Complete List of Astronauts | NASA & Global Space Explorers

Reinhard Furrer

Date of Birth: 11/25/1940
Date of Death: 09/09/1995
Nationality: Germany
First Flight: 10/30/1985
Last Flight: 10/30/1985

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Alfred Furrer (25 November 1940 – 9 September 1995) was a German physicist and astronaut.

In 1977 Furrer applied...

Reinhold Ewald

Date of Birth: 12/18/1956
Nationality: Germany
First Flight: 02/10/1997
Last Flight: 02/10/1997

Dr. Reinhold Ewald (born December 18, 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut.

In 1990, he was selected to the German astronaut...

Rex J. Walheim

Date of Birth: 10/10/1962
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 04/08/2002
Last Flight: 07/08/2011

Rex Joseph Walheim is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three space shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, ...

Richard A. Searfoss

Date of Birth: 06/05/1956
Date of Death: 09/29/2018
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 10/18/1993
Last Flight: 04/17/1998

Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.

Richard F. Gordon Jr.

Date of Birth: 10/05/1929
Date of Death: 11/06/2017
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 09/12/1966
Last Flight: 11/14/1969

Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was one of only 24 people to have fl...

Richard Garriott

Date of Birth: 07/04/1961
Nationality: United Kingdom
First Flight: 10/12/2008
Last Flight: 10/12/2008

Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (born July 4, 1961) is an English-American video game developer and entrepreneur.

On October 12, 200...

Richard H. Truly

Date of Birth: 11/12/1937
Date of Death: 02/27/2024
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 11/12/1981
Last Flight: 08/30/1983

Richard Harrison Truly is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot, former astronaut for both the United States Air Fo...

Richard Hieb

Date of Birth: 09/21/1955
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 04/28/1991
Last Flight: 07/08/1994

Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was...

Richard M. Linnehan

Date of Birth: 09/19/1957
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 06/20/1996
Last Flight: 03/11/2008

Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut.

Richard Mastracchio

Date of Birth: 02/11/1960
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 09/08/2000
Last Flight: 11/07/2013

Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mi...

Richard N. Richards

Date of Birth: 08/24/1946
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 08/08/1989
Last Flight: 09/09/1994

Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. He...

Richard O. Covey

Date of Birth: 08/01/1946
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 08/27/1985
Last Flight: 12/02/1993

Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

Richard R. Arnold

Date of Birth: 11/26/1963
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 03/15/2009
Last Flight: 03/21/2018

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119, which launched Marc...

Richard Scott

Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 02/25/2025
Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Dr. Scott is a reproductive endocrinologist, embryologist, professor, research scientist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and avid pilot. He was a found...

Rick Husband

Date of Birth: 07/12/1957
Date of Death: 02/01/2003
Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 05/27/1999
Last Flight: 01/16/2003

Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) (Colonel, USAF) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: a...