Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Bryan D. O'Connor

Astronomy; Astronaut

Bryan Daniel O'Connor (born September 6, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corps colonel and former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut.

Robert L. Gibson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946) is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut.

Edward Gibson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Edward George Gibson, PhD, (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, and engineer. Before becoming a NASA astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the ...

Charles D. Gemar

Astronomy; Astronaut

Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar (born 4 August 1955 in Yankton, South Dakota) is a former American astronaut with NASA and a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army. He served as a pilot in the armed forces. As a ...

Alexander Gerst (born May 3, 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a European Space Agency astronaut having been selected in 2009 to undergo training. He studied at the University of Karlsruhe, ...

Yuri Gidzenko

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training centre (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown twice into space and has lived ...

Michael L. Gernhardt

Astronomy; Astronaut

Michael Landon Gernhardt (Ph.D.) (born May 4, 1956, in Mansfield, Ohio) is a NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction ...