Since 12 April 1961

Astronauts

Every person who has left the planet, and the ones still training to.

795
have flown: 67
nationalities: 214
years of human time in space: 28
lost in flight

New people reaching space each year. The 1980s peak is the Space Shuttle; the recent rise is commercial flights. Most time up: Oleg Kononenko, 1111 days.

852 people

Yuri Gagarin
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1934-03-09 · died 1968-03-27
1
flights
1h 48m
in space
0
EVAs
1961
first
biography
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
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Alan Shepard
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1923-11-18 · died 1998-07-21
2
flights
6d 2h
in space
2
EVAs
1961
first
biography
Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon.
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Gus Grissom
Lost In Training
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1926-04-03 · died 1967-01-27
3
flights
16m
in space
0
EVAs
1961
first
biography
Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was one of the seven original National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury astronauts, and the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. Grissom was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice. In addition, Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, U.S. Air Force test pilot, and a mechanical engineer. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, a two-time recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Gherman Titov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1935-09-11 · died 2000-09-20
1
flights
1d 1h
in space
0
EVAs
1961
first
biography
Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.
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John Glenn
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1921-07-18 · died 2016-12-08
2
flights
9d 2h
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio.
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Scott Carpenter
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1925-05-01 · died 2013-10-10
1
flights
4h 55m
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.
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Robert M. White
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1924-07-06 · died 2010-03-17
1
flights
11m
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Robert Michael "Bob" White was an American electrical engineer, test pilot, fighter pilot, and astronaut who was one of twelve pilots that flew in the X-15 experimental spaceplane.
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Andriyan Nikolayev
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1929-09-05 · died 2004-07-03
2
flights
21d 15h
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was an ethnic Chuvash. Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. His call sign in these flights was Falcon (Russian: Со́кол). On both, he set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit. He also served as backup for the Vostok 2 and Soyuz 8 missions.
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Pavel Popovich
Deceased
Ukrainian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1930-10-05 · died 2009-09-29
2
flights
18d 16h
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Pavel Romanovich Popovich (October 5, 1930 – September 29, 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, and the eighth person in space.
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Wally Schirra
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1923-03-12 · died 2007-05-03
3
flights
12d 7h
in space
0
EVAs
1962
first
biography
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put human beings in space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7. At the time of his mission in Sigma 7, Schirra became the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. In the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous, station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft in December 1965. In October 1968, he commanded Apollo 7, an 11-day low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-man Apollo Command/Service Module and the first manned launch for the Apollo program.
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Joseph A. Walker
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1921-02-20 · died 1966-06-08
3
flights
2h 32m
in space
0
EVAs
1963
first
biography
Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
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Gordon Cooper
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1927-03-06 · died 2004-10-04
2
flights
9d 9h
in space
0
EVAs
1963
first
biography
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned space program of the United States. Cooper piloted the longest and final Mercury spaceflight in 1963. He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission. In 1965, Cooper flew as Command Pilot of Gemini 5.
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Valery Bykovsky
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1934-08-02 · died 2019-03-27
3
flights
20d 17h
in space
0
EVAs
1963
first
biography
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; born 2 August 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.
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Valentina Tereshkova
Retired
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1937-03-06
1
flights
2d 22h
in space
0
EVAs
1963
first
biography
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than 400 applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space.
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Robert A. Rushworth
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1924-10-09 · died 1993-03-18
1
flights
10m
in space
0
EVAs
1963
first
biography
Robert Aitken "Bob" Rushworth was an American United States Air Force major general, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War pilot, mechanical and aeronautical engineer, test pilot and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 87.
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Boris Yegorov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1937-11-26 · died 1994-09-12
1
flights
1d 0h
in space
0
EVAs
1964
first
biography
Boris Borisovich Yegorov was a Soviet physician-cosmonaut who became the first physician to make a space flight. Yegorov was selected as a member of the multi-disciplinary team that flew on Voskhod 1.
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Konstantin Feoktistov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1926-02-07 · died 2009-11-21
1
flights
1d 0h
in space
0
EVAs
1964
first
biography
Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an eminent space engineer. Feoktistov also wrote several books on space technology and exploration. The Feoktistov crater on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor.
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Vladimir Komarov
Lost In Flight
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1927-03-16 · died 1967-04-24
2
flights
2d 3h
in space
0
EVAs
1964
first
biography
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxaɪləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof]; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1, the first manned test flight of a new spacecraft. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight.
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Alexey Leonov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1934-05-30 · died 2019-10-11
2
flights
7d 0h
in space
1
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲej ɐˈrxʲipəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈonəf]; born 30 May 1934) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.
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Pavel Belyayev
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1925-06-26 · died 1970-01-10
1
flights
1d 2h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925 – 10 January 1970), was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps and the cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission which saw the first man walk in space in 1965.
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John Young
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-09-24 · died 2018-01-05
6
flights
25d 0h
in space
3
EVAs
1965
first
biography
John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions (with seven launches, counting his lunar liftoff) over the course of 42 years of active NASA service. He is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969 during Apollo 10, he became the first person to fly solo around the Moon. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to 1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004. He died on January 5, 2018.
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Ed White
Lost In Training
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-11-14 · died 1967-01-27
2
flights
3d 23h
in space
1
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Edward Higgins White II was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to walk in space. White died along with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee during prelaunch testing for the first manned Apollo mission at Cape Canaveral. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his flight in Gemini 4 and was then awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumously.
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James McDivitt
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1929-06-10 · died 2022-10-13
2
flights
14d 0h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
James Alton "Jim" McDivitt was an American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.
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Joe Engle
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1932-08-26 · died 2024-07-10
5
flights
9d 8h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut. Engle test-flew the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane. During the course of testing, Engle earned his USAF Astronaut Wings, a Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards. Engle was selected by NASA in 1966 for the Apollo program, and was originally scheduled to land on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 17, but was bumped when later flights were cancelled, so that geologist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt could fly. He subsequently became one of the first astronauts in the Space Shuttle program, having flight tested the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977. He was Commander of the second orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.
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Pete Conrad
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-06-02 · died 1999-06-08
4
flights
21d 4h
in space
4
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected in NASA's second astronaut class.
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John B. McKay
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1922-12-08 · died 1975-04-27
1
flights
12m
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
John Barron McKay was an American naval officer, World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 150.
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Frank Borman
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1928-03-14 · died 2023-11-07
2
flights
19d 21h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Frank Frederick Borman II was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Before flying on Apollo, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record on Gemini 7, and also served on the NASA review board which investigated the Apollo 1 fire. After leaving NASA, he was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Jim Lovell
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1928-03-25 · died 2025-08-07
4
flights
29d 19h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain. Lovell is known for being the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. In addition to being part of the Apollo 13 crew, Lovell was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-09-17 · died 2024-03-18
4
flights
21d 3h
in space
0
EVAs
1965
first
biography
Thomas Patten Stafford was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.
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David Scott
Retired
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1932-06-06
3
flights
17d 23h
in space
5
EVAs
1966
first
biography
David Randolph Scott is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Air Force officer and former test pilot. He belonged to the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Following the death of John Young in January 2018, Scott became the last living commander of a successful Apollo lunar landing mission and, as such, the only person currently alive who has flown a spacecraft to a landing on the Moon.
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Neil Armstrong
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-08-05 · died 2012-08-25
2
flights
5d 20h
in space
1
EVAs
1966
first
biography
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
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Gene Cernan
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1934-03-14 · died 2017-01-16
3
flights
11d 0h
in space
4
EVAs
1966
first
biography
Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last person to have walked on the Moon. Cernan traveled into space three times; as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions.
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Michael Collins
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-10-31 · died 2021-04-28
2
flights
11d 2h
in space
2
EVAs
1966
first
biography
Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) (Major General, USAF, Ret.) was an American former astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and undertook two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). His second spaceflight was as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11. While he stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to make the first manned landing on its surface. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins was the fourth person, and third American, to perform an EVA; and is the first person to have performed more than one EVA.
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Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1929-10-05 · died 2017-11-06
2
flights
12d 23h
in space
2
EVAs
1966
first
biography
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 flown to the Moon, as the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 12 mission. He also flew in space in 1966 as the Pilot of the Gemini 11 mission.
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William H. Dana
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-11-03 · died 2014-05-06
2
flights
20m
in space
0
EVAs
1966
first
biography
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 and Flight 197, both of which passed 50 miles in altitude.
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Buzz Aldrin
Retired
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-01-20
2
flights
9d 8h
in space
4
EVAs
1966
first
biography
Buzz Aldrin; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; is an American engineer, former astronaut, and fighter pilot. As Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon.
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Roger B. Chaffee
Lost In Training
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1935-02-15 · died 1967-01-27
1
flights
—
in space
0
EVAs
1967
first
biography
Roger Bruce Chaffee was an American naval officer, aviator, and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Along with thirteen other pilots, Chaffee was selected to be an astronaut as part of NASA Astronaut Group 3 in 1963. He served as capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the third-ranking pilot on Apollo 1. In 1967, he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, Florida. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and a second Air Medal.
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William J. Knight
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1929-11-18 · died 2004-05-07
1
flights
10m
in space
0
EVAs
1967
first
biography
William John "Pete" Knight was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles altitude on Flight 190.
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Michael J. Adams
Lost In Flight
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-05-05 · died 1967-11-15
1
flights
4m
in space
0
EVAs
1967
first
biography
Michael James Adams was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut. He flew X-15 Flight 191 to over 50 miles altitude, however the flight ended when the spacecraft broke apart, leading to his death.
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Donn F. Eisele
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1930-06-23 · died 1987-12-02
1
flights
10d 20h
in space
0
EVAs
1968
first
biography
Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the Command Module Pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
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Walter Cunningham
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1932-03-16 · died 2023-01-03
1
flights
10d 20h
in space
0
EVAs
1968
first
biography
Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut. In 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of The All-American Boys.
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Georgy Beregovoy
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1921-04-15 · died 1995-06-30
1
flights
3d 22h
in space
0
EVAs
1968
first
biography
Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (Russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Берегово́й, Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Тимофі́йович Берегови́й; April 15, 1921 – June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the earliest-born human to go to orbit, being born three months and three days earlier than the second earliest-born man in orbit – John Glenn, but later than X-15 pilot Joe Walker who made 2 (or 3, according to USAF definition) suborbital space flights.
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William Anders
Deceased
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1933-10-17 · died 2024-06-07
1
flights
6d 3h
in space
0
EVAs
1968
first
biography
William Alison "Bill" Anders was a United States Air Force Major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. He was one of the first three persons to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon in Apollo 8 along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell as well as for photographing the iconic image, Earthrise. Apart from his professional and military careers, Anders was the U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 1976 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford.
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Vladimir Shatalov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1927-12-08 · died 2021-06-15
3
flights
9d 21h
in space
0
EVAs
1969
first
biography
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. Shatalov was born in Petropavlovsk. From 1971 to 1987, he was Commander of Cosmonaut Training, and Director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre from then until 1991. Quote: "When we look into the sky it seems to us to be endless. We breathe without thinking about it, as is natural... and then you sit aboard a spacecraft, you tear away from Earth, and within ten minutes you have been carried straight through the layer of air, and beyond there is nothing! The 'boundless' blue sky, the ocean which gives us breath and protects us from endless black and death, is but an infinitesimally thin film. How dangerous it is to threaten even the smallest part of this gossamer covering, this conserver of life."
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Aleksei Yeliseyev
Retired
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1934-07-13
3
flights
8d 22h
in space
1
EVAs
1969
first
biography
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet's Gulag as an enemy of the people. Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev" so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut.
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Boris Volynov
Retired
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1934-12-18
2
flights
52d 7h
in space
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1969
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Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. He was the first Jewish cosmonaut to enter space, preceding Judith Resnik in the United States.
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Yevgeny Khrunov
Deceased
Russian · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
born 1933-09-10 · died 2000-05-20
1
flights
1d 23h
in space
1
EVAs
1969
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Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Хруно́в; September 10, 1933 – May 20, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.
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Rusty Schweickart
Retired
American · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
born 1935-10-25
1
flights
10d 1h
in space
1
EVAs
1969
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Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart is an American aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut, research scientist, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, as well as a former business executive and government executive. Selected in 1963 for NASA's third astronaut group, he is best known as the Lunar Module Pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission, the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module, on which he performed the first in-space test of the Portable Life Support System used by the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon. As backup Commander of the first manned Skylab mission in 1973, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office of Applications. Schweickart left NASA in 1977 to serve for two years as California Governor Jerry Brown's assistant for science and technology, then was appointed by Brown to California's Energy Commission for five and a half years, serving as chairman for three. In 1984–85 he co-founded the Association of Space Explorers and later in 2002 co-founded the B612 Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending Earth from asteroid impacts, along with fellow former astronaut Ed Lu and two planetary scientists. He served for a period as its chair before becoming its chair emeritus.
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Records and biographies from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs (snapshot 2026-10-18); most biographies are drawn from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. Includes suborbital flyers above 80 km and people in training. How the space age began: Sputnik; what is flying now: Space Tracker.

Yuri Gagarin

Alan Shepard

Gus Grissom

Gherman Titov

John Glenn

Scott Carpenter

Robert M. White

Andriyan Nikolayev

Pavel Popovich

Wally Schirra

Joseph A. Walker

Gordon Cooper

Valery Bykovsky

Valentina Tereshkova

Robert A. Rushworth

Boris Yegorov

Konstantin Feoktistov

Vladimir Komarov

Alexey Leonov

Pavel Belyayev

John Young

Ed White

James McDivitt

Joe Engle

Pete Conrad

John B. McKay

Frank Borman

Jim Lovell

Thomas P. Stafford

David Scott

Neil Armstrong

Gene Cernan

Michael Collins

Richard F. Gordon Jr.

William H. Dana

Buzz Aldrin

Roger B. Chaffee

William J. Knight

Michael J. Adams

Donn F. Eisele

Walter Cunningham

Georgy Beregovoy

William Anders

Vladimir Shatalov

Aleksei Yeliseyev

Boris Volynov

Yevgeny Khrunov

Rusty Schweickart