Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Vladimir Titov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Colonel, Russian Air Force, Ret., and former Russian cosmonaut was born January 1, 1947, in Sretensk, in the Zabaykalsky Krai region of Russia. He is married to the ...

Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов) (September 11, 1935–September 20, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on August 6, 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth aboard ...

William E. Thornton

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Edgar Thornton (M.D.) (born April 14, 1929) is a former NASA Astronaut. Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two sons to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of ...

Vyacheslav Zudov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (born January 8, 1942 in Bor, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR) was a USSR cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on ...

Vitaly Zholobov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov (born June 18, 1937 in Zburyivka, Kherson Oblast Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer.

Zhai Zhigang

Astronomy; Astronaut

Zhai Zhigang (born October 10, 1966) is an officer in the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a CNSA astronaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry ...

George D. Zamka

Astronomy; Astronaut

George David "Zambo" Zamka (born 1962) is an American NASA astronaut and United States Marine Corps pilot with over 3500 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Zamka piloted the Space ...