Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (born June 21, 1958, in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. As of June 2010, Gennady ranks sixth for career time in space due to his time ...

Robert F. Overmyer

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Franklyn Overmyer, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Ret. (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered ...

Yuri Onufriyenko

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko (born 6 February 1961) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station ...

Karl Gordon Henize

Astronomy; Astronaut

Karl Gordon Henize, Ph.D. (17 October 1926 – October 5, 1993 (aged 66)) was an astronomer, NASA astronaut, space scientist, and professor at Northwestern University. He was stationed at several ...

Mirosław Hermaszewski

Astronomy; Astronaut

Mirosław Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1941), is a retired Polish Air Force officer. He became the first (and to this day remains the only, except Polish-American astronauts) Pole in space when he ...

José Hernández

Astronomy; Astronaut

José Moreno Hernández (born on August 7, 1962), is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Hernández was born in French Camp, California, but calls Stockton, California, his hometown. His ...

Susan J. Helms

Astronomy; Astronaut

Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. She is currently the Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); ...