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This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the first sub-orbital flight of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created - the commercial astronaut.
While the term astronaut is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists, this article only lists professional astronauts. A list of everyone who has flown in space can be found at List of space travelers by name.
1. United States Joseph M. Acaba, first Puerto Rican astronaut.
2. United States Loren Acton
3. United States Mike Adams (1930–1967) X-15
4. United States James Adamson
5. Soviet Union/Russia Viktor M. Afanasyev
6. United States Thomas Akers
7. Soviet Union Vladimir Aksyonov
8. United States Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the second person to walk on the Moon.
9. Bulgaria Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
10. Soviet Union Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
11. United States Andrew M. Allen
12. United States Joseph P. Allen
13. United States Scott Altman
14. United States William Anders
15. United States Clayton Anderson
16. United States *Michael P. Anderson, (1959–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
* (Claudie André-Deshays - see Claudie Haigneré)
17. United States Jerome Apt
18. United States Lee Archambault
19. United States Neil Armstrong (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon.
20. Soviet Union/Ukraine Anatoly Artsebarsky
21. Soviet Union Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998)
22. United States Jeffrey Ashby
23. Soviet Union Oleg Atkov
24. Soviet Union Toktar Aubakirov, first Kazakh-born person in space.
25. Russia Sergei Avdeyev
26. United States James Bagian
27. United States Ellen Baker
28. United States Michael Baker
29. Soviet Union Aleksandr Balandin
30. United States Michael R. Barratt
31. United States Daniel Barry
32. United States John-David F. Bartoe
33. United States Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) original pilot, Gemini 9.
34. Russia Yuri Baturin, first Russian politician in space.
35. France Patrick Baudry, first African-born man and second Frenchman in space
36. United States Alan Bean, flew on Apollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
37. United States Robert L. Behnken
38. Slovakia Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space.
39. Soviet Union Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970)
40. Soviet Union Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995)
41. Soviet Union Anatoli Berezovoy
42. United States Brian Binnie, second commercial astronaut.
43. United States John Blaha
44. United States Michael J. Bloomfield
45. United States Guion Bluford, first African-American in space.
46. United States Karol Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut.
47. United States Charles Bolden
48. Canada Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space.
49. United States Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon.
50. United States Kenneth Bowersox
51. United States Charles Brady (1951–2006)
52. United States Vance Brand
53. United States Daniel Brandenstein
54. United States Roy Bridges. Became Director of the Kennedy Space Center in March 1997
55. United States Curtis Brown
56. United States *David M. Brown (1956–2003)
57. United States Mark Brown
58. United States James Buchli
59. United States Jay Buckey
60. Russia Nikolai Budarin
61. United States Daniel Burbank
62. United States Daniel Bursch
63. Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky (born 1934)
64. United States Robert Cabana
65. United States Tracy Caldwell
66. United States Charles Camarda
67. United States Kenneth Cameron
68. United States Duane Carey
69. United States Scott Carpenter, a Project Mercury astronaut.
70. United States Gerald Carr
71. United States Sonny Carter, (1947–1991)
72. United States John Casper
73. United States Robert Cenker
74. United States Gene Cernan, flew on Apollo 17
75. United States *Roger B. Chaffee, died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
76. United States Gregory Chamitoff
77. Costa Rica / United States Franklin Chang-Diaz, first Hispanic-American in space, flew on seven space flights.
78. Australia / United States Philip K. Chapman, first Australian-born astronaut.
79. India / United States *Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003), first Indian-American woman in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
80. Italy Maurizio Cheli
81. People's Republic of China Chen Quan, backup Shenzhou 7.
82. United States Leroy Chiao
83. United States Kevin Chilton
84. France Jean-Loup Chrétien, first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space
85. United States *Laurel B. Clark (1961–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
86. United States Mary Cleave
87. France Jean-François Clervoy
88. United States Michael Clifford
89. United States Michael Coats
90. United States Kenneth Cockrell
91. United States Catherine Coleman (born 1960)
92. United States Eileen Collins
93. United States Michael Collins (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.)
94. United States Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, (1930–1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the first Skylab mission.
95. United States Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.
96. United States Richard Covey
97. United States John Creighton
98. United States Robert Crippen, Space Shuttle pioneer
99. United States Roger Crouch
100. United States Frank Culbertson
101. United States Walter Cunningham, flew on Apollo 7.
102. United States Robert Curbeam
103. United States Nancy Currie
104. United States Nancy Jan Davis
105. United States Lawrence J. DeLucas
106. Soviet Union Lev Demin (1926–1998)
107. Belgium Frank De Winne
108. Russia Vladimir N. Dezhurov
109. Soviet Union *Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971)
110. Japan Takao Doi, first Japanese to walk in space.
111. United States B. Alvin Drew (born 1962)
112. United States Brian Duffy
113. United States Charles Duke, flew on Apollo 16.
114. United States Bonnie J. Dunbar
115. Spain Pedro Duque, first Spaniard in space.
116. United States Samuel T. Durrance
117. Soviet Union Vladimir Dzhanibekov
118. United States Joe Edwards
119. United States Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987), flew on Apollo 7.
120. United States Anthony W. England
121. United States Joseph H. Engle
122. United States Ronald Evans (1933–1990)
123. Germany Reinhold Ewald
124. France Léopold Eyharts
125. United States John Fabian
126. Syria Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space.
127. Hungary Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space.
128. France Jean-Jacques Favier
129. People's Republic of China Fèi Jùnlóng
130. Soviet Union Konstantin Feoktistov
131. United States Christopher Ferguson
132. United States Martin Fettman
133. Soviet Union Anatoli Filipchenko
134. United States John L. Finley (1935–2006), trained for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
135. United States Edward Fincke
136. United States Anna Fisher
137. United States William Frederick Fisher
138. Germany Klaus-Dietrich Flade
139. United States / United Kingdom Michael Foale, holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes.
140. United States Michael Foreman
141. United States Patrick Forrester
142. United States Michael Fossum
143. United States Ted Freeman (1930–1964) NASA group 3
144. United States Stephen Frick
145. Belgium Dirk Frimout, first Belgian in space.
146. Sweden Christer Fuglesang, first Swede in space.
147. United States Charles Fullerton
148. Germany Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995)
149. Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), first person in space.
150. United States Ronald Garan
151. United States Dale Gardner
152. United States Guy Gardner
153. Canada Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space.
154. United States Owen Garriott
155. United States Charles Gemar
156. United States Michael Gernhardt
157. United States Edward Gibson
158. United States Robert L. Gibson
159. Russia Yuri Gidzenko
160. United States Ed Givens (1930–1967) NASA group 5
161. Soviet Union Yuri Glazkov
162. United States John Glenn (born 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight.
163. United States Linda Godwin
164. Soviet Union Viktor Gorbatko
165. United States Richard Gordon, flew on Apollo 12.
166. United States Dominic Gorie
167. United States Ronald Grabe
168. Soviet Union Georgi Grechko
169. United States Frederick Gregory
170. United States William Gregory
171. United States Stanley Griggs (1939–1989)
172. United States *Virgil Grissom (1926–1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice and the first person to go into space twice in a capsule-type spacecraft. Would have been the first person to fly three times. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
173. United States John Grunsfeld
174. Soviet Union Aleksei Gubarev
175. Italy Umberto Guidoni
176. Mongolia Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, first Mongolian in space.
177. United States Sidney Gutierrez
178. Canada Chris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space.
179. France Claudie Haigneré, first Frenchwoman in space.
180. France Jean-Pierre Haigneré
181. United States Fred Haise, flew on Apollo 13.
182. United States James Halsell
183. United States Kenneth Ham
184. United States Lloyd Hammond
185. United States Gregory Harbaugh
186. United States Bernard Harris, first African-American to walk in space.
187. United States Terry Hart
188. United States Henry Hartsfield
189. United States Frederick Hauck
190. United States Steven Hawley
191. United States Susan Helms
192. United States Karl Henize (1926–1993)
193. United States Thomas Hennen
194. United States Terence Henricks
195. Poland Miroslaw Hermaszewski, first Pole in space.
196. United States John Herrington, first Native American in space.
197. United States Richard Hieb
198. United States Joan Higginbotham
199. United States David Hilmers
200. United States Kathryn Hire
201. United States Charles Hobaugh
202. United States Jeffrey Hoffman
203. United States Scott Horowitz
204. Japan Akihiko Hoshide
205. United States Millie Hughes-Fulford, first female Payload Specialist.
206. United States *Rick D. Husband (1957–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
207. United States James Irwin (1930–1991), flew on Apollo 15.
208. Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
209. Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.
210. United States Marsha Ivins
211. German Democratic Republic Sigmund Jähn, first German in space
212. United States Mae Jemison, first African-American woman in space
213. United States Tamara E. Jernigan
214. United States Brent W. Jett, Jr.
215. United States Gregory H. Johnson
216. United States Thomas D. Jones
217. Ukraine Leonid Kadenyuk, first Ukrainian in space since independence.
218. Russia Alexander Kaleri, first Russian in space since independence.
219. United States Janet Kavandi
220. United States James Kelly
221. United States Mark E. Kelly
222. United States Scott Kelly
223. United States Joseph Kerwin
224. Soviet Union Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000)
225. Soviet Union Leonid Kizim
226. Soviet Union Petr Klimuk, first Belarusian in space.
227. Soviet Union *Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), killed during a USSR space flight.
228. Russia Yelena V. Kondakova
229. Russia Oleg Kononenko
230. Russia Valery Korzun
231. Russia Oleg Kotov
232. Soviet Union Vladimir Kovalyonok
233. Russia Konstantin Kozeyev
234. United States Kevin Kregel
235. Soviet Union/Russia Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.
236. Soviet Union Valeri Kubasov (born 1935)
237. Netherlands André Kuipers
238. Soviet Union Aleksandr Laveykin
239. United States Robert Lawrence (1935–1967) MOL, first black astronaunt
240. United States Wendy Lawrence
241. Soviet Union Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990)
242. Russia Aleksandr Lazutkin
243. Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev
244. United States Mark C. Lee
245. United States David Leestma
246. United States William B. Lenoir
247. Soviet Union Aleksei Leonov, first person to walk in space (to make an EVA).
248. United States Frederick W. Leslie
249. Soviet Union Anatoli Levchenko (1941–1988)
250. United States Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA Payload Specialist.
251. United States Don Lind
252. United States Steven Lindsey
253. United States Jerry Linenger
254. United States Richard Linnehan
255. United States Gregory Linteris
* (Yáng Lìwěi - see Yáng Lìwěi)
256. United States Paul Lockhart
257. Russia Yuri Lonchakov
258. United States Michael Lopez-Alegria
259. United States Christopher Loria
260. United States John Lounge
261. United States Jack Lousma
262. United States Stanley G. Love
263. United States Jim Lovell, flew on Apollo 8, the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and on Apollo 13.
264. United States G. David Low (1956-2008)
265. United States Edward Lu
266. United States Shannon Lucid, first Asian-born woman in space. Holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record until it was exceeded by Sunita Williams on June 16, 2007.
267. Soviet Union Vladimir Lyakhov
268. Canada Steven MacLean
269. United States Sandra Magnus
270. Soviet Union Oleg Makarov (1933–2003)
271. Russia Yuri Malenchenko
272. Italy Franco Malerba, first Italian in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)
273. Soviet Union Yuri Malyshev (1941–1999)
274. Soviet Union/Russia Gennadi Manakov
275. Soviet Union Musa Manarov
276. United States Michael Massimino
277. United States Richard Mastracchio
278. United States Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II (born 1936), flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C.
279. United States William McArthur
280. United States Jon McBride
281. United States Bruce McCandless II
282. United States *William C. McCool (1961–2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
283. United States Michael McCulley
284. United States James McDivitt, flew on Apollo 9.
285. United States Donald McMonagle
286. United States *Ronald McNair (1950–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
287. United States Carl Meade
288. United States Bruce Melnick
289. United States Pamela Melroy
290. South Africa / United States Mike Melvill, first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.
291. United States Leland D. Melvin
292. Germany Ulf Merbold
293. Germany Ernst Messerschmid
294. United States Edgar Mitchell, flew on Apollo 14.
295. Afghanistan Abdul Ahad Mohmand, first Afghan in space.
296. Japan Mamoru Mohri, first professional Japanese astronaut in space.
297. United States Barbara Morgan
298. United States Lee Morin
299. Russia Boris Morukov
300. Japan Chiaki Mukai, first Japanese woman in space.
301. United States Richard Mullane
302. Kazakhstan Talgat Musabayev
303. United States Story Musgrave
304. United States Steven R. Nagel
305. United States George Nelson
306. Soviet Union Grigori Nelyubov (1934–1966) Vostok backup.
307. Italy Paolo A. Nespoli
308. United States James H. Newman
309. Switzerland Claude Nicollier, first Swiss in space.
310. People's Republic of China Niè Hǎishèng, flew on Shenzhou 6
311. Soviet Union Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004)
312. Japan Soichi Noguchi
313. United States Carlos I. Noriega, first Peruvian-born person in space.
314. United States Lisa Nowak
315. United States Karen Nyberg
316. United States Bryan O'Connor
317. United States Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space.
318. Netherlands Wubbo Ockels, first Dutchman in space.
319. United States William Oefelein
320. United States *Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
321. Russia Yuri Onufrienko
322. United States Stephen Oswald
323. United States Robert Overmyer (1936–1996)
324. Russia Gennady Padalka
325. United States William Pailes
326. United States Scott Parazynski
327. United States Ronald A. Parise
328. United States Robert Parker
329. United Kingdom / United States Nicholas Patrick
330. Soviet Union *Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971)
331. United States James Pawelczyk
332. Canada Julie Payette
333. United States Gary Payton, first military astronaut.
334. France Philippe Perrin, first Morocco-born man in space
335. United States Donald Peterson
336. United States Donald Pettit
337. Vietnam Pham Tuân, first Vietnamese and first Asian in space.
338. United States John Phillips
339. United States William Pogue
340. United States Alan G. Poindexter
341. United States Mark Polansky
342. Russia Alexander Poleshchuk
343. Soviet Union/Russia Valeri Polyakov, holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days.
344. Brazil Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian, South American and the only lusophone in space.
345. Soviet Union Leonid Popov
346. Soviet Union Pavel Popovich, first Ukrainian-born person in space.
347. United States Charles Precourt
348. Romania Dumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space.
349. Israel *Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
350. United States William Readdy
351. United States Kenneth Reightler
352. United States James F. Reilly
353. United States Garrett Reisman
354. Germany Thomas Reiter, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS.
355. Czechoslovakia Vladimír Remek, first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space.
356. United States *Judith Resnik (1949–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
357. United States Paul W. Richards
358. United States Richard N. Richards
359. United States Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
360. United States *Patricia Robertson (1963–2001)
361. United States Stephen Robinson
362. United States Russell L. Rogers (1928–1967) Dyna Soar
363. Soviet Union Yuri Romanenko
364. United States Kent Rominger
365. United States Stuart Roosa (1933–1994), flew on Apollo 14.
366. United States Jerry L. Ross, flew on seven space flights.
367. Soviet Union Valeri Rozhdestvensky
368. Soviet Union Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932–2002)
369. United States Mario Runco, Jr.
370. Soviet Union/Russia Valery Ryumin
371. United States Albert Sacco
372. Soviet Union Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005)
373. Soviet Union Viktor Savinykh
374. Soviet Union Svetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space.
375. United States Wally Schirra (1923–2007)
376. Germany Hans Schlegel
377. United States Harrison Schmitt, flew on Apollo 17.
378. United States Rusty Schweickart
379. United States *Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
380. United States Winston Scott
381. United States David Scott
382. Australia / United States Paul Scully-Power
383. United States Richard Searfoss
384. United States Rhea Seddon
385. United States Elliott See (1927–1966) original command pilot, Gemini 9.
386. United States Ronald Sega
387. United Kingdom / United States Piers Sellers
388. Soviet Union/Russia Aleksandr Serebrov
389. Soviet Union Vitali Sevastyanov
390. United States Doug Shane, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
391. Russia Yuri Shargin, first Russian military cosmonaut
392. Russia Salizhan Sharipov [1]
393. India Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space.
394. Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov
395. United States Brewster Shaw
396. United States Alan Shepard (1923–1998), first American in space.
397. United States William Shepherd
* (Nancy Sherlock - see Nancy Currie)
398. Soviet Union Georgi Shonin (1935–1997)
399. United States Loren Shriver
400. Malaysia Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space.
401. United States Peter Siebold, commercial astronaut, trained to pilot SpaceShipOne.
402. United States Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924–1996), a Mercury astronaut.
403. United States Steven Smith
404. Soviet Union/Latvia Anatoly Solovyev first Latvia born astronaut, holds the world record for time spent during space walks, has 77+ hours over 16 separate outings.
405. Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov
406. Soviet Union Aleksei Sorokin[2] (1931–1976) Voskhod 1 backup.
407. United States Sherwood Spring
408. United States Robert Springer
409. United States Thomas Patten Stafford
410. United States Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
411. United States Robert Stewart
412. United States Susan Still
413. Soviet Union/Russia Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004)
414. United States Frederick Sturckow
415. United States Kathryn Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space.
416. Saudi Arabia Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
417. United States John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982), flew on Apollo 13.
418. United States Daniel Tani
419. United States Joseph Tanner
420. United States James M. Taylor (1930–1970) MOL
421. Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space.
422. United States Norman Thagard
423. Germany Gerhard Thiele
424. Canada Robert Thirsk
425. Australia / United States Andrew Thomas
426. United States Donald Thomas
427. United States Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), died before completing his NASA astronaut training.
428. United States Kathryn Thornton, first woman to make multiple EVAs.
429. United States William Thornton
430. United States Pierre Thuot
431. Soviet Union Gherman Titov (1935–2000), first human to spend a full 24 hour day in orbit. He was the Soviet Union's second cosmonaut.
432. Russia Vladimir Titov
433. France Michel Tognini
434. Russia Valery Tokarev
435. Cuba Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban, first Hispanophone, and first person of African ancestry in space.
436. Russia Sergei Treshchev
437. United States Eugene Trinh, first Vietnamese-American in space.
438. United States Richard Truly
439. Canada Bjarni Tryggvason
440. Russia Vasili Tsibliyev
441. Russia Mikhail Tyurin
442. Russia Yury Usachev
443. Netherlands / United States Lodewijk van den Berg
444. United States James "Ox" van Hoften
445. Soviet Union Vladimir Vasyutin (1952–2002)
446. United States Charles Veach (1944–1995)
447. Austria Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space.
448. Russia Alexander Viktorenko
449. Russia Pavel Vinogradov
450. Italy Roberto Vittori
451. Soviet Union Igor Volk
452. Russia Alexander Volkov
453. Russia Sergey Volkov first second generation person in space, son of Alexander Volkov.
454. Soviet Union *Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), killed on Soyuz 11.
455. Soviet Union Boris Volynov, first Jew in space.
456. United States James Voss
457. United States Janice Voss
458. Japan Koichi Wakata
459. United States Rex Walheim
460. United States Charles D. Walker
461. United States David M. Walker (1944–2001)
462. United States Joseph A. Walker (1921–1966), first person to enter space twice.
463. Germany Ulrich Walter
464. United States Carl Walz
465. United States Mary Weber
466. United States Paul Weitz
467. United States James Wetherbee
468. United States Douglas Wheelock
469. United States *Edward White (1930–1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
470. United States Peggy Whitson
471. United States Terrence Wilcutt
472. United States Clifton Williams (1932–1967), died in a training accident.
473. Canada Dafydd Williams
474. United States Donald Williams
475. United States Jeffrey Williams
476. United States Sunita "Suni" Williams As of 2007, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
477. United States Stephanie Wilson
478. United States Peter Wisoff
479. United States David Wolf
480. United States Neil Woodward
481. United States Alfred Worden
482. People's Republic of China Yáng Lìwěi, first person launched by a Chinese space program
483. Soviet Union Boris Yegorov (1937–1994)
484. Soviet Union Aleksei Yeliseyev
485. United States John Young, flew on two Gemini, two Apollo (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), and two Space Shuttle missions.
486. Russia/Greece Fyodor Yurchikhin- First Greek in Space
487. Russia Sergei Zalyotin
488. Soviet Union Vitaliy Zholobov
489. Soviet Union Vyacheslav Zudov
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