Famous Astronauts

• Aldrin, Buzz

  The second man on the moon

• Armstrong, Neil

  The first human to walk on the moon

• Bluford, Guion

  The first Black American to fly in space

• Carpenter, Scott

   The astronaut who also lived on Sealab

• Collins, Michael

  The pilot of Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module

• Cooper, Gordon

  Mercury 7 astronaut and pilot of Gemini 5

• Gagarin, Yuri

  The first human in space

• Glenn, John

  The first American to orbit Earth

• Ham the Chimp

  America's first chimpanzee in space

• Jemison, Mae

  The first Black American woman in space

• Laika the Dog

  The first dog to orbit the Earth

• McAuliffe, Christa

  The teacher who died in the Challenger explosion

• Ride, Sally

  The first American woman in space

• Shepard, Alan

  The first American in space

• Slayton, Donald K. "Deke"

  The 'Original Seven' astronaut who later flew Apollo-Soyuz

• Tereshkova, Valentina

  The first woman in space

• Young, John

  The first astronaut to pilot the space shuttle

See: Index by Occupation