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Astronauts

Donald Pettit

Donald Pettit

  • Date of Birth: 04/20/1955
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 11/24/2002
  • Last Flight: 09/11/2024

Donald Roy Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Sta...

Donald R. McMonagle

Donald R. McMonagle

  • Date of Birth: 05/14/1952
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 04/28/1991
  • Last Flight: 11/03/1994

Donald Ray McMonagle is a former astronaut and a veteran of three shuttle flights. He became the Manager, Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Cen...

Donn F. Eisele

Donn F. Eisele

  • Date of Birth: 06/23/1930
  • Date of Death: 12/02/1987
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/11/1968
  • Last Flight: 10/11/1968

Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the Command Module Pilot seat during the...

Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

  • Date of Birth: 05/15/1975
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 04/05/2010
  • Last Flight: 04/05/2010

Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger is a former American astronaut. She married Jason Metcalf-Lindenburger, a seventh grade teacher ...

Doug Shane

Doug Shane

  • Date of Birth: 01/01/1960
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 04/22/2011
  • Last Flight: 06/14/2011

Douglas Bennett Shane is President of The Spaceship Company, as well as an American test pilot who has trained as a commercial astronaut. He was a mem...

Douglas G. Hurley

Douglas G. Hurley

  • Date of Birth: 10/21/1966
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 07/15/2009
  • Last Flight: 05/30/2020

Douglas Gerald Hurley is an engineer and retired NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-127, which launched July 15, 2009. He was assign...

Douglas H. Wheelock

Douglas H. Wheelock

  • Date of Birth: 05/05/1960
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/23/2007
  • Last Flight: 06/15/2010

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, I...

Duane G. Carey

Duane G. Carey

  • Date of Birth: 04/30/1957
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 03/01/2002
  • Last Flight: 03/01/2002

Duane Gene "Digger" Carey is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.

Duane Graveline

Duane Graveline

  • Date of Birth: 03/02/1931
  • Date of Death: 09/05/2016
  • Nationality: United States of America

Duane Edgar Graveline was an American physician and NASA astronaut. He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astro...

Dumitru Prunariu

Dumitru Prunariu

  • Date of Birth: 09/27/1952
  • Nationality: Romania
  • First Flight: 05/14/1981
  • Last Flight: 05/14/1981

Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He was in team with another...

Dylan Taylor

Dylan Taylor

  • Date of Birth: 10/23/1970
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/11/2021
  • Last Flight: 12/11/2021

Dylan Taylor is chairman & CEO of Voyager Space, a global space exploration firm headquartered in Denver, and the founder of the global nonprofit Spac...

Ed Lu

Ed Lu

  • Date of Birth: 07/01/1963
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 05/15/1997
  • Last Flight: 04/26/2003

Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (simplified Chinese: 卢杰; traditional Chinese: 盧傑; pinyin: Lú Jié) is an American physicist and former NASA as...

Ed White

Ed White

  • Date of Birth: 11/14/1930
  • Date of Death: 01/27/1967
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 06/03/1965
  • Last Flight: 01/27/1967

Edward Higgins White II was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the ...

Edgar Mitchell

Edgar Mitchell

  • Date of Birth: 09/17/1930
  • Date of Death: 02/04/2016
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 01/31/1971
  • Last Flight: 02/06/1971

Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As t...

Edward Gibson

Edward Gibson

  • Date of Birth: 11/08/1936
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 11/16/1973
  • Last Flight: 11/16/1973

Edward George Gibson is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist.

Before becoming a NASA astronaut, Gibson graduated f...