Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Steven MacLean

Astronomy; Astronaut

Steven Glenwood MacLean (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 1, 2008.

Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician and a retired CSA astronaut. He had two spaceflights, both of which were Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 ...

Clifton Williams

Astronomy; Astronaut

Clifton Curtis 'C.C.' Williams (September 26, 1932 - October 5, 1967) was a NASA astronaut, a Naval Aviator, and a Major in the United States Marine Corps who was killed in a plane crash; he had ...

David Wolf

Astronomy; Astronaut

David Alexander Wolf (born 23 August 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor, electrical engineer. Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space ...

Barry E. Wilmore

Astronomy; Astronaut

Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore (born 29 December 1962 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee) is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had one spaceflight, which was an 11-day Space Shuttle ...

Sunita Williams

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined ...

Stephanie Wilson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space on board the Space Shuttle mission ...