLean — STS-52, STS-115
• Sandra Magnus — STS-112, STS-126/119, STS-135
• Oleg Makarov (1933–2003) — Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a, Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz T-3
• Yuri Malenchenko — Soyuz TM-19, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-05M, Soyuz TMA-19M
• Franco Malerba — STS-46
• Ravish Malhotra — No flights. India's backup cosmonaut for the Intercosmos program.
• Yuri Malyshev (1941–1999) — Soyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11/10
• Gennadi Manakov — Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16
• Musa Manarov — Soyuz TM-4/6, Soyuz TM-11
• Nicole Aunapu Mann — No flights.
• Thomas Marshburn, M.D. — STS-127
• Michael Massimino — STS-109, STS-125
• Richard Mastracchio — STS-106, STS-118, STS-131, Soyuz TMA-11M
• Michael Masucci — VSS Unity VF-01
• Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II — Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C.
• K. Megan McArthur — STS-125
• William S. McArthur — STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7
• Jon McBride — STS-41-G
• Bruce McCandless II (1937–2017) — STS-41-B, STS-31
• Anne McClain — Soyuz MS-11.
• William C. McCool (1961–2003) — STS-107. Died on the Columbia.
• Michael J. McCulley — STS-34
• John B. McKay (1922-1975) — X-15 flight 150 (awarded posthumously)
• James McDivitt — Gemini 4, Apollo 9
• Donald McMonagle — STS-39, STS-54, STS-66
• Ronald McNair (1950–1986) — STS-41-B. Died on the Challenger (STS-51L).
• Carl Meade — STS-38, STS-50, STS-64
• Jessica Meir — Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62) A member of the first all-female EVA team.
• Bruce Melnick — STS-41, STS-49
• Pamela Melroy — STS-92, STS-112, STS-120
• Mike Melvill — SpaceShipOne flight 15P and 16P
• Leland D. Melvin — STS-122, STS-129
• Ulf Merbold — STS-9, STS-42, Soyuz TM-20/19
• Ernst Messerschmid — STS-61-A
• Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger — STS-131
• Curt Michel (1934–2015) — No flights.
• Aleksandr Misurkin – Soyuz TMA-08M
• Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016) — Apollo 14
• Andreas Mogensen — Soyuz TMA-18M
• Jasmin Moghbeli — No flights.
• Abdul Ahad Mohmand — Soyuz TM-6/5
• Mamoru Mohri — STS-47, STS-99
• Andrew R. Morgan — Soyuz MS-13
• Barbara Morgan — STS-118
• Lee Morin — STS-110
• Boris Morukov (1950–2015) — STS-106
• Beth Moses — VSS Unity VF-01
• Chiaki Mukai, M.D. — STS-65, STS-95
• Richard Mullane — STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36
• / Talgat Musabayev — Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-32/31
• Story Musgrave, M.D. — STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80

N

• Steven R. Nagel — STS-51-G, STS-61-A, STS-37, STS-55
• George Nelson — STS-41-C, STS-61-C, STS-26
• Grigori Nelyubov (1934–1966) — No flights. Vostok backup.
• Rodolfo Neri Vela — STS-61-B
• Paolo A. Nespoli — STS-120, Soyuz TMA-20
• James H. Newman — STS-51, STS-69, STS-88, STS-109
• Claude Nicollier — STS-46, STS-61, STS-75, STS-103
• Nie Haisheng — Shenzhou 6, Shenzhou 10
• Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) — Vostok 3, Soyuz 9
• Soichi Noguchi — STS-114, Soyuz TMA-17, SpaceX Crew-1
• Carlos I. Noriega — STS-84, STS-97
• Oleg Novitskiy — Soyuz TMA-06M
• Lisa Nowak — STS-121
• Karen Nyberg — STS-124, Soyuz TMA-09M

O

• Bryan O'Connor — STS-61-B, STS-40
• Ellen Ochoa — STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110
• Wubbo Ockels (1946–2014) — STS-61-A
• William Oefelein — STS-116
• Loral O'Hara — No flights.
• Brian O'Leary — No flights.
• John D. Olivas — STS-117, STS-128
• Takuya Onishi — Expedition 48/49.
• Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986) — STS-51-C. Died on the Challenger (STS-51L).
• Yuri Onufrienko — Soyuz TM-23, STS-108/111
• Stephen Oswald — STS-42, STS-56, STS-67
• Aleksey Ovchinin — Soyuz TMA-20M
• Robert Overmyer (1936–1996) — STS-5, STS-51-B

P

• Gennady Padalka — Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-14, Soyuz TMA-04M, Soyuz TMA-16M
• William Pailes — STS-51-J
• Scott Parazynski, M.D. — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, STS-120
• Ronald A. Parise (1951–2008) — STS-35, STS-67
• Robert Parker — STS-9, STS-35
• Luca Parmitano — Soyuz TMA-09M
• Nicholas Patrick — STS-116, STS-130
• Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971) — Soyuz 11. Died on reentry.
• James Pawelczyk — STS-90
• Julie Payette — STS-96, STS-127
• Gary Payton — STS-51-C
• Timothy Peake — Soyuz TMA-19M
• Philippe Perrin, EAC — STS-111
• Thomas Pesquet — Soyuz MS-03
• Donald Peterson — STS-6
• Donald Pettit — STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1, STS-126, Soyuz TMA-03M
• Phạm Tuân — Soyuz 37/36
• John Phillips — STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, STS-119
• William Pogue — Skylab 4
• Alan G. Poindexter (1961–2012) — STS-122, STS-131
• Mark Polansky — STS-98, STS-116, STS-127
• Alexander Poleshchuk — Soyuz TM-16
• Valeri Polyakov, M.D. — Soyuz TM-6/7, Soyuz TM-18/20
• Marcos Pontes — Soyuz TMA-8
• Leonid Popov — Soyuz 35/37, Soyuz 40, Soyuz T-7/5
• Pavel Popovich (1930–2009) — Vostok 4, Soyuz 14
• Charles Precourt — STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91
• Dumitru Prunariu — Soyuz 40

R

• Ilan Ramon (1954-2003) — STS-107 Died on the Columbia.
• William Readdy — STS-42, STS-51, STS-79
• Kenneth Reightler — STS-48, STS-60
• James F. Reilly — STS-89, STS-104, STS-117
• Garrett Reisman — STS-123/124, STS-132
• Thomas Reiter — Soyuz TM-22, STS-121/116 Expedition 13
• Vladimír Remek — Soyuz 28
• Judith Resnik (1949–1986) — STS-41D. Died on the Challenger. (STS-51L)
• Sergei Revin — Soyuz TMA-04M
• Paul W. Richards — STS-102
• Richard N. Richards — STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64
• Sally Ride (1951–2012) — STS-7, STS-41-G. First American woman in space.
• Patricia Robertson, M.D. (1963–2001) — No flights.
• Stephen Robinson — STS-85, STS-95, STS-114, STS-130
• Russell L. Rogers (1928–1967) — No flights. Assigned to the Dyna Soar project.
• Roman Romanenko — Soyuz TMA-15 Soyuz TMA-07M
• Yuri Romanenko — Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2/3
• Kent Rominger — STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100
• Stuart Roosa (1933–1994) — Apollo 14
• Jerry L. Ross — STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88, STS-110
• Valery Rozhdestvensky — Soyuz 23
• Kathleen (Kate) Rubins — ISS Expedition 48, Expedition 49
• Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932–2002) — Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
• Mario Runco, Jr. — STS-44, STS-54, STS-77
• Sergei Ryazanski — Soyuz TMA-10M
• Valery Ryumin — Soyuz 25, Soyuz 32/34, Soyuz 35/37, STS-91

S

• Albert Sacco — STS-73
• David Saint-Jacques — Soyuz MS-11.
• Aleksandr Samokutyayev — Soyuz TMA-21, Soyuz TMA-14M
• Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005) — Soyuz 15
• Robert Satcher, M.D. — STS-129
• Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — STS-51-G
• Viktor Savinykh — Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13/14
• Svetlana Savitskaya — Soyuz T-7/5, Soyuz T-12
• Wally Schirra (1923–2007) — Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
• Hans Schlegel — STS-55, STS-122
• Harrison Schmitt — Apollo 17
• Rusty Schweickart — Apollo 9
• Dick Scobee (1939–1986) — STS-41-C. Died on the Challenger (STS-51L).
• David Scott — Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
• Winston Scott — STS-72, STS-87
• / Paul Scully-Power — STS-41-G
• Richard Searfoss (1956–2018) — STS-58, STS-76, STS-90
• Rhea Seddon, M.D. — STS-51-D, STS-40, STS-58
• Elliot See (1927–1966) — No flights.
• Ronald Sega — STS-60, STS-76
• Piers Sellers (1955–2016) — STS-112, STS-121, STS-132
• Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013) — Soyuz T-7/5, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17
• Yelena Serova — Soyuz TMA-14M
• Vitali Sevastyanov (1935–2010) — Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18
• Doug Shane — Commercial astronaut, SpaceShipOne 2003
• Yuri Shargin — Soyuz TMA-5/4
• Salizhan Sharipov — STS-89, Soyuz TMA-5
• Rakesh Sharma — Soyuz T-11/10
• Helen Sharman — Soyuz TM-12, Soyuz TM-11
• Vladimir Shatalov — Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
• Brewster Shaw — STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28
• Alan Shepard (1923–1998) — Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14. First American in space.
• William Shepherd — STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102
  • (Nancy Sherlock – see Nancy Currie)
• Anton Shkaplerov — Soyuz TMA-22, Soyuz TMA-15M
• Georgi Shonin (1935–1997) — Soyuz 6
• Loren Shriver — STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46
• Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, M.D. — Soyuz TMA-11/10
• Peter Siebold — Commercial astronaut, SpaceShipOne 2003
• Oleg Skripochka — Soyuz TMA-01M
• Aleksandr Skvortsov — Soyuz TMA-18— Soyuz TMA-12M
• Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924–1993) — Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
• Michael J. Smith (1945–1986). Died on the Challenger (STS-51L).
• Steven Smith— STS-68, STS-82, STS-103, STS-110
• Anatoly Solovyev — Soyuz TM-5/4, Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-26
• Vladimir Solovyov — Soyuz T-10/11, Soyuz T-15
• Sherwood Spring — STS-61-B
• Robert Springer — STS-29, STS-38
• Thomas Patten Stafford — Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
• Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper — STS-115, STS-126
• Robert Stewart — STS-41-B, STS-51-J
• Susan Still Kilrain — STS-83, STS-94
• Nicole Marie Passonno Stott — STS-128, STS-133
• Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov^[6] No flights
• Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004) — Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-11/10, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
• Mark Stucky — VSS Unity VP-03
• Frederick Sturckow — STS-88, STS-105, STS-117, STS-128, VSS Unity VP-03
• Kathryn Sullivan, — STS-41-G, STS-31, STS-45
• Maksim Surayev — Soyuz TMA-16, Soyuz TMA-13M
• Steven Swanson — STS-117, STS-119
• John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982) — Apollo 13

T

• Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez — Soyuz 38
• Daniel Tani — STS-108, STS-120/122
• Joseph Tanner — STS-66, STS-82, STS-97, STS-115
• Evgeny Tarelkin — Soyuz TMA-06M
• James M. Taylor (1930–1970) — No flights. Assigned to MOL project.
• Valentina Tereshkova — Vostok 6. First woman in space.
• Norman Thagard, M.D. — STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
• Gerhard Thiele — STS-99
• Robert Thirsk, M.D. — STS-78, Soyuz TMA-15
• Andrew Thomas — STS-77, STS-89/91, STS-102, STS-114
• Donald Thomas — STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94
• Stephen Thorne (1953–1986) — No flights. Died before completing NASA astronaut training.
• Kathryn Thornton — STS-33, STS-49, STS-61, STS-73
• William E. Thornton, M.D. — STS-8, STS-51-B
• Pierre Thuot — STS-36, STS-49, STS-62
• Gherman Titov (1935–2000) — Vostok 2
• Vladimir Titov — Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-4/6, STS-63, STS-86
• Michel Tognini, EAC — Soyuz TM-15/14, STS-93
• Valery Tokarev — STS-96, Soyuz TMA-7
• Sergei Treshchov — STS-111/113
• Eugene Trinh — STS-50
• Richard Truly — STS-2, STS-8
• Bjarni Tryggvason — STS-85
• Vasili Tsibliyev — Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25
• Mikhail Tyurin — STS-105/108, Soyuz TMA-9, Soyuz TMA-11M

U

• Yury Usachov — Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-23, STS-101, STS-102/STS-105

V

• Lodewijk van den Berg — STS-51-B
• James "Ox" van Hoften — STS-41-C, STS-51-I
• Ivan Vagner — Soyuz MS-16
• Vladimir Vasyutin (1952–2002) — Soyuz T-14
• Charles Veach (1944–1995) — STS-39, STS-52
• Franz Viehböck — Soyuz TM-13/12
• Alexander Viktorenko — Soyuz TM-3/2, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-20
• Pavel Vinogradov — Soyuz TM-26, Soyuz TMA-8
• Terry Virts — STS-130, Soyuz TMA-15M
• Roberto Vittori — Soyuz 34/33, Soyuz TMA-6/5, STS-134
• Igor Volk — Soyuz T-12
• Alexander Volkov — Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-13
• Sergey Volkov — Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-02M, Soyuz TMA-18M
• Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971) — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11. Died on Soyuz 11.
• Boris Volynov — Soyuz 5, Soyuz 21
• James Voss — STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102/105
• Janice Voss (1956–2012) — STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99

W

• Koichi Wakata — STS-72, STS-92, STS-119/127, Soyuz TMA-11M
• Rex Walheim — STS-110, STS-122, STS-135
• Charles D. Walker — STS-41-D, STS-51-D, STS-61-B
• David M. Walker (1944–2001) — STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69
• Joseph A. Walker (1921–1966) — X-15 flights 77, 90, and 91.
• Shannon Walker — Soyuz TMA-19, SpaceX Crew-1
• Ulrich Walter — STS-55
• Carl Walz — STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108/111
• Taylor Wang — STS-51-B
• Wang Yaping — Shenzhou 10
• Jessica Watkins — No flights.
• Mary Weber — STS-70, STS-101
• Paul Weitz — Skylab 2, STS-6
• James Wetherbee — STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113
• Douglas Wheelock — STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19
• Ed White (1930–1967) — Gemini 4. Died in the Apollo 1 fire.
• Robert Michael White — X-15 flight 62
• Peggy Whitson — STS-111/113, Soyuz TMA-11
• Terrence Wilcutt — STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106
• Clifton "C.C." Williams (1932–1967) — No flights. Died in a training accident.
• Dafydd Williams, M.D. — STS-90, STS-118
• Donald Williams (1942–2016) — STS-51-D, STS-34
• Jeffrey Williams — STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-16
• Sunita "Suni" Williams — STS-116/117, Soyuz TMA-05M
• Barry Wilmore – STS-129, Soyuz TMA-14M
• Stephanie Wilson — STS-121, STS-120, STS-131
• Gregory R. Wiseman – Soyuz TMA-13M
• Peter Wisoff — STS-57, STS-68, STS-81, STS-92
• David Wolf, M.D. — STS-58, STS-86/89, STS-112, STS-127
• Neil Woodward — No flights.
• Alfred Worden — Apollo 15

Y

• Naoko Yamazaki — STS-131
• Yang Liwei — Shenzhou 5
• Boris Yegorov, M.D. (1937–1994) — Voskhod 1
• Aleksei Yeliseyev — Soyuz 5/4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
• Yi So-yeon — Soyuz TMA-12/11
• John Young (1930–2018) — Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9
• Kimiya Yui — Soyuz TMA-17M
• Fyodor Yurchikhin — STS-112, Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-19, Soyuz TMA-09M

Z

• Sergei Zalyotin – Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34
• George D. Zamka — STS-120, STS-130
• Zhai Zhigang — Shenzhou 7
• Zhang Xiaoguang — Shenzhou 10
• Vitaliy Zholobov — Soyuz 21
• Vyacheslav Zudov — Soyuz 23

See also

• Dead astronauts
• List of space travelers by nationality
• List of Apollo astronauts
• List of cosmonauts
• List of human spaceflights
• List of female astronauts
• List of Jewish astronauts
• List of Muslim astronauts
• List of United States Marine Corps astronauts
• List of Asian American astronauts
• List of Hispanic astronauts
• List of African-American astronauts
• Space Shuttle crews
• Spaceflight records
• Timeline of space travel by nationality

References