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Aidyn Aimbetov
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National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan · Government 1 flight · 9 d 20 h 13 min in space Last flight 1 Sep 2015
Aimbetov was selected to the first Kazakh cosmonaut class in 2002, along with Mukhtar Aimakhanov, out of a pool of 2,000 candidates. From 2003 to 2009, he trained in Russia as a cosmonaut at Star City. He returned to…
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Akihiko Hoshide
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Government 3 flights · 340 d 11 h 9 min in space · 4 spacewalks Last flight 23 Apr 2021
Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. His space selfies from 2012, including another space selfie that was posted on…
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Aleksandr Gorbunov
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 1 flight · 171 d 4 h 39 min in space Last flight 28 Sep 2024
Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the military department with a specialty…
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Aleksandr Kaleri
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 5 flights · 769 d 6 h 35 min in space · 5 spacewalks Last flight 7 Oct 2010
Aleksandr Yuriyevich "Sasha" Kaleri (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Калери; born Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, USSR, 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International…
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Aleksey Ovchinin
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 4 flights · 595 d 4 h 47 min in space · 1 spacewalk Last flight 11 Sep 2024
Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin born 28 September 1971 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR is a Russian Air Force Major and cosmonaut, who was selected in 2006. Ovchinin made his first spaceflight in 2016, and was…
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Alexander Gerst
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European Space Agency · Government 2 flights · 362 d 1 h 49 min in space · 1 spacewalk Last flight 6 Jun 2018
Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to…
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Alexander Grebenkin
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 1 flight · 235 d 3 h 35 min in space Last flight 3 Mar 2024
Alexander Grebenkin is a Russian cosmonaut with a background in radio communications engineering.
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Alexander Misurkin
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 3 flights · 346 d 7 h 3 min in space · 4 spacewalks Last flight 7 Dec 2021
Alexander Alexanderovich Misurkin (Russian: Aлександр Aлександрович Мисуркин) born on September 23, 1977, a major in the Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He flew aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on 28…
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Alexey Zubritsky
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 1 flight · 244 d 23 h 16 min in space · 2 spacewalks Last flight 7 Apr 2025
Russian cosmonaut from the 2018 selection
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Ali AlQarni
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Saudi Space Agency · Government 1 flight · 9 d 5 h 27 min in space Last flight 21 May 2023
Ali AlQarni is an astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and serving as a mission specialist on the Ax-2 mission. AlQarni graduated with a Bachelor of Aerospace Science from King Faisal Air Academy. AlQarni…
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Alper Gezeravci
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Turkish Air Force · Government 1 flight · 21 d 15 h 40 min in space Last flight 18 Jan 2024
Fighter pilot trained on F16, first Turkish astronaut.
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Andre Douglas
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government 0 flights · 0 min in space
Andre Douglas is a Virginia native. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, a master’s…
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Andreas Mogensen
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European Space Agency · Government 2 flights · 208 d 22 h 32 min in space Last flight 25 Aug 2023
Andreas Enevold Mogensen (born November 2, 1976) is a Danish engineer and astronaut. He was the first Dane to fly in space as part of the iriss programme On September 2, 2015, Mogensen was launched with Soyuz TMA-18M to…
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Andrei Babkin
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 0 flights · 0 min in space
Andrei Nikolaevich Babkin (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ба́бкин) is a Russian Engineer and Cosmonaut who was selected in April 2010.
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Andrei Fedyaev
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 2 flights · 423 d 4 h 1 min in space Last flight 13 Feb 2026
Andrei Valerievich Fedyaev (Андрей Валерьевич Федяев) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a military pilot prior to retiring from Air Force in 2013, and was selected as a cosmonaut in 2012. ISS-69 expedition will be…
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Angelo Landolfi
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Italian Air Force · Government 1 flight · 13 min in space Last flight 29 Jun 2023
Italian Air Force physician selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.
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Anil Menon
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government 1 flight · 95 d 11 h 4 min in space · 3 spacewalks Last flight 14 Jul 2026
Anil Menon is a US Air Force lieutenant colonel from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company’s first humans to space during NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission and building a…
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Anna Kikina
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 2 flights · 252 d 21 h 5 min in space Last flight 14 Jul 2026
Anna Yuryevna Kikina is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. Kikina is assigned to Crew-5 mission which is to launch in 2022. The seat was arranged as a part of exchange agreement between Roscosmos…
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Anne McClain
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government 2 flights · 351 d 4 h 57 min in space · 3 spacewalks Last flight 14 Mar 2025
Anne Charlotte McClain is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army currently assigned to NASA Astronaut Group 21.
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Anton Shkaplerov
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 4 flights · 709 d 8 h 4 min in space · 3 spacewalks Last flight 5 Oct 2021
Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov (Russian: Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров) (born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights and is a former Commander of the…
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Arutyun Kiviryan
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Government 0 flights · 0 min in space
Arutyun Kiviryan graduated from Saint Petersburg Suvorov Military School in 2010 and later studied at the Baltic State Technical University. He graduated in 2015 as an engineer specializing in rocket science and…
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Ayu Yoneda
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Government 0 flights · 0 min in space
Ayu Yoneda is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. She was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2023. Yoneda previously worked at the University of Tokyo Hospital and the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center. Yoneda…
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Beth Moses
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Virgin Galactic · Private 5 flights · 1 h 25 min in space Last flight 6 Oct 2023
Beth Moses is Chief Astronaut Instructor and Interiors Program Manager for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo program, and is a commercial astronaut. She was the first woman to make a spaceflight on a commercially launched…
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Cai Xuzhe
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China National Space Administration · Government 2 flights · 364 d 18 h 6 min in space · 5 spacewalks Last flight 29 Oct 2024
Chinese astronaut from the CNSA Group-2 selection (2010).
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Chen Dong
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China National Space Administration · Government 3 flights · 418 d 15 h 16 min in space · 6 spacewalks Last flight 24 Apr 2025
Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was selected to fly on the Shenzhou 11…
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Chen Zhongrui
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China National Space Administration · Government 1 flight · 203 d 23 h 22 min in space · 2 spacewalks Last flight 24 Apr 2025
Chen Zhongrui is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in September 2003, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in…
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Christina Koch
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government 2 flights · 337 d 15 h 30 min in space · 6 spacewalks Last flight 1 Apr 2026
Christina Hammock Koch (born January 29, 1979) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.
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Christopher Ferguson
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Boeing · Commercial 3 flights · 40 d 10 h 3 min in space Last flight 8 Jul 2011
Christopher J. Ferguson is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on…
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Christopher Huie
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Virgin Galactic · Private 1 flight · 14 min in space Last flight 25 May 2023
Aerospace engineer, senior manager of Virgin Galactic's Flight Sciences Engineering team.
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Christopher Williams
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Government 1 flight · 241 d 59 min in space · 1 spacewalk Last flight 26 Nov 2025
Christopher Williams grw up in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a doctorate in physics from MIT in 2012, where his research was in astrophysics…
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Chun Wang
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SpaceX · Private 1 flight · 3 d 14 h 32 min in space Last flight 31 Mar 2025
Chun Wang is a Chinese-born Maltese cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur.
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Clint Nichols
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Virgin Galactic · Private 11 flights · 12 h in space Last flight 5 Sep 2013
Clint Nichols is an Aerospace Engineer and Test Pilot for Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceflight program. Birthdate is unknown.
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Colin Bennett
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Virgin Galactic · Private 4 flights · 59 min in space Last flight 2 Nov 2023
Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.
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David Mackay
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Virgin Galactic · Private 19 flights · 1 h 57 min in space Last flight 11 Jul 2021
Astronaut David William Donald Mackay AFC is the British Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic, and a former RAF test pilot. He is the first native-born Scot to visit space.
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David Saint-Jacques
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Canadian Space Agency · Government 1 flight · 203 d 12 h 28 min in space · 1 spacewalk Last flight 3 Dec 2018
David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He was also an engineer, an astrophysicist, and a physician prior to joining the CSA. He was selected to join the CSA in the 2009 CSA…
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Deng Qingming
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China National Space Administration · Government 1 flight · 186 d 7 h 24 min in space Last flight 29 Nov 2022
Deng Qingming is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in the Jiangxi province of China. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in…
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