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2004 Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77
2003 David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, 2003 Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 2003 Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42 2003 Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 2003 William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 2001 Patricia Hilliard Robertson, astronaut, dies at 38 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1998 Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74 1998 Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1997 Henry C. Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71 1996 Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), dies at 59 1994 Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46 1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 1993 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1993 Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66 1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61 1991 James Irwin, American Astronaut 1990 Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 1989 Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS-51-D), dies plane crash at 59 1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 1986 Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1983 Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space 1982 John Leonard Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut 1982 Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut 1970 James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39 1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 1967 Clifton C Williams, Jr., astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash 1967 Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38 1967 Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Captain USAF/astronaut 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1967 Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire 1967 Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire 1966 Stephanie D Wilson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 1966 Elliot McKay See, Jr., astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash 1965 Soichi Noguchi, born in Yokohama, Japan, astronaut 1964 Theodore C Freeman, astronaut, dies at 34 in a T-38 jet air crash 1964 Sandra H Magnus, Belleville, Illinois, PhD/astronaut 1964 Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1964 Salizhan Sharkirovich Sharipov, Kirhizia, astronaut, STS-89 1964 Joan E. Higginbotham, born in Chicago, Illinois, astronaut 1964 Paul W. Richards, Scranton, Pennsylvania, astronaut 1964 James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Captain USAF/astronaut 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1964 Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1964 Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1963 Julie Payette, born in Montreal, Quebec, astronaut 1963 Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut, STS-72, sk: 92 1963 Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-84 1963 Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95 1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Captain USAF/astronaut 1962 Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-70 1962 Michael J Massimino, born in Oceanside, New York, PhD/astronaut 1962 Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, born in Mordovia, astronaut, Mir 18, STS-71 1962 Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-85, sk: 99 1961 Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Captain USMC/astronaut 1961 Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1961 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 1961 Frederick W. Sturckow, born in La Mesa, California, USMC Captain and astronaut, STS-88 1961 Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95 1961 Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut 1961 Kalpana Chawla, Karnal, India, astronaut, STS-87 1961 Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park, Maryland, astronaut 1960 Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 1960 James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS-90 1960 Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, astronaut, STS-65, 72, sk: 92 1960 Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-87 1960 Alexander W. Dunlap, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, astronaut 1960 Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut 1960 Richard A. Mastracchio, Waterbury, Connecticut, astronaut 1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut 1959 Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 1959 Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls, Minnesota, astronaut 1959 R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1959 Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut, STS-66, 84 1959 Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS-84, sk 97 1959 Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut, STS-74, sk: 99 1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 1959 Wendy B. Lawrence, born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS-67, 86, sk:91 1959 Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astronaut, STS-40, 52, 67, 80 1959 Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut 1959 Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-86 1958 Steven L Smith, Phoenix Arizona, astronaut, STS-68, 82 1958 Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-67, 81 1958 Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-72, sk:81 1958 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1958 David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1958 Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 68, 81/84 1958 Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, astronaut 1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 1958 Ellen Ochoa, born in Los Angeles, California, PhD/Astronaut, STS-56, 66 1958 Susan J. Helms, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-54, 64, 78 1958 Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-89 1958 Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisconsin, Major Army/astronaut 1957 Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1957 Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, astronaut, sk: STS-83 1957 Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-78, sk: 90 1957 Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 1957 Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1957 William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt 1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1957 Paul D. Ronney, born in Los Angeles, California, ScD/astronaut, STS-83 alt 1957 Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut 1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1957 Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-75, 82 1957 Christer Fuglesang, born in Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut, Mir backup 1957 C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut, STS-45, 56, 63, 84/86 1956 Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58 1956 Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth, Virginia, USN/astronaut, STS-50, 61, 73, 82 1956 Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS-47 1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS-51, 69 1956 James Newman, American Astronaut 1956 Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1956 James Donald Halsell, Jr., Monroe, Louisiana, astronaut, STS-65, 74, 83, 94 1956 Kevin R Kregel, born in New York City, New York, Pilot/astronaut, STS-70, 78, 87 1956 David A. Wolf, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, MD/astronaut, STS-58, sk: 89/91 1956 Kent V. Rominger, born in Del Norte, Colorado, U.S. Navy /astronaut, STS-73, 80, 85 1956 Bernard A. Harris, Jr., born in Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut, STS-55, 63 1956 Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS-58 alt, sk: 90 1956 Richard A. Searfoss, born in Mount Clemons, Michigan, Astronaut, STS-58, 76, sk 90 1956 Mark L Polansky, Paterson, New Jersey, pilot/astronaut 1956 Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield, Ohio, astronaut, STS-69, 83, 94, sk 100 1956 Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1956 David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Comander USN/astronaut 1956 Gregory J Harbaugh, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-39, 54, 71, 82 1956 Curtis L. Brown, Jr., North Carolina, astronaut, STS-47, STS-66, 77, 85, sk:95 1956 George David Low, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-32, STS-43 1955 Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS-85, sk:95 1955 Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65 1955 Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-51, 65, 79 1955 Andrew M. Allen, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Captain USMC/astronaut, STS-46, 62, 75 1955 Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-55, 71, 84, sk:91 1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1955 Donald A Thomas, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94 1955 Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut 1955 Piers J. Sellers, Sussex England, PhD and astronaut 1955 Renate Bruemmer, astronaut and cosmonaut 1955 Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS-59, 68, 80, sk: 98 1955 Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84 1954 Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS-55 1954 Steven Glenwood MacLean, Ottawa Ontario, astronaut, STS-52 1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/Astronaut, STS-49, 59, 76 1954 Takao Doi, Tokyo, Japan, astronaut, STS-87 1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75 1954 Jeffrey S. Ashby, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut, sk: STS-85 1954 [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1954 James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100 1953 Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72 1953 N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-47, 60, 85 1953 Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81 1953 Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz, Germany, astronaut 1953 Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS-78 1953 Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1953 Ellen L. Shulman Baker, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-34, 50, 71 1953 Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Ronald Michael Sega, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-60, 76 1952 Michael "Rich"ard Clifford, Cal, Army/Astronaut, STS-53, 59, 76 1952 Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS-33, 49, 61, 73 1952 Thomas J Hennen, Albany Georgia, astronaut, STS-44 1952 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 1952 Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut 1952 Terence Tom Henricks, born in Bryan, Ohio, USAF/astronaut, STS-44, 55, 70, 78 1952 Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS-37, 59, 76 1952 Donald R. McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-39, 54, 66 1952 Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut 1952 Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut, STS-65, sk:95 1952 James Philip Bagian, Philadelphia, MDPE/astronaut, STS-29, STS-40 1952 Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut, STS-23 1952 Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS-42, 51, 79 1951 Fred W. Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1951 Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 1951 Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 1951 Kathryn D Sullivan, Paterson, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 31, 45 1951 Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut 1951 Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78 1951 William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., born in North Carolina, astronaut, STS-58, 74, sk: 92 1951 Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Stephen S. Oswald, born in Seattle Washington, astronaut, STS-42, 56, 67 1951 Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 1951 Sally Kristen Ride, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st U.S. woman astronaut, STS-7, STS 41G 1951 Sally Ride, American Astronaut 1951 Ronald A. Parise, Warren, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1951 Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-41, 49, 61, 79 1951 John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut 1951 Marsha S. Ivins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-32, 46, 62, 81 1951 Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut, STS-87 1950 Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-38, STS-50, 64 1950 Winston E Scott, born in Miami, Florida, USN Commander/astronaut, STS-72, 87 1950 George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26 1950 Kenneth D. Cockrell, born in Austin Texas, Astronaut, STS-56, 69, 80 1950 Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astronaut, STS-61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91 1950 David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 1950 Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97 1949 Bruce E Melnick, New York City, Commander USCG/astronaut, STS-41, STS-49 1949 Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Terrence W. Wilcutt, Russellville, Kentucky, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-68, 79 1949 Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1949 Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A 1949 William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52 1949 Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 1949 David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 45 1949 Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-37, 47, 59, 79 1949 Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany, astronaut, STS-78 1949 Bonnie J. Dunbar, born Sunnyside, Washington, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89 1949 James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS-44, 53, 69 1949 Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS-13, 77 1949 Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut, STS-42 1948 Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-8, STS-51A 1948 Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut, STS-25 1948 Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut 1948 Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23 1948 Wubbo J. Ockels, born in Almelo, Netherlands, astronaut, STS-22 1948 Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, astronaut, STS-9, STS-45 1948 Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut, STS-47 1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 1947 Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58 1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., born in Macon, Georgia, USN/astronaut, STS-33 1947 Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-B, STS-30 1946 Terry J Hart, Pittsburgh Penn, astronaut, STS-41C 1946 Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut, STS-46 1946 Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-61B, STS-40 1946 Richard Richards, American Astronaut 1946 Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Richard O Covey, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAF/astronaut, STS-51I, 26, 38, 61 1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I 1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 1946 James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1946 Michael L Coats, Sacramento California, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-41-D, 29, 39 1945 Millie Hughes-Fulford, Wells, Texas, astronaut, STS-40 1945 Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS-85 1945 Richard M. Mullane, born in Texas, USAF/astronaut, STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36 1945 Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 1945 Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut, STS-22 1945 Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 1945 Michael J. Smith, born in Beaufort, North Carolina, Commander USN, astronaut, 51L-Challenger disaster 1944 Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75 1944 Loren J. Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 1944 Charles Lacy Veach, born in Chicago, Illinois, astronaut, STS-39, STS-52 1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B 1944 Claude Nicollier, born in Vevey, Switzerland, astronaut, STS-61-K, 46, 61, 75 1944 Gregory Bruce Jarvis, born in Detroit, Michigan, astronaut, STS-25 1944 James "Ox" D A van Hoften, born in Fresno California, astronaut, STS-11, STS-20 1943 Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1943 Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-41G 1943 Michael J McCulley, born in San Diego, California, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-34 1943 Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F 1943 John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77 1943 Norman E. Thagard, born in Marianna, Florida, MD/astronaut, STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir 1943 John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51G, 36, 48 1943 Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS-51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79 1942 Bill Nelson,born in Miami, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1991, Senator-D-Florida 2001 -, astronaut, STS-61C 1942 William C. Nelson, rep/astronaut, STS-24 1942 John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS-29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81 1942 Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J 1942 Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38 1942 Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-F 1942 Donald E. Williams, Lafayette, Indiana, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51D, STS-34 1941 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS-9, 42, Soyuz TM-19 1941 Michael L. Lampton, born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, astronaut 1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-B, 33, 44 1940 Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut, STS-22 1940 Brian T O'Leary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1939 Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33 1939 Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS-41C, 51L-Chal disaster 1939 Donald L. Holmquest, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut 1939 William Benjamin Lenoir, born in Miami, Florida, astronaut, STS-5 1939 John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-7, STS-51G 1937 Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 1937 Robert L Crippen, Beaumont, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-1, 7, 41C, 41G 1937 Robert Crippen, American Astronaut 1937 Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A 1937 Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut, STS 41B, STS-31 1936 Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1936 Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4 1936 Charles G Fullerton, born in Rochester, New York, astronaut, STS-3, 51F 1936 Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B 1936 Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C 1936 Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3 1935 John L Finley, USAF/astronaut 1935 Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1935 Charles M. Duke, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brigadier General USAF and astronaut, Apollo 16 1935 Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut 1935 F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut, STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80 1935 Story Musgrave, American Astronaut 1935 Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Jack Schmitt, American Astronaut 1935 Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support 1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1935 Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut 1935 Kenneth Money, Canada, astronaut, STS-42-alt 1934 John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut 1934 F. Curtis Michel, born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, astronaut 1934 Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Captain USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17 1933 Fred W. Haise, Jr., Biloxi Mississippi, astronaut, Apollo 13 STS-T-1, T-3, T-5 1933 Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 1933 John A. Llewellyn, born in Cardiff, Wales, astronaut 1933 James A. Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut 1932 Robert T Herres, born in Denver, Colorado, USAF/astronaut 1932 Richard E Lawyer, born in Los Angeles, California, astronaut 1932 Jake Garn, born in Richfield, Utah, Senator-R-Utah 1974 - 1993, and astronaut STS-51D 1932 Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 1932 Joe H. Engle, born in Abilene, Kansas, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 51I 1932 Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4 1932 Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6 1932 David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 1932 Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Ap 12, Skylab 3 1932 Alan Bean, American Astronaut 1932 Joseph P. Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Captain Med Corps USN/astronaut, Skylab 2 1932 Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1931 Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut 1931 John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13 1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 1931 Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut 1930 James M Taylor, Stamps ARK, USAF/astronaut 1930 Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-9 1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9 1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 14 1930 Thomas P. Stafford, born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18 1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7 1930 Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., born in Philadelphia, USN/astronaut, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2 1930 Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS-51-B 1930 James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1930 James Irwin, American Astronaut 1930 Theodore C. Freeman, Haverford Penn, Captain USAF/astronaut 1930 William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1930 Buzz Aldrin, born in Montclair, New Jersey, USAF/astronaut, Gem 12, Ap 11 1930 Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1929 William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., born in in Seattle, Washington, Captain USN and astronaut, Gemini 11, Apollo 12 1929 James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9 1929 William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 1929 Albert H. Crews, astronaut 1928 Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut, X-20 1928 Frank Borman, born in Gary, Indiana, astronaut, Gemini 7, Apollo 8, CEO, Eastern Airline 1927 Elliot McKay See, Jr., Dallas Texas, astronaut 1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5 1927 Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut 1926 Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS-51-F 1926 Milton O. Thompson, astronaut, Dynasoar, X-15 1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1925 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7 1924 James W. Wood, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1924 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1923 Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1923 Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 1921 John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio |
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