Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Karen L. Nyberg

Astronomy; Astronaut

Karen LuJean Nyberg (born 7 October 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg was the 50th woman in space.

Lisa Marie Nowak (born May 10, 1963) is a former American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut. Born in Washington, D.C., she was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a mission specialist in ...

Carlos I. Noriega

Astronomy; Astronaut

Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 1959) is a Peruvian born NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.

Soichi Noguchi

Astronomy; Astronaut

Soichi Noguchi (born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for ...

Claude Nicollier

Astronomy; Astronaut

Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland, and has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and ...

Paolo A. Nespoli

Astronomy; Astronaut

Paolo Angelo Nespoli (Milan April 6, 1957) is an Italian astronaut. In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In the December of ...

Rodolfo Neri Vela

Astronomy; Astronaut

Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the first and only Mexican, and the second Latin-American to ...