Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Contributors in Astronaut

Astronaut

Linda Maxine Godwin (Ph.D.) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. Godwin is the Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center. She ...

John Glenn

Astronomy; Astronaut

John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American ...

Yury Glazkov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (2 October 1939 –9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force.

Edward Givens

Astronomy; Astronaut

Edward Galen "Ed" Givens Jr (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was an United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He was selected in 1966 by NASA as a member of the 'Original 19' group.

Yuri Gidzenko

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown twice into space and has lived ...

Robert L. Gibson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946) is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut.

Edward Gibson

Astronomy; Astronaut

Edward George Gibson, PhD, (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, and engineer. Before becoming a NASA astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the ...