Astronauts
Curt Michel
- Date of Birth: 06/05/1934
- Date of Death: 02/26/2015
- Nationality: United States of America
Frank Curtis "Curt" Michel, Ph.D. was an American astrophysicist; a professor of astrophysics at Rice University in Houston, Texas; a former United St...
Curtis Brown
- Date of Birth: 03/11/1956
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/12/1992
- Last Flight: 12/20/1999
Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel.
Dafydd Williams
- Date of Birth: 05/16/1954
- Nationality: Canada
- First Flight: 04/17/1998
- Last Flight: 08/08/2007
Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission special...
Dale Gardner
- Date of Birth: 11/08/1948
- Date of Death: 02/19/2014
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/30/1983
- Last Flight: 11/08/1984
Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s.
Daniel Brandenstein
- Date of Birth: 01/17/1943
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/30/1983
- Last Flight: 05/07/1992
Daniel Charles Brandenstein is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test p...
Daniel C. Burbank
- Date of Birth: 07/27/1961
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/08/2000
- Last Flight: 11/14/2011
Daniel Christopher Burbank is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast ...
Daniel M. Tani
- Date of Birth: 02/01/1961
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/05/2001
- Last Flight: 10/23/2007
Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Although born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, he considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hom...
Daniel T. Barry
- Date of Birth: 12/30/1953
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/11/1996
- Last Flight: 08/10/2001
Daniel Thomas Barry is an American engineer, scientist, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Surviv...
Daniel W. Bursch
- Date of Birth: 07/25/1957
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/12/1993
- Last Flight: 12/05/2001
Daniel Wheeler Bursch is a former NASA astronaut, and Captain of the United States Navy. He had four spaceflights, the first three of which were Space...
Danna Karagussova
- Nationality: Kazakhstan
- First Flight: 10/08/2025
- Last Flight: 10/08/2025
Entrepreneur in media, distribution, and events.
David Hilmers
- Date of Birth: 01/28/1950
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/03/1985
- Last Flight: 01/22/1992
David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut. Hilmers was selected a NASA astronaut in July 1980, and completed the initial training period in August...
David Leestma
- Date of Birth: 05/06/1949
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/05/1984
- Last Flight: 03/24/1992
David Cornell Leestma is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.
David M. Brown
- Date of Birth: 04/16/1956
- Date of Death: 02/01/2003
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/16/2003
- Last Flight: 01/16/2003
David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107...
David M. Walker
- Date of Birth: 05/20/1944
- Date of Death: 04/23/2001
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/08/1984
- Last Flight: 09/07/1995
David Mathieson "Dave" Walker was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four S...
David Mackay
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1957
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- First Flight: 06/29/2012
- Last Flight: 07/11/2021
Astronaut David William Donald Mackay AFC is the British Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic, and a former RAF test pilot. He is the first native-born Sco...