Astronauts
Jessica Watkins
- Date of Birth: 05/14/1988
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/27/2022
- Last Flight: 10/01/2026
Jessica Andrea Watkins is an American geologist, former international rugby player, and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.
Jessica Wittner
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1983
- Nationality: United States of America
Jessica Wittner is a US Navy commander from California with a distinguished career serving on active duty as a naval aviator and test pilot. She holds...
Jesús Calleja
- Date of Birth: 04/11/1965
- Nationality: Spain
- First Flight: 02/25/2025
- Last Flight: 02/25/2025
Jesús is a Spanish TV host, mountaineer, pilot, and lifelong adventurer.
Jiang Xinlin
- Date of Birth: 02/01/1988
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 10/26/2023
- Last Flight: 10/26/2023
Jiang Xinlin is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces i...
Jim Hendren
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/22/2026
- Last Flight: 01/22/2026
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, former F-15 fighter pilot, and past Commander of the 157th Combat Operations Squadron, with multiple overseas combat d...
Jim Kitchen
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/31/2022
- Last Flight: 03/31/2022
Jim Kitchen is a teacher, entrepreneur, and world explorer who has visited all 193 U.N.-recognized countries.
Jim Lovell
- Date of Birth: 03/25/1928
- Date of Death: 08/07/2025
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/04/1965
- Last Flight: 04/11/1970
James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain. Lovell is known for being the commander of the ill-fated ...
Jim Sitkin
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/29/2025
- Last Flight: 06/29/2025
Retired law expert specalized on employment class actions on behalf of non-unionized employees, challenging industries that traditionally had rejected...
Jim Wetherbee
- Date of Birth: 11/27/1952
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/09/1990
- Last Flight: 11/24/2002
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of s...
Jing Haipeng
- Date of Birth: 10/24/1966
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 09/25/2008
- Last Flight: 05/30/2023
Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born October 24, 1966) is a Chinese pilot and as...
Joan Higginbotham
- Date of Birth: 08/03/1964
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/10/2006
- Last Flight: 12/10/2006
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission ...
Joe Engle
- Date of Birth: 08/26/1932
- Date of Death: 07/10/2024
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/29/1965
- Last Flight: 08/27/1985
Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer...
Joe F. Edwards Jr.
- Date of Birth: 02/03/1958
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/23/1998
- Last Flight: 01/23/1998
Joe Frank Edwards Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
Joey Hyde
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/20/2025
- Last Flight: 12/20/2025
Retired physicist and quantitative investor.
Johanna Maislinger
- Date of Birth: 10/23/1985
- Nationality: Austria
Johanna Maislinger is an Austrian aviator and engineer, currently employed by with the German cargo carrier Aerologic. She will go to the Internationa...