Map of countries (and successor states) that have sent humans into space as of June 2025. In dark blue are countries with own human spacecrafts. The criteria for determining who has achievedhuman spaceflight vary. TheFédération Aéronautique Internationale United States , professional, military andcommercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) are awardedastronaut wings . The majority of people who have flown into space have done so by entering Earth orbit. This list includes people meeting all three criteria, in separate subdivisions.
The flags indicate the space traveler's nationality at the time of their flight. In cases of dual citizenship, the space traveler is listed under their primary residence. A secondary list appended to the entry for theSoviet Union shows the birth countries of space travelers not born inRussia . A similar list after the entry for the United States shows the birth countries of space travelers who were citizens of the US but were born elsewhere. Flags shown in the secondary lists are those in use at the time of the space travelers' birth.
Names initalic are space travelers who are not part of any national astronaut program or astronaut corps (Toyohiro Akiyama ,Helen Sharman , theSpace Adventures customers and the sub-orbitalSpaceShipOne andBlue Origin pilots).
As of March 2025[update] 47 countries have traveled in space.[ 1] FAI definition of the boundary of space. 655 people have reached the altitude of space according to theUSAF definition, and 637 have reached Earth orbit.[ 2] traveled beyond low Earth orbit and either circled, orbited, or walked on the Moon.
Of the 44 countries whose citizens have traveled into Earth's orbit, 25 have flown a single space traveler, and four others (Belgium, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) have flown two each. 94% of all people to reachlow Earth orbit travelers have hailed from the following eight nations:
1 Includes both national space programme activity and European Space Agency participation.2 Includes astronauts from theFederal Republic of Germany and theGerman Democratic Republic .
Orbital space travelers [ edit ] Orbital space travelers (as of August 17th, 2024) Marc Garneau , firstCanadian in space —STS-41-G (1984),STS-77 (1996),STS-97 (2000)Roberta Bondar Canadian woman in space —STS-42 (1992)Steven MacLean —STS-52 (1992),STS-115 (2006)Chris Hadfield , firstCanadian to walk in space —STS-74 (1995),STS-100 (2001),Soyuz TMA-07M (2012)Robert Thirsk —STS-78 (1996),Soyuz TMA-15 (2009)Bjarni Tryggvason , born in Iceland —STS-85 (1997)Julie Payette STS-96 (1999),STS-127 (2009)Dafydd Williams —STS-90 (1998),STS-118 (2007)Guy Laliberté Soyuz TMA-16 /14 (2009)David Saint-Jacques –Soyuz MS-11 (2018)Mark Pathy Axiom Mission 1 (2022)Yang Liwei , firstChinese national in space —Shenzhou 5 (2003)Fei Junlong —Shenzhou 6 (2005),Shenzhou 15 (2022)Nie Haisheng —Shenzhou 6 (2005),Shenzhou 10 (2013),Shenzhou 12 (2021)Zhai Zhigang , firstChinese national to walk in space —Shenzhou 7 (2008),Shenzhou 13 (2021)Liu Boming —Shenzhou 7 (2008),Shenzhou 12 (2021)Jing Haipeng —Shenzhou 7 (2008),Shenzhou 9 (2012),Shenzhou 11 (2016),Shenzhou 16 (2023)Liu Wang —Shenzhou 9 (2012)Liu Yang Chinese woman in space —Shenzhou 9 (2012),Shenzhou 14 (2022)Wang Yaping Shenzhou 10 (2013),Shenzhou 13 (2021)Zhang Xiaoguan —Shenzhou 10 (2013)Chen Dong —Shenzhou 11 (2016),Shenzhou 14 (2022),Shenzhou 20 (2025)Tang Hongbo —Shenzhou 12 (2021),Shenzhou 17 (2023)Ye Guangfu —Shenzhou 13 (2021),Shenzhou 18 (2024)Cai Xuzhe —Shenzhou 14 (2022),Shenzhou 19 (2024)Deng Qingming —Shenzhou 15 (2022)Zhang Lu —Shenzhou 15 (2022),Shenzhou 21 (2025)Zhu Yangzhu —Shenzhou 16 (2023)Gui Haichao —Shenzhou 16 (2023)Tang Shengjie —Shenzhou 17 (2023)Jiang Xinlin —Shenzhou 17 (2023)Li Cong —Shenzhou 18 (2024)Li Guangsu —Shenzhou 18 (2024)Song Lingdong —Shenzhou 19 (2024)Wang Haoze Shenzhou 19 (2024)Chen Zhongrui —Shenzhou 20 (2025)Wang Jie —Shenzhou 20 (2025)Wu Fei —Shenzhou 21 (2025)Zhang Hongzhang —Shenzhou 21 (2025)European Space Agency members [ edit ] Some of these astronauts participated in national space programme activity unrelated to their home country's contemporary or subsequent membership of theEuropean Space Agency .
Jean-Loup Chrétien ,CNES (Intercosmos ), firstFrench person in space and first non-SovietEuropean to walk in space —Soyuz T-6 (1982),Soyuz TM-7 /6 (1988),STS-86 (1997)Patrick Baudry , second Frenchman in space, born in Douala, Cameroon —STS-51-G (1985)Michel Tognini , EAC —Soyuz TM-15 /14 (1992),STS-93 (1999)Jean-Pierre Haigneré , EAC —Soyuz TM-17 /16 (1993),Soyuz TM-29 (1999)Jean-François Clervoy , EAC —STS-66 (1994),STS-84 (1997),STS-103 (1999)Jean-Jacques Favier , born in Kehl, Germany —STS-78 (1996)Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré Frenchwoman in space (Mir, 1996) —Soyuz TM-24 /23 (1996),Soyuz TM-33 /32 (2001)Léopold Eyharts , EAC —Soyuz TM-27 /26 (1998),STS-122 /123 (2008)Philippe Perrin , EAC, born in Meknes, Morocco —STS-111 (2002)Thomas Pesquet , EAC —Soyuz MS-03 (2016),SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)Sigmund Jähn (Intercosmos ), firstGerman in space —Soyuz 31 /29 (1978) (flew forEast Germany )Ulf Merbold , EAC —STS-9 (1983),STS-42 (1992),Soyuz TM-20 /19 (1994) (flew for bothWest Germany and united Germany)Ernst Messerschmid —STS-61-A (1985) (flew forWest Germany )Reinhard Furrer , born in Wörgl, Austria (1940–1995) —STS-61-A (1985) (flew forWest Germany )Klaus-Dietrich Flade —Soyuz TM-14 /13 (1992)Ulrich Walter —STS-55 (1993)Hans Schlegel , EAC —STS-55 (1993),STS-122 (2008)Reinhold Ewald , EAC —Soyuz TM-25 /24 (1997)Gerhard Thiele , EAC —STS-99 (2000)Thomas Reiter , EAC, firstGerman to walk in space and firstESA astronaut to stay on theISS . —Soyuz TM-22 (1995),STS-121 /116 (2006)Alexander Gerst , EAC —Soyuz TMA-13M (2014),Soyuz MS-09 (2018)Matthias Maurer , EAC —SpaceX Crew-3 (2021)Rabea Rogge Fram2 (2025), firstGerman woman in spaceFranco Malerba , firstItalian in space. —STS-46 (1992)Maurizio Cheli , EAC —STS-75 (1996)Umberto Guidoni , EAC —STS-75 (1996),STS-100 (2001)Roberto Vittori , EAC —Soyuz TM-34 /33 (2002),Soyuz TMA-6 /5 (2005),STS-134 (2011)Paolo A. Nespoli , EAC —STS-120 (2007),Soyuz TMA-20 (2010),Soyuz MS-05 (2017)Luca Parmitano , EAC, firstItalian to walk in space.[ 4] Soyuz TMA-09M (2013),Soyuz MS-13 (2019)Samantha Cristoforetti Italian woman in space —Soyuz TMA-15M (2014),SpaceX Crew-4 (2022)Walter Villadei —Axiom Mission 3 (2024)(Marcus Wandt , who went onAxiom Mission 3 in 2024, is listed underSweden but also holds a Norwegian passport.)
Additionally,Michael López-Alegría , born inMadrid to an American mother and Spanish father who moved toCalifornia at the age of 9, holds both Spanish and American nationality. A six-time astronaut with the most recent mission in2024 , he is in the top five astronauts who have been to space most often, and has the secondlongest record for spacewalks , spending a total of 68 hours walking in Outer Space, which is also the longest among non-Russian astronauts and the longest in the 21st century. After retiring from NASA, López-Alegría commandedAxiom-1 , the first ever all-private team ofcommercial astronaut mission in 2021.
(Jessica Meir , who went onSoyuz MS-15 in 2019, is listed underUnited States but also holds a Swedish passport.)
Additionally,Michael Foale was born in England to a British father and American mother. He is adual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States, and was raised and educated in England. He flew as a member of NASA's Astronaut Corps with dual British American citizenship.[ 5] Piers Sellers ,Nicholas Patrick ,Richard Garriott ,Marcus Wandt andMark Shuttleworth have dual nationalities.
Toyohiro Akiyama Soyuz TM-11 /10 (1990)Chiaki Mukai STS-65 (1994),STS-95 (1998)Koichi Wakata —STS-72 (1996),STS-92 (2000),STS-119 /127 (2009),Soyuz TMA-11M (2013),SpaceX Crew-5 (2022)Takao Doi , first Japanese man to walk in space. —STS-87 (1997),STS-123 (2008)Mamoru Mohri —STS-47 (1992),STS-99 (2000)Soichi Noguchi —STS-114 (2005),Soyuz TMA-17 (2009),SpaceX Crew-1 (2020)Akihiko Hoshide —STS-124 (2008),Soyuz TMA-05M (2012),SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)Naoko Yamazaki STS-131 (2010)Satoshi Furukawa —Soyuz TMA-01M (2011),SpaceX Crew-7 (2023)Kimiya Yui —Soyuz TMA-17M (2015),SpaceX Crew-11 (2025)Takuya Onishi —Soyuz MS-01 (2016),SpaceX Crew-10 (2025)Norishige Kanai —Soyuz MS-07 (2017)Yusaku Maezawa Soyuz MS-20 (2021)Yozo Hirano Soyuz MS-20 (2021)All here listed cosmonauts were citizens of the Russian Federation at the time of at least one of their space flights. TheRussian Federal Space Agency (RKA) cosmonauts born outside of Russia are marked with an asterisk (*). For cosmonauts who flew for the Soviet Union seethe dedicated header . TheSoviet space program had no unified space agency, the parts of the program which were claimed by today'sRussian Federation became part of its Russian Federal Space Agency. Aleksandr Kaleri * —Soyuz TM-14 (1992),Soyuz TM-24 (1996),Soyuz TM-30 (2000),Soyuz TMA-3 (2003),Soyuz TMA-01M (2010)Anna Kikina SpaceX Crew-5 (2022)Yelena V. Kondakova Soyuz TM-20 (1994),STS-84 (1997)Dmitri Kondratyev —Soyuz TMA-20 (2010)Oleg Kononenko * —Soyuz TMA-12 (2008),Soyuz TMA-03M (2011),Soyuz TMA-17M (2015),Soyuz MS-11 (2018),Soyuz MS-24 /Soyuz MS-25 (2023)Mikhail Korniyenko —Soyuz TMA-18 (2010),Soyuz TMA-16M (2015)Sergey Korsakov * —Soyuz MS-21 (2022)Valery Korzun —Soyuz TM-24 (1996),STS-111 /113 (2002)Oleg Kotov * —Soyuz TMA-10 (2007),Soyuz TMA-17 (2009),Soyuz TMA-10M (2013)Konstantin Kozeyev —Soyuz TM-33 /32 (2001)Sergei Krikalev , six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes. —Soyuz TM-7 (1988),Soyuz TM-12 /13 (1991),STS-60 (1994),STS-88 (1998),Soyuz TM-31 /STS-102 (2000),Soyuz TMA-6 (2005)Sergey Kud-Sverchkov —Soyuz MS-16 (2020)Yuri Malenchenko * —Soyuz TM-19 (1994),STS-106 (2000),Soyuz TMA-1 (2003),Soyuz TMA-11 (2007),Soyuz TMA-05M (2012),Soyuz TMA-19M (2015)Gennadi Manakov —Soyuz TM-10 (1990),Soyuz TM-16 (1993)Denis Matveev —Soyuz MS-21 (2022)Alexander Misurkin —Soyuz TMA-08M (2013),Soyuz MS-06 (2017),Soyuz MS-20 (2021)Boris Morukov (1950–2015) —STS-106 (2000)Talgat Musabayev * —Soyuz TM-19 (1994),Soyuz TM-27 (1998),Soyuz TM-32 /31 (2001)Aleksandr Samokutyayev —Soyuz TMA-21 (2011),Soyuz TMA-14M (2014)Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013) —Soyuz T-7 /5 (1982),Soyuz T-8 (1983),Soyuz TM-8 (1989),Soyuz TM-17 (1993)Yelena Serova Soyuz TMA-14M (2014)Yuri Shargin , first Russian militarycosmonaut —Soyuz TMA-5 /4 (2004)Salizhan Sharipov * —STS-89 (1998),Soyuz TMA-5 (2004)Klim Shipenko —Soyuz MS-19 (2021)Anton Shkaplerov —Soyuz TMA-22 (2011),Soyuz TMA-15M (2014) &Soyuz MS-19 (2021)Oleg Skripochka —Soyuz TMA-01M (2010),Soyuz TMA-20M (2016),Soyuz MS-15 (2019)Aleksandr Skvortsov —Soyuz TMA-18 (2010),Soyuz TMA-12M (2014),Soyuz MS-13 (2019)Anatoly Solovyev * —Soyuz TM-5 /4 (1988),Soyuz TM-9 (1990),Soyuz TM-15 (1992),STS-71 /Soyuz TM-21 (1995),Soyuz TM-26 (1997)Gennadi Strekalov (1940–2004) —Soyuz T-3 (1980),Soyuz T-8 (1983),Soyuz T-11 /10 (1984),Soyuz TM-10 (1990),Soyuz TM-21 /STS-71 (1995)Maksim Surayev —Soyuz TMA-16 (2009),Soyuz TMA-13M (2014)Ivan Vagner Soyuz MS-16 (2020),Soyuz MS-26 (2024)Aleksandr Viktorenko * —Soyuz TM-3 /2 (1987),Soyuz TM-8 (1989),Soyuz TM-14 (1992),Soyuz TM-20 (1994)Pavel Vinogradov —Soyuz TM-26 (1997),Soyuz TMA-8 (2006),Soyuz TMA-08M (2013)Alexander Volkov * —Soyuz T-14 (1985),Soyuz TM-7 (1988),Soyuz TM-13 (1991)Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov * —Soyuz TMA-12 (2008),Soyuz TMA-01M (2011),Soyuz TMA-18M (2015)All here listed cosmonauts were citizens of the Soviet Union at the time of at least one of their space flights. The cosmonauts born within republics of the Soviet Union other than theRussian Soviet Republic are marked with an asterisk (*) and their place of birth is shown in an appended list. For cosmonauts of ex-Soviet countries see their dedicated headers. TheSoviet space program had no unified space agency, its parts were claimed by different ex-Soviet countries. Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000) —Soyuz 5 /4 (1969)Leonid Kizim * (1941–2010) —Soyuz T-3 (1980),Soyuz T-10 /11 (1984),Soyuz T-15 (1986)Pyotr Klimuk * —Soyuz 13 (1973),Soyuz 18 (1975),Soyuz 30 (1978)Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), died during reentry of first Soyuz spacecraft. —Voskhod 1 (1964),Soyuz 1 (1967)Vladimir Kovalyonok * —Soyuz 25 (1977),Soyuz 29 /31 (1978),Soyuz T-4 (1981)Sergei Krikalev , six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes. —Soyuz TM-7 (1988),Soyuz TM-12 /13 (1991),STS-60 (1994),STS-88 (1998),Soyuz TM-31 /STS-102 (2000),Soyuz TMA-6 (2005)Valeri Kubasov —Soyuz 6 (1969),Soyuz 19 (1975),Soyuz 36 /35 (1980)Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005) —Soyuz 15 (1974)Viktor Savinykh —Soyuz T-4 (1981),Soyuz T-13 /14 (1985)Svetlana Savitskaya Soyuz T-7 /5 (1982),Soyuz T-12 (1984)Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013) —Soyuz T-7 /5 (1982),Soyuz T-8 (1983),Soyuz TM-8 (1989),Soyuz TM-17 (1993)Vitali Sevastyanov (1935–2010) —Soyuz 9 (1970),Soyuz 18 (1975)Vladimir Shatalov * —Soyuz 4 (1969),Soyuz 8 (1969),Soyuz 10 (1971)Georgi Shonin * (1935–1997) —Soyuz 6 (1969)Anatoly Solovyev * —Soyuz TM-5 /4 (1988),Soyuz TM-9 (1990),Soyuz TM-15 (1992),STS-71 /Soyuz TM-21 (1995),Soyuz TM-26 (1997)Vladimir Solovyov —Soyuz T-10 /11 (1984),Soyuz T-15 (1986)Gennadi Strekalov (1940–2004) —Soyuz T-3 (1980),Soyuz T-8 (1983),Soyuz T-11 /10 (1984),Soyuz TM-10 (1990),Soyuz TM-21 /STS-71 (1995)Soviet cosmonauts born outside the Russian Soviet Republic [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Anatoly Artsebarsky , born inProsyana Georgi Beregovoi , born inFederivka Georgiy Dobrovolskiy , born inOdesa Leonid Kizim , born inKrasnyi Lyman Anatoli Levchenko , born inKrasnokutsk Vladimir Lyakhov , born inAntratsyt Leonid Popov , born inOleksandriia Pavel Popovich , born inUzyn Georgi Shonin , born inRovenky Vladimir Vasyutin , born inKharkiv Igor Volk , born inZmiiv Aleksandr Volkov , born inHorlivka Vitali Zholobov , born inZburyivka Alexey Zubritsky , born inZaporizhzhia ,Ukraine [ edit ] Leonid Kadeniuk , firstUkrainian in space since independence. —STS-87 (1997)Soviet cosmonauts born in Ukraine:Anatoly Artsebarsky ,Georgi Beregovoi ,Georgiy Dobrovolskiy ,Leonid Kizim ,Anatoli Levchenko ,Vladimir Lyakhov ,Leonid Popov ,Pavel Popovich (first),Georgi Shonin ,Vladimir Vasyutin ,Igor Volk andVitali Zholobov flew under the Soviet flag; Ukrainian astronaut born in the United StatesHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper flew under the American flag United Arab Emirates [ edit ] * Asterisked space travelers were born outside the United States Joseph M. Acaba —STS-119 (2009),Soyuz TMA-04M (2012)Loren Acton —STS-51-F (1985)James C. Adamson —STS-28 (1989),STS-43 (1991)Thomas Akers —STS-41 (1990),STS-49 (1992),STS-61 (1993),STS-79 (1996)Buzz Aldrin , the second person to walk on the Moon —Gemini 12 (1966),Apollo 11 (1969)Andrew M. Allen —STS-46 (1992),STS-62 (1994),STS-75 (1996)Joseph P. Allen —STS-5 (1982),STS-51-A (1984)Scott Altman —STS-90 (1998),STS-106 (2000),STS-109 (2002),STS-125 (2009)William Anders * —Apollo 8 (1968)Clayton Anderson —STS-117 /120 (2007),STS-131 (2010)Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003), died on theColumbia STS-89 (1998),STS-107 (2003)Anousheh Ansari Soyuz TMA-9 /8 (2006)Dominic A. Antonelli —STS-119 (2009),STS-132 (2010)Jerome Apt —STS-37 (1991),STS-47 (1992),STS-59 (1994),STS-79 (1996)Hayley Arceneaux Inspiration4 (2021)Lee Archambault —STS-117 (2007),STS-119 (2009)Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), first person to walk on the Moon —Gemini 8 (1966),Apollo 11 (1969)Richard R. Arnold —STS-119 (2009),Soyuz MS-08 (2018)Jeffrey Ashby —STS-93 (1999),STS-100 (2001),STS-112 (2002)Serena Auñón-Chancellor Soyuz MS-09 (2018)Nichole Ayers SpaceX Crew-10 (2025)James P. Bagian , first person ofArmenian descent to have been in space[ 6] STS-29 (1989),STS-40 (1991)Ellen S. Baker STS-34 (1989),STS-50 (1992),STS-71 (1995)Michael A. Baker —STS-43 (1991),STS-52 (1992),STS-68 (1994),STS-81 (1997)Michael R. Barratt —Soyuz TMA-14 (2009),STS-133 (2011),SpaceX Crew-8 (2024)Kayla Barron SpaceX Crew-3 (2021)Daniel T. Barry —STS-72 (1996),STS-96 (1999),STS-105 (2001)John-David F. Bartoe —STS-51-F (1985)Alan Bean —Apollo 12 (1969),Skylab 3 (1973)Robert L. Behnken —STS-123 (2008),STS-130 (2010),Crew Dragon Demo-2 (2020)John E. Blaha —STS-29 (1989),STS-33 (1989),STS-43 (1991),STS-58 (1993),STS-79 /81 (1996)Michael J. Bloomfield —STS-86 ,STS-97 (2000),STS-110 (2002)Guion Bluford , firstAfrican-American in space —STS-8 (1983),STS-61-A (1985),STS-39 (1991),STS-53 (1992)Karol J. Bobko , first graduate of theUnited States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut —STS-6 (1983),STS-51-D (1985),STS-51-J (1985)Eric A. Boe —STS-126 (2008),STS-133 (2011)Charles Bolden —STS-61-C (1985),STS-31 (1990),STS-45 (1992),STS-60 (1994)Frank Borman , commanded the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon —Gemini 7 (1965),Apollo 8 (1968)Stephen G. Bowen —STS-126 (2008),STS-132 (2010),STS-133 (2011),SpaceX Crew-6 (2023)Ken Bowersox —STS-50 (1992),STS-61 (1993),STS-73 (1995),STS-82 (1997),STS-113 /Soyuz TMA-1 (2002)Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951–2006) —STS-78 (1996)Vance D. Brand —Apollo-Soyuz Test Project ,STS-5 (1982),STS-41-B (1984),STS-35 (1990)Daniel Brandenstein —STS-8 (1983),STS-51-G (1985),STS-32 (1990),STS-49 (1992)Randolph Bresnik —STS-129 (2009),Soyuz MS-05 (2017)Roy D. Bridges Jr. —STS-51-F (1985)Curtis Brown —STS-47 (1992),STS-66 (1994),STS-77 (1996),STS-85 (1997),STS-95 (1998),STS-103 (1999)David McDowell Brown (1956–2003), died on theColumbia STS-107 (2003)Mark N. Brown —STS-28 (1989),STS-48 (1991)James Buchli —STS-51-C (1985),STS-61-A (1985),STS-29 (1989),STS-48 (1991)Jay C. Buckey —STS-90 (1998)Daniel C. Burbank —STS-106 (2000),STS-115 (2006),Soyuz TMA-22 (2011)Daniel W. Bursch —STS-51 (1993),STS-68 (1994),STS-77 (1996),STS-108 (2001),STS-111 (2002)Robert D. Cabana —STS-41 (1990),STS-53 (1992),STS-65 (1994),STS-88 (1998)Charles Camarda —STS-114 (2005)Kenneth D. Cameron —STS-37 (1991),STS-56 (1993),STS-74 (1995)Zena Cardman SpaceX Crew-11 (2025)Duane G. Carey —STS-109 (2002)Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) —Mercury 7 (1962)Gerald P. Carr —Skylab 4 (1973)Sonny Carter (1947–1991) —STS-33 (1989)John Casper —STS-36 (1990),STS-54 (1993),STS-62 (1994),STS-77 (1996)Josh A. Cassada —SpaceX Crew-5 (2022)Christopher Cassidy —STS-127 (2009),Soyuz TMA-08M (2013),Soyuz MS-16 (2020)Robert J. Cenker —STS-61-C (1985)Gene Cernan (1934–2017) —Gemini 9A (1966),Apollo 10 (1969),Apollo 17 (1972)Gregory Chamitoff * —STS-124 /126 (2008),STS-134 (2011)Franklin Chang-Diaz * —STS-61-C (1985),STS-34 (1989),STS-46 (1992),STS-60 (1994),STS-75 (1996),STS-91 (1998),STS-111 (2002)Raja Chari —SpaceX Crew-3 (2021)Kalpana Chawla Columbia STS-87 (1997),STS-107 (2003)Leroy Chiao —STS-65 (1994),STS-72 (1996),STS-92 (2000),Soyuz TMA-5 (2004)Kevin P. Chilton —STS-49 (1992),STS-59 (1994),STS-76 (1996)Laurel Clark Columbia STS-107 (2003)Mary L. Cleave STS-61-B (1985),STS-30 (1989)Michael R. Clifford —STS-53 (1992),STS-59 (1994),STS-76 (1996)Michael Coats —STS-41-D (1984),STS-29 (1989),STS-39 (1991)Kenneth Cockrell —STS-56 (1993),STS-69 (1995),STS-80 (1996),STS-98 (2001),STS-111 (2002)Catherine Coleman STS-73 (1995),STS-93 (1999),Soyuz TMA-20 (2010)Eileen Collins STS-63 (1995),STS-84 (1997),STS-93 (1999),STS-114 (2005)Michael Collins * (1930–2021) —Gemini 10 (1966),Apollo 11 (1969)Larry Connor Axiom Mission 1 (2022)Pete Conrad (1930–1999) —Gemini 5 (1965),Gemini 11 (1966),Apollo 12 (1969),Skylab 2 (1973)Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day and first person to go into orbit twice —Mercury 9 (1963),Gemini 5 (1965)Richard O. Covey —STS-51-I (1985),STS-26 (1988),STS-38 (1990),STS-61 (1993)Timothy Creamer —Soyuz TMA-17 (2009)John Oliver Creighton —STS-51-G (1985),STS-36 (1990),STS-48 (1991)Robert Crippen , flew on firstSpace Shuttle mission —STS-1 (1981),STS-7 (1983),STS-41-C (1984),STS-41-G (1984)Roger K. Crouch —STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997)Frank L. Culbertson Jr. —STS-38 (1990),STS-51 (1993),STS-105 /108 (2001)Walter Cunningham —Apollo 7 (1968)Robert Curbeam —STS-85 (1997),STS-98 (2001),STS-116 (2006)Nancy Currie STS-57 (1993),STS-70 (1995),STS-88 (1998),STS-109 (2002)Jan Davis STS-47 (1992),STS-60 (1994),STS-85 (1997)Lawrence J. DeLucas —STS-50 (1992)Matthew Dominick —SpaceX Crew-8 B. Alvin Drew —STS-118 (2007),STS-133 (2011)Brian Duffy —STS-45 (1992),STS-57 (1993),STS-72 (1996),STS-92 (2000)Charles Moss Duke Jr. —Apollo 16 (1972)Bonnie J. Dunbar STS-61-A (1985),STS-32 (1990),STS-50 (1992),STS-71 (1995),STS-89 (1998)Samuel T. Durrance —STS-35 (1990),STS-67 (1995)James Dutton —STS-131 (2010)Tracy Caldwell Dyson STS-118 (2007),Soyuz TMA-18 (2010),Soyuz MS-25 (2024)John M. Fabian —STS-7 (1983),STS-51-G (1985)Christopher Ferguson —STS-115 (2006),STS-126 (2008),STS-135 (2011)Martin J. Fettman —STS-58 (1993)Andrew J. Feustel —STS-125 (2009),STS-134 (2011) &Soyuz MS-08 (2018)Michael Fincke —Soyuz TMA-4 (2004),Soyuz TMA-13 (2008),STS-134 (2011),SpaceX Crew-11 (2025)Jack D. Fischer —Soyuz MS-04 (2017)Anna Lee Fisher STS-51-A (1984)William Frederick Fisher —STS-51-I (1985)Michael Foale * —STS-45 (1992),STS-56 (1993),STS-63 (1995),STS-84 /86 (1997),STS-103 (1999),Soyuz TMA-3 (2003)Kevin A. Ford —STS-128 (2009),Soyuz TMA-06M (2012)Michael Foreman —STS-123 (2008),STS-129 (2009)Patrick G. Forrester —STS-105 (2001),STS-117 (2007),STS-128 (2009)Michael E. Fossum —STS-121 (2006),STS-124 (2008),Soyuz TMA-01M (2011)Stephen Frick —STS-110 (2002),STS-122 (2008)C. Gordon Fullerton (1936–2013) —STS-3 (1982),STS-51-F (1985)F. Drew Gaffney —STS-40 (1991)Ronald J. Garan Jr. —STS-124 (2008),Soyuz TMA-21 (2011)Dale Gardner —STS-8 (1983),STS-51-A (1984)Guy Gardner —STS-27 (1988),STS-35 (1990)Jake Garn , U. S. Senator at time of flight, first politician in space —STS-51-D (1985)Owen K. Garriott —Skylab 3 (1973),STS-9 (1983)Richard Garriott Soyuz TMA-13 /12 (2008)Charles D. Gemar —STS-38 (1990),STS-48 (1991),STS-62 (1994)Michael L. Gernhardt —STS-69 (1995),STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997),STS-104 (2001)Edward Gibson —Skylab 4 (1973)Robert L. Gibson —STS-41-B (1984),STS-61-C (1985),STS-27 (1988),STS-47 (1992),STS-71 (1995)Sarah Gillis Polaris Dawn (2024)John Glenn (1921–2016), first American in Earth orbit and US Senator —Mercury 6 (1962),STS-95 (1998)Victor J. Glover —SpaceX Crew-1 (2020)Linda M. Godwin STS-37 (1991),STS-59 (1994),STS-76 (1996),STS-108 (2001)Michael T. Good —STS-125 (2009),STS-132 (2010)Richard F. Gordon Jr. —Gemini 11 (1966),Apollo 12 (1969)Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie —STS-91 (1998),STS-99 (2000),STS-108 (2001),STS-123 (2008)Ronald J. Grabe —STS-51-J (1985),STS-30 (1989),STS-42 (1992),STS-57 (1993)Frederick D. Gregory —STS-51-B (1985),STS-33 (1989),STS-44 (1991)William G. Gregory —STS-67 (1995)S. David Griggs (1939–1989) —STS-51-D (1985)Gus Grissom (1926–1967) —Gemini 3 (1965). Also flew suborbitally inMercury 4 (1961). Died in theApollo 1 (1967) (1967) launchpad fireJohn M. Grunsfeld —STS-67 (1995),STS-81 (1997),STS-103 (1999),STS-109 (2002),STS-125 (2009)Sidney M. Gutierrez —STS-40 (1991),STS-59 (1994)Nick Hague —Soyuz MS-10 (2018),Soyuz MS-12 (2019),SpaceX Crew-9 (2024)Fred Haise —Apollo 13 (1970)James D. Halsell —STS-65 (1994),STS-74 (1995),STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997),STS-101 (2000)Kenneth Ham —STS-124 (2008),STS-132 (2010)L. Blaine Hammond —STS-39 (1991),STS-64 (1994)Gregory J. Harbaugh —STS-39 (1991),STS-54 (1993),STS-71 (1995),STS-82 (1997)Bernard A. Harris Jr. , firstAfrican-American to walk in space. —STS-55 (1993),STS-63 (1995)Terry Hart —STS-41-C (1984)Henry Hartsfield —STS-4 (1982),STS-41-D (1984),STS-61-A (1985)Frederick Hauck —STS-7 (1983),STS-51-A (1984),STS-26 (1988)Steven Hawley —STS-41-D (1984),STS-61-C (1985),STS-31 (1990),STS-82 (1997),STS-93 (1999)Mark T. Vande Hei —Soyuz MS-06 (2017),Soyuz MS-18 (2021)Susan J. Helms STS-54 (1993),STS-64 (1994),STS-78 (1996),STS-101 (2000),STS-102 /105 (2001)Karl Gordon Henize (1926–1993) —STS-51-F (1985)Thomas J. Hennen —STS-44 (1991)Terence T. Henricks —STS-44 (1991),STS-55 (1993),STS-70 (1995),STS-78 (1996)José M. Hernández —STS-128 (2009)John Herrington , firstNative American in space. —STS-113 (2002)Richard Hieb —STS-39 (1991),STS-49 (1992),STS-65 (1994)Joan Higginbotham STS-116 (2006)David C. Hilmers —STS-51-J (1985),STS-26 (1988),STS-36 (1990),STS-42 (1992)Robert Hines —SpaceX Crew-4 (2022)Kathryn P. Hire STS-90 (1998),STS-130 (2010)Charles O. Hobaugh —STS-104 (2001),STS-108 (2001),STS-129 (2009)Jeffrey A. Hoffman —STS-51-D (1985),STS-35 (1990),STS-46 (1992),STS-61 (1993),STS-75 (1996)Warren Hoburg —SpaceX Crew-6 (2023)Michael S. Hopkins —Soyuz TMA-10M (2013),SpaceX Crew-1 (2020)Scott J. Horowitz —STS-75 (1996),STS-82 (1997),STS-101 (2000),STS-105 (2001)Millie Hughes-Fulford Payload Specialist —STS-40 (1991)Douglas G. Hurley —STS-127 (2009),STS-135 (2011),Crew Dragon Demo-2 (2020)Rick Husband (1957–2003), died on theColumbia STS-96 (1999),STS-107 (2003)Mae Jemison African-American woman in space —STS-47 (1992)Tamara E. Jernigan STS-40 (1991),STS-52 (1992),STS-67 (1995),STS-80 (1996),STS-96 (1999)Brent W. Jett Jr. —STS-72 (1996),STS-81 (1997),STS-97 (2000),STS-115 (2006)Gregory C. Johnson —STS-125 (2009)Gregory H. Johnson * —STS-123 (2008),STS-134 (2011)Thomas David Jones —STS-59 (1994),STS-68 (1994),STS-80 (1996),STS-98 (2001)Janet L. Kavandi STS-91 (1998),STS-99 (2000),STS-104 (2001)James M. Kelly —STS-102 (2001),STS-114 (2005)Mark E. Kelly —STS-108 (2001),STS-121 (2006),STS-124 (2008),STS-134 (2011). Twin brother of Scott J. Kelly.Scott J. Kelly —STS-103 (1999),STS-118 (2007),Soyuz TMA-01M (2010),Soyuz TMA-16M (2015). Twin brother of Mark Kelly.Johnny Kim —Soyuz MS-27 (2025)Joseph P. Kerwin —Skylab 2 (1973)R. Shane Kimbrough —STS-126 (2008),Soyuz MS-02 (2016),SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)Timothy L. Kopra —STS-127 /128 (2009),Soyuz TMA-19M (2015)Kevin R. Kregel —STS-70 (1995),STS-78 (1996),STS-87 (1997),STS-99 (2000)Wendy B. Lawrence STS-67 (1995),STS-86 ,STS-91 (1998),STS-114 (2005)Mark C. Lee —STS-30 (1989),STS-47 (1992),STS-64 (1994),STS-82 (1997)David Leestma —STS-41-G (1984),STS-28 (1989),STS-45 (1992)William B. Lenoir (1939–2010) —STS-5 (1982)Frederick W. Leslie * —STS-73 (1995)Byron Lichtenberg , first NASA Payload Specialist. —STS-9 (1983),STS-45 (1992)Don L. Lind —STS-51-B (1985)Kjell N. Lindgren * —Soyuz TMA-17M (2015),SpaceX Crew-4 (2022)Steven W. Lindsey —STS-87 (1997),STS-95 (1998),STS-104 (2001),STS-121 (2006),STS-133 (2011),SpaceX Crew-4 (2022)Jerry M. Linenger —STS-64 (1994),STS-81 /84 (1997)Richard M. Linnehan —STS-78 (1996),STS-90 ,STS-109 (2002),STS-123 (2008)Gregory Linteris —STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997)Paul Lockhart —STS-111 (2002),STS-113 (2002)Michael Lopez-Alegria * —STS-73 (1995),STS-92 (2000),STS-113 (2002),Soyuz TMA-9 (2006),Axiom Mission 1 (2022),Axiom Mission 3 (2024)John M. Lounge —STS-51-I (1985),STS-26 (1988),STS-35 (1990)Jack R. Lousma —Skylab 3 (1973),STS-3 (1982)Stanley G. Love —STS-122 (2008)Jim Lovell —Gemini 7 (1965),Gemini 12 (1966),Apollo 8 (1968),Apollo 13 (1970)G. David Low (1956–2008) —STS-32 (1990),STS-43 (1991),STS-57 (1993)Ed Lu —STS-84 (1997),STS-106 (2000),Soyuz TMA-1 (2003)Shannon Lucid STS-51-G (1985),STS-34 (1989),STS-43 (1991),STS-58 (1993),STS-76 /79 (1996)Sandra Magnus STS-112 (2002),STS-126 /119 (2008),STS-135 (2011)Nicole Aunapu Mann SpaceX Crew-5 (2022)Thomas Marshburn —STS-127 (2009),Soyuz TMA-07M (2012),SpaceX Crew-3 (2021)Michael Massimino —STS-109 (2002),STS-125 (2009)Richard Mastracchio —STS-106 (2000),STS-118 (2007),STS-131 (2010),Soyuz TMA-11M (2013)Ken Mattingly —Apollo 16 (1972),STS-4 (1982),STS-51-C (1985)K. Megan McArthur STS-125 (2009),SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)William S. McArthur —STS-58 (1993),STS-74 (1995),STS-92 (2000),Soyuz TMA-7 (2005)Jon McBride —STS-41-G (1984)Bruce McCandless II (1937–2017) —STS-41-B (1984),STS-31 (1990)William C. McCool (1961–2003), died on theColumbia STS-107 (2003)Anne McClain —Soyuz MS-11 (2018),SpaceX Crew-10 (2025)Michael J. McCulley —STS-34 (1989)James McDivitt —Gemini 4 (1965),Apollo 9 (1969)Donald R. McMonagle —STS-39 (1991),STS-54 (1993),STS-66 (1994)Ronald McNair (1950–1986), died on theChallenger STS-41-B (1984)Carl J. Meade —STS-38 (1990),STS-50 (1992),STS-64 (1994)Jessica Meir —Soyuz MS-15 (2019)Bruce E. Melnick —STS-41 (1990),STS-49 (1992)Pamela Melroy STS-92 (2000),STS-112 (2002),STS-120 (2007)Leland D. Melvin —STS-122 (2008),STS-129 (2009)Anna Menon Polaris Dawn (2024)Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger STS-131 (2010)Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016) —Apollo 14 (1971)Jasmin Moghbeli SpaceX Crew-7 (2023)Andrew R. Morgan —Soyuz MS-13 /MS-15 (2019)Barbara Morgan STS-118 (2007)Lee M.E. Morin —STS-110 (2002)Richard Mullane —STS-41-D (1984),STS-27 (1988),STS-36 (1990)Story Musgrave —STS-6 (1983),STS-51-F (1985),STS-33 (1989),STS-44 (1991),STS-61 (1993),STS-80 (1996)Steven R. Nagel —STS-51-G (1985),STS-61-A (1985),STS-37 (1991),STS-55 (1993)George Nelson —STS-41-C (1984),STS-61-C (1985),STS-26 (1988)Bill Nelson —STS-61-C (1985)James H. Newman * —STS-51 (1993),STS-69 (1995),STS-88 (1998),STS-109 (2002)Carlos I. Noriega * —STS-84 (1997),STS-97 (2000)Lisa Nowak STS-121 (2006)Karen L. Nyberg STS-124 (2008),Soyuz TMA-09M (2013)Bryan D. O'Connor —STS-61-B (1985),STS-40 (1991)Ellen Ochoa Hispanic woman in space —STS-56 (1993),STS-66 (1994),STS-96 (1999),STS-110 (2002)William Oefelein —STS-116 (2006)Loral O'Hara Soyuz MS-24 (2023)John D. Olivas —STS-117 (2007),STS-128 (2009)Gregory Olsen Soyuz TMA-7 /6 (2005)Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died on theChallenger STS-51-C (1985)Stephen S. Oswald —STS-42 (1992),STS-56 (1993),STS-67 (1995)Robert F. Overmyer (1936–1996) —STS-5 (1982),STS-51-B (1985)William Pailes —STS-51-J (1985)Scott E. Parazynski —STS-66 (1994),STS-86 (1997),STS-95 (1998),STS-100 (2001),STS-120 (2007)Ronald A. Parise (1951–2008) —STS-35 (1990),STS-67 (1995)Robert A. Parker —STS-9 (1983),STS-35 (1990)Nicholas Patrick * —STS-116 (2006),STS-130 (2010)James Pawelczyk —STS-90 (1998)Gary Payton —STS-51-C (1985)Donald H. Peterson —STS-6 (1983)Donald Pettit —STS-113 /Soyuz TMA-1 (2002),STS-126 (2008),Soyuz TMA-03M (2011),Soyuz MS-26 (2024)John L. Phillips —STS-100 (2001),Soyuz TMA-6 (2005),STS-119 (2009)William R. Pogue —Skylab 4 (1973)Alan G. Poindexter (1961–2012) —STS-122 (2008),STS-131 (2010)Mark L. Polansky —STS-98 (2001),STS-116 (2006),STS-127 (2009)Scott Poteet Polaris Dawn (2024)Charles J. Precourt —STS-55 (1993),STS-71 (1995),STS-84 (1997),STS-91 (1998)Sian Proctor Inspiration4 (2021)William F. Readdy —STS-42 (1992),STS-51 (1993),STS-79 (1996)Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. —STS-48 (1991),STS-60 (1994)James F. Reilly —STS-89 (1998),STS-104 (2001),STS-117 (2007)Garrett Reisman —STS-123 /124 (2008),STS-132 (2010)Judith Resnik Challenger STS-41-D (1984)Paul W. Richards —STS-102 (2001)Richard N. Richards —STS-28 (1989),STS-41 (1990),STS-50 (1992),STS-64 (1994)Sally Ride STS-7 (1983),STS-41-G (1984)Stephen Robinson —STS-85 (1997),STS-95 (1998),STS-114 (2005),STS-130 (2010)Kent Rominger —STS-73 (1995),STS-80 (1996),STS-85 (1997),STS-96 (1999),STS-100 (2001)Stuart Roosa (1933–1994) —Apollo 14 (1971)Jerry L. Ross —STS-61-B (1985),STS-27 (1988),STS-37 (1991),STS-55 (1993),STS-74 (1995),STS-88 (1998),STS-110 (2002)Kathleen Rubins Soyuz MS-01 (2016)Francisco Rubio —Soyuz MS-22 /MS-23 (2022)Mario Runco Jr. —STS-44 (1991),STS-54 (1993),STS-77 (1996)Albert Sacco —STS-73 (1995)Robert Satcher ‚STS-129 (2009)Wally Schirra (1923–2007) —Mercury 8 (1962),Gemini 6A (1965),Apollo 7 (1968)Harrison Schmitt (The last, 12th man, who arrived and set foot on the Moon)—Apollo 17 (1972)Rusty Schweickart —Apollo 9 (1969)Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died on theChallenger STS-41-C (1984)David Scott —Gemini 8 (1966),Apollo 9 (1969),Apollo 15 (1971)Winston E. Scott —STS-72 (1996),STS-87 (1997)Paul D. Scully-Power * —STS-41-G (1984)Richard A. Searfoss —STS-58 (1993),STS-76 (1996),STS-90 (1998)Margaret Rhea Seddon STS-51-D (1985),STS-40 (1991),STS-58 (1993)Ronald Sega —STS-60 (1994),STS-76 (1996)Piers Sellers * (1955–2016) —STS-112 (2002),STS-121 (2006),STS-132 (2010)Christopher Sembroski Inspiration4 (2021)Brewster H. Shaw —STS-9 (1983),STS-61-B (1985),STS-28 (1989)Alan Shepard (1923–1998), firstAmerican in space —Apollo 14 (1971). Also flew suborbitally inMercury 3 (1961).William Shepherd —STS-27 (1988),STS-41 (1990),STS-52 (1992),Soyuz TM-31 /STS-102 (2001)Nancy Sherlock Nancy Currie John Shoffner —Axiom Mission 2 (2023)Loren Shriver —STS-51-C (1985),STS-31 (1990),STS-46 (1992)Charles Simonyi Soyuz TMA-10 /9 (2007),Soyuz TMA-14 /13 (2009)Deke Slayton (1924–1993) —Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)Steven Smith —STS-68 (1994),STS-82 (1997),STS-103 (1999),STS-110 (2002)Sherwood C. Spring —STS-61-B (1985)Robert C. Springer —STS-29 (1989),STS-38 (1990)Thomas Patten Stafford —Gemini 6A (1965),Gemini 9A (1966),Apollo 10 (1969),Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper STS-115 (2006),STS-126 (2008)Robert L. Stewart —STS-41-B (1984),STS-51-J (1985)Susan Still STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997)Nicole P. Stott STS-128 /129 (2009),STS-133 (2011)Frederick Sturckow —STS-88 (1998),STS-105 (2001),STS-117 (2007),STS-128 (2009)Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan American woman to walk in space —STS-41-G (1984),STS-31 (1990),STS-45 (1992)Steven Swanson —STS-117 (2007),STS-119 (2009),Soyuz TMA-12M (2014)John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982) —Apollo 13 (1970)Daniel Tani —STS-108 (2001),STS-120 /122 (2007)Joseph R. Tanner —STS-66 (1994),STS-82 (1997),STS-97 (2000),STS-115 (2006)Norman Thagard —STS-7 (1983),STS-51-B (1985),STS-30 (1989),STS-42 (1992),Soyuz TM-21 /STS-71 (1995)Andy Thomas * —STS-77 (1996),STS-89 (1998),STS-91 (1998),STS-102 (2001),STS-114 (2005)Donald A. Thomas —STS-65 (1994),STS-70 (1995),STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997)Kathryn C. Thornton EVAs —STS-33 (1989),STS-49 (1992),STS-61 (1993),STS-73 (1995)William E. Thornton —STS-8 (1983),STS-51-B (1985)Pierre Thuot —STS-36 (1990),STS-49 (1992),STS-62 (1994)Scott D. Tingle —Soyuz MS-07 (2017)Dennis Tito Soyuz TM-32 /31 (2001)Eugene Trinh * —STS-50 (1992)Richard H. Truly —STS-2 (1981),STS-8 4 (1983)Lodewijk van den Berg * —STS-51-B (1985)James van Hoften —STS-41-C (1984),STS-51-I (1985)Charles Veach (1944–1995) —STS-39 (1991),STS-52 (1992)Terry Virts —STS-130 (2010),Soyuz TMA-15M (2014)James S. Voss —STS-44 (1991),STS-53 (1992),STS-69 (1995),STS-101 (2000),STS-102 /105 (2001)Janice E. Voss STS-57 (1993),STS-63 (1995),STS-83 (1997),STS-94 (1997),STS-99 (2000)Rex J. Walheim —STS-110 (2002),STS-122 (2008),STS-135 (2011)Charles Walker —STS-41-D (1984),STS-51-D (1985),STS-61-B (1985)David M. Walker (1944–2001) —STS-51-A (1984),STS-30 (1989),STS-53 (1992),STS-69 (1995)Shannon Walker Soyuz TMA-19 (2010),SpaceX Crew-1 (2020)Carl Walz —STS-51 (1993),STS-65 (1994),STS-79 (1996),STS-108 /111 (2001)Taylor Wang * —STS-51-B (1985)Mary E. Weber STS-70 (1995),STS-101 (2000)Jessica Watkins SpaceX Crew-4 (2022)Paul J. Weitz —Skylab 2 ,STS-6 (1983)Jim Wetherbee —STS-32 (1990),STS-52 (1992),STS-63 (1995),STS-86 ,STS-102 (2001),STS-113 (2002)Douglas H. Wheelock —STS-120 (2007),Soyuz TMA-19 (2010)Ed White (1930–1967), first American to perform anEVA . Died in theApollo 1 (1967) (1967) disaster —Gemini 4 (1965)Peggy Whitson STS-111 /113 (2002),Soyuz TMA-11 (2007),Soyuz MS-03 /MS-04 (2016),Axiom Mission 2 (2023),Axiom Mission 4 (2025)Terrence Wilcutt —STS-68 (1994),STS-79 (1996),STS-89 (1998),STS-106 (2000)Donald Williams —STS-51-D (1985),STS-34 (1989)Jeffrey Williams —STS-101 (2000),Soyuz TMA-8 (2006),Soyuz TMA-16 (2009),Soyuz TMA-20M (2016)Sunita Williams STS-116 /117 (2006),Soyuz TMA-05M (2012),Boeing CFT /SpaceX Crew-9 (2024)Barry E. Wilmore —STS-129 (2009),Soyuz TMA-14M (2014),Boeing CFT /SpaceX Crew-9 (2024)Stephanie Wilson STS-121 (2006),STS-120 (2007),STS-131 (2010)Gregory R. Wiseman —Soyuz TMA-13M (2014)Peter Wisoff —STS-57 (1993),STS-68 (1994),STS-81 (1997),STS-92 (2000)David Wolf —STS-58 (1993),STS-86 /89 ,STS-112 (2002),STS-127 (2009)Alfred Worden —Apollo 15 (1971)Americans born abroad [ edit ] William Anders , born inHong Kong to American parents.Fernando Caldeiro , born inItuzaingó ,Argentina .Gregory Chamitoff , born inMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada .Michael Collins , born inRome ,Italy to American parents.Richard Garriott Cambridge ,England .Gregory H. Johnson , born inSouth Ruislip ,England .Frederick W. Leslie , born inAncón ,Panama Canal Zone (nowPanama ).Kjell N. Lindgren , born inTaipei ,Taiwan .Shannon Lucid Shanghai ,China (then under Japanese rule) to American parents.James H. Newman , born in theUnited Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (nowMicronesia ).Jasmin Moghbeli , born inBad Nauheim ,West Germany .'Naturalized Americans [ edit ] Anousheh Ansari Mashhad ,Iran . FirstIranian-American in space. Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist.Sirisha Bandla Guntur ,India .Franklin Chang-Diaz , born inSan José ,Costa Rica . First Costa Rican-American inspace .Kalpana Chawla Karnal ,India . FirstIndian-American in space.Michael Foale , born inLouth ,England , dual British and American citizen.Michael Lopez-Alegria , born inMadrid ,Spain .Carlos I. Noriega , born inLima ,Peru . First Peruvian-born person in space.Nicholas Patrick , born inSaltburn-by-the-Sea , England, dual UK-US citizen.Paul Scully-Power , born inSydney ,Australia .Piers Sellers , born inCrowborough , England, dual UK-US citizen.Charles Simonyi Budapest ,Hungary . Fifthspace tourist .Andrew Thomas , born inAdelaide , Australia.Eugene Trinh , born in Saigon,State of Vietnam (nowHo Chi Minh City ,Vietnam ). FirstVietnamese-American in space.Lodewijk van den Berg , born inSluiskil ,Netherlands .Taylor Wang , born in Shanghai, China. FirstChinese American in space.Suborbital space fliers [ edit ] Fliers marked with an asterisk flew into the upper atmosphere between 80 and 100 kilometres (50 and 62 mi), which counts as space flight by United States guidelines. Those without flew above 100 kilometres (62 mi), which counts as a space flight byFédération Aéronautique Internationale
Antigua and Barbuda [ edit ] Saint Kitts and Nevis [ edit ] Nicolina Elrick , first astronaut / space tourist, representing Singapore. —Blue Origin NS-26 (2024)Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [ edit ] The Soviet Union never launched a spaceflight intended as suborbital. The following people were launched aboardSoyuz 7K-T No.39 (also Soyuz 18a), which was intended as orbital, but aborted before reaching orbit.[ 8]
Alan Shepard Mercury-Redstone 3 (1961); also flew and orbited to as well as walked on the Moon aboardApollo 14 (1971)Robert Michael White Joseph A. Walker Kármán line — X-15 Flight 77 (1963, reached 80-100km),X-15 Flight 90 (1963, reached 106km) andX-15 Flight 91 (1963, reached 108km)Robert A. Rushworth Michael J. Adams X-15 Flight 3-65-97 (1967)Gus Grissom —Mercury-Redstone 4 (1961); also orbited aboardGemini 3 (1965)Joe Engle John B. McKay William H. Dana William J. Knight Mike Melvill SpaceShipOne flight 15P (2004),SpaceShipOne flight 16P (2004).Brian Binnie SpaceShipOne flight 17P (2004)Mark P. Stucky VSS Unity VP-03 (2018)Frederick W. Sturckow VSS Unity VP-03 (2018),VSS Unity 21 (2021),VSS Unity 25 (2023)Galactic 02 (2023),Galactic 04 (2023),Galactic 06 (2024); also orbitedMichael Masucci VSS Unity VF-01 (2019),Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (2021),Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (2023),Galactic 01 (2023),Galactic 03 (2023),Galactic 05 (2023)Beth Moses VSS Unity VF-01 (2019),Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (2021),VSS Unity 25 (2023)Galactic 02 (2023),Galactic 03 (2023),Galactic 04 (2023)Sirisha Bandla Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (2021)Jeff Bezos Blue Origin NS-16 (2021)Mark Bezos Blue Origin NS-16 (2021)Wally Funk Blue Origin NS-16 (2021)Audrey Powers —Blue Origin NS-18 (2021)Glen de Vries Blue Origin NS-18 (2021)Laura Shepard Churchley —Blue Origin NS-19 (2021)Michael Strahan Blue Origin NS-19 (2021)Dylan Taylor Blue Origin NS-19 (2021)Evan Dick —Blue Origin NS-19 (2021),Blue Origin NS-21 (2022)Lane Bess Blue Origin NS-19 (2021),Blue Origin NS-30 (2025)Cameron Bess —Blue Origin NS-19 (2021)Marty Allen —Blue Origin NS-20 (2022)Sharon Hagle —Blue Origin NS-20 (2022), —Blue Origin NS-28 (2024)Marc Hagle —Blue Origin NS-20 (2022),Blue Origin NS-28 (2024)Jim Kitchen Blue Origin NS-20 (2022)George Nield —Blue Origin NS-20 (2022)Gary Lai Blue Origin NS-20 (2022)Victor Vescovo Blue Origin NS-21 (2022)Jaison Robinson Blue Origin NS-21 (2022)Katya Echazarreta —Blue Origin NS-21 (2022)Coby Cotton Blue Origin NS-22 (2022)Clint Kelly III —Blue Origin NS-22 (2022),Blue Origin NS-36 (2025)Steve Young —Blue Origin NS-22 (2022)Christopher Huie * —Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (2023)Jamila Gilbert * —Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (2023)Luke Mays * —Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (2023)Kelly Latimer Galactic 02 (2023),Galactic 04 (2023)Ken Baxter Galactic 03 (2023)[ 7] Ron Rosano * —Galactic 04 (2023)Alan Stern Galactic 05 (2023)Kellie Gerardi Galactic 05 (2023)Lina Borozdina * (flew under US and Ukrainian flags) —Galactic 06 (2024)Robie Vaughn * —Galactic 06 (2024)Neil Kornswiet * —Galactic 06 (2024)Carol Schaller —Blue Origin NS-25 (2024)Mason Angel —Blue Origin NS-25 (2024)Ed Dwight Blue Origin NS-25 , oldest person in space (2024)Kenneth Hess Blue Origin NS-25 (2024)Andy Sadhwani * —Galactic 07 (2024)Irving Pergament * —Galactic 07 (2024)Rob Ferl —Blue Origin NS-26 (2024)Eiman Jahangir —Blue Origin NS-26 (2024)Karsen Kitchen —Blue Origin NS-26 (2024)Emily Calandrelli Blue Origin NS-28 (2024)Henry (Hank) Wolfond —Blue Origin NS-28 (2024)Austin Litteral —Blue Origin NS-28 (2024)James (J.D.) Russell —Blue Origin NS-28 (2024),Blue Origin NS-34 (2025)Dr. Richard Scott —Blue Origin NS-34 (2025)Tushar Shah —Blue Origin NS-30 (2025)Robert Wilson —Blue Origin NS-30 (2025)Aisha Bowe Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Amanda Nguyen Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Gayle King Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Kerianne Flynn Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Katy Perry Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Lauren Sánchez Blue Origin NS-31 (2025)Dr. Gretchen Green —Blue Origin NS-32 (2025)Paul Jeris —Blue Origin NS-32 (2025)Freddie Rescigno, Jr. —Blue Origin NS-33 (2025)Leland Larson —Blue Origin NS-33 (2025)Allie Kuehner —Blue Origin NS-33 (2025)Carl Kuehner —Blue Origin NS-33 (2025)James (Jim) Sitkin —Blue Origin NS-33 (2025)Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal —Blue Origin NS-34 (2025)Aaron Newman —Blue Origin NS-36 (2025)Jeff Elgin —Blue Origin NS-36 (2025)William H. Lewis —Blue Origin NS-36 (2025)Additionally,Hamish Harding was a dual national British and UAE andVanessa O'Brien is a dual national American and British. Both chose to fly the British flag on their respectiveBlue Origin flights.[ 9]
^ Other Wikipedia articles countAnousheh Ansari as an Iranian-American dual citizen; they may also consider Russia and the Soviet Union, or East, West, and even united Germany as distinct countries, resulting in counts of 40 or more countries. ^ "Astronaut/Cosmonaut Statistics" .World Space Flight . 2023-06-15. Retrieved2023-08-09 .^ "Astronaut/Cosmonaut Statistics - More" .World Space Flight . 2024-02-19. Retrieved2024-02-19 .^ EVA-22: Cassidy and Parmitano complete ISS spacewalk July 9, 2013^ "Astronaut Michael Foale retires from Nasa" .BBC News . 10 August 2013. Retrieved5 November 2013 .^ Akopian, Aram (2001).Armenians and the World: Yesterday and Today . Yerevan: Noyan Tapan. p. 61.ISBN 9789993051299 James Bagian, an engineer and physician, is the first, but surely not the last, Armenian astronaut. ^a b c @virgingalactic (September 8, 2023)."Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!" (Tweet ). Retrieved2023-09-08 – viaTwitter . ^ "Soyuz 18-1" .Austronautix.com . Encyclopedia Astronautica. April 5, 1975. Archived fromthe original on February 6, 2002. RetrievedJuly 27, 2014 .^ "Dubai Resident Hamish Harding to Fly Into Space on Blue Origin's Mission on May 20" .Gulf Today . Retrieved17 May 2022 .*Due to the rise ofspace tourism (predominately done through private companies, such as but not limited to:Space X andVirgin ) this list may change or may become outdated .
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, firstBelarusian in space. —Soyuz MS-25/MS-24 (2024)
William Anders, born inHong Kong to American parents.
Fernando Caldeiro, born inItuzaingó,Argentina.
Michael Collins, born inRome,Italy to American parents.
Richard Garriott, born inCambridge,England.
Frederick W. Leslie, born inAncón,Panama Canal Zone (nowPanama).
Kjell N. Lindgren, born inTaipei,Taiwan.
James H. Newman, born in theUnited Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (nowMicronesia).
Anousheh Ansari
Sirisha Bandla
Franklin Chang-Diaz, born inSan José,Costa Rica. First Costa Rican-American inspace.
Michael Lopez-Alegria, born inMadrid,Spain.
Carlos I. Noriega, born inLima,Peru. First Peruvian-born person in space.
Paul Scully-Power, born inSydney,Australia.
Charles Simonyi, born inBudapest,Hungary. Fifthspace tourist.
Eugene Trinh, born in Saigon,State of Vietnam (nowHo Chi Minh City,Vietnam). FirstVietnamese-American in space.
Lodewijk van den Berg, born inSluiskil,Netherlands.