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Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Astronaut

Salizhan Sharipov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born August 24, 1964 in Uzgen, Osh oblast, Kirghiz SSR, now in Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyz cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic ...

Yuri Shargin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces. He was born March 20, 1960 in Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR. He is divorced and has two children.

Vitaly Sevastyanov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov (8 July 1935, Krasnouralsk, USSR – 5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.

Aleksandr Serebrov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov is a former Soviet cosmonaut. He was born in Moscow, on February 15, 1944, graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a ...

Piers Sellers

Astronomy; Astronaut

Piers John Sellers (PH.D.) OBE (born 11 April 1955) is a British-born Anglo-American meteorologist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three space shuttle missions. Sellers graduated from ...

Ronald M Sega

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ronald "Ron" Michael Sega (also Ronald Šega) (Ph.D.) (born December 4, 1952) is professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University and vice president for applied research for the Colorado ...

Elliot See

Astronomy; Astronaut

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 and attended Highland Park High ...

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