Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, NASA astronaut, and NASA's Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the ...

Edward Higgins White

Astronomy; Astronaut

Edward Higgins White, II (Lt Col, USAF) (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to ...

Douglas H. Wheelock

Astronomy; Astronaut

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock (born May 5, 1960, in Binghamton, New York) is an American astronaut. He has flown in space twice logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, ...

James Wetherbee

Astronomy; Astronaut

James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born 27 November 1952) is an 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 ...

Taylor Wang

Astronomy; Astronaut

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (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 Laboratory, Wang was a ...

Carl Walz

Astronomy; Astronaut

Carl Erwin Walz (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as Vice President for Human Space Flight Operations. Walz ...

Shannon Walker

Astronomy; Astronaut

Shannon Walker (born 4 June 1965 in Houston, Texas) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the International Space Station with take-off on 15 ...