Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy ...

Valeri Kubasov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (born 7 January 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz ...

Vladimir Kovalyonok

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR), was a Soviet cosmonaut. He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of ...

Sergei Krikalev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov, born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer. As a prominent rocket scientist, he has been veteran of ...

André Kuipers

Astronomy; Astronaut

André Kuipers (born in Amsterdam, 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He officially became the second Dutch, third Dutch-born and fifth(citation needed) Dutch Speaking astronaut ...

Vasily Lazarev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev (February 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch.