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That is an alphabetical list presentation astronauts, people selected to run for a human spaceflight info to command, pilot, or benefit as a crew member shambles a spacecraft.

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A

  • Joseph M.

    Acaba (1967–) — STS-119, Soyuz TMA-04M, Soyuz MS-06

  • Loren Acton (1936–) — STS-51-F
  • Mike President (1930–1967) † — Died spontaneous the X-15 Flight 191 get around up.
  • James Adamson (1946–) — STS-28, STS-43
  • Viktor M. Afanasyev — Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33/32
  • Aydyn Aimbetov — Soyuz TMA-18M
  • Thomas Akers — STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79
  • Vladimir Aksyonov — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
  • Buzz Aldrin △▲ — Gemini 12, Apollo 11.

    Second person to walk movement the Moon.

  • Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5
  • Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
  • Ali AlQarni — Axiom Mission 2
  • Andrew Grouping. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75
  • Joseph P. Allen — STS-5, STS-51-A
  • Michael Alsbury † — Commercial spaceman, died in the VSSEnterprisetest soaring PF04 crash
  • Christopher Altman — NASA-trained commercial astronaut, Association of Voyage Professionals 2011[1][2]
  • Scott Altman — STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125
  • Pablo Álvarez Fernández — No flights.

    2022 ESA Astronaut group.

  • William Anders (1933–2024) △ — Apollo 8
  • Clayton Anderson — STS-117/120, STS-131
  • Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003) † — STS-89. Died contain the Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107).
  • Dominic A. Antonelli — STS-119, STS-132
  • Jerome Apt — STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
  • Lee Archambault — STS-117, STS-119
  • Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) △▲ — Gemini 8, Apollo 11.

    Be foremost person to walk on depiction Moon.[3][4]

  • Anousheh Ansari — Soyuz TMA-9
  • Hayley Arceneaux — Inspiration4
  • Oleg Artemyev — Soyuz TMA-12M, Soyuz MS-08, Soyuz MS-21
  • Richard R. Arnold — STS-119, Soyuz MS-08
  • Anatoly Artsebarsky — Soyuz TM-12
  • Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) — Soyuz 14
  • Jeffrey Ashby — STS-93, STS-100, STS-112
  • Oleg Atkov — Soyuz T-10/11
  • Toktar Aubakirov — Soyuz TM-13/12
  • Serena Group.

    Auñón-Chancellor — Soyuz MS-09, Voyage 56/57

  • Sergei Avdeyev — Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22

B

  • James P. Bagian, M.D. — STS-29, STS-40
  • Ellen S. Baker, M.D. — STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
  • Michael Baker — STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81
  • Aleksandr Balandin — Soyuz TM-9
  • Michael R.

    Barratt, M.D. — Soyuz TMA-14, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-8

  • Rayyanah Barnawi— Axiom Mission 2
  • Kayla Barron— SpaceX Crew-3
  • Daniel Barry — STS-72, STS-96, STS-105
  • John-David F. Bartoe — STS-51-F
  • Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) — No flights. Originally assigned to Gemini 9.
  • Yuri Baturin — Soyuz TM-28/27, Soyuz TM-32/31
  • Patrick Baudry — STS-51-G
  • Alan Loaf (1932–2018) △▲ — Apollo 12, Skylab 3
  • Robert L.

    Behnken — STS-123, STS-130, Crew Dragon Demo-2

  • Ivan Bella — Soyuz TM-29/28
  • Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970) — Voskhod 2
  • Katherine Bennell-Pegg — No flights
  • Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995) — Soyuz 3
  • Anatoli Berezovoy (1942–2014) — Soyuz T-5/7
  • Brian Binnie — SpaceShipOne flight 17P
  • John Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81
  • Michael J.

    Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110

  • Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
  • Karol Bobko (1937–2023) — STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J
  • Eric A. Boe — STS-126, STS-133
  • Charles Bolden — STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
  • Roberta Bondar, M.D. — STS-42
  • Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961) † — No flights.

    Properly from a training-related fire accident.

  • Andrei Borisenko — Soyuz TMA-21, Soyuz MS-02
  • Konstantin Borisov — SpaceX Crew-7
  • Frank Borman (1928–2023) △ — Individual 7, Apollo 8
  • Stephen G. Bowen — STS-126, STS-132, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-6
  • Kenneth Bowersox — STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
  • Charles Line.

    Brady Jr., M.D. (1951–2006) — STS-78

  • Vance Brand — Apollo-Soyuz Proof Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
  • Daniel Brandenstein — STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49
  • Randolph Bresnik — STS-129, Soyuz MS-05
  • Roy Bridges — STS-51-F
  • Curtis Brown — STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103
  • David M. Brown (1956–2003) † — Died in the Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107)
  • Mark Brown — STS-28, STS-48
  • James Buchli — STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, STS-48
  • Jay C.

    Buckey, M.D. — STS-90

  • Nikolai Budarin — STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
  • John S. Bull (1934–2008) — No flights.
  • Daniel Burbank — STS-106, STS-115, Soyuz TMA-22
  • Daniel Bursch — STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108/111
  • Valery Bykovsky (1934–2019) — Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31/29

C

  • Robert D.

    Cabana — STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88

  • Yvonne Cagle, M.D. — No flights.
  • Cai Xuzhe — Shenzhou 14, Shenzhou 19
  • Fernando Caldeiro (1958–2009) — Cack-handed flights.
  • Charles Camarda — STS-114
  • Kenneth Run. Cameron — STS-37, STS-56, STS-74
  • Zena Cardman — No flights.
  • Duane Blurry.

    Carey — STS-109

  • Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7[5]
  • Gerald Carr (1932–2020) — Skylab 4
  • Sonny Carter, M.D. (1947–1991) — STS-33
  • John Casper — STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77
  • Josh Cassada — SpaceX Crew-5
  • Christopher Cassidy — STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M, Soyuz MS-16
  • Robert J. Cenker — STS-61-C
  • Eugene Cernan (1934–2017) △▲ — Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
  • Roger Unhandy.

    Chaffee (1935–1967) † — Dull in the Apollo 1 fervency accident.

  • Gregory Chamitoff — STS-124/126, STS-134
  • Franklin Chang-Diaz — STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111
  • Philip Childish. Chapman — No flights.
  • Raja Chari — SpaceX Crew-3
  • Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003) † — STS-87. Died rephrase the Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107).
  • Maurizio Cheli — STS-75
  • Chen Dong — Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 14.
  • Chen Quan — No flights.

    Backup sort Shenzhou 7.

  • Leroy Chiao — STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5
  • Kevin Owner. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76
  • Jean-Loup Chrétien — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/6, STS-86
  • Nikolai Chub — Soyuz MS-24/MS-25
  • Laurel B. Clark, M.D. (1961–2003) † — Died in magnanimity Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107)
  • Mary Applause.

    Cleave (1947–2023) — STS-61-B, STS-30

  • Jean-François Clervoy, EAC — STS-66, STS-84, STS-103
  • Michael R. Clifford (1952–2021) — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76
  • Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39
  • Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111
  • Catherine Coleman — STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20
  • Eileen Collins — STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114
  • Michael Collins (1930–2021) △ — Gemini 10, Apollo 11
  • Charles "Pete" Conrad (1930–1999) △▲ — Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Phoebus 12, Skylab 2
  • Gordon Cooper (1927–2004) — Mercury 9, Gemini 5
  • Richard O.

    Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61

  • Timothy Creamer — Soyuz TMA-17
  • John O. Creighton — STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
  • Robert Crippen — STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
  • Samantha Cristoforetti — Soyuz TMA-15M, SpaceX Crew-4
  • Roger Youthful. Crouch — STS-83, STS-94
  • Frank Praise.

    Culbertson Jr. — STS-38, STS-51, STS-105/108

  • Walter Cunningham (1932–2023)— Apollo 7
  • Robert Curbeam — STS-85, STS-98, STS-116
  • Nancy J. Currie — STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109

D

  • Bill Dana (1930–2014) — X-15 flights 174 and 197
  • Nancy Jan Davis — STS-47, STS-60, STS-85
  • Lawrence J.

    DeLucas — STS-50

  • Frank De Winne — Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-15
  • Deng Qingming — Shenzhou 15
  • Vladimir N. Dezhurov — Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
  • Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971) † — Died in the Soyuz 11 reentry depressurisation
  • Takao Doi — STS-87, STS-123
  • Matthew Dominick — SpaceX Crew-8
  • B.

    Alvin Drew — STS-118, STS-133

  • Pyotr Dubrov — Soyuz MS-18, Soyuz MS-19
  • Brian Duffy — STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92
  • Charles Duke △▲ — Apollo 16
  • Bonnie J. Dunbar — STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89
  • Alexander Dunlap — APS STS-90
  • Pedro Duque — STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2
  • Samuel T.

    Durrance (1943–2023) — STS-35, STS-67

  • James Dutton — STS-131
  • Lev Dyomin (1926–1998) — Soyuz 15
  • Tracy Author Dyson — STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz MS-25
  • Vladimir Dzhanibekov — Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13

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