Astronauts
People who have flown into space, from the pioneers to today.
24 entries.
Alan Shepard
United States
Alan Shepard — the first American in space and later commander of Apollo 14, who walked on the Moon.
Alexei Leonov
Soviet Union
Alexei Leonov — the first person to perform a spacewalk, during Voskhod 2.
Buzz Aldrin
United States
Buzz Aldrin — the second person to walk on the Moon, the lunar module pilot of Apollo 11.
Chris Hadfield
Canada
Chris Hadfield — a Canadian astronaut and ISS commander known for sharing life in orbit with the public.
Eugene Cernan
United States
Eugene Cernan — the commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon.
Frank Borman
United States
Frank Borman — commander of Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
Gennady Padalka
Russia
Gennady Padalka — a cosmonaut who commanded several ISS expeditions and holds the record for the most cumulative time spent in space.
Harrison Schmitt
United States
Harrison Schmitt — a geologist on Apollo 17, the first scientist to walk on the Moon.
Helen Sharman
United Kingdom
Helen Sharman — the first British astronaut in space, who visited the Mir station in 1991 via the privately funded Project Juno mission.
Jim Lovell
United States
Jim Lovell — commander of Apollo 13 and a crew member of Apollo 8.
John Glenn
United States
John Glenn — the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7.
Mae Jemison
United States
Mae Jemison — the first Black woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle.
Michael Collins
United States
Michael Collins — the Apollo 11 command module pilot who orbited the Moon during the first landing.
Neil Armstrong
United States
Neil Armstrong — the first person to walk on the Moon, as commander of Apollo 11.
Peggy Whitson
United States
Peggy Whitson — the first woman to command the ISS and holder of the US record for cumulative time in space.
Rakesh Sharma
India
Rakesh Sharma — the first Indian citizen to travel to space, aboard Soyuz T-11.
Sally Ride
United States
Sally Ride — the first American woman in space.
Samantha Cristoforetti
Italy
Samantha Cristoforetti — an ESA astronaut, the first Italian woman in space, who later commanded the International Space Station.
Sergei Krikalev
Russia
Sergei Krikalev — a veteran cosmonaut who flew on Mir, the Space Shuttle, and the ISS, and was a member of the first ISS expedition crew.
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova — the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6.
Wang Yaping
China
Wang Yaping — a taikonaut who became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk, during a Shenzhou mission to the Tiangong station.
William Anders
United States
William Anders — the Apollo 8 astronaut who photographed the iconic 'Earthrise'.
Yang Liwei
China
Yang Liwei — the first Chinese astronaut (taikonaut) in space, aboard Shenzhou 5.
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin — the first human to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 1.