Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945–January 28, 1986), usually known as Mike Smith, was an American astronaut—pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission. ...

Thomas Patten Stafford

Astronomy; Astronaut

Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is a retired American Air Force Lieutenant general and former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard two Gemini space flights; and in 1969 was the commander ...

Aleksandr Skvortsov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov is a Russian cosmonaut. He has had one spaceflight, which was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. His spaceflight took place from April to ...

Anatoly Solovyev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (born January 16, 1948, in Riga - alternate spelling "Solovyov") is a former Soviet pilot, cosmonaut, and Colonel. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of ...

Paul W. Richards

Astronomy; Astronaut

Paul William Richards (b. May 20, 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut. He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001.

Sergei Revin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sergei Nikolayevich Revin (born January 12, 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian cosmonaut that was selected in 1996, and completed spaceflight training in 1998. Revin may serve as a backup crewmember for ...

Sally Ride

Astronomy; Astronaut

Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman—and then-youngest American, at 32—to ...