List of astronauts by name
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<!---Only people selected as professional astronauts should be listed here-->This is an alphabetical '''list of [[astronaut]]s''', people trained by a [[List of human spaceflight programs|human spaceflight program]] to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a [[spacecraft]]. 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-funded [[SpaceShipOne]] in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created - the [[commercial 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 [[:Category:People who have walked on the Moon|walked on the moon]]. The flags indicate the astronaut's citizenship at the time of flight(s). [[As of 2008]], more than 480 people had trained as astronauts.
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==A==
<ol><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph M. Acaba]], first [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Acton]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael J. Adams|Mike Adams]] (1930–1967) [[X-15]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James C. Adamson|James Adamson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor M. Afanasyev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Akers]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Aksyonov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Buzz Aldrin]]''''' (born 1930), flew on [[Apollo 11]] and was the second person to walk on the Moon.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|BUL}} [[Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew M. Allen]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph P. Allen]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Altman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[William Anders]]''
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Clayton Anderson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Michael P. Anderson]], (1959–2003), died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
*(Claudie André-Deshays - see [[List of astronauts by name#H|Claudie Haigneré]])
<!--Although Anousheh Ansari was the first Iranian in space, she wasn't a member of an astronaut corps. Please see 'List of space travelers by name'?-->
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jerome Apt]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Archambault]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Neil Armstrong]]''''' (born 1930), flew on [[Apollo 11]] and was the first person to walk on the Moon.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|URS}}/{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Anatoly Artsebarsky]] <!-- was a Soviet citizen at launch. Ukraine declared independence in August 1991 while he was in space. How did he change citizenship while in orbit?-->
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Artyukhin]] (1930–1998)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jeffrey Ashby]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Atkov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|URS}} [[Toktar Aubakirov]], first [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] born person in space.<!-- was a Soviet citizen at launch and landing. Kazakhstan declared independence in December 1991 two months after his return from space. His citizenship changed following his last spaceflight.-->
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Avdeyev]]
==B==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James P. Bagian|James Bagian]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Ellen S. Baker|Ellen Baker]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael A. Baker|Michael Baker]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Balandin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel T. Barry|Daniel Barry]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John-David F. Bartoe]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Bassett|Charlie Bassett]] (1931–1966) original pilot, [[Gemini 9]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Baturin]], first [[Russia|Russian]] politician in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Baudry]], first [[Africa]]n-born man and second Frenchman in space
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Alan Bean]]''''', flew on [[Apollo 12]] and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert L. Behnken]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|SVK}} [[Ivan Bella]], first [[Slovakia|Slovak]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Pavel Belyayev]] (1925–1970)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Georgi Beregovoi]] (1921–1995)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoli Berezovoy]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Binnie]], second [[commercial astronaut]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John E. Blaha|John Blaha]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael J. Bloomfield]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Guion Bluford]], first [[African-American]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Karol J. Bobko|Karol Bobko]], first graduate of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] to become an astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles F. Bolden, Jr.|Charles Bolden]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Roberta Bondar]], first [[Canada|Canadian]] woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Frank Borman]]'', commander of [[Apollo 8]], the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ken Bowersox|Kenneth Bowersox]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles E. Brady, Jr.|Charles Brady]] (1951–2006)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Vance D. Brand|Vance Brand]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Brandenstein]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Roy D. Bridges, Jr.|Roy Bridges]]. Became Director of the [[John F. Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Center]] in March 1997
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Curtis Brown (astronaut)|Curtis Brown]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[David M. Brown]] (1956–2003)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark N. Brown|Mark Brown]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James Buchli]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jay C. Buckey|Jay Buckey]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Budarin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel C. Burbank|Daniel Burbank]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel W. Bursch|Daniel Bursch]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Bykovsky]] (born 1934)
==C==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert D. Cabana|Robert Cabana]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Tracy Caldwell]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Camarda]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth D. Cameron|Kenneth Cameron]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Duane G. Carey|Duane Carey]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Carpenter]], a [[Project Mercury]] astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gerald P. Carr|Gerald Carr]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sonny Carter]], (1947–1991)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Casper]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert J. Cenker|Robert Cenker]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Eugene Cernan|Gene Cernan]]''''', flew on [[Apollo 17]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Roger B. Chaffee]], died in the [[Apollo 1]] disaster.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gregory Chamitoff]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CRC}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Franklin Chang-Diaz]], first [[Notable Hispanics|Hispanic-American]] in [[Outer space|space]], flew on seven space flights.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|AUS}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Philip K. Chapman]], first Australian-born astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|IND}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] *[[Kalpana Chawla]] (1961–2003), first [[Indian-American]] woman in space, died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Cheli]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Leroy Chiao]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin P. Chilton|Kevin Chilton]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Loup Chrétien]], first [[France|French]] person in space and first non-Soviet [[Europe|European]] to walk in space
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] *[[Laurel B. Clark]] (1961–2003), died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Mary L. Cleave|Mary Cleave]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-François Clervoy]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael R. Clifford|Michael Clifford]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Coats]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth Cockrell]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Catherine Coleman]] (born 1960)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Eileen Collins]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Michael Collins (astronaut)|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.)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Pete Conrad]]''''', [[Apollo 12]], (1930–1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the first [[Skylab]] mission.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gordon Cooper]] (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard O. Covey|Richard Covey]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John O. Creighton|John Creighton]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Crippen]], [[Space Shuttle]] pioneer
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Roger K. Crouch|Roger Crouch]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.|Frank Culbertson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Cunningham]], flew on [[Apollo 7]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Curbeam]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Nancy J. Currie|Nancy Currie]]
==D==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Jan Davis|Nancy Jan Davis]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lawrence J. DeLucas]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Lev Demin]] (1926–1998)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Frank De Winne]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Dezhurov|Vladimir N. Dezhurov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} *[[Georgi Dobrovolski]] (1928–1971)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Takao Doi]], first [[Japanese people|Japanese]] to walk in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[B. Alvin Drew]] (born 1962)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Duffy]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Charles Moss Duke, Jr.|Charles Duke]]''''', flew on [[Apollo 16]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Bonnie J. Dunbar]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Duque]], first [[Spanish people|Spaniard]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Samuel T. Durrance]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Dzhanibekov]]
==E==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe F. Edwards, Jr.|Joe Edwards]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donn F. Eisele]] (1930–1987), flew on [[Apollo 7]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Anthony W. England]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph H. Engle]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Ronald Evans]]'' (1933–1990)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Reinhold Ewald]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Léopold Eyharts]]
==F==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John M. Fabian|John Fabian]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|SYR}} [[Muhammed Faris]], first [[Syria|Syrian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Bertalan Farkas]], first [[Hungary|Hungarian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Jacques Favier]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Fei Junlong|Fèi Jùnlóng]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Konstantin Feoktistov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Christopher Ferguson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Martin J. Fettman|Martin Fettman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoli Filipchenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John L. Finley]] (1935–2006), trained for the [[Manned Orbiting Laboratory]] program.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Fincke]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Anna Lee Fisher|Anna Fisher]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Frederick Fisher]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Klaus-Dietrich Flade]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} / {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Michael Foale]], holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Foreman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick G. Forrester|Patrick Forrester]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael E. Fossum|Michael Fossum]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ted Freeman]] (1930–1964) NASA group 3
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stephen Frick]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Dirk Frimout]], first [[Belgium|Belgian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Christer Fuglesang]], first [[Sweden|Swede]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[C. Gordon Fullerton|Charles Fullerton]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Reinhard Furrer]] (1940–1995)
==G==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Gagarin]] (1934–1968), first person in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald J. Garan, Jr.|Ronald Garan]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dale Gardner]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Guy Gardner (astronaut)|Guy Gardner]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Marc Garneau]], first [[Canada|Canadian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Owen K. Garriott|Owen Garriott]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles D. Gemar|Charles Gemar]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael L. Gernhardt|Michael Gernhardt]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Gibson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert L. Gibson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Gidzenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Givens|Ed Givens]] (1930–1967) NASA group 5
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Glazkov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Glenn]] (born 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Linda M. Godwin|Linda Godwin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Gorbatko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Richard F. Gordon, Jr.|Richard Gordon]]'', flew on [[Apollo 12]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie|Dominic Gorie]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald J. Grabe|Ronald Grabe]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Georgi Grechko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frederick D. Gregory|Frederick Gregory]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William G. Gregory|William Gregory]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[S. David Griggs|Stanley Griggs]] (1939–1989)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Gus Grissom|Virgil Grissom]] (1926–1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice and the first person to go into space twice in a [[Space capsule|capsule]]-type spacecraft. Would have been the first person to fly three times. Died in the [[Apollo 1]] disaster.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John M. Grunsfeld|John Grunsfeld]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksei Gubarev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Umberto Guidoni]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|MNG}} [[Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha]], first [[Mongolia|Mongolian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sidney M. Gutierrez|Sidney Gutierrez]]
==H==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Chris Hadfield]], first [[Canada|Canadian]] to walk in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Claudie Haigneré]], first [[France|French]]woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Haigneré]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Fred Haise]]'', flew on [[Apollo 13]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James Halsell]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth Ham]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lloyd Hammond]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gregory Harbaugh]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bernard Harris]], first [[African-American]] to walk in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Terry Hart]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Henry Hartsfield]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frederick Hauck]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Hawley]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Susan Helms]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Karl Henize]] (1926–1993)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hennen]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Terence Henricks]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Miroslaw Hermaszewski]], first [[Poles|Pole]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Herrington]], first [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Hieb]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Joan Higginbotham]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[David Hilmers]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Kathryn Hire]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Hobaugh]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jeffrey Hoffman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Horowitz]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Akihiko Hoshide]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Millie Hughes-Fulford]], first female [[Payload Specialist]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Rick D. Husband]] (1957–2003), died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
==I==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[James Irwin]]''''' (1930–1991), flew on [[Apollo 15]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Ivanchenkov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|BUL}} [[Georgi Ivanov]], first [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Marsha Ivins]]
==J==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GDR}} <!--Not a citizen of the unified Germany at the time of flight--> [[Sigmund Jähn]], first [[Germany|German]] in space
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Mae Jemison]], first [[African-American]] woman in space
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Tamara E. Jernigan]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brent W. Jett, Jr.]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gregory H. Johnson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas D. Jones]]
==K==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Leonid Kadenyuk]], first [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] in space since independence.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Kaleri]], first [[Russia|Russian]] in space since independence.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Janet L. Kavandi|Janet Kavandi]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James M. Kelly|James Kelly]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark E. Kelly]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Kelly]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph Kerwin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yevgeny Khrunov]] (1933–2000)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Leonid Kizim]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Petr Klimuk]], first [[Belarus]]ian in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} *[[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov|Vladimir Komarov]] (1927–1967), killed during a USSR space flight.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Yelena Kondakova|Yelena V. Kondakova]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Kononenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Korzun]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Kotov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Kovalyonok]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Konstantin Kozeyev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Kregel]]
</li><li>{{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.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Valeri Kubasov]] (born 1935)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|NLD}} [[André Kuipers]]
==L==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksandr Laveykin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.|Robert Lawrence]] (1935–1967) [[Manned Orbiting Laboratory|MOL]], first black astronaunt
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Wendy Lawrence]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vasili Lazarev]] (1928–1990)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Lazutkin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Valentin Lebedev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark C. Lee]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[David Leestma]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William B. Lenoir]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksei Leonov]], first person to walk in space (to make an [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]]).
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frederick W. Leslie]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoli Levchenko]] (1941–1988)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Byron Lichtenberg]], first NASA [[Payload Specialist]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Don Lind]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Lindsey]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Linenger]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Linnehan]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gregory Linteris]]
*(Yáng Lìwěi - see [[List of astronauts by name#Y|Yáng Lìwěi]])
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Lockhart]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Lonchakov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Lopez-Alegria]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Christopher Loria]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Lounge]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Lousma]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stanley G. Love]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Jim Lovell]]'', flew on [[Apollo 8]], the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and on [[Apollo 13]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[G. David Low]] (1956-2008)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Lu]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Shannon Lucid]], first Asian-born woman in space. Holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record until it was exceeded by [[Sunita Williams]] on [[June 16]], [[2007]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Lyakhov]]
==M==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Steven MacLean (astronaut)|Steven MacLean]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Sandra Magnus]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov|Oleg Makarov]] (1933–2003)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Malenchenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Malerba]], first [[Italy|Italian]] in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Malyshev]] (1941–1999)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Gennadi Manakov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Musa Manarov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Massimino]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Mastracchio]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Ken Mattingly|Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II]]'' (born 1936), flew on [[Apollo 16]], [[STS-4]], and [[STS-51-C]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William S. McArthur|William McArthur]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jon McBride]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce McCandless II]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[William C. McCool]] (1961–2003), died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael McCulley]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James McDivitt]], flew on [[Apollo 9]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donald McMonagle]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Ronald McNair]] (1950–1986), died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Meade]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Melnick]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Pamela Melroy]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ZAF}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Melvill]], first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Leland D. Melvin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Ulf Merbold]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Ernst Messerschmid]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Edgar Mitchell]]''''', flew on [[Apollo 14]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|AFG}} [[Abdul Ahad Mohmand]], first [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Mamoru Mohri]], first professional [[Japan|Japanese]] [[astronaut]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Barbara Morgan]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Morin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Morukov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Chiaki Mukai]], first [[Japan|Japanese]] woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Mullane]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Talgat Musabayev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Story Musgrave]]
==N==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Steven R. Nagel]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[George Nelson (astronaut)|George Nelson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigori Nelyubov]] (1934–1966) Vostok backup.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo A. Nespoli]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James H. Newman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CHE}} [[Claude Nicollier]], first [[Switzerland|Swiss]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Niè Hǎishèng]], flew on [[Shenzhou 6]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Andrian Nikolayev]] (1929–2004)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Soichi Noguchi]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Carlos I. Noriega]], first Peruvian-born person in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Lisa Nowak]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Karen Nyberg]]
==O==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bryan O'Connor]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Ellen Ochoa]], first [[Hispanic]] woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|NLD}} [[Wubbo Ockels]], first [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Oefelein]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Ellison Onizuka]] (1946–1986), died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Onufrienko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stephen Oswald]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Overmyer]] (1936–1996)
==P==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Gennady Padalka]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Pailes]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Parazynski]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald A. Parise]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert A. Parker|Robert Parker]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GBR}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Nicholas Patrick]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} *[[Viktor Patsayev]] (1933–1971)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James Pawelczyk]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Julie Payette]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Payton (astronaut)|Gary Payton]], first military [[astronaut]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Perrin]], first [[Morocco]]-born man in space
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donald Peterson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donald Pettit]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|VNM}} [[Pham Tuân]], first [[Vietnam|Vietnamese]] and first [[Asia|Asian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Phillips (astronaut)|John Phillips]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Pogue]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Alan G. Poindexter]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Polansky]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Poleshchuk]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Valeri Polyakov]], holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcos Pontes]], first [[Brazil|Brazilian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Leonid Popov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Pavel Popovich]], first [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born person in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Precourt]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Dumitru Prunariu]], first Romanian in space.
==R==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ISR}} *[[Ilan Ramon]] (1954–2003), first [[Israel|Israeli]] in space, died in the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Readdy]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth Reightler]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James F. Reilly]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Garrett Reisman]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Reiter]], first [[Germany|German]] to walk in space and first [[European Space Agency|ESA]] astronaut to stay on the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CSK}} [[Vladimír Remek]], first [[Czech Republic|Czech]] and first non-Soviet [[Europe|European]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] *[[Judith Resnik]] (1949–1986), died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul W. Richards]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard N. Richards]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Sally Ride]], first American woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] *[[Patricia Robertson]] (1963–2001)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stephen Robinson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Russell L. Rogers]] (1928–1967) [[Dyna Soar]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Yuri Romanenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kent Rominger]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Stuart Roosa]]'' (1933–1994), flew on [[Apollo 14]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry L. Ross]], flew on seven space flights.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Valeri Rozhdestvensky]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Nikolay Rukavishnikov]] (1932–2002)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Runco, Jr.]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Ryumin]]
==S==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Albert Sacco]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Gennadi Sarafanov]] (1942–2005)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Savinykh]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Svetlana Savitskaya]], first woman to walk in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Wally Schirra]] (1923–2007)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Hans Schlegel]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Harrison Schmitt]]''''', flew on [[Apollo 17]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rusty Schweickart]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Dick Scobee]] (1939–1986), died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Winston E. Scott|Winston Scott]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[David Scott]]'''''
</li><li>{{Flagicon|AUS}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul D. Scully-Power|Paul Scully-Power]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Searfoss]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Rhea Seddon]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Elliott See]] (1927–1966) original command pilot, Gemini 9.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ronald Sega]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GBR}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Piers Sellers]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Serebrov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vitali Sevastyanov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Shane]], [[commercial astronaut]], trained to pilot [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne|SpaceShipOne]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Shargin]], first [[Russia|Russian]] military [[astronaut|cosmonaut]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Salizhan Sharipov]] <!-- is born in Kirgiztan, of Uzbek nationality, but Russian citizen --> <ref>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/people/oral-histories/sharipov.pdf Salihzan Sharipov<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
</li><li>{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Rakesh Sharma]], first [[India|Indian]] in space.
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</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Shatalov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brewster H. Shaw|Brewster Shaw]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[Alan Shepard]]''''' (1923–1998), first [[United States|American]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William Shepherd]]
*(Nancy Sherlock - see [[List of astronauts by name#C|Nancy Currie]])
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Georgi Shonin]] (1935–1997)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Shriver]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|MYS}} [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]], first [[Malaysia]]n in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Siebold]], [[commercial astronaut]], trained to pilot [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne|SpaceShipOne]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Deke Slayton|Donald "Deke" Slayton]] (1924–1996), a Mercury astronaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Smith (astronaut)|Steven Smith]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|LVA}} [[Anatoly Solovyev]] first Latvia born astronaut, holds the world record for time spent during space walks, has 77+ hours over 16 separate outings.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov|Vladimir Solovyov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksei Sorokin]]<ref>[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/german/sorokin_aleksei.htm Kosmonautenbiographie: Alexej Sorokin<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (1931–1976) [[Voskhod 1]] backup.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood C. Spring|Sherwood Spring]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert C. Springer|Robert Springer]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Thomas Patten Stafford]]''
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper|Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert L. Stewart|Robert Stewart]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Susan Still]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}}/{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Gennady Strekalov]] (1940–2004)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frederick W. Sturckow|Frederick Sturckow]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan|Kathryn Sullivan]], first [[United States|American]] woman to walk in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Jack Swigert|John "Jack" Swigert]]'' (1931–1982), flew on [[Apollo 13]].
==T==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel M. Tani|Daniel Tani]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph R. Tanner|Joseph Tanner]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} James M. Taylor (1930–1970) [[Manned Orbiting Laboratory|MOL]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Valentina Tereshkova]], first woman in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Norman Thagard]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Gerhard Thiele]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Robert Thirsk]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|AUS}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Thomas|Andrew Thomas]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donald A. Thomas|Donald Thomas]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stephen Thorne (astronaut)|Stephen Thorne]] (1953–1986), died before completing his NASA astronaut training.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Kathryn Thornton]], first woman to make multiple EVAs.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[William E. Thornton|William Thornton]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Pierre J. Thuot|Pierre Thuot]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Gherman Titov]] (1935–2000), first human to spend a full 24 hour day in orbit. He was the Soviet Union's second cosmonaut.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Titov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Tognini]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Tokarev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CUB}} [[Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez]], the first [[Cuba]]n, first [[Hispanophone]], and first person of [[Africa]]n ancestry in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Treshchev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Eugene Trinh]], first [[Vietnamese-American]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Truly]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Bjarni Tryggvason]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasili Tsibliyev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Tyurin]]
==U==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yury Usachev]]
==V==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|NLD}} / {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lodewijk van den Berg]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James van Hoften|James "Ox" van Hoften]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Vasyutin]] (1952–2002)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Veach]] (1944–1995)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Viehböck]], first [[Austria|Austrian]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Viktorenko]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Vinogradov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Vittori]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Igor Volk]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (cosmonaut)|Alexander Volkov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Volkov (cosmonaut)|Sergey Volkov]] son of Alexander Volkov.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} *[[Vladislav Volkov]] (1935–1971), killed on [[Soyuz 11]].
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Volynov]], first [[Jew]] in space.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[James Voss]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Janice Voss]]
==W==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Koichi Wakata]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rex J. Walheim|Rex Walheim]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Walker]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[David M. Walker (astronaut)|David M. Walker]] (1944–2001)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph A. Walker]] (1921–1966), first person to enter space twice.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Ulrich Walter]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Walz]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Mary E. Weber|Mary Weber]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul J. Weitz|Paul Weitz]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Wetherbee|James Wetherbee]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Douglas H. Wheelock|Douglas Wheelock]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} *[[Edward Higgins White|Edward White]] (1930–1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the [[Apollo 1]] disaster.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Peggy Whitson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Terrence W. Wilcutt|Terrence Wilcutt]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Clifton Williams]] (1932–1967), died in a training accident.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Dafydd Williams]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Donald E. Williams|Donald Williams]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jeffrey Williams]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Sunita Williams|Sunita "Suni" Williams]] As of 2007, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Image:Symbol venus.svg|10px]] [[Stephanie Wilson]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Peter J.K. Wisoff|Peter Wisoff]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[David Wolf]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Neil Woodward]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} ''[[Alfred Worden]]''
==Y==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Yáng Lìwěi]], first person launched by a [[Shenzhou 5|Chinese space program]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Boris Yegorov]] (1937–1994)
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Aleksei Yeliseyev]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USA}} '''''[[John Watts Young|John Young]]''''', flew on two [[Project Gemini|Gemini]], two [[Project Apollo|Apollo]] ([[Apollo 10]] and [[Apollo 16]]), and two [[Space Shuttle]] missions.
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Fyodor Yurchikhin]]
==Z==
</li><li>{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Zalyotin]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vitaliy Zholobov]]
</li><li>{{Flagicon|USSR}} [[Vyacheslav Zudov]]
</li></ol>
==See also==
* [[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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