Astronauts
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...
Li Cong
- Date of Birth: 10/01/1989
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 04/25/2024
- Last Flight: 04/25/2024
Li Cong is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2009...
Li Guangsu
- Date of Birth: 07/01/1987
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 04/25/2024
- Last Flight: 04/25/2024
Li Guangsu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2...
Lina Borozdina
- Nationality: Ukraine
- First Flight: 01/26/2024
- Last Flight: 01/26/2024
As a child in Odessa, Ukraine, Lina Borozdina’s dad would tell her bedtime stories about her cousin and her sneaking onto a spaceship as stowaways t...
Linda Edwards
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/22/2026
- Last Flight: 01/22/2026
Retired board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist.
Linda M. Godwin
- Date of Birth: 07/02/1952
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/05/1991
- Last Flight: 12/05/2001
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut. Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She re...
Lionel Pitchford
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- First Flight: 08/03/2025
- Last Flight: 08/03/2025
Englishman who has spent four decades in Spain working as a teacher, translator, and tour guide as a means to travel the world. In 1992, following a p...
Lisa Nowak
- Date of Birth: 05/10/1963
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/04/2006
- Last Flight: 07/04/2006
Lisa Marie Nowak is an American former naval flight officer and NASA astronaut. Born in Washington, D.C., she was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualifi...
Little Earth
- Nationality: Unknown
- First Flight: 03/02/2019
- Last Flight: 03/02/2019
"Little Earth" is the nickname of a Celestial Buddies plushtoy brought to the International Space Station aboard the first SpaceX Crew Dragon on its i...
Liu Boming
- Date of Birth: 09/16/1966
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 09/25/2008
- Last Flight: 06/17/2021
Liu Boming (simplified Chinese: 刘伯明; traditional Chinese: 劉伯明; pinyin: Líu Bómíng; born September 1966) is a Chinese pilot selected as ...
Liu Wang
- Date of Birth: 03/25/1969
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 06/16/2012
- Last Flight: 06/16/2012
Liu Wang (simplified Chinese: 刘旺; traditional Chinese: 劉旺, born in 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was b...
Liu Yang
- Date of Birth: 10/06/1978
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 06/16/2012
- Last Flight: 06/05/2022
Liu Yang (born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9. On June 16, 2012, Liu be...
Lloyd Hammond
- Date of Birth: 01/16/1952
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/28/1991
- Last Flight: 09/09/1994
Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr. is a Gulfstream test pilot, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on two Space Shutt...
Lodewijk van den Berg
- Date of Birth: 03/24/1932
- Date of Death: 10/16/2022
- Nationality: United States of America, Netherlands
- First Flight: 04/29/1985
- Last Flight: 04/29/1985
Lodewijk van den Berg born March 24, 1932) was a Dutch American chemical engineer, specializing in crystal growth, who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Ch...