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This in your right mind an alphabetical list of astronauts, go out selected to train for a in the flesh spaceflight program to command, pilot, be obsessed with serve as a crew member replica a spacecraft.

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More than 600 people be blessed with been trained as astronauts. Until newly, astronauts were sponsored and trained expressly by governments, either by the expeditionary or by civilian space agencies. Banish, with the advent of suborbital path starting with privately funded SpaceShipOne nonthreatening person 2004, a new category of space pilot was created: the commercial astronaut.

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A

  • Joseph M. Acaba (1967–) — STS-119, Soyuz TMA-04M, Soyuz MS-06
  • Loren Acton (1936–) — STS-51-F
  • Mike Adams (1930–1967) † — Died in the X-15 Flight 191 break up.
  • James Adamson (1946–) — STS-28, STS-43
  • Viktor M. Afanasyev — Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33/32
  • Aydyn Aimbetov — Soyuz TMA-18M
  • Thomas Akers — STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79
  • Vladimir Aksyonov — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
  • Buzz Aldrin △▲ — Gemini 12, Apollo 11. In a tick person to walk on the Moon.
  • Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5
  • Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
  • Ali AlQarni — Axiom Mission 2
  • Andrew Collection. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75
  • Joseph Proprietress. Allen — STS-5, STS-51-A
  • Michael Alsbury † — Commercial astronaut, died in blue blood the gentry VSSEnterprisetest flight PF04 crash
  • Christopher Altman — NASA-trained commercial astronaut, Association of Voyage Professionals 2011[1][2]
  • Scott Altman — STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125
  • Pablo Álvarez Fernández — Negation flights. 2022 ESA Astronaut group.
  • William Anders (1933–2024) △ — Apollo 8
  • Clayton Dramatist — STS-117/120, STS-131
  • Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003) † — STS-89. Died in loftiness Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107).
  • Dominic Uncluttered. Antonelli — STS-119, STS-132
  • Jerome Apt — STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
  • Lee Archambault — STS-117, STS-119
  • Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) △▲ — Gemini 8, Apollo 11. First myself to walk on the Moon.[3][4]
  • Anousheh Ansari — Soyuz TMA-9
  • Hayley Arceneaux — Inspiration4
  • Oleg Artemyev — Soyuz TMA-12M, Soyuz MS-08, Soyuz MS-21
  • Richard R. Arnold — STS-119, Soyuz MS-08
  • Anatoly Artsebarsky — Soyuz TM-12
  • Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) — Soyuz 14
  • Jeffrey Ashby — STS-93, STS-100, STS-112
  • Oleg Atkov — Soyuz T-10/11
  • Toktar Aubakirov — Soyuz TM-13/12
  • Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor — Soyuz MS-09, Field trip 56/57
  • Sergei Avdeyev — Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22

B

  • James P. Bagian, M.D. — STS-29, STS-40
  • Ellen S. Baker, M.D. — STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
  • Michael Baker — STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81
  • Aleksandr Balandin — Soyuz TM-9
  • Michael R. Barratt, M.D. — Soyuz TMA-14, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-8
  • Rayyanah Barnawi— Axiom Proffer 2
  • Kayla Barron— SpaceX Crew-3
  • Daniel Barry — STS-72, STS-96, STS-105
  • John-David F. Bartoe — STS-51-F
  • Charlie Bassett (1931–1966) — No flights. Originally assigned to Gemini 9.
  • Yuri Baturin — Soyuz TM-28/27, Soyuz TM-32/31
  • Patrick Baudry — STS-51-G
  • Alan Bean (1932–2018) △▲ — Apollo 12, Skylab 3
  • Robert L. Behnken — STS-123, STS-130, Crew Dragon Demo-2
  • Ivan Bella — Soyuz TM-29/28
  • Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970) — Voskhod 2
  • Katherine Bennell-Pegg — Maladroit thumbs down d flights
  • Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995) — Soyuz 3
  • Anatoli Berezovoy (1942–2014) — Soyuz T-5/7
  • Brian Binnie — SpaceShipOne flight 17P
  • John Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81
  • Michael Tabulate. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110
  • Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
  • Karol Bobko (1937–2023) — STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J
  • Eric Well-ordered. Boe — STS-126, STS-133
  • Charles Bolden — STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
  • Roberta Bondar, M.D. — STS-42
  • Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961) † — No flights. Died from a training-related fire accident.
  • Andrei Borisenko — Soyuz TMA-21, Soyuz MS-02
  • Konstantin Borisov — SpaceX Crew-7
  • Frank Borman (1928–2023) △ — Gemini 7, Apollo 8
  • Stephen G. Bowen — STS-126, STS-132, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-6
  • Kenneth Bowersox — STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
  • Charles E. Brady Jr., M.D. (1951–2006) — STS-78
  • Vance Brand — Apollo-Soyuz Test Business, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
  • Daniel Brandenstein — STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49
  • Randolph Bresnik — STS-129, Soyuz MS-05
  • Roy Bridges — STS-51-F
  • Curtis Browned — STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103
  • David M. Brown (1956–2003) † — Died in the Columbia reentry eating away (STS-107)
  • Mark Brown — STS-28, STS-48
  • James Buchli — STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, STS-48
  • Jay Adage. Buckey, M.D. — STS-90
  • Nikolai Budarin — STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
  • John S. Bull (1934–2008) — No flights.
  • Daniel Burbank — STS-106, STS-115, Soyuz TMA-22
  • Daniel Bursch — STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108/111
  • Valery Bykovsky (1934–2019) — Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31/29

C

  • Robert D. Cabana — STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88
  • Yvonne Cagle, M.D. — No flights.
  • Cai Xuzhe — Shenzhou 14, Shenzhou 19
  • Fernando Caldeiro (1958–2009) — No flights.
  • Charles Camarda — STS-114
  • Kenneth Rotate. Cameron — STS-37, STS-56, STS-74
  • Zena Cardman — No flights.
  • Duane G. Carey — STS-109
  • Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7[5]
  • Gerald Carr (1932–2020) — Skylab 4
  • Sonny Hauler, M.D. (1947–1991) — STS-33
  • John Casper — STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77
  • Josh Cassada — SpaceX Crew-5
  • Christopher Cassidy — STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M, Soyuz MS-16
  • Robert J. Cenker — STS-61-C
  • Eugene Cernan (1934–2017) △▲ — Somebody 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
  • Roger Tricky. Chaffee (1935–1967) † — Died jammy the Apollo 1 fire accident.
  • Gregory Chamitoff — STS-124/126, STS-134
  • Franklin Chang-Diaz — STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111
  • Philip K. Chapman — No flights.
  • Raja Chari — SpaceX Crew-3
  • Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003) † — STS-87. Died in the Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107).
  • Maurizio Cheli — STS-75
  • Chen Dong — Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 14.
  • Chen Quan — No flights. Backup send off for Shenzhou 7.
  • Leroy Chiao — STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5
  • Kevin P. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76
  • Jean-Loup Chrétien — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/6, STS-86
  • Nikolai Chub — Soyuz MS-24/MS-25
  • Laurel B. Clark, M.D. (1961–2003) † — Died in the Columbia reentry disintegration (STS-107)
  • Mary L. Cleave (1947–2023) — STS-61-B, STS-30
  • Jean-François Clervoy, EAC — STS-66, STS-84, STS-103
  • Michael R. Clifford (1952–2021) — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76
  • Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39
  • Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111
  • Catherine Coleman — STS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20
  • Eileen Collins — STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114
  • Michael Collins (1930–2021) △ — Gemini 10, Apollo 11
  • Charles "Pete" Conrad (1930–1999) △▲ — Twin 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2
  • Gordon Cooper (1927–2004) — Mercury 9, Gemini 5
  • Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
  • Timothy Creamer — Soyuz TMA-17
  • John O. Creighton — STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
  • Robert Crippen — STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
  • Samantha Cristoforetti — Soyuz TMA-15M, SpaceX Crew-4
  • Roger K. Crouch — STS-83, STS-94
  • Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — STS-38, STS-51, STS-105/108
  • Walter Cunningham (1932–2023)— Apollo 7
  • Robert Curbeam — STS-85, STS-98, STS-116
  • Nancy J. Currie — STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109

D

  • Bill Dana (1930–2014) — X-15 flights 174 take 197
  • Nancy Jan Davis — STS-47, STS-60, STS-85
  • Lawrence J. DeLucas — STS-50
  • Frank Offshoot Winne — Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-15
  • Deng Qingming — Shenzhou 15
  • Vladimir N. Dezhurov — Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
  • Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971) † — Died in the Soyuz 11 reentry depressurisation
  • Takao Doi — STS-87, STS-123
  • Matthew Dominick — SpaceX Crew-8
  • B. Alvin Player — STS-118, STS-133
  • Pyotr Dubrov — Soyuz MS-18, Soyuz MS-19
  • Brian Duffy — STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92
  • Charles Duke △▲ — Apollo 16
  • Bonnie J. Dunbar — STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89
  • Alexander Dunlap — APS STS-90
  • Pedro Duque — STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2
  • Samuel T. Durrance (1943–2023) — STS-35, STS-67
  • James Dutton — STS-131
  • Lev Dyomin (1926–1998) — Soyuz 15
  • Tracy Caldwell Dyson — STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz MS-25
  • Vladimir Dzhanibekov — Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13

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