Astronauts

Abdul Ahad Mohmand (b. January 1, 1959) was the first Afghan cosmonaut and spent nine days in space aboard the Mir space station in 1988. He currently lives in Stuttgart, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdul Ahad Mohmand"

Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932 in Wheeler, Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alan Bean"

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ( November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) ( Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alan Shepard"

Albert Hanlin Crews, Jr ( March 3, 1923) is a retired astronaut and Colonel in the United States Air Force. He was born on in El Dorado, Arkansas and is married with three children. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert H. Crews"

Albert Sacco, Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an astronaut and chemical engineer who flew as the Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Sacco"

Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971. The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born in Jackson, Michigan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Worden"

André Kuipers (born October 5, 1958, in Amsterdam) is the second Dutch astronaut (the first one being Wubbo Ockels) to engage on a space flight, on April 18 2004. Using the Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4, Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the USA and Kuipers flew to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the Soyuz TMA-3. The other two will stay as ISS crew 9. The Soyuz TMA-4 will also stay. ...more on Wikipedia about "André Kuipers"

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Andrew Michael Allen (born 1955) is a retired United States Astronaut. A former United States Marine Corps aviator and Lt. Colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three shuttle missions before retiring in 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew M. Allen"

Anthony W. England (Ph.D.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthony W. England"

Cuban Mulatto Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez"

An astronaut, cosmonaut ( Russian: космона́вт), spationaut or taikonaut (taikongren, 太空人) is a person who travels into space, or who makes a career of doing so. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary (see edge of space). In the United States, people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (approximately 80 kilometers) are designated as astronauts. The FAI defines spaceflight as over 100 km (approximately 62 miles). As of October 12, 2005, a total of 448 humans have reached space according to the U.S. definition, 442 people qualify under the FAI definition, while 438 people have reached Earth orbit or beyond. These individuals have spent over 28,000 crew-days (or a cumulative total of 76.7 years) in space including over 100 crew-days of spacewalks. A person who has traveled in space is said to hold astronaut wings. Astronauts from at least 34 countries have gone into space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut"

Clarence William "Bill" Nelson (born September 29, 1942) is the senior U.S. Senator from Florida. He is a Democrat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill Nelson (politician)"

Bonnie J. Dunbar (Ph.D.)
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Brent W. Jett, Jr. (Captain, USN) is a NASA astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brent W. Jett, Jr." Come again to www.shortopedia.com shortopedia

Brian Binnie is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brian Binnie"

Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brian Duffy"

Captain Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former naval aviator with the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. In the first of his two space shuttle missions he made the first untethered, free flight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (pictured). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce McCandless II"

Bryan D. O'Connor ( Colonel, USMC, Ret.), a former NASA Astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bryan D. O'Connor"

Colonel Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., Sc.D (born January 20, 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut who became the second human to set foot on the Moon (after Neil Armstrong) during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing. Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He graduated from Montclair High School and attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. He graduated third in his class in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree. Aldrin was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served as a jet fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, where he flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. After leaving Korea, Aldrin was an aerial gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada, and later an aide to the dean of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. After leaving this assignment, Aldrin flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at Bitburg, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buzz Aldrin"

Byron K. Lichtenberg, Sc. D.
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C. Gordon Fullerton is a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments include a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "C. Gordon Fullerton"

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Carl E. Walz (Colonel, USAF) is a NASA astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl E. Walz"

Carl J. Meade (Colonel, USAF) was a NASA astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl J. Meade"

Carlos I. Noriega (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Ret.)
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NAME: Charles A. Bassett , II (Captain, USAF) ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Bassett"

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