Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Edward Givens

Astronomy; Astronaut

Edward Galen "Ed" Givens Jr (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was an United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He was selected in 1966 by NASA as a member of the 'Original 19' group.

Yury Glazkov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (2 October 1939 –9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force.

Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson is a NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first ...

Mark Kelly

Astronomy; Astronaut

Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is a retired American astronaut, U.S. Navy captain and naval aviator who flew combat missions during the Gulf War. He was selected to become a NASA space ...

Thomas David Jones

Astronomy; Astronaut

Thomas David Jones (born January 22, 1955) is a former United States astronaut. He was selected to the astronaut corps in 1990 and completed four space shuttle flights before retiring in 2001. He ...

Gregory C. Johnson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Gregory Carl "Ray J" Johnson (born July 30, 1954, in Seattle, Washington), is a NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy who spent his military career in both the Regular United ...

Leonid Kadenyuk

Astronomy; Astronaut

Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk, born 28 January 1951 in Klishkivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR) is the only astronaut of independent Ukraine. He made his flight on NASA's Columbia in ...