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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced /ˈnæsə/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National...
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Catherine Coleman
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960, in Charleston, South Carolina) is a colonel in the United States Air Force and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.
In 1979–1980 she was an exchange student at...
Date of birth:
- Dec 14, 1960 (age 49 years)
Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a former NASA astronaut, University Professor and a U.S. Senator for one term.
He is the last of the Apollo astronauts to arrive and set foot on the Moon (crewmate Eugene...
Date of birth:
- Jul 3, 1935 (age 74 years)
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8...
Date of birth:
- Aug 5, 1930 (age 79 years)
Tamara E. Jernigan
Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D. (born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut and a veteran of five shuttle missions.
Jenigan attended Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, CA. She...
Date of birth:
- May 7, 1959 (age 50 years)
Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space. Grissom was killed...
Date of birth:
- Apr 3, 1926
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 1967 (age 40 years)
Edward Higgins White
Edward Higgins White, II (Lt.Col , USAF) (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. White was killed along with...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1930
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 1967 (age 36 years)
Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an engineer, Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee was killed along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a training...
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1935
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 1967 (age 31 years)
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a retired United States Marine Corps pilot, a former astronaut and United States senator who was the first American and third person to orbit the Earth. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before...
Date of birth:
- Jul 18, 1921 (age 88 years)
Elliott See
Elliot McKay See, Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) , was an American astronaut, selected in the second group of astronauts.
Elliot See was born in Dallas, Texas. After initially attending The University of Texas where he was a member of Phi...
Date of birth:
- Jul 23, 1927
Date of death:
- Feb 28, 1966 (age 38 years)
Sonny Carter
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (August 15, 1947–April 5, 1991) was an American physician, Naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. He was scheduled to fly on STS-42 at the time of his death in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines...
Date of birth:
- Aug 15, 1947
Date of death:
- Apr 5, 1991 (age 43 years)
Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon....
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1923
Date of death:
- Jul 21, 1998 (age 74 years)
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. On July 20, 1969, he was the...
Date of birth:
- Jan 20, 1930 (age 80 years)
Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 14, 1928 (age 81 years)
Loren Acton
Loren Wilber Acton (born March 7, 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory.
Acton was born in Lewistown, Montana. He went on to receive a...
Date of birth:
- Mar 7, 1936 (age 73 years)
William Anders
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is an engineer, former United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. He is, along with Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and...
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1933 (age 76 years)
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) from Los Angeles, California, is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut . She studied at Portola Middle School, Westlake School for Girls, Swarthmore College and Stanford University, and earned a...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1951 (age 58 years)
Michael Collins
Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, when he and...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1930 (age 79 years)
Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer, and became the fourth person to walk on the moon at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969.
Bean was born in Wheeler in the northeastern Texas Panhandle. He is...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1932 (age 77 years)
Ham the Chimp
Ham (July 1956 – January 19, 1983), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first hominid launched into outer space. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab that prepared him for his historic mission — the Holloman Aerospace Medical...
Richard Douglas Husband
Richard Douglas "Rick" Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Husband is a recipient of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1957
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 2003 (age 45 years)
William C. McCool
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107. He was killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry into the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 23, 1961
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 2003 (age 41 years)
David McDowell Brown
David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's...
Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1956
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 2003 (age 46 years)
Michael Phillip Anderson
Michael Philip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Colonel (USAF), a NASA astronaut, and the Space Shuttle payload commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1959
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 2003 (age 43 years)
Ronald McNair
Ronald Ervin McNair, Ph.D. (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an African-American physicist and NASA astronaut. McNair perished during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L.
Ronald Ervin McNair, the second African...
Date of birth:
- Oct 21, 1950
Date of death:
- Jan 28, 1986 (age 35 years)
Ellison Onizuka
Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 - January 28, 1986) was a Japanese American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C, before losing his life to the destruction of the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 24, 1946
Date of death:
- Jan 28, 1986 (age 39 years)
Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), was an American astronaut and engineer, and the third person to walk on the Moon. He also described himself as the first man to dance on the Moon. He flew on Gemini 5 and 11, Apollo 12, and...
Date of birth:
- Jun 2, 1930
Date of death:
- Jul 8, 1999 (age 69 years)
Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an African American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first woman of recent African ancestry to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992...
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1956 (age 53 years)
Eugene Andrew Cernan
Eugene "Gene" Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut and engineer. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May...
Date of birth:
- Mar 14, 1934 (age 75 years)
John Watts Young
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who walked on the Moon on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission.
Young enjoyed one of the longest and busiest careers of any astronaut in the American space...
Date of birth:
- Sep 24, 1930 (age 79 years)
Edgar Dean Mitchell
Edgar Dean Mitchell, D.Sc. (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth...
Date of birth:
- Sep 17, 1930 (age 79 years)
Judith Resnik
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L.
Resnik was the second American woman and the...
Date of birth:
- Apr 5, 1949
Date of death:
- Jan 28, 1986 (age 36 years)
James Irwin
James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut and engineer of Scottish and Irish descent. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing; he was the eighth person to walk on the Moon....
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1930
Date of death:
- Aug 8, 1991 (age 61 years)
David Scott
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932), a former NASA astronaut and engineer, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. As commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, he was the seventh person...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1932 (age 77 years)
Charles Moss Duke, Jr.
Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (born October 3, 1935), a retired USAF Brigadier General, was a United States astronaut and engineer for NASA. He is the youngest of only twelve people who have walked on the moon.
Duke married Dorothy Meade Claiborne, and has...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1935 (age 74 years)
Scott Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (born May 1, 1925 in Boulder, Colorado) is an engineer, former test pilot, astronaut, and aquanaut. He is best known as one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959.
Scott Carpenter...
Date of birth:
- May 1, 1925 (age 84 years)
Deke Slayton
Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. After initially being grounded by a heart condition, he served as NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, making him responsible for...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1924
Date of death:
- Jun 13, 1993 (age 69 years)
Wally Schirra
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's first effort to put humans in space. He was the only person to fly in all of America's first three space...
Date of birth:
- Mar 12, 1923
Date of death:
- May 3, 2007 (age 84 years)
Rusty Schweickart
Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart aka Schweikart (born October 25, 1935) is an American astronaut. Schweickart was born in Neptune, New Jersey. He earned an B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT in 1956 and 1963 respectively....
Date of birth:
- Oct 25, 1935 (age 74 years)
Stuart Roosa
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971 and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan...
Date of birth:
- Aug 16, 1933
Date of death:
- Dec 12, 1994 (age 61 years)
Jim Lovell
James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered an explosion en route to the Moon but was brought...
Date of birth:
- Mar 25, 1928 (age 81 years)
Taylor Wang
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (simplified Chinese: 王赣骏; traditional Chinese: 王贛駿; pinyin: Wáng Gànjùn) (born June 16, 1940) is an American scientist and in 1985, became the first ethnic Chinese person to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1940 (age 69 years)
Clarence William Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson (born September 29, 1942) is the senior U.S. Senator from Florida. Nelson is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1986, he became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space, as a Payload...
Date of birth:
- Sep 29, 1942 (age 67 years)
Jack Swigert
John Leonard 'Jack' Swigert, Jr., (August 30, 1931 - December 27, 1982) was a NASA astronaut, one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
Before joining NASA, Swigert was a test pilot. After leaving NASA, he was elected to the US Congress, but...
Date of birth:
- Aug 30, 1931
Date of death:
- Dec 27, 1982 (age 51 years)
Fred Haise
Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (pronounced 'Heis') (born November 14, 1933) is an engineer and former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon.
Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Biloxi High School and Perkinston...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1933 (age 76 years)
Andy Thomas
Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas (born 18 December 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian-born American aerospace engineer and a NASA astronaut. He became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut...
Date of birth:
- Dec 18, 1951 (age 58 years)
Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American doctor and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.
He was born in Boston,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1935 (age 74 years)
Barbara Morgan
Barbara Radding "Barb" Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She also participated in the Teacher in Space program as the backup to Christa McAuliffe for the ill-fated STS-51L mission of Space Shuttle...
Date of birth:
- Nov 28, 1951 (age 58 years)
Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas) is an engineer, retired United States Navy Captain and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including three as commander. Crippen is a recipient of the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 11, 1937 (age 72 years)
Clifton Williams
This article is about the American astronaut. For the composer, see Clifton Williams (composer).
Clifton Curtis 'C.C.' Williams (September 26, 1932 - October 5, 1967) was a NASA astronaut and United States Marine Corps Major (United States) who was...
Date of birth:
- Sep 26, 1932
Date of death:
- Oct 5, 1967 (age 35 years)
Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale, CBE, PhD, (born 6 January 1957) is an Anglo-American astrophysicist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton...
Date of birth:
- Jan 6, 1957 (age 53 years)
Ken Bowersox
Kenneth Duane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an engineer, United States Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1956 (age 53 years)
Donald Pettit
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica.
Pettit was raised...
Date of birth:
- Apr 20, 1955 (age 54 years)
Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born 27 November 1952) is a American Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
Wetherbee was raised in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 27, 1952 (age 57 years)
Paul Lockhart
Paul Scott "Paco" Lockhart, Colonel U.S.Air Force, (born 28 April 1956) is a former American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.
Lockhart, born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, earned degrees in mathematics and aerospace engineering...
Date of birth:
- Apr 28, 1956 (age 53 years)
Michael Lopez-Alegria
Miguel Eladio "LA" López-Alegría (also known as Michael López-Alegría) b. May 30, 1958, is a Spanish American astronaut; a veteran of three space shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed 10 EVAs...
Date of birth:
- May 30, 1958 (age 51 years)
Sandra Magnus
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 is also a licensed amateur radio operator...
Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1964 (age 45 years)
Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers (born 11 April 1955) is a British-American scientist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two space shuttle missions and is assigned to the crew of the STS-132 mission in 2010.
Sellers, born in Crowborough, Sussex, was...
Date of birth:
- Apr 11, 1955 (age 54 years)
Pamela Melroy
Pamela Anne Melroy (born 17 September 1961) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120.
Melroy received a bachelor's degree...
Date of birth:
- Sep 17, 1961 (age 48 years)
Jeffrey Ashby
Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby (born June, 1954) is an engineer, former American naval aviator and astronaut, a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy
Jeff Ashby grew up in Evergreen, Colorado, southwest of...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1954 (age 55 years)
Franklin Chang-Diaz
Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950) is a Costa Rican-American engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with...
Date of birth:
- Apr 5, 1950 (age 59 years)
