Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (August 8, 1948) is a former Soviet female aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina ...

Viktor Savinykh

Astronomy; Astronaut

Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on March 7, 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. Retired on February 9, 1989.

Robert Satcher

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Lee "Bobby" Satcher, Jr. (born on September 22, 1965 in Hampton, Virginia) is a physician, chemical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He became the first orthopedic surgeon in space during ...

Gennadi Sarafanov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (b. January 1, 1942 in Sinenkiye, Saratov Oblast, Russia – d. September 29, 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This ...

Aleksandr Samokutyayev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev ( born March 13, 1970 in Penza / Penza Oblast / Russian SFSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. Samokutyayev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station ...

Gennady Padalka

Astronomy; Astronaut

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (born June 21, 1958, in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. As of June 2010, Gennady ranks sixth for career time in space due to his time ...

Robert F. Overmyer

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Franklyn Overmyer, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Ret. (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered ...