Astronauts & Cosmonauts
The people who have flown into space.
19 entries.
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union · first flight 1961
Yuri Gagarin — the first human to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 1.
Alan Shepard
United States · first flight 1961
Alan Shepard — the first American in space and later commander of Apollo 14, who walked on the Moon.
John Glenn
United States · first flight 1962
John Glenn — the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7.
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union · first flight 1963
Valentina Tereshkova — the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6.
Alexei Leonov
Soviet Union · first flight 1965
Alexei Leonov — the first person to perform a spacewalk, during Voskhod 2.
Frank Borman
United States · first flight 1965
Frank Borman — commander of Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
Jim Lovell
United States · first flight 1965
Jim Lovell — commander of Apollo 13 and a crew member of Apollo 8.
William Anders
United States · first flight 1968
William Anders — the Apollo 8 astronaut who photographed the iconic 'Earthrise'.
Neil Armstrong
United States · first flight 1966
Neil Armstrong — the first person to walk on the Moon, as commander of Apollo 11.
Buzz Aldrin
United States · first flight 1966
Buzz Aldrin — the second person to walk on the Moon, the lunar module pilot of Apollo 11.
Michael Collins
United States · first flight 1966
Michael Collins — the Apollo 11 command module pilot who orbited the Moon during the first landing.
Eugene Cernan
United States · first flight 1966
Eugene Cernan — the commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon.
Harrison Schmitt
United States · first flight 1972
Harrison Schmitt — a geologist on Apollo 17, the first scientist to walk on the Moon.
Sally Ride
United States · first flight 1983
Sally Ride — the first American woman in space.
Mae Jemison
United States · first flight 1992
Mae Jemison — the first Black woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle.
Rakesh Sharma
India · first flight 1984
Rakesh Sharma — the first Indian citizen to travel to space, aboard Soyuz T-11.
Yang Liwei
China · first flight 2003
Yang Liwei — the first Chinese astronaut (taikonaut) in space, aboard Shenzhou 5.
Chris Hadfield
Canada · first flight 1995
Chris Hadfield — a Canadian astronaut and ISS commander known for sharing life in orbit with the public.
Peggy Whitson
United States · first flight 2002
Peggy Whitson — the first woman to command the ISS and holder of the US record for cumulative time in space.