Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a retired American astronaut, test pilot, naval officer, and aeronautical engineer who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the ...

Alfred Worden

Astronomy; Astronaut

Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.

Aleksei Yeliseyev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.

Naoko Yamazaki

Astronomy; Astronaut

Naoko Yamazaki (born December 27, 1970) is a former Japanese female astronaut at JAXA, the second Japanese woman to qualify. The first was Chiaki Mukai.

Sergei Zalyotin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin (born 21 April 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of a two space missions.

Sherwood C. Spring

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sherwood Clark "Woody" Spring is a retired United States Army Colonel and former NASA astronaut. Sherwood was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on September 3, 1944. Spring is married with 2 children. ...

Robert C. Springer

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer (born May 21, 1942) is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a mission specialist on two NASA space shuttle missions in 1989–90. A decorated aviator in ...