Astronauts

In chronological order…

* Astronauts who died from natural causes | ** Astronauts who died from space related accidents

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NAMEDOB / DEATH DATENATIONALITYFLIGHT #FLIGHT DATEMISSION RESEARCHMISSION BADGECOUNTRY OR COMPANY
1

Valentina Tereshkova

  • First woman in space to orbit Earth for 3 days
Mar 5, 1937
  • Jun 16, 1963
  • Female body in orbit

2

Svetlana Savitskaya

  • Second woman in space (after 20 years)
  • First woman to visit a space station
  • First woman to perform a spacewalk
Aug 8, 1948
  • Aug 19, 1982
  • Jul 17, 1984
  • Research and Experiments
  • First to dock with space station: Salyut 7
  • Spacewalk, rezonans tests and collected station air samples


3

Sally Ride *

  • First American woman in space
  • Third woman in Space
May 26, 1951
Jul 23, 2012

  • Jun 18, 1983
  • Oct 5, 1984
  • Satellite Deployment, Microgravity research
  • Satellite Deployment, Radar Imaging


4

Judith Resnik **

  • First Flight to include 2 Women Crew
  • First Woman Killed attempting Space (Challenger)
Apr 5, 1949

Jan 28, 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger


  • Aug 30, 1984
  • Jan 28, 1986
  • Satellite Deployment
  • Satellite Deployment


5Kathryn D. SullivanOct 3, 1951
  • Oct 5, 1984
  • Apr 24, 1990
  • Mar 24, 1992
  • Satellite Deployment/Radar Imaging
  • Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
  • Atlas 1 Astronomy Research



6Anna Lee FisherAug 24, 1949
  • Nov 8, 1984
  • Communications satellites deployment & retrieval


7

Rhea Seddon

  • First Flight to include 3 Women Crew (STS-40)
Nov 8, 1947
  • Apr 12, 1985
  • Jun 5, 1991
  • Oct 18, 1993
  • Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) dedicated to biology
  • Space Transportation Systems & Spacelab Life
  • Sciences (physiological effects in space)



8

Shannon Lucid

  • Only American woman to have stayed on Mir
Jan 14, 1943
  • Jun 17, 1985
  • Oct 18, 1989
  • Aug 2, 1991
  • Oct 18, 1993
  • Mar 22, 1996
  • Sep 16 1996
  • Satellite deployment
  • Galileo Spacecraft deployment to Jupiter
  • TDRS-E satellite deployment; medical and materials research
  • Space Transportation Systems & Spacelab Life
  • Physiological effects in space
  • Shuttle – Mir link-up (third mission to link with Mir)






9Bonnie J. DunbarMar 3, 1949
  • Oct 30, 1985
  • Jan 9, 1990
  • Jun 25, 1992
  • Jun 27, 1995
  • Jan 22, 1998
  • Microgravity Research
  • Syncom IV-F5 Satellite deployment and LDEF retrieval
  • USML-1 Microgravity Research
  • Shuttle – Mir (first space shuttle to dock with Mir) joint US/Russian life science investigations
  • Shuttle – Mir Plant Nutrient, GPS, Human performance





10Mary L. CleaveFeb 5, 1947
  • Nov 26, 1985
  • May 4, 1989
  • Satellite deployment and retrieval
  • Magellan Spacecraft deployment


11Ellen S. BakerApr 27, 1953
  • Oct 18, 1989
  • Jun 25, 1992
  • Jun 27, 1995
  • Galileo Spacecraft deployment to Jupiter
  • USML-1 Microgravity Research
  • Shuttle – Mir (first to dock with Mir) joint life science research



12Kathryn C. ThorntonAug 17, 1952
  • Nov 22, 1989
  • May 7, 1992
  • Dec 2, 1993
  • Oct 20, 1995
  • Dept of Defense Satellite Deployment
  • Retrieve satellite & relaunch to its intended orbit
  • First Hubble Space Telescope Servicing
  • Second mission for the US Microgravity Laboratory




13Marsha IvinsApr 15, 1951
  • Jan 9, 1990
  • Jul 31, 1992
  • Mar 4, 1994
  • Jan 12, 1997
  • Feb 7, 2001
  • Syncom IV-F5 Satellite deployment and LDEF retrieval
  • Satellite deployment; TSS-1 operations; Tech Research
  • Microgravity Research / OAST-2 engineering & tech payload
  • Shuttle-Mir
  • ISS Assembly – first space launch of the 21st century




14

Linda M. Godwin

  • First spacewalk (STS-76) since Skylab 1974
Jul 2, 1952
  • Apr 5, 1991
  • Apr 9, 1994
  • Mar 22, 1996
  • Dec 5, 2001
  • Launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)
  • Radar Imaging- SIR-C; X-SAR and MAPS
  • Shuttle – Mir link-up (third shuttle mission to link with Mir)
  • Deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS





15

Helen Sharman

  • First Briton in Space; first woman to visit the Mir space station
May 30, 1963
  • May 18, 1991
  • Medical & agricultural tests and outreach to public schools


16Tamara E. Jernigan

  • First Flight to include 3 Women Crew (STS-40)
  • Longest Shuttle time in space for USA 17 days (STS-80)
  • 1st shuttle to dock at ISS; 2nd w 3 women crew (STS-96)
May 7, 1959

  • Jun 5, 1991
  • Oct 22, 1992
  • Mar 2, 1995
  • Nov 19, 1996
  • May 27, 1999
  • Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) dedicated to biology
  • LAGEOS 2 Satellite deployment and microgravity research
  • Astronomy
  • Satellite deployment, crystal growth, semi-conductors
  • First to dock to ISS; ISS assembly and set up






17Millie Hughes-Fulford *

  • First Flight to include 3 Women Crew (STS-40)
Dec 21, 1945

Feb 2, 2021


  • Jun 5, 1991
  • Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) dedicated to biology


18Roberta Bondar
Dec 4, 1945

  • Jan 22, 1992
  • Spacelab microgravity on organisms


19Jan Davis
Nov 1, 1953

  • Sep 12, 1992
  • Feb 3, 1994
  • Aug 7, 1997
  • Spacelab-Japan microgravity research- materials & life sciences
  • First U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir Program; cosmonaut on shuttle
  • Multiple space science packages & telescopes




20Mae Jemison
Oct 17, 1956

  • Sep 12, 1992
  • Spacelab-Japan microgravity research- materials & life sciences


21Susan Helms
Feb 26, 1958

  • Jan 13, 1993
  • Sep 9, 1994
  • Jun 20, 1996
  • May 19, 2000
  • Mar 8, 2001
  • Aug 10, 2001
  • 5th TDRS Satelitte and X-ray spectrometer
  • Optical radar using laser pulses (not radio waves) to study atm
  • 22 life science and microgravity experiments
  • ISS Assembly and Logistics
  • Resupplying ISS & rotating Expedition 1 & Expedition 2 crews.
  • ISS crew rotation and logistics







22Ellen Ochoa

  • 1st shuttle to dock at ISS; 2nd w 3 women crew (STS-96)
May 10, 1958

  • Apr 8, 1993
  • Nov 3, 1994
  • May 27, 1999
  • Apr 8, 2002
  • ATLAS 2 and Ozone Layer
  • ATLAS 3 and Ozone Layer and Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer
  • First to dock to ISS; ISS assembly and set up
  • ISS Assembly of Truss system





23

Nancy J. Currie-Gregg

  • 1st shuttle to launch hardware to ISS
Dec 29, 1958

  • Jun 21, 1993
  • Jul 13, 1995
  • Dec 4, 1998
  • Mar 1, 2002
  • EURECA Satellite retrieval and Bioscience research
  • Launch of TDRS-7 (tracking and data relay satellite) and research
  • Node 1 (Unit), was the first space hardware delivered
  • 4th servicing of the hubble space telescope





24Janice E. Voss
*
Oct 8, 1956
Feb 6, 2012

  • Jun 21, 1993
  • Feb 3, 1995
  • Apr 4, 1997
  • Jul 1, 1997
  • Feb 11, 2000
  • EURECA Satellite retrieval and Bioscience research
  • Rendezvous with Mir; Coca-Cola, CSE, GLO-2
  • Microgravity Research-flight cut short due to fuel cell anomaly
  • Microgravity Laboratory (MSL) 19 materials science in 4 facilities
  • Radar Imaging – SRTM and IFSAR






25Chiaki Mukai
May 6, 1952

  • Jul 8, 1994
  • Oct 29, 1998
  • IML-2 (Intl Microgravity Lab) first animals to conceive & birth in space
  • Bioscience research on 77-yr old John Glenn and Astronomy



26Yelena Kondakova
Mar 30, 1957
  • Oct 3, 1994
  • May 15, 1997
  • Part of Euromir – agreement of ESA and Russia
  • Crewed mission Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station



27Eileen Collins

  • First female shuttle Commander
    (STS-93)
  • Second female shuttle Commander
    (STS-114)
Nov 19, 1956

  • Feb 3, 1995
  • May 15, 1997
  • Jul 23, 1999
  • Jul 26, 2005
  • Rendezvous with Mir; Coca-Cola, CSE, GLO-2
  • Crewed mission Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station
  • Launch the 50,000-lb Chandra X-ray Observatory heaviest payload 
  • Testing Space Shuttle flight safety techniques and deliver supplies





28Wendy B. Lawrence
Jul 2, 1959

  • Mar 2, 1995
  • Sep 26, 1997
  • Jun 2, 1998
  • Jul 26, 2005
  • Astronomy
  • SPACEHAB docking Atlantis Mir, cargo transfer & astronaut exchange
  • Docking of Discovery to Mir and AMS to look for dark/missing matter
  • Testing Space Shuttle flight safety techniques and deliver supplies





29Mary Ellen WeberAug 24, 1962

  • Jul 13, 1995
  • May 19, 2000
  • Launch of TDRS-7 (tracking and data relay satellite) and research
  • ISS Assembly and Logistics



30Catherine Coleman
Dec 14, 1960

  • Oct 20, 1995
  • Jul 23, 1999
  • Dec 15, 2010
  • Second mission for the US Microgravity Laboratory
  • Launch the 50,000-lb Chandra X-ray Observatory heaviest payload 
  • Human spaceflight to ISS as part of the Soyuz programme.





31Claudie Haigneré
May 13, 1957

  • Feb 23, 1996
  • Aug 17, 1996
  • Apr 28, 2001
  • Oct 21, 2001
32Susan Kilrain
Oct 24, 1961

  • Apr 4, 1997
  • Jul 1, 1997
  • Microgravity Research-flight cut short due to fuel cell anomaly
  • Microgravity Laboratory (MSL) 19 materials science in 4 facilities



33Kalpana Chawla **
Mar 17, 1962

Feb 1, 2003
(Space Shuttle Columbia)


  • Nov 19, 1997
  • Jan 16, 2003

34Kathryn P. Hire
Aug 26, 1959

  • Apr 17, 1998
  • Feb 8, 2010

35Janet L. Kavandi
Jul 17, 1959

  • Jun 2, 1998
  • Feb 11, 2000
  • Jul 12, 2001
  • Docking of Discovery to Mir and AMS to look for dark/missing matter
  • Radar Imaging – SRTM and IFSAR



36

Julie Payette

1st shuttle to dock at ISS; 2nd w 3 women crew (STS-96)

Oct 20, 1963

  • May 27, 1999
  • Jul 15, 2009
  • First to dock to ISS; ISS assembly and set up

37Pamela Melroy
Sep 17, 1961

  • Oct 11, 2000
  • Oct 7, 2002
  • Oct 23, 2007

38Peggy Whitson
Feb 9, 1960

  • Jun 5, 2002
  • Nov 24, 2002
  • Oct 10, 2007
  • Nov 17, 2016
  • Sep 3, 2017
  • May 21, 2023





39Sandra Magnus
Oct 30, 1964

  • Oct 7, 2002
  • Nov 15, 2008
  • Mar 15, 2009
  • Jul 8, 2011

40Laurel Clark **
Mar 10, 1961

Feb 1, 2003
(Space Shuttle Columbia)


  • Jan 16, 2003

41Stephanie Wilson
Sep 27, 1966

  • Jul 4, 2006
  • Oct 23, 2007
  • Apr 5, 2010

42Lisa Nowack
May 10, 1963

  • Jul 4, 2006

43Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Feb 7, 1963

  • Sep 9, 2006
  • Nov 14, 2008

44Anousheh Ansari
Sep 12 1966

  • Mar 30, 2006
  • Sep 18, 2006
45Sunita Williams
Sep 19, 1965

  • Dec 9, 2006
  • Jun 8, 2007
  • Jul 15, 2012
  • June 5, 2024
  • Feb 2025




46Joan Higginbotham
Aug 3, 1964

  • Dec 9, 2006

47Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Aug 14, 1969

  • Aug 8, 2007
  • Apr 2, 2010
  • Mar 23, 2024


48Barbara Morgan
Nov 28, 1951

  • Aug 8, 2007

49Yi So-Yeon
Jun 2, 1978

  • Apr 8, 2008
50Karen Nyberg
Oct 7, 1969

  • May 31, 2008
  • May 28, 2013

51K. Megan McArthur
Aug 30, 1971

  • May 11, 2009
  • Apr 23, 2021

52Nicole Stott
Nov 11, 1962

  • Aug 28, 2009
  • Nov 16, 2009
  • Feb 24, 2011

53Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
May 15, 1975

  • Apr 5, 2010

54Naoko Yamazaki
Dec 27, 1970

  • Apr 5, 2010

55Shannon Walker
Jun 4, 1965
  • Jun 15, 2010
  • Nov 15, 2020

56Liu Yang
Oct 6, 1978
  • Jun 16, 2012
  • Jun 5, 2022

57Wang Yaping
Jan 27, 1980
  • Jun 11, 2013
  • Oct 5, 2021

58Yelena Serova
Apr 22, 1976
  • Sep 25, 2014
59Samantha Cristoforetti
Apr 26, 1977
  • Nov 23, 2014
  • Apr 27, 2022

60Kathleen Rubins
Oct 14, 1978
  • Jul 6, 2016
  • Oct 14, 2020
61Serena Auñón-Chancellor
Apr 9, 1976
  • Jun 6, 2018
62Anne McClain
Jun 7, 1979
  • Dec 3, 2018
63Christina Koch

Feb 2, 1979
  • Mar 14, 2019
  • Jul 20, 2019
64Jessica Meir
Jul 15, 1977
  • Sep 25, 2019
65Natalie Beth Moses
May 29, 1969
  • Jul 11, 2021
  • May 25, 2023
  • Aug 10, 2023
  • Sep 8, 2023
  • Oct 6, 2023
66 Sirisha Bandla
Jan 22, 1987
  • Jul 11, 2021
67Sian Proctor
Mar 26, 1970
  • Sep 16, 2021
68Wally Funk
Feb 1, 1939
  • Jul 20, 2021
69Haley Arceneaux
Dec 9, 1991
  • Sep 16, 2021
70Yulia Peresild
Sep 5, 1984
  • Oct 5, 2021
71Audrey Powers
Jan 1, 1976
  • Oct 13, 2021
72Kayla Barron
Sep 19, 1987
  • Nov 10, 2021
73Laura Shepard-ChurchleyJul 2, 1947
  • Dec 11, 2021
74Sharon Hagle
Mar 1, 1949
  • Mar 31, 2022
  • Nov 22, 2024
75 Jessica Watkins
May 14, 1988
  • Apr 27, 2022
76Katya Echazertta
Jun 15, 1995
  • Jun 4, 2022
77Vanessa O’Brien
Dec 2, 1964
  • Aug 4, 2022
78Sara Sabry
May 23, 1993
  • Aug 4, 2022
79Nicole Mann
Jun 27, 1977
  • Oct 5, 2022
80Anna Kikina
Aug 27, 1984
  • Oct 5, 2022
81Rayyanah Barnawi
Sep 1, 1988
  • May 21, 2023
82Jamila GilbertJan 1, 1989
  • May 25, 2023
83Kelly LatimerJan 1, 1964
  • Aug 10, 2023
  • Oct 6, 2023
  • Aug 12, 2023
84Keisha SchahaffMay 30, 2005
  • Aug 10, 2023
85Anastatia MayersSep 27, 2004
  • Aug 10, 2023
86Jasmin Moghbeli
Jun 24, 1983
  • Aug 26, 2023
87Loral O’Hara
May 3, 1983
  • Sep 15, 2023
  • Sep 15, 2023
88Namira Salim
Oct 6, 1975
  • Oct 6, 2023
89Kellie GerardiFeb 16, 1989
  • Nov 2, 2023
90Ketty Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge
Jul 16, 1956
  • Nov 2, 2023
91Lina Yur’evna Borozdina-BirchFeb 9, 1969
  • Jan 26, 2024
92Jeanette EppsNov 3, 1970
  • Mar 4, 2024
93Maryna Vitaleuna VasileuskayaSep 14, 1990
  • Mar 23, 2024
94Carol SchallerJul 31, 1950
  • May 19, 2024
95Nicolina ElrickJun 1, 1971
Aug 29, 2024
96Karsen KitchenJun 1, 2003 Aug 29, 2024
97Sarah Gillis Jan 1, 1994 Sep 10, 2024
98Anna Menon Dec 24, 1985 Sep 10, 2024
99Wang Haoze Mar 1, 1990 Oct 29, 2024
100Emily Calandrelli May 18, 1986 Nov 22, 2024
101Elaine Chia HydeJan 1, 1960
Feb 25, 2025

* Astronauts who died from natural causes

** Astronauts who died from space related accidents

*** Crewed flight test to ISS. Landed uncrewed due to malfunctioning RCS thrusters. The Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth without its crew on September 7, 2024. The crew, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, will remain on the International Space Station (ISS) until February 2025. They will then return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.