| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Buzz Aldrin |
Astronaut |
20-Jan-1930 |
|
Second man on the Moon |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Alan Bean |
Astronaut |
15-Mar-1932 |
|
Apollo 12, Skylab Mission II astronaut |
| Charles F. Bolden, Jr. |
Astronaut |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
Four-time shuttle astronaut |
| Frank Borman |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1928 |
|
First to circumnavigate moon |
| Scott Carpenter |
Astronaut |
1-May-1925 |
|
Mercury astronaut |
| Gene Cernan |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1934 |
|
Last man on the moon (Apollo 17) |
| Michael Collins |
Astronaut |
31-Oct-1930 |
|
Apollo 11 command module pilot |
| Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
| Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
6-Mar-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut |
| Dick Covey |
Astronaut |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Shuttle astronaut |
| Robert Crippen |
Astronaut |
11-Sep-1937 |
|
Pilot of first shuttle mission, STS-1 |
| Charles Duke |
Astronaut |
3-Oct-1935 |
|
10th to walk on the Moon |
| Yuri Gagarin |
Astronaut |
9-Mar-1934 |
27-Mar-1968 |
First person to orbit earth |
| Jake Garn |
Politician |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
US Senator from Utah, 1974-93 |
| Owen K. Garriott |
Astronaut |
22-Nov-1930 |
|
Skylab, Spacelab astronaut |
| John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
|
First American to orbit earth |
| Gus Grissom |
Astronaut |
3-Apr-1926 |
27-Jan-1967 |
Second American in space |
| Fred Haise |
Astronaut |
14-Nov-1933 |
|
Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
| Bernard A. Harris, Jr. |
Astronaut |
26-Jun-1956 |
|
First black astronaut to spacewalk |
| James Irwin |
Astronaut |
17-Mar-1930 |
8-Aug-1991 |
8th to walk on the Moon |
| Mae C. Jemison |
Astronaut |
17-Oct-1956 |
|
First African-American woman in space |
| Vladimir Komarov |
Astronaut |
16-Mar-1927 |
24-Apr-1967 |
Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death |
| Alexei Leonov |
Astronaut |
30-May-1934 |
|
First man to walk in space |
| Yang Liwei |
Astronaut |
21-Jun-1965 |
|
First manned Chinese spaceflight |
| Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
| Shannon Lucid |
Astronaut |
14-Jan-1943 |
|
Five space shuttle flights |
| Christa McAuliffe |
Astronaut |
2-Sep-1948 |
28-Jan-1986 |
First teacher in space |
| James A. McDivitt |
Astronaut |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 |
| Michael Melvill |
Astronaut |
11-Nov-1941 |
|
First private astronaut in space |
| Edgar Mitchell |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
|
6th to walk on the Moon |
| Story Musgrave |
Astronaut |
19-Aug-1935 |
|
Spent 1281 hours in space |
| Bill Nelson |
Politician |
29-Sep-1942 |
|
US Senator from Florida |
| Andrian Nikolayev |
Astronaut |
5-Sep-1929 |
3-Jul-2004 |
Third Russian cosmonaut in space |
| Lisa Nowak |
Astronaut |
10-May-1963 |
|
According to lawyer, no diaper |
| Ellen Ochoa |
Astronaut |
10-May-1958 |
|
First hispanic female astronaut |
| Scott E. Parazynski |
Astronaut |
28-Jul-1961 |
|
Shuttle astronaut, summited Everest |
| Judith Resnik |
Astronaut |
5-Apr-1949 |
28-Jan-1986 |
Challenger astronaut |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
23-Jul-2012 |
First American woman in space |
| Wally Schirra |
Astronaut |
12-Mar-1923 |
3-May-2007 |
Commander of Apollo 7 |
| Jack Schmitt |
Astronaut |
3-Jul-1935 |
|
12th Man on the Moon |
| Rusty Schweickart |
Astronaut |
25-Oct-1935 |
|
Apollo 9 Lunar Module pilot |
| David Scott |
Astronaut |
6-Jun-1932 |
|
Commander, Apollo 15 |
| Alan Shepard |
Astronaut |
18-Nov-1923 |
21-Jul-1998 |
First American in space |
| Deke Slayton |
Astronaut |
1-Mar-1924 |
13-Jun-1993 |
Original Mercury 7 astronaut |
| Thomas P. Stafford |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
|
Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz |
| Kathryn D. Sullivan |
Astronaut |
3-Oct-1951 |
|
Columbus Center for Science and Industry |
| Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
| Norman Thagard |
Astronaut |
3-Jul-1943 |
|
Shuttle astronaut |
| Richard H. Truly |
Astronaut |
12-Nov-1937 |
|
NASA Administrator, 1989-92 |
| Ed White |
Astronaut |
14-Nov-1930 |
27-Jan-1967 |
First American to walk in space |
| John Young |
Astronaut |
24-Sep-1930 |
|
9th to walk on the Moon |
