NASA - Astronauts
Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to become a NASA Astronaut? The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. The term "cosmonaut" refers to those space sailors who are members of the Russian space program.
The crew of each launched spacecraft is made up of astronauts or cosmonauts drawn from the various categories. The crew assignments and duties of commander, pilot, mission specialist, or payload specialist are drawn from the NASA professional career astronauts. Mission Applicants for the Astronaut Candidate Program must be citizens of the United States.
The Astronauts, with the most recent first:
Vance Brand - Commander
Robert L. Gibson - Pilot
Bruce McCandeless - Mission Specialist
Ronald E. McNair - Mission Specialist
Robert L. Stewart - Mission Specialist
STS-9
John W. Young - Commander
Brewster H. Shaw - Pilot
Owen Garriott - Mission Specialist
Robert A. Parker - Mission Specialist
Ulf Merbold - Specialist
Byron K. Licchtnberg - Payload Specialist
STS-8
Richard H. Truly - Commander
Daniel C. Brandenstein - Pilot
Dale A. Gardner - Mission Specialist
Guion S. Bluford - Mission Specialist
William E. Thornton - Mission Specialist
STS-7
Robert Crippen - Commander
Frederick H. Hauck - Pilot
John M. Fabian - Mission Specialist
Sally K. Ride - Mission Specialist
Norman E. Thagerd - Mission Specialist
STS-6
Paul Weitz - Commander
Karol J. Bobko - Pilot
Donald H. Peterson - Mission Specialist
Story Musgrave - Mission Specialist
STS-5
Vance Brand - Commander
Robert F. Overmyer - Pilot
Joseph P. Allen - Mission Specialist
William B. Lenoir - Mission Specialist
STS-4
Thomas K. Mattingly
Henry W. Hartsfield
STS-3
Jack Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
STS-2
Joseph H. Engle
Richard H. Truly
STS-1
John W. Young
Robert Crippen
Skylab 4
Gerald Carr - Commander
William Pogue - Pilot
Edward Gibson - Science pilot
Skylab 3
Alan Bean
Jack Lousma
Owen Garriott
Skylab 2
Pete Conrad
Paul Weitz - Pilot
Joseph Kerwin - Science pilot
Apollo 17
Gene Cernan
Ron Evens
Harrison Schmitt
Apollo 16
John W. Young - Commander
Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly Jr. - Command module pilot
Charles Duke Jr. - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 15
David Scott - Commander
Alfred Worden - Command module pilot
James Irwin - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 14
Alan Shepard - Commander
Stuart Roosa - Command module pilot
Edgar Mitchell - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 13
James A. Lovell - Commander
Jack Swigert - Command module pilot
Fred Haise - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 12
Pete Conrad - Commander
Richard Gordon - Command module pilot
Alan Bean - Lunar module pilot
*Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong
Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin
Michael Collins
Apollo 10
Thomas Stafford - Commander
John W. Young - Command module pilot
Eugene Cernan - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 9
James McDivitt - Commander
David Scott - Command module pilot
Russel Schweickart - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 8
Wally Schirra - Commander
Donn Eisele - Command module pilot
Walter Cunningham - Lunar module pilot
Apollo 7
Wally Schirra - Commander
Donn Eisele - Command module pilot
Walter Cunningham - Lunar module pilot
X- 15 Flight 191
Michael J. Adams
Gemini 12
Jim Lovell - Command Pilot
Edwin Aldrin - Pilot
Gemini 11
Pete Conrad - Command Pilot
Richard Gordon - Pilot
Gemini 10
John W. Young - Command Pilot
Micheal Collins - Pilot
Gemini 9A
Thomas Stafford - Command Pilot
Eugene Cernan - Pilot
Gemini 8
Neil Armstrong - Command Pilot
David Scott - Pilot
Gemini 6A
Wally Schirra - Command Pilot
Thomas Stafford - Pilot
Gemini 7
Frank Borman - Command Pilot
Jim Lovell - Pilot
Gemini 5
Gordon Cooper - Command Pilot
Pete Conrad - Pilot
Gemini 4
James McDivitt - Command Pilot
Edward White - Pilot
Frank Borman - Command Pilot
James A. Lovell - Pilot
Gemini 3
Virgil I. "Gus" Grission - Command Pilot
John W. Young - Pilot
X - 15 Flight 91
Gordon Cooper
X - 15 Flight 90
Joseph A. Walker
Mercury 9
Gordon Cooper
Mercury 8
Wally Schirra
Mercury Atlantis 7
Scott Carpenter
Mercury Atlantis 6
John Glenn
Mercury 4
Virgil I. "Gus" Grission
Freedom 7
Alan Shepard
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