Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Charles Joseph Precourt (born June 29, 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous ...

Leonid Popov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Leonid Ivanovich Popov (born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and ...

Marco Pontes

Astronomy; Astronaut

Marco Pontes (born March 11, 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot. He became the first Brazilian and the first Lusophone to go into space when he launched to the International Space Station aboard ...

Valeri Polyakov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov on April 27, 1942) is a former Russian cosmonaut. He is the holder of the record for the longest ...

Mark L. Polansky

Astronomy; Astronaut

Mark Lewis "Roman" Polansky (born June 2, 1956 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a NASA astronaut. Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, ...

William R. Pogue

Astronomy; Astronaut

William Reid Pogue (born January 23, 1930) is a retired American astronaut who is also an accomplished teacher, public speaker, and author.

John L. Phillips

Astronomy; Astronaut

John Lynch Phillips, PhD (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a retired Captain of the United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He ...