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Scott D. Tingle Facts

Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a current NASA Astronaut. Tingle was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20, qualifying in 2011.

Evgeny Tarelkin Facts

Evgeny Igorevich Tarelkin (Russian: Евгений Игоревич Тарелкин; born December 29, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as part of the TsPK-13 group in 2003.

Anatoli Kartashov Facts

Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov (Russian: Анато́лий Я́ковлевич Карташо́в; August 25, 1932, Voronezh Oblast — December 11, 2005, Kiev) was a cosmonaut in the Soviet Vostok program.

Ellison Onizuka Facts

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger,

Takao Doi Facts

Takao Doi (土井 隆雄, Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

Alexander Gerst Facts

Dr. Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg) is a European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station crew from May to No

Abdul Ahad Mohmand Facts

Abdul Ahad Mohmand (born January 1, 1959) is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan citizen and fourth Muslim to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station

Abdulmohsen Al Bassam Facts

Abdulmohsen Hamad Al-Bassam is a retired officer in the Royal Saudi Air Force and a former astronaut. He was the back-up payload specialist for Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on STS-51-G.

Anton Shkaplerov Facts

Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov, (Russian: Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров) (born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut.

Zhai Zhigang Facts

Zhai Zhigang (born October 10, 1966) is an officer in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and a CNSA astronaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.

Yi So Yeon Facts

Yi So-yeon (born June 2, 1978) is a scientist who became the first Korean to fly in space.

Gregory C. Johnson Facts

Gregory Carl “Ray J” Johnson (born July 30, 1954), (Capt, USNR, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He spent his military career in both, the United States Navy and the Navy Reser