Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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John M. Fabian

Astronomy; Astronaut

John McCreary Fabian (born January 28, 1939, in Goose Creek, Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut and Air Force officer who flew two space shuttle missions and on the development of the shuttle's ...

Dr. Reinhold Ewald (born December 18, 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut. Born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, he received diploma in experimental physics from the University of Cologne in ...

Ronald Evans

Astronomy; Astronaut

Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. (November 10, 1933–April 7, 1990) was a NASA astronaut and one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. He also served as a captain in the United States Navy.

Joe Engle

Astronomy; Astronaut

Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Chapman, Kansas) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas ...

Donn F. Eisele

Astronomy; Astronaut

Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) was a United States Air Force test pilot and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in ...

Vladimir Dzhanibekov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (born May 13, 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Tracy Caldwell Dyson, PhD (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell, August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in ...