List of astronauts by name

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This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the first sub-orbital flight of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created - the commercial astronaut.

While the term astronaut is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists, this article only lists professional astronauts. A list of everyone who has flown in space can be found at List of space travelers by name.

Names in italic are astronauts who have left Low Earth orbit, names in bold are astronauts who have walked on the moon.

The flags indicate citizenship during time as an astronaut. As of 2008, more than 480 people had trained as astronauts.

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Joseph M. Acaba, first Puerto Rican astronaut.
Loren Acton
Mike Adams (1930–1967) X-15
James Adamson
/ Viktor M. Afanasyev
Thomas Akers
Vladimir Aksyonov
Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the second person to walk on the Moon.
Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
Andrew M. Allen
Joseph P. Allen
Scott Altman
William Anders
Clayton Anderson
*Michael P. Anderson, (1959–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Anousheh Ansari first iranian astronaut.
- (Claudie André-Deshays - see Claudie Haigneré)
Jerome Apt
Lee Archambault
Neil Armstrong (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Anatoly Artsebarsky
Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998)
Jeffrey Ashby
Oleg Atkov
Toktar Aubakirov, first ethnic Kazakh person in space.
Sergei Avdeyev
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James Bagian
Ellen Baker
Michael Baker
Aleksandr Balandin
Michael R. Barratt
Daniel Barry
John-David F. Bartoe
Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) original pilot, Gemini 9.
Yuri Baturin, first Russian politician in space.
Patrick Baudry, first African-born man and second Frenchman in space
Alan Bean, flew on Apollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
Robert L. Behnken
Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space.
Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970)
Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995)
Anatoli Berezovoy
Brian Binnie, second commercial astronaut.
John Blaha
Michael J. Bloomfield
Guion Bluford, first African-American in space.
Karol Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut.
Charles Bolden
Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space.
Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon.
Kenneth Bowersox
Charles Brady (1951–2006)
Vance Brand
Daniel Brandenstein
Roy Bridges. Became Director of the Kennedy Space Center in March 1997
Curtis Brown
*David M. Brown (1956–2003)
Mark Brown
James Buchli
Jay Buckey
Nikolai Budarin
Daniel Burbank
Daniel Bursch
Valery Bykovsky (born 1934)
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Robert Cabana
Tracy Caldwell
Charles Camarda
Kenneth Cameron
Duane Carey
Scott Carpenter, a Project Mercury astronaut.
Gerald Carr
Sonny Carter, (1947–1991)
John Casper
Robert Cenker
Gene Cernan, flew on Apollo 17
*Roger B. Chaffee, died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
Gregory Chamitoff
/ Franklin Chang-Diaz, first Hispanic-American in space, flew on seven space flights.
/ Philip K. Chapman, first Australian-born astronaut.
/ *Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003), first Indian-American woman in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Maurizio Cheli
Chen Quan, backup Shenzhou 7.
Leroy Chiao
Kevin Chilton
Jean-Loup Chrétien, first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space
*Laurel B. Clark (1961–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Mary Cleave
Jean-François Clervoy
Michael Clifford
Michael Coats
Kenneth Cockrell
Catherine Coleman (born 1960)
Eileen Collins
Michael Collins (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.)
Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, (1930–1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the first Skylab mission.
Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.
Richard Covey
John Creighton
Robert Crippen, Space Shuttle pioneer
Samantha Cristoforetti
Roger Crouch
Frank Culbertson
Walter Cunningham, flew on Apollo 7.
Robert Curbeam
Nancy Currie
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Nancy Jan Davis
Lawrence J. DeLucas
Lev Demin (1926–1998)
Frank De Winne
Vladimir N. Dezhurov
*Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971)
Takao Doi, first Japanese to walk in space.
B. Alvin Drew (born 1962)
Brian Duffy
Charles Duke, flew on Apollo 16.
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Pedro Duque, first Spaniard in space.
Samuel T. Durrance
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
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Joe Edwards
Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987), flew on Apollo 7.
Anthony W. England
Joseph H. Engle
Ronald Evans (1933–1990)
Reinhold Ewald
Léopold Eyharts
F
John Fabian
Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space.
Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space.
Jean-Jacques Favier
Fèi Jùnlóng
Konstantin Feoktistov
Christopher Ferguson
Martin J. Fettman
Andrew J. Feustel
Anatoli Filipchenko
John L. Finley (1935–2006), trained for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
Edward Fincke
Anna Fisher
William Frederick Fisher
Klaus-Dietrich Flade
/ Michael Foale, holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes.
Michael Foreman
Patrick Forrester
Michael Fossum
Ted Freeman (1930–1964) NASA group 3
Stephen Frick
Dirk Frimout, first Belgian in space.
Christer Fuglesang, first Swede in space.
Charles Fullerton
Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995)
Satoshi Furukawa
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Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), first person in space.
Ronald Garan
Dale Gardner
Guy Gardner
Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space.
Owen Garriott
Charles Gemar
Michael Gernhardt
Alexander Gerst
Edward Gibson
Robert L. Gibson
Yuri Gidzenko
Ed Givens (1930–1967) NASA group 5
Yuri Glazkov
John Glenn (born 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight.
Linda Godwin
Michael T. Good
Viktor Gorbatko
Richard Gordon, flew on Apollo 12.
Dominic Gorie
Ronald Grabe
Georgi Grechko
Frederick Gregory
William Gregory
Stanley Griggs (1939–1989)
*Virgil Grissom (1926–1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice and the first person to go into space twice in a capsule-type spacecraft. Would have been the first person to fly three times. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
John Grunsfeld
Aleksei Gubarev
Umberto Guidoni
Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, first Mongolian in space.
Sidney Gutierrez
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Chris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space.
Claudie Haigneré, first Frenchwoman in space.
Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Fred Haise, flew on Apollo 13.
James Halsell
Kenneth Ham
Lloyd Hammond
Jeremy Hansen
Gregory Harbaugh
Bernard Harris, first African-American to walk in space.
Terry Hart
Henry Hartsfield
Frederick Hauck
Steven Hawley
Susan Helms
Karl Henize (1926–1993)
Thomas Hennen
Terence Henricks
Miroslaw Hermaszewski, first Pole in space.
John Herrington, first Native American in space.
Richard Hieb
Joan Higginbotham
David Hilmers
Kathryn Hire
Charles Hobaugh
Jeffrey Hoffman
Scott Horowitz
Akihiko Hoshide
Millie Hughes-Fulford, first female Payload Specialist.
*Rick D. Husband (1957–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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James Irwin (1930–1991), flew on Apollo 15.
Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
Georgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.
Marsha Ivins
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Sigmund Jähn, first German in space
Mae Jemison, first African-American woman in space
Tamara E. Jernigan
Brent W. Jett, Jr.
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory H. Johnson
Thomas D. Jones
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Leonid Kadenyuk, first Ukrainian in space since independence.
Alexander Kaleri, first Russian in space since independence.
Janet Kavandi
James Kelly
Mark E. Kelly
Scott Kelly
Joseph Kerwin
Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000)
Leonid Kizim
Petr Klimuk, first Belarusian in space.
*Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), killed during a USSR space flight.
Yelena V. Kondakova
Oleg Kononenko
Valery Korzun
Oleg Kotov
Vladimir Kovalyonok
Konstantin Kozeyev
Kevin Kregel
/ Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.
Valeri Kubasov (born 1935)
André Kuipers
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Aleksandr Laveykin
Robert Lawrence (1935–1967) MOL, first black astronaunt
Wendy Lawrence
Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990)
Aleksandr Lazutkin
Valentin Lebedev
Mark C. Lee
David Leestma
William B. Lenoir
Aleksei Leonov, first person to walk in space (to make an EVA).
Frederick W. Leslie
Anatoli Levchenko (1941–1988)
Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA Payload Specialist.
Don Lind
Steven Lindsey
Jerry Linenger
Richard Linnehan
Gregory Linteris
- (Yáng Lìwěi - see Yáng Lìwěi)
Paul Lockhart
Yuri Lonchakov
Michael Lopez-Alegria
Christopher Loria
John Lounge
Jack Lousma
Stanley G. Love
Jim Lovell, flew on Apollo 8, the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and on Apollo 13.
G. David Low (1956-2008)
Edward Lu
Shannon Lucid, first Asian-born woman in space. Holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record until it was exceeded by Sunita Williams on June 16, 2007.
Vladimir Lyakhov
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Steven MacLean
Sandra Magnus
Oleg Makarov (1933–2003)
Yuri Malenchenko
Franco Malerba, first Italian in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)
Yuri Malyshev (1941–1999)
/ Gennadi Manakov
Musa Manarov
Michael Massimino
Richard Mastracchio
Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II (born 1936), flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C.
K. Megan McArthur
William S. McArthur
Jon McBride
Bruce McCandless II
*William C. McCool (1961–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Michael McCulley
James McDivitt, flew on Apollo 9.
Donald McMonagle
*Ronald McNair (1950–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Carl Meade
Bruce Melnick
Pamela Melroy
/ Mike Melvill, first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.
Leland D. Melvin
Ulf Merbold
Ernst Messerschmid
Edgar Mitchell, flew on Apollo 14.
Andreas Mogensen
Abdul Ahad Mohmand, first Afghan in space.
Mamoru Mohri, first professional Japanese astronaut in space.
Barbara Morgan
Lee Morin
Boris Morukov
Chiaki Mukai, first Japanese woman in space.
Richard Mullane
Talgat Musabayev
Story Musgrave
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Steven R. Nagel
George Nelson
Grigori Nelyubov (1934–1966) Vostok backup.
Rodolfo Neri Vela, first Mexican in space.
Paolo A. Nespoli
James H. Newman
Claude Nicollier, first Swiss in space.
Niè Hǎishèng, flew on Shenzhou 6
Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004)
Soichi Noguchi
Carlos I. Noriega, first Peruvian-born person in space.
Lisa Nowak
Karen Nyberg
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Bryan O'Connor
Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space.
Wubbo Ockels, first Dutchman in space.
William Oefelein
Takuya Onishi
*Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Yuri Onufrienko
Stephen Oswald
Robert Overmyer (1936–1996)
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Gennady Padalka
William Pailes
Scott Parazynski
Ronald A. Parise
Robert Parker
Luca Parmitano
/ Nicholas Patrick
*Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971)
James Pawelczyk
Julie Payette
Gary Payton, first military astronaut.
Timothy Peake
Philippe Perrin, first Morocco-born man in space
Thomas Pesquet
Donald Peterson
Donald Pettit
Pham Tuân, first Vietnamese and first Asian in space.
John Phillips
William Pogue
Alan G. Poindexter
Mark Polansky
Alexander Poleshchuk
/ Valeri Polyakov, holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days.
Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian, South American and the only lusophone in space.
Leonid Popov
Pavel Popovich, first Ukrainian-born person in space.
Charles Precourt
Dumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space.
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*Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
William Readdy
Kenneth Reightler
James F. Reilly
Garrett Reisman
Thomas Reiter, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS.
Vladimír Remek, first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space.
*Judith Resnik (1949–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Paul W. Richards
Richard N. Richards
Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
*Patricia Robertson (1963–2001)
Stephen Robinson
Russell L. Rogers (1928–1967) Dyna Soar
Roman Romanenko
Yuri Romanenko
Kent Rominger
Stuart Roosa (1933–1994), flew on Apollo 14.
Jerry L. Ross, flew on seven space flights.
Valeri Rozhdestvensky
Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932–2002)
Mario Runco, Jr.
/ Valery Ryumin
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Albert Sacco
David Saint-Jacques
Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005)
Viktor Savinykh
Svetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space.
Wally Schirra (1923–2007)
Hans Schlegel
Harrison Schmitt, flew on Apollo 17.
Rusty Schweickart
*Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Winston Scott
David Scott
/ Paul Scully-Power
Richard Searfoss
Rhea Seddon
Elliott See (1927–1966) original command pilot, Gemini 9.
Ronald Sega
/ Piers Sellers
/ Aleksandr Serebrov
Vitali Sevastyanov
Doug Shane, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
Yuri Shargin, first Russian military cosmonaut
Salizhan Sharipov
Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space.
Vladimir Shatalov
Brewster Shaw
Alan Shepard (1923–1998), first American in space.
William Shepherd
- (Nancy Sherlock - see Nancy Currie)
Georgi Shonin (1935–1997)
Loren Shriver
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space.
Peter Siebold, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924–1996), a Mercury astronaut.
Steven Smith
/ Anatoly Solovyev first Latvia born astronaut, holds the world record for time spent during space walks, has 77+ hours over 16 separate outings.
Vladimir Solovyov
Aleksei Sorokin (1931–1976) Voskhod 1 backup.
Sherwood Spring
Robert Springer
Thomas Patten Stafford
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Robert Stewart
Susan Still
/ Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004)
Frederick Sturckow
Kathryn Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space.
Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982), flew on Apollo 13.
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Daniel Tani
Joseph Tanner
James M. Taylor (1930–1970) MOL
Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space.
Norman Thagard
Gerhard Thiele
Robert Thirsk
/ Andrew Thomas
Donald Thomas
Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), died before completing his NASA astronaut training.
Kathryn Thornton, first woman to make multiple EVAs.
William Thornton
Pierre Thuot
Gherman Titov (1935–2000), first human to spend a full 24 hour day in orbit. He was the Soviet Union's second cosmonaut.
Vladimir Titov
Michel Tognini
Valery Tokarev
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban, first Hispanophone, and first person of African ancestry in space.
Sergei Treshchev
Eugene Trinh, first Vietnamese-American in space.
Richard Truly
Bjarni Tryggvason
Vasili Tsibliyev
Mikhail Tyurin
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Yury Usachev
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/ Lodewijk van den Berg
James "Ox" van Hoften
Vladimir Vasyutin (1952–2002)
Charles Veach (1944–1995)
Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space.
Alexander Viktorenko
Pavel Vinogradov
Roberto Vittori
Igor Volk
Alexander Volkov
Sergey Volkov first second generation person in space, son of Alexander Volkov.
*Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), killed on Soyuz 11.
Boris Volynov, first Jew in space.
James Voss
Janice Voss
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Koichi Wakata
Rex Walheim
Charles D. Walker
David M. Walker (1944–2001)
Joseph A. Walker (1921–1966), first person to enter space twice.
Ulrich Walter
Carl Walz
Mary Weber
Paul Weitz
James Wetherbee
Douglas Wheelock
*Edward White (1930–1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
Peggy Whitson
Terrence Wilcutt
Clifton Williams (1932–1967), died in a training accident.
Dafydd Williams
Donald Williams
Jeffrey Williams
Sunita "Suni" Williams As of 2007, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
Stephanie Wilson
Peter Wisoff
David Wolf
Neil Woodward
Alfred Worden
Y
Naoko Yamazaki
Yáng Lìwěi, first person launched by a Chinese space program
Boris Yegorov (1937–1994)
Aleksei Yeliseyev
John Young, flew on two Gemini, two Apollo (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), and two Space Shuttle missions.
Kimiya Yui
/ Fyodor Yurchikhin- First Greek in Space
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Sergei Zalyotin
Vitaliy Zholobov
Vyacheslav Zudov

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