People in Space

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Anil Menon
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
113 d 11 h 6 min
Date
14 Jul 2026, 10:47 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
1 d 2 h 40 min
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
Organization
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
2
Time in space
270 d 21 h 6 min
Date
14 Jul 2026, 10:47 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
0 min
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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Jessica Watkins
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
2
Time in space
204 d 23 h 44 min
Date
1 Oct 2026, 11:10 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
0 min
Jessica Andrea Watkins is an American geologist, former international rugby player, and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.
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Joshua Kutryk
Organization
Canadian Space Agency
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
34 d 10 h 43 min
Date
1 Oct 2026, 11:10 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
7 h 11 min
Joshua Kutryk, a Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant colonel, is from Beauvallon, Alberta. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, as well as master’s degrees in space studies, flight test engineering, and…
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Lai Ka-ying
Organization
China National Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
164 d 10 h 46 min
Date
24 May 2026, 11:08 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
0 min
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Laika
Organization
Soviet Space Program
Nationality
Status
Deceased
Flights
1
Time in space
25203 d 23 h 25 min
Date
2 Nov 1957, 21:30 EST
Country
Category
Non-Human
Spacewalk time
0 min
Laika was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth
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Luke Delaney
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
34 d 10 h 43 min
Date
1 Oct 2026, 11:10 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
0 min
Luke Delaney is a retired US Marine Corps major who grew up in Debary, Florida. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from University of North Florida and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Naval…
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Pyotr Dubrov
Organization
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
2
Time in space
468 d 14 h 50 min
Date
14 Jul 2026, 10:47 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
1 d 5 h 49 min
Dubrov was selected by Roscosmos as a cosmonaut on 8 October 2012, as one of eight cosmonauts selected as part of Roscosmos's 2012 selection group. In 2020 he was assigned to the backup crew of Soyuz MS-17, backing up…
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Sergey Teteryatnikov
Organization
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
34 d 10 h 45 min
Date
1 Oct 2026, 11:10 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
0 min
Sergey Teteryatnikov graduated from the Naval Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011 as an engineer specializing in ship power plant operations. Before his selection as a test cosmonaut, Teteryatnikov served in…
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Starman
Organization
SpaceX
Nationality
???
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
3193 d 5 h 8 min
Date
6 Feb 2018, 15:45 EST
Country
???
Category
Non-Human
Spacewalk time
0 min
"Starman" is a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupying the driver's seat of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, launched to an heliocentric orbit on Falcon Heavy's inaugural launch.
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Zhang Zhiyuan
Organization
China National Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
1
Time in space
164 d 10 h 46 min
Date
24 May 2026, 11:08 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
5 h 29 min
Zhang Zhiyuan is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2011…
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Zhu Yangzhu
Organization
China National Space Administration
Nationality
Status
Active
Flights
2
Time in space
318 d 9 h 26 min
Date
24 May 2026, 11:08 EDT
Country
Category
Government
Spacewalk time
13 h 24 min
Zhu Yangzhu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2005, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 2006.
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