Complete List of Astronauts | NASA & Global Space Explorers

Laura Stiles

Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 01/22/2026
Last Flight: 01/22/2026

Blue Origin’s Director of New Shepard Launch Operations, with a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. from the Unive...

Laurel Clark

Date of Birth: 03/10/1961
Date of Death: 02/01/2003
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 01/16/2003
Last Flight: 01/16/2003

Laurel Blair Salton Clark was an American medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died ...

Lauren Edgar

Date of Birth: 08/17/1985
Nationality: United States of America

American geologist and NASA astronaut candidate.

Lauren Sánchez

Date of Birth: 09/19/1969
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 04/14/2025
Last Flight: 04/14/2025

Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an American journalist, author and philanthropist who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She is a lice...

Lawrence J. DeLucas

Date of Birth: 07/11/1950
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 06/25/1992
Last Flight: 06/25/1992

Lawrence James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Speci...

Lee Archambault

Date of Birth: 08/25/1960
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 06/08/2007
Last Flight: 03/15/2009

Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 diff...

Lee Morin

Date of Birth: 09/09/1952
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 04/08/2002
Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Lee Miller Emile Morin is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002.

Leland D. Melvin

Date of Birth: 02/15/1964
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 02/07/2008
Last Flight: 11/16/2009

Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-...

Leland Larson

Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 06/29/2025
Last Flight: 06/29/2025

Philanthropist and former CEO of School Bus Services, Inc. and Larson Transportation Services.

Leonid Kadeniuk

Date of Birth: 01/28/1951
Date of Death: 01/31/2018
Nationality: Ukraine
First Flight: 11/19/1997
Last Flight: 11/19/1997

Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first...

Leonid Kizim

Date of Birth: 08/05/1941
Date of Death: 06/14/2010
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 11/27/1980
Last Flight: 03/13/1986

Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Кизим Леонид Денисович) (August 5, 1941 – June 14, 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

He wa...

Leonid Popov

Date of Birth: 08/31/1945
Nationality: Ukraine
First Flight: 04/09/1980
Last Flight: 08/19/1982

Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35,...

Léopold Eyharts

Date of Birth: 04/28/1957
Nationality: France
First Flight: 01/29/1998
Last Flight: 02/07/2008

Léopold Eyharts (born April 28, 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut.

Leroy Chiao

Date of Birth: 08/28/1960
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 07/08/1994
Last Flight: 10/14/2004

Leroy Chiao is a Chinese-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three...

Lev Dyomin

Date of Birth: 01/11/1926
Date of Death: 12/18/1998
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 08/26/1974
Last Flight: 08/26/1974

Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; January 11, 1926, in Moscow – December 18, 1998, in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a...