Astronaut celebrities

Page 7 of 31

Astronaut

Gerhard Thiele Facts

Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut.

Donald R. McMonagle Facts

Donald Ray McMonagle (born May 14, 1952), (Col, USAF, Ret.), became the Manager, Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 15, 1997. In this capacity he was responsible for final Shuttle preparation, launch execution, and re

Philippe Perrin Facts

Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.

Oleg Atkov Facts

Oleg Yur’yevich At’kov (Russian: Оле́г Ю́рьевич Атько́в; born 9 May 1949) is a Soviet cosmonaut.

Dale Gardner Facts

Dale Allan Gardner (November 8, 1948 – February 19, 2014) was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s.

Igor Volk Facts

Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк; born April 12, 1937 in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast, USSR) is a retired cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. He is married and has two children.

Kenneth Cockrell Facts

Kenneth Dale “Taco” Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.

Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov Facts

Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Александър Панайотов Александров) (born December 1, 1951, Omurtag, Targovishte Oblast, Bulgaria) is a retired Bulgarian cosmonaut. He is the second Bulgarian to have flown to s

Aleksei Yeliseyev Facts

Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8

Anatoli Levchenko Facts

Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko (May 5, 1941 – August 6, 1988) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Michael T. Good Facts

Michael Timothy “LeBueno” Good (born October 13, 1962) is a NASA astronaut and retired commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, holding the rank of Colonel. Mike Good flew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis for its STS-125 mission. STS-125 was

Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov Facts

Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Рыжиков) born on August 19, 1974, major of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006.