Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Judith Resnik

Astronomy; Astronaut

Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission ...

Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is the first Czechoslovak in space and the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. As of 2004, with the entry of the ...

Thomas Reiter

Astronomy; Astronaut

Thomas Arthur Reiter (born May 23, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the Luftwaffe currently working as Director of Human Spaceflight and ...

Garrett Reisman

Astronomy; Astronaut

Garrett Erin Reisman (born February 10, 1968 ) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space ...

James F. Reilly

Astronomy; Astronaut

James Francis Reilly, II, Ph.D. (born March 18, 1954) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut who has flown on three space shuttle missions: STS-89, STS-104 and STS-117. He was born at ...

William F. Readdy

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. He was born January 24, 1952, in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and is married to Colleen ...

Ilan Ramon

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ilan Ramon (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003, born Ilan Wolferman) was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut.