Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Industry: Astronomy

Add a new term

Contributors in Astronaut

Become a Contributors

Astronaut

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa

Astronomy; Astronaut

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian and the second Asian in space. He was Mongolia's defense minister from 2000 to 2004.

Umberto Guidoni (born in Rome 18 August 1954) is an Italian politician and a former ESA astronaut. He is a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) ...

Aleksei Gubarev

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (born March 29, 1931 in Gvardeitsi) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.

John M. Grunsfeld

Astronomy; Astronaut

John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five spaceflights and has also served as NASA Chief Scientist.

Gus Grissom

Astronomy; Astronaut

Virgil Ivan Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Col, USAF), better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He ...

S. David Griggs

Astronomy; Astronaut

Stanley David Griggs (September 7, 1939 – June 17, 1989) was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He is credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the ...