Astronaut

Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Georgi Ivanov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov (born July 2, 1940) is a retired Bulgarian military officer and the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990.

Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (born January 7, 1951, Kargaly, Kazakhstan), is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration ...

Chiaki Mukai

Astronomy; Astronaut

Chiaki Mukai (born May 6, 1952, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese doctor, and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, and was the first Japanese citizen to have two ...

Boris Morukov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (b. October 1, 1950, in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian ...

Barbara Morgan

Astronomy; Astronaut

Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as the backup to Christa McAuliffe for the ...

Mamoru Mohri

Astronomy; Astronaut

Mamoru "Mark" Mohri (born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

Abdul Ahad Momand

Astronomy; Astronaut

Abdul Ahad Momand (born January 1, 1959) is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Afghan in space when he spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as a Intercosmos ...