Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa

Astronomy; Astronaut

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian and the second Asian in space. He was Mongolia's defence minister from 2000 to 2004.

Aleksei Gubarev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (born March 29, 1931 in Gvardeitsi) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.

William G. Gregory

Astronomy; Astronaut

William George "Borneo" Gregory (born May 14, 1957), is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson, PhD (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell, August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in ...

Joe Engle

Astronomy; Astronaut

Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Chapman, Kansas) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas ...

Donn F. Eisele

Astronomy; Astronaut

Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) was a United States Air Force test pilot and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in ...

Muhammed Faris

Astronomy; Astronaut

Muhammed Ahmed Faris (born May 26, 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he was a pilot in the Syrian Air Force with the ...