Astronauts

Status: Retired 10/30/1964 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, […]

Status: Active 4/4/1964 – Nationality: Japanese Type: Government Agency: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡 Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29, lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 […]

Status: Retired 8/15/1959 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott Douglas “Scooter” Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space […]

Status: Deceased 5/1/1925 – 10/10/2013 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Malcolm Scott Carpenter, was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA’s Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John […]

Status: Active 7/19/1965 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott David Tingle is a NASA astronaut. He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20, qualifying in 2011. Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55, Tingle launched into space […]

Status: Retired 7/28/1961 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott Edward Parazynski is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski’s latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a live […]

Status: Retired 3/24/1957 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott Jay “Doc” Horowitz is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions. Horowitz was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1992, and piloted missions STS-75 (1996), STS-82 (1997) and STS-101 (2000). He commanded mission […]

Status: Retired 2/21/1964 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott Joseph Kelly is an engineer, retired American astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy Captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly’s first spaceflight was as pilot […]

Status: Active 4/9/1976 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor is an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut. She has been in space since June 6, 2018, serving as a flight engineer in Expedition 56/57 to the International Space Station.

Status: Retired 1/1/1956 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильеви Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. Avdeyev was born in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast (formerly Kuybyshev Oblast), Russian SFSR. He graduated from Moscow Physics-Engineering Institute in 1979 as an engineer-physicist. From […]

Status: Retired 8/27/1958 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Серге́й Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer. As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady […]

Status: Retired 1/12/1966 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Nikolayevich Revin (born January 12, 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian cosmonaut that was selected in 1996, and completed spaceflight training in 1998. He served as a crew member aboard the International Space Station, having launched on his first spaceflight […]

Status: Retired 8/18/1958 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Yevgenyevich Treshchov (Сергей Евгеньевич Трещёв, born 18 August 1958) is a former cosmonaut of the RSC Energia. He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission […]

Status: Retired 4/21/1962 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of two space missions. Zalyotin was born in Tula and attended the Borisoglebsk Higher Military School before becoming a fighter pilot in the Russian Air Force. He also holds a […]

Status: Retired 4/1/1973 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov is a retired Russian cosmonaut and engineer. He was a member of three missions to the International Space Station, spending more than a year in total in space. During his missions he did four spacewalks lasting more than […]

Status: Active 8/23/1983 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergey Vladimirvich Kud-Sverchkov Is a Kazakh-Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected in 2010.

Status: Active 2/19/1975 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergei Valeriyevich Prokopyev, born 19 February 1975 is a Russian cosmonaut. He is the commander of Soyuz MS-09, and flight engineer of Expedition 56/57 to the International space station.

Status: Retired 11/13/1974 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Рязанский; born November 13, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK Cosmonaut Group. Ryazansky made his first spaceflight aboard […]

Status: Active 8/19/1974 – Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhiko born on August 19, 1974, lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. Ryzhikov launched on his first spaceflight onboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft. He spent approximately six months onboard the International Space […]

Status: Retired 1/14/1943 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space […]

Status: Active 6/4/1965 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shannon Walker is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the International Space Station with take-off on 15 June 2010.She is married to a fellow NASA astronaut, the Australian-born Andy Thomas. She is […]

Status: Active 7/27/1972 – Nationality: Malaysian Type: Government Agency: Malaysian National Space Agency Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh […]

Status: Retired 9/3/1944 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sherwood Clark “Woody” Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of […]

Status: Retired 6/27/1951 – Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.