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William G. Gregory

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

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 ...

William H. Lewis

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

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 t...

William Oefelein

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...

William R. Pogue

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

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...

William Shatner

William Shatner

  • Date of Birth: 03/22/1931
  • Nationality: Canada
  • First Flight: 10/13/2021
  • Last Flight: 10/13/2021

William Shatner OC is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural ico...

William Shepherd

William Shepherd

  • Date of Birth: 07/26/1949
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/02/1988
  • Last Flight: 10/31/2000

William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut who served ...

Winston E. Scott

Winston E. Scott

  • Date of Birth: 08/06/1950
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 01/11/1996
  • Last Flight: 11/19/1997

Winston Elliott Scott is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-8...

Wubbo Ockels

Wubbo Ockels

  • Date of Birth: 03/28/1946
  • Date of Death: 05/18/2014
  • Nationality: Netherlands
  • First Flight: 10/30/1985
  • Last Flight: 10/30/1985

Dr Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985 he partici...

Xinlin Jiang

Xinlin Jiang

  • 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...

Yang Liwei

Yang Liwei

  • Date of Birth: 06/21/1965
  • Nationality: China
  • First Flight: 10/15/2003
  • Last Flight: 10/15/2003

Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent int...

Yangzhu Zhu

Yangzhu Zhu

  • Date of Birth: 09/01/1986
  • Nationality: China
  • First Flight: 05/30/2023
  • Last Flight: 05/30/2023

Zhu Yangzhu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September ...

Ye Guangfu

Ye Guangfu

  • Date of Birth: 09/01/1980
  • Nationality: China
  • First Flight: 10/15/2021
  • Last Flight: 04/25/2024

Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu was born in 1980 in the Sichuan province of China. He is an air force pilot and spent four years as an instructor and fou...