Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she is the first American ...

Charles J. Precourt

Astronomy; Astronaut

Charles Joseph Precourt (born June 29, 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous ...

Leonid Popov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Leonid Ivanovich Popov (born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and ...

Marco Pontes

Astronomy; Astronaut

Marco Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot. He became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched to the International Space Station aboard ...

William F. Readdy

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. He was born January 24, 1952, in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and is married to Colleen ...

Ilan Ramon

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ilan Ramon (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003, born Ilan Wolferman) was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut.

Ellison Onizuka

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 - January 28, 1986) was a Japanese American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on ...