Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (born Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha on July 27, 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and was the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched ...

William Shepherd

Astronomy; Astronaut

William McMichael Shepherd (born July 26, 1949) is a former American astronaut who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. Shepherd is a recipient of ...

Vladimir Shatalov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.

Yelena Kondakova

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova (born March 30, 1957 in Mytishchi, Soviet Union) was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration ...

Pyotr Klimuk

Astronomy; Astronaut

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (born July 10, 1942 in Kamaroŭka, Brest Voblast, Byelorussian SSR), is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into ...

Leonid Kizim

Astronomy; Astronaut

Leonid Denisovich Kizim (August 5, 1941 – June 14, 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was twice named a Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and October 2, 1984). Kizim was born in Krasnyi ...

Vladimir Komarov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut in the first group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He was one of the most ...