List of astronauts by name 199464 221474025 2008-06-24T17:36:25Z Rillian 210108 /* N */ rm Neri Vela, not a professional astronaut <!---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. {{compactTOC}} __NOTOC__ ==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. <!--Although Helen Sharman was the first Briton in space, she wasn't a member of an astronaut corps. Please see 'List of space travelers by name'?--> </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 == <references/> {{Space exploration lists and timelines}} [[Category:Lists of astronauts]] [[cs:Seznam kosmonautů]] [[de:Liste der Raumfahrer]] [[es:Categoría:Astronautas]] [[fa:فهرست فضانوردان]] [[fr:Liste des astronautes par nom]] [[id:Daftar astronot]] [[it:Astronauti]] [[lb:Lëscht vun den Astronauten]] [[nl:Lijst van ruimtevaarders]] [[ja:宇宙飛行士一覧]] [[pl:Alfabetyczna lista astronautów i kosmonautów]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de astronautas]] [[ru:Список космо-, астро- и тайконавтов]] [[scn:Astronauti cèlibbri]] [[sk:Zoznam kozmonautov]] [[fi:Luettelo avaruuslentäjistä]] [[sv:Lista över rymdfarare]] [[zh:宇航员列表]]