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Astronaut
Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
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Richard N. Richards
Astronomy; Astronaut
Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born August 24, 1946) is an American aviator, retired US Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Judith Resnik
Astronomy; Astronaut
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission ...
Soichi Noguchi
Astronomy; Astronaut
Soichi Noguchi (born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for ...
Lisa Nowak
Astronomy; Astronaut
Lisa Marie Nowak (born May 10, 1963) is a former American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut. Born in Washington, D.C., she was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a mission specialist in ...
Carlos I. Noriega
Astronomy; Astronaut
Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 1959) is a Peruvian born NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
Karen L. Nyberg
Astronomy; Astronaut
Karen LuJean Nyberg (born 7 October 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg was the 50th woman in space.
Eugene Andrew Cernan
Astronomy; Astronaut
Second seat on Gemini 9A, flew as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 10, and commanded the final landing mission Apollo 17.
