Astronauts
William A. Pailes
- Date of Birth: 06/26/1952
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/03/1985
- Last Flight: 10/03/1985
William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He se...
William Anders
- Date of Birth: 10/17/1933
- Date of Death: 06/07/2024
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/21/1968
- Last Flight: 12/21/1968
William Alison "Bill" Anders was a United States Air Force Major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. He w...
William B. Lenoir
- Date of Birth: 03/14/1939
- Date of Death: 08/26/2010
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/11/1982
- Last Flight: 11/11/1982
William Benjamin "Bill" Lenoir, Ph.D. was an American electrical engineer and a NASA astronaut.
William Brian Binnie
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1953
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 05/19/2011
- Last Flight: 08/11/2012
William Brian Binnie is a former United States Navy officer and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo
William C. McCool
- Date of Birth: 09/23/1961
- Date of Death: 02/01/2003
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/16/2003
- Last Flight: 01/16/2003
William Cameron "Willie" McCool was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of...
William E. Thornton
- Date of Birth: 04/14/1929
- Date of Death: 01/14/2020
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/30/1983
- Last Flight: 04/29/1985
William Edgar Thornton is a former NASA astronaut.
William F. Readdy
- Date of Birth: 01/24/1952
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/22/1992
- Last Flight: 09/16/1996
William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. He graduated from McLean High Schoo...
William Frederick Fisher
- Date of Birth: 04/01/1946
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/27/1985
- Last Flight: 08/27/1985
William Frederick Fisher is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Space Shuttle. He retired f...
William G. Gregory
- Date of Birth: 05/14/1957
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/02/1995
- Last Flight: 03/02/1995
William George "Borneo" Gregory is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.
William H. Dana
- Date of Birth: 11/03/1930
- Date of Death: 05/06/2014
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/01/1966
- Last Flight: 08/21/1968
William Harvey "Bill" Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He flew on X-15 Flight 174 a...
William H. Lewis
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/08/2025
- Last Flight: 10/08/2025
Insmed CEO at the time of his flight on Blue Origin's NS-36 suborbital mission.
William J. Knight
- Date of Birth: 11/18/1929
- Date of Death: 05/07/2004
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/17/1967
- Last Flight: 10/17/1967
William John "Pete" Knight was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 ex...
William Oefelein
- Date of Birth: 03/29/1965
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/10/2006
- Last Flight: 12/10/2006
William Anthony "Bill" Oefelein is an American test pilot instructor and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space...
William R. Pogue
- Date of Birth: 01/23/1930
- Date of Death: 03/03/2014
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/16/1973
- Last Flight: 11/16/1973
William Reid Pogue was an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and test pilot who was also an accomplished teacher, public speaker and au...
William S. McArthur
- Date of Birth: 07/26/1951
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/18/1993
- Last Flight: 10/01/2005
William Surles McArthur Jr. is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one expeditio...