Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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William Cameron McCool

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He was killed, ...

James Alton McDivitt (Brig Gen, USAF Ret.) (born June 10, 1929) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight in which Edward H. ...

Bruce E. Melnick

Astronomy; Astronaut

Bruce Edward Melnick (born December 5, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace ...

Donald R. McMonagle

Astronomy; Astronaut

Donald Ray McMonagle (born May 14, 1952) (Retired Colonel, USAF) became the Manager, Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 15, 1997. In this capacity he is responsible ...

William S. McArthur

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Surles McArthur, Jr. (born 26 July 1951) is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, a NASA astronaut, and a veteran of three space shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station ...

Ronald McNair

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ronald Ervin McNair, Ph.D. (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was a physicist and NASA astronaut. McNair died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L.

Aleksandr Laveykin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin (born April 21, 1951) was a Soviet cosmonaut. Born in Moscow, Laveykin was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. He flew on one spaceflight, for the first part of ...