Astronaut celebrities

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Andrew J. Feustel Facts

Andrew J. “Drew” Feustel (/ˈfɔɪstəl/; born August 25, 1965) is an American geophysicist and a NASA astronaut. His first spaceflight in May 2009, STS-125, lasted just under 13 days. This was a mission with six other astronauts to repair the Hubble

Sandra Magnus Facts

Sandra Hall Magnus (born October 30, 1964) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the fi

Li Qinglong Facts

Li Qinglong (simplified Chinese: 李庆龙; traditional Chinese: 李慶龍; pinyin: Lǐ Qìnglóng; born August 1962) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Sergei Revin Facts

Sergei Nikolayevich Revin (born January 12, 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian cosmonaut that was selected in 1996, and completed spaceflight training in 1998. He served as a crew member aboard the International Space Station, having launched on his first

Kenneth D. Cameron Facts

Kenneth Donald Cameron (born November 29, 1949), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a retired American naval aviator, test pilot, engineer, U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut.

Pavel Popovich Facts

Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич, Ukrainian: Павло Романович Попович, Pavlo Romanovych Popovych) (October 5, 1930 – September 29, 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Valentin Bondarenko Facts

Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Валентин Васильович Бондаренко, Russian: Валентин Васильевич Бондаренко, 16 February 1937 – 23 March 1961) was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1

Wendy B. Lawrence Facts

Dumitru Prunariu Facts

Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (born 27 September 1952) is the first and only Romanian cosmonaut who flew in space. He flew aboard a Soyuz 40 and is now retired.

Aleksandr Samokutyayev Facts

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev (Александр Михайлович Самокутяев – born 13 March 1970 in Penza / Penza Oblast / Russian SFSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. Samokutyayev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Sp

Thomas Pesquet Facts

Thomas Pesquet (born 27 February 1978) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010. In 2016, Pes

Paul W. Richards Facts

Paul William Richards (b. May 20, 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut. He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001.