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Astronauts and cosmonauts who have flown missions in the U.S. and Soviet/Russian space programs since the first manned spaceflights in 1961.

Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (born 1923, died 1998)
American astronaut; first American in space.
- Astronaut on Mercury 3 (1961), Apollo 14 (1971)
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (born 1930)
American astronaut and actor. Second man to walk on the moon.
- Astronaut on Gemini 12 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969)
Ellison S. Onizuka
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), killed on Challenger (1986)
John Leonard Swigert, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 13 (1970)
Manley L. ''Sonny'' Carter, Jr. (died 1991)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1989)
Michael Collins (born 1930)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 10 (1966), Apollo 11 (1969)
Ronald E. McNair
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), killed on Challenger (1986)
Virgil I. ''Gus'' Grissom
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Mercury 4 (1961), Gemini 3 (1965)
Yuri A. Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut; first person in space.
- Cosmonaut on Vostok 1 (1961)
John H. Glenn, Jr. (born 1921)
American astronaut; first American to orbit the Earth. Later a U.S. senator from Ohio.
- Astronaut on Mercury 6 (1962)
M. Scott Carpenter (born 1925)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Mercury 7 (1962)
Andrian G. Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Vostok 3 (1962), Soyuz 9 (1970)
Walter M. Shirra
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Mercury 8 (1962), Gemini 6A (1965), Apollo 7 (1968)
L. Gordon Cooper
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Mercury 9 (1963), Gemini 5 (1965)
Konstantin P. Feoktistov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Voskhod 1 (1964)
Boris B. Yegorov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Voskhod 1 (1964)
Aleksei A. Leonov (born 1945)
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Voskhod 2 (1965), Soyuz 19 (1975)
Pavel I. Belyayev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Voskhod 2 (1965)
John W. Young (born 1930)
American astronaut. Commander of the first space-shuttle flight, in 1981.
- Astronaut on Gemini 3 (1965) and 10 (1966), Apollo 10 (1969) and 16 (1972), Columbia (1981, 1983)
Edward H. White II
The first American astronaut to walk in space.
- Astronaut on Gemini 4 (1965), killed on Apollo One (1967)
Charles Conrad, Jr. (born 1930, died 1999)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 5 (1965), Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1970), Skylab 2 (1973)
Frank Borman (born 1928)
American astronaut; later president of Eastern Airlines.
- Astronaut on Gemini 7 (1965), Apollo 8 (1968)
James A. Lovell, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 7 (1965), Gemini 12 (1966), Apollo 8 (1968), Apollo 13 (1970)
Thomas P. Stafford
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 6A (1965) and 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)
David R. Scott
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 8 (1966), Apollo 9 (1969) and Apollo 15 (1971)
Eugene A. Cernan
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 17 (1972)
Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 11 (1966), Apollo 12 (1970)
Vladimir M. Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Voskhod 1 (1964), Soyuz 1 (1967); killed when parachute failed on re-entry
Donn F. Eisele
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 7 (1968)
R. Walter Cunningham
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 7 (1968)
Georgi T. Beregovoi
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 3 (1968)
William A. Anders (born 1933)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 8 (1968)
Vladimir A. Shatalov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), Soyuz 10 (1971)
Boris V. Volynov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 5 (1969), Soyuz 21 (1976)
Alexei S. Yeliseyev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 5 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), Soyuz 10 (1971)
Yevgeni Khrunov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 5 (1969)
James A. McDivitt
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Gemini 4 (1965), Apollo 9 (1969)
Russell L. Schweickart
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 9 (1969)
Georgi S. Shonin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 6 (1969)
Valery N. Kubasov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 6 (1969), Soyuz 19 (1975), Soyuz 36 (1980)
Anatoly V. Filipchenko
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 16 (1974)
Viktor V. Gorbatko
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 7 (1969), Soyuz 24 (1977)
Alan L. Bean (born 1932)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 12 (1970), Skylab 3 (1973)
Fred W. Haise, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 13 (1970)
Stuart A. Roosa
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 14 (1971)
Edgar D. Mitchell
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 14 (1971); made third moon landing
Nikolai N. Rukavishnikov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 10 (1971), Soyuz 16 (1974), Soyuz 33 (1979)
Georgi T. Dobrovolsky
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 11 (1971); died on re-entry due to loss of pressurization
Viktor I. Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 11 (1971)
Alfred M. Worden
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 15 (1971)
James B. Irwin
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 15 (1971)
Thomas K. Mattingly II
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 16 (1972), Columbia (1982), Discovery (1985)
Charles M. Duke, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 16 (1972)
Ronald E. Evans
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 17 (1972)
Harrison H. Schmitt
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo 17 (1972)
Joseph P. Kerwin
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 2 (1973)
Paul J. Weitz
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 2 (1973), Challenger (1983)
Owen K. Garriott
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 3 (1973), Columbia (1983)
Jack R. Lousma
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 3 (1973), Columbia (1982)
Vasily G. Lazarev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 12 (1973), Soyuz 18A (1975)
Gerald P. Carr
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 4 (1973)
Edward G. Gibson
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 4 (1973)
William R. Pogue
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 4 (1973)
Pyotr I. Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 13 (1973), Soyuz 18B (1975)
Valentin Lebedev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 13 (1973), Soyuz T-5 (1982)
Pavel R. Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Vostok 4 (1962), Soyuz 14 (1974)
Yuri P. Artukhin
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 14 (1974)
Lev Demin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 15 (1974)
Alexei Gubarev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 17 (1975)
Georgi M. Grechko
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 17 (1975), Soyuz 26 (1977), Soyuz T-14 (1985)
Vance D. Brand
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975), Columbia (1982, 1990), Challenger (1984)
Donald K. Slayton
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Vostok 5 (1963), Soyuz 22 (1976), and Soyuz 31 (1978)
Vladimir Aksenov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz T-2 (1980)
Vyacheslav Zudov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 23 (1976)
Valery Rozhdestvensky
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 23 (1976)
Yuri N. Glazkov
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 24 (1977)
Vladimir Kovalyonok
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 29 (1978), Soyuz T-4 (1981)
Valery Ryumin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 32 (1979), Soyuz 35 (1980)
Yuri V. Romanenko
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 26 (1977), Soyuz 38 (1980), Soyuz TM-2 (1987)
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz missions 27 (1978), 39 (1981), T-6 (1982), T-12 (1984), and T-13 (1985)
Vladimir Remek
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 28 (1978)
Alexi A. Gubarev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 28 (1978)
Aleksander Ivanchenkov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 29 (1978), Soyuz T-6 (1982)
Piotr I. Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 30 (1978)
Sigmund Jahn
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 31 (1978)
Vladimir Lyakhov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 32 (1979), Soyuz T-9 (1983), Soyuz TM-6 (1988)
Georgi Ivanov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 33 (1979)
Leonid Popov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 35 (1980), Soyuz 40 (1981), Soyuz T-7 (1982)
Yuri Malyshev
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-2 (1980), Soyuz T-11 (1984)
Viktor F. Gorbatko
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz 37 (1980)
Pham Tuan
Cosmonaut.
- On Soyuz 37 (1980)
Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez
- On Soyuz 38 (1980)
Leonard Kizim
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-3 (1980), Soyuz T-10B (1984)
Gennadi M. Strekalov (born 1940)
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-3 (1980), T-8 (1983), T-11 (1984), TM-10 (1990), TM-21 (1995)
Viktor Savinykh
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-4 (1981), Soyuz T-13 (1985), Soyuz TM-5 (1988)
Robert L. Crippen
Astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1981), Challenger (1983, 1984)
Joe H. Engle
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1981), Discovery (1985)
Richard H. Truly
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1981), Challenger (1983)
C. Gordon Fullerton
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Challenger (1985)
Anatoly Berezovoy
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz-T5 (1982)
Jean-Loup Chrétien (born 1938)
French astronaut.
- Astronaut on Soyuz T-6 (1982), Soyuz TM-7 (1988), Atlantis (1997)
Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Discovery (1984), Challenger (1985)
Alexander Serebrov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-7 (1982), Soyuz T-8 (1983)
Robert F. Overmyer
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Challenger (1985)
Joseph P. Allen
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Discovery (1984)
William B. Lenoir
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982)
Donald H. Peterson
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983)
F. Story Musgrave (born 1935)
American astronaut and physician.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983, 1985), Discovery (1989), Atlantis (1991), Endeavour (1993), Columbia (1996)
Karol J. Bobko
Astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983), Discovery (1985), Atlantis (1985)
Vladimir G. Titov (born 1947)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz TM-4 (1987), Discovery (1995), Atlantis (1997)
Frederick H. Hauck
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983), Discovery (1984, 1988)
John M. Fabian
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983), Discovery (1985)
Norman E. Thagard (born 1943)
The first American astronaut aboard a Soviet spacecraft.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983, 1985), Atlantis (1989), Discovery (1992), Soyuz TM-21 (1995)
Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-9 (1983), Soyuz TM-3 (1987)
Daniel C. Brandenstein
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983), Discovery (1985), Columbia (1990), Endeavor (1992)
William Thornton
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983, 1985)
Dale A. Gardner
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1983), Discovery (1984)
Brewster H. Shaw, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1983, 1989), Atlantis (1985)
Robert A. R. Parker
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1983, 1990)
Byron K. Lichtenberg
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1983), Atlantis (1992)
Ulf D. Merbold
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1983), Discovery (1992), Soyuz TM-20 (1994)
Bruce McCandless
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Discovery (1990)
Robert L. Gibson (born 1946)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Columbia (1986), Atlantis (1988, 1995), Endeavor (1992)
Vladimir Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-10B (1984)
Rakesh Sharma
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-11 (1984)
Francis Richard ''Dick'' Scobee
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), killed on Challenger (1986)
Terry Hart
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984)
James D. van Hoften
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Discovery (1985)
Igor Volk
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-12 (1984)
Michael L. Coats
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1984, 1989, 1991)
Steven A. Hawley (born 1951)
American astronaut, astronomer and astrophysicist.
- Misson specialist on Discovery (1984, 1990, 1997), Columbia (1986)
Richard M. Mullane
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1984), Atlantis (1988, 1990)
Charles D. Walker
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1984, 1985), Atlantis (1985)
Jon A. McBride
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984)
David Leestma
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Columbia (1989), Atlantis (1992)
Paul D. Scully-Power
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984)
Marc J. Garneau (born 1949)
Canadian astronaut and electrical engineer.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Endeavour (1996)
David M. Walker (born 1944)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Atlantis (1989), Discovery (1992), Endeavour (1995)
Loren Schriver
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985, 1990), Atlantis (1992)
James F. Buchli
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985, 1989, 1991)
Gary E. Payton
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Donald E. Williams
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), Atlantis (1989)
Jake Garn
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Jeffrey A. Hoffman (born 1944)
American astronaut and astrophysicist.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), Columbia (1990, 1996), Atlantis (1992) and Endeavour (1993)
S. David Griggs
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Frederick D. Gregory
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985), Discovery (1989), Atlantis (1991)
Don L. Lind
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
Taylor G. Wang
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
John O. Creighton
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985, 1991), Atlantis (1990)
Steven R. Nagel (born 1946)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), Challenger (1985), Atlantis (1991), Columbia (1993)
Salman al-Saud
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Patrick Baudry
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Roy D. Bridges, Jr.
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
Anthony W. England
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
Karl G. Henize
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
Loren W. Acton
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
John-David F. Bartoe
NASA astronanut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985)
John M. Lounge
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985, 1988), Columbia (1990)
William F. Fisher
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985)
Richard O. Covey
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985, 1988), Atlantis (1990), Endeavor (1993)
Vladimir Vasyutin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Astronaut on Soyuz T-14 (1985)
Aleksandr Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-14 (1985), Soyuz TM-7 (1988), Soyuz TM-13 (1991)
Ronald J. Grabe
Astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985, 1989), Discovery (1992), Endeavor (1993)
David C. Hilmers
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985, 1990), Discovery (1988, 1992)
William A. Pailes
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985)
Robert C. Stewart
Astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985)
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984)
Ernst Messerschmidt
- On Challenger (1985)
Bryan D. O'Connor
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985), Columbia (1991)
Jerry L. Ross (born 1948)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985, 1991, 1995), Columbia (1993)
Sherwood C. Spring
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985, 1988)
Robert J. Cenker
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1986)
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz (born 1950)
Costa Rican-born American astronaut and plasma physicist.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1986, 1996), Atlantis (1989, 1992), Discovery (1994)
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1986), Discovery (1990, 1994), Atlantis (1992)
George D. Nelson
American astronaut and politician.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984) and Discovery (1988); first U. S. Congressman in space, on Columbia (1986)
Robert E. McNair
American astronaut.
- Astronaut killed on Challenger (1986)
Vladimir Solovyev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-15 (1986)
Leonid Kizim
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-15 (1986)
Aleksandr Laveykin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-2 (1986)
Aleksandr Viktorenko
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-3 (1987), TM-8 (1989), TM-14 (1992), TM-20 (1994)
Muhammad Faris
Cosmonaut.
- On Soyuz TM-3 (1987)
Musa Manarov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-4 (1987), Soyuz TM-11 (1990)
Anatoly Levchenko
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-4 (1987)
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov (born 1948)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-5 (1988), TM-26 (1997)
Valery Polyakov
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-6 (1988), Soyuz TM-18 (1994), set longest duration in space record of 439 days
Sergei M. Krikalev (born 1958)
The first Russian cosmonaut aboard a U.S. space shuttle.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-7 (1988), Soyuz TM-12 (1991), Discovery (1994)
William M. Shepherd
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1988), Discovery (1990), Columbia (1992)
Guy S. Gardner
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1988), Columbia (1990)
John E. Blaha (born 1942)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1989), Atlantis (1991, 1996), Columbia (1993); spent 4 months on board the Mir space station in 1996
James P. Blagian
- Astronaut on Discovery (1989), Columbia (1991)
Robert C. Springer
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1989), Atlantis (1990)
Mark C. Lee (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1989), Endeavour (1992), Discovery (1994, 1997)
Alexander A. Serebrov
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-8 (1989), Soyuz TM-17 (1993)
Richard N. Richards (born 1946)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1989, 1992), Discovery (1990, 1994)
James C. Adamson
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1989), Atlantis (1991)
Mark N. Brown
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1989), Discovery (1991)
Michael J. McCulley
NASA astronaut
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1989)
G. David Low (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1990), Atlantis (1991), Endeavor (1993)
James D. Wetherbee
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1990, 1992), Discovery (1995), Atlantis (1997)
Anatoly Solovyev (born 1948)
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-9 (1990), Soyuz TM-15 (1992), Atlantis (1995)
Aleksandr Balandin
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-9 (1990)
John H. Casper (born 1943)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1990), Endeavour (1993, 1996), Columbia (1994)
Pierre J. Thuot (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1990), Endeavor (1992), Columbia (1994)
Gennadi Manakov
Soviet astronaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-10 (1990), Soyuz TM-16 (1993)
Robert D. Cabana (born 1949)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1990, 1992), Columbia (1994)
Bruce E. Melnick
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1990), Endeavor (1992)
Thomas D. Akers (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1990), Endeavour (1992, 1993), Atlantis (1996)
Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1990), Discovery (1993)
Charles D. Gemar (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1990), Discovery (1991), Columbia (1994)
Carl J. Meade
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1990), Columbia (1992), Discovery (1994)
Samuel T. Durrance
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1990), Endeavor (1995)
Ronald A. Parise
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1990), Endeavor (1995)
Viktor Afansev
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-11 (1990)
Kenneth D. Cameron (born 1949)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991, 1995), Discovery (1993)
Jay Apt (born 1949)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991, 1996) and Endeavour (1994)
L. Blaine Hammond, Jr. (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991, 1994)
Gregory J. Harbaugh (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991, 1997), Endeavour (1993), Atlantis (1995)
Charles Lacy Veach
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991), Columbia (1992)
Richard J. Hieb (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991), Endeavor (1992), Columbia (1994)
Donald R. McMonagle (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991), Endeavor (1993), Atlantis (1994)
Anatoly Artebarsky
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-12 (1991)
Sidney M. Gutierrez
- Astronaut on Columbia (1991), Endeavor (1994)
Francis A. Gaffney
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1991)
Michael A. Baker (born 1953)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991, 1997), Endeavour (1992, 1994)
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1991, 1994)
Franz Viehboeck
- On Soyuz TM-13 (1991)
Terence T. Henricks (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991), Columbia (1993, 1996), Discovery (1995)
James S. Voss (born 1949)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991), Discovery (1992), Endeavour (1995)
Mario Runco, Jr. (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991), Endeavour (1993, 1996)
Thomas J. Hennen
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991)
Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1992, 1993), Endeavor (1995)
William F. Readdy (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1992, 1993), Atlantis (1996)
Aleksandr Kaleri
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-14 (1992), TM-24 (1996)
Brian Duffy (born 1953)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992), Endeavour (1993, 1996)
Michael C. Foale (born 1957)
British astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992, 1997), Discovery (1993, 1995); spent four months aboard the space station Mir in 1997
Dirk D. Frimout
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992)
Kevin B. Chilton (born 1954)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1992, 1994), Atlantis (1996)
Kenneth D. Bowersox (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1992), Endeavour (1993), Columbia (1995), Discovery (1997)
Lawrence J. DeLucas
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1992)
Eugene H. Trinh
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1992)
Sergei V. Avdayev
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-15 (1992), TM-22 (1995)
Michael Tognini (born 1949)
French astronaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-15 (1992)
Andrew M. Allen (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992), Columbia (1994, 1996)
Claude Nicollier (born 1944)
Swiss astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992), Endeavour (1993), Columbia (1996)
Franco Mallerba
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1992)
Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1992, 1996), Atlantis (1994), Discovery (1997)
Jay Apt
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavor (1992, 1994)
Glenwood MacLean
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1992)
Michael R. ''Rich'' Clifford (born 1952)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1992), Endeavour (1994), Atlantis (1996)
Alexander Polishchuk (born 1953)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-16 (1993)
Kenneth D. Cockrell (born 1950)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1993), Endeavour (1995), Columbia (1996)
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1993), Discovery (1995)
Charles J. Precourt (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1993), Atlantis (1995, 1997)
Ulrich Walter
NASA astronaut.
- Scientist on Columbia (1993)
Hans Schlegel
NASA astronaut.
- Scientist on Columbia (1993)
Peter J.K. ''Jeff'' Wisoff (born 1958)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1993, 1994), Atlantis (1997)
Jean-Pierre Haignere
- Astronaut on Soyuz TM-17 (1993)
Vasily Tsiblyev
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-17 (1993), TM-25 (1997)
James H. Newman (born 1956)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1993), Endeavour (1995)
Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1993), Endeavour (1994, 1996)
Carl E. Walz (born 1955)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1993), Columbia (1994), Atlantis (1996)
Richard A. Searfoss (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1993, 1998), Atlantis (1996)
William Surles McArthur, Jr. (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Scientist on Columbia (1993), Atlantis (1995)
Martin J. Fettman
American astronaut.
- Scientist on Columbia (1993)
David A. Wolf (born 1956)
American astronaut and physician.
- Scientist on Columbia (1993), Atlantis (1997); spent four months on the Russian space station Mir
Victor Afanasyev
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-18 (1993)
Yuri V. Usachyov (born 1957)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-18 (1993), TM-23 (1996)
Ronald M. Sega (born 1952)
American astronaut and electrical engineer.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1994), Atlantis (1996)
Thomas D. Jones (born 1955)
American astronaut and planetary scientist.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1994), Columbia (1996)
Yuri Malenchenko
Cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-19 (1994)
Leroy Chiao (born 1960)
American astronaut and chemical engineer.
- Scientist on Columbia (1994), Endeavour (1996)
James D. Halsell, Jr. (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Scientist on Columbia (1994, 1997), Atlantis (1995)
Donald A. Thomas (born 1955)
American astronaut and materials scientist.
- Scientist on Columbia (1994, 1997), Discovery (1995)
Steven L. Smith (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1994), Discovery (1997)
Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1994), Atlantis (1996), Endeavour (1998)
Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1994, 1997)
Joseph R. Tanner (born 1950)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1994), Discovery (1997)
Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958)
French astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1994, 1997)
William G. Gregory
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavor (1995)
John M. Grunsfeld (born 1958)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1995), Atlantis (1997)
Vladimir Dezhurov (born 1962)
Soviet cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-21 (1995)
Nikolai M. Budarin (born 1953)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Atlantis (1995)
Neil Armstrong (born 1930)
American astronaut. The first person to walk on the moon.
- Astronaut on Apollo 11 (1969)
Dafydd Rhys Williams (born 1954)
Canadian physician and astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1998)
Kevin R. Kregel (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1995), Columbia (1996, 1997)
Yuri P. Gidzenko
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-22 (1995-96)
Thomas Reiter
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-22 (1995-96)
Michael L. Gernhardt (born 1956)
American astronaut and bioengineer.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1995), Columbia (1997)
Kent V. Rominger (born 1956)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995, 1996), Discovery (1997)
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (born 1958)
Spanish-born American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995)
Fred W. Leslie (born 1951)
American astronaut, meteorologist, and champion skydiver.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995)
Albert Sacco (born 1949)
American astronaut and mechanical engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995)
Chris A. Hadfield (born 1959)
Canadian astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1995)
Brent W. Jett (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1996), Atlantis (1997)
Winston E. Scott (born 1950)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1996), Columbia (1997)
Koichi Wakata (born 1963)
Japanese astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1996)
Daniel T. Barry (born 1953)
American astronaut, physician and engineer.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1996)
Yuri I. Onufrienko (born 1961)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-23 (1996)
Scott J. ''Doc'' Horowitz (born 1957)
American astronaut and aeronautical engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996), Discovery (1997)
Maurizio Cheli (born 1959)
Italian astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996)
Umberto Guidoni (born 1954)
Italian astrophysicist and astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996)
Andrew S.W. Thomas (born 1951)
Australian astronaut and mechanical engineer.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1996, 1998); aboard the Russian space station Mir
Richard M. Linnehan (born 1957)
American astronaut and veterinarian.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996, 1998)
Charles E. Brady, Jr. (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996)
Jean-Jacques Favier (born 1949)
French astronaut, physicist and metallurgist.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996)
Robert Brent Thirsk (born 1953)
Canadian astronaut and physician.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1996)
Valery G. Korzun
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-24 (1996)
Claudie André-Deshays
French astronaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-24 (1996)
Jerry M. Linenger (born 1955)
American astronaut and physician.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1997); spent four months aboard the Mir space station
Aleksandr I. Lazutkin
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-25 (1997)
Reinhold Ewald (born 1956)
German astronaut and physicist.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-25 (1997)
Roger K. Crouch (born 1940)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Gregory T. Linteris (born 1957)
American astronaut and engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Carlos I. Noriega (born 1959)
Peruvian-born American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1997)
Edward Tsang Lu (born 1963)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1997)
Pavel V. Vinogradov
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-26 (1997)
Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (born 1962)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1997)
Stephen K. Robinson (born 1955)
American astronaut and mechanical engineer.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1997)
Bjarni V. Tryggvason
Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1997)
Stephen W. Lindsey (born 1960)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Takai Doi (born 1954)
Japanese astronaut and aerospace engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Leonid K. Kadenyuk (born 1951)
Ukrainian astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1998)
Michael P. Anderson (born 1959)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1998)
James F. Reilly II (born 1954)
American astronaut and geoscientist.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1998)
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born 1964)
Kirghiz cosmonaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1998)
Scott D. Altman (born 1959)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1998)
Jay C. Buckley, Jr. (born 1959)
American physician and astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1998)
James A. Pawelczyk (born 1960)
American biologist and astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1998)

Spaceflight Veterans

Astronauts and cosmonauts who have flown missions in the U.S. and Soviet/Russian space programs since the first manned spaceflights in 1961.

Judith A. Resnick (born 1949, died 1986)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1984), killed on Challenger (1986)
Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959)
American astronaut, physicist and astronomer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1991, 1992, 1996), Endeavour (1995)
Shannon W. Lucid (born 1943)
American astronaut and biochemist. Set an American record for length of time spent in space on a single mission (188 days).
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), Atlantis (1989, 1991, 1996), Columbia (1993)
Valentina V. Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut. The first woman in space.
- Cosmonaut on Vostok 6 (1963)
Svetlana Savitskaya (born 1948)
Russian astronaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-7 (1982), Soyuz T-12 (1984)
Sally K. Ride (born 1951)
American astronaut. The first American woman in space.
- Mission specialist on Challenger (1983, 1984)
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Discovery (1990), Atlantis (1992)
Anna L. Fisher (born 1949, died 1982)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1984)
Margaret Rhea Seddon (born 1947)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1985), Columbia (1991, 1993)
Bonnie J. Dunbar (born 1949)
American astronaut and engineer.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985), Columbia (1990, 1992), Atlantis (1995), Endeavour (1998)
Mary L. Cleave
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1985, 1989)
Ellen S. Baker (born 1953)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1989, 1995) and Columbia (1992)
Kathryn C. Thornton (born 1952)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1989), Endeavour (1992, 1993), Columbia (1995)
Marsha S. Ivins (born 1951)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1990), Atlantis (1992, 1997)
Linda M. Godwin (born 1952)
American astronaut and physicist.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1991), Endeavour (1994), Atlantis (1996)
Helen Sharman
- On Soyuz TM-12 (1991)
Millie Hughes-Fulford
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1991)
Roberta L. Bondar
Canadian astronaut.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1992), Endeavor (1994)
N. Jan Davis (born 1953)
American astronaut and mechanical engineer.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1992), Discovery (1994, 1997)
Mae Carol Jemison (born 1956)
American physician, engineer and astronaut. First African-American woman in space.
- Astronaut on Endeavor (1992)
Susan J. Helms (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1993), Discovery (1994), Columbia (1996)
Ellen Ochoa (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Mission specialist on Discovery (1993); first Hispanic woman in space
Nancy Jane Sherlock (born 1958)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavor (1993)
Janice E. Voss (born 1956)
American astronaut and aeronautical/astronautical engineer
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1993), Discovery (1995), Columbia (1997)
Yelena V. Kondakova (born 1957)
Russian cosmonaut.
- Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-20 (1994), mission specialist on Atlantis (1997)
Eileen Marie Collins (born 1956)
American astronaut. The first female space-shuttle pilot (1995).
- Astronaut on Discovery (1995), Atlantis (1997)
Wendy B. Lawrence (born 1959)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Endeavour (1995), Atlantis (1997)
Nancy J. Currie (born 1958)
American astronaut and industrial engineer.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1995)
Mary E. Weber (born 1962)
American astronaut, chemist, and champion skydiver.
- Astronaut on Discovery (1995)
Catherine G. ''Cady'' Coleman (born 1960)
American astronaut and engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995)
Susan Leigh Still (born 1961)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Kalpana Chawla
Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1997)
Kathryn P. Hire (born 1959)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1998)

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