Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow. He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Duzhurov ...

Frank De Winne

Astronomy; Astronaut

Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961 in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He was the ...

Jan Davis

Astronomy; Astronaut

Nancy Jan Davis (born November 1, 1953 as Nancy Jan Smotherman - later she assumed the name of her stepfather (Davis)) is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Davis has ...

Roger K. Crouch

Astronomy; Astronaut

Roger Keith Crouch (b. September 12, 1940) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.

Nancy J. Currie

Astronomy; Astronaut

Nancy Jane Sherlock Currie is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.

Anatoli Ivanishin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin (born Irkutsk, Russia 15 January 1969) is a Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to the space was on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft launched on 14 November 2011.

Mae Jemison

Astronomy; Astronaut

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour ...