2013 Event Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the earth on Mercury 7, dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 88 2013 Event The Astronaut Hall of Fame inducts three new members: Curtis Brown, Eileen Collins, and Bonnie Dunbar 2012 Event Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person on the Moon, dies at age 82 2012 Event America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 61 2004 Death Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77 2003 Death David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, 2003 Death Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 2003 Death Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Death Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Death Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42 2003 Death Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 2003 Death William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Death Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 2001 Death Patricia Hilliard Robertson, astronaut, dies at 38 1999 Death Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1998 Death Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74 1998 Death Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1997 Death Henry C. Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71 1996 Death Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), dies at 59 1994 Death Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46 1993 Death Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 1993 Death Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1993 Death Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66 1991 Death James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61 1991 Death James Irwin, American Astronaut 1990 Death Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 1989 Death Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS-51-D), dies plane crash at 59 1987 Death Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 1986 Death Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 1986 Death Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Death Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Death Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1983 Event Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space 1982 Death John Leonard Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 1982 Event Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut 1982 Event Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut 1970 Death James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39 1967 Death Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 1967 Death Clifton C Williams, Jr., astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash 1967 Death Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38 1967 Event Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Death Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Birthday Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Captain USAF/astronaut 1967 Death Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1967 Death Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire 1967 Death Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire 1966 Birthday Stephanie D Wilson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1966 Death Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 1966 Death Elliot McKay See, Jr., astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash 1965 Birthday Soichi Noguchi, born in Yokohama, Japan, astronaut 1964 Death Theodore C Freeman, astronaut, dies at 34 in a T-38 jet air crash 1964 Birthday Sandra H Magnus, Belleville, Illinois, PhD/astronaut 1964 Birthday Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1964 Birthday Salizhan Sharkirovich Sharipov, Kirhizia, astronaut, STS-89 1964 Birthday Joan E. Higginbotham, born in Chicago, Illinois, astronaut 1964 Birthday Paul W. Richards, Scranton, Pennsylvania, astronaut 1964 Birthday James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Captain USAF/astronaut 1964 Event Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1964 Birthday Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1964 Birthday Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut 1963 Birthday Julie Payette, born in Montreal, Quebec, astronaut 1963 Birthday Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut, STS-72, sk: 92 1963 Birthday Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-84 1963 Birthday Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Birthday Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95 1963 Birthday Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1963 Birthday Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1962 Birthday Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Captain USAF/astronaut 1962 Birthday Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-70 1962 Birthday Michael J Massimino, born in Oceanside, New York, PhD/astronaut 1962 Birthday Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, born in Mordovia, astronaut, Mir 18, STS-71 1962 Birthday Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-85, sk: 99 1961 Birthday Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Captain USMC/astronaut 1961 Birthday Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1961 Birthday William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birthday Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 1961 Birthday Frederick W. Sturckow, born in La Mesa, California, USMC Captain and astronaut, STS-88 1961 Birthday Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95 1961 Birthday Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut 1961 Birthday Kalpana Chawla, Karnal, India, astronaut, STS-87 1961 Birthday Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birthday Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park, Maryland, astronaut 1960 Birthday Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 1960 Birthday James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS-90 1960 Birthday Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, astronaut, STS-65, 72, sk: 92 1960 Birthday Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-87 1960 Birthday Alexander W. Dunlap, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, astronaut 1960 Birthday Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut 1960 Birthday Richard A. Mastracchio, Waterbury, Connecticut, astronaut 1960 Birthday Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut 1959 Birthday Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89 1959 Birthday Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 1959 Birthday Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls, Minnesota, astronaut 1959 Birthday R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1959 Birthday Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut, STS-66, 84 1959 Birthday Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS-84, sk 97 1959 Birthday Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut, STS-74, sk: 99 1959 Birthday Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Birthday Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Birthday Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 1959 Birthday Wendy B. Lawrence, born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS-67, 86, sk:91 1959 Birthday Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astronaut, STS-40, 52, 67, 80 1959 Birthday Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut 1959 Birthday Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-86 1958 Birthday Steven L Smith, Phoenix Arizona, astronaut, STS-68, 82 1958 Birthday Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 Birthday John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-67, 81 1958 Birthday Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-72, sk:81 1958 Birthday John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1958 Birthday David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1958 Birthday Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 68, 81/84 1958 Birthday Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, astronaut 1958 Birthday Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 1958 Birthday Ellen Ochoa, born in Los Angeles, California, PhD/Astronaut, STS-56, 66 1958 Birthday Susan J. Helms, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-54, 64, 78 1958 Birthday Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-89 1958 Birthday Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisconsin, Major Army/astronaut 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, astronaut, sk: STS-83 1957 Birthday Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-78, sk: 90 1957 Birthday Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 1957 Birthday Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1957 Birthday William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1957 Birthday Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt 1957 Birthday Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1957 Birthday Paul D. Ronney, born in Los Angeles, California, ScD/astronaut, STS-83 alt 1957 Birthday Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut 1957 Birthday Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1957 Birthday Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-75, 82 1957 Birthday Christer Fuglesang, born in Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut, Mir backup 1957 Birthday C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut, STS-45, 56, 63, 84/86 1956 Birthday Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58 1956 Birthday Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 1956 Birthday Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth, Virginia, USN/astronaut, STS-50, 61, 73, 82 1956 Birthday Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS-47 1956 Birthday James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS-51, 69 1956 Birthday James Newman, American Astronaut 1956 Birthday Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1956 Birthday James Donald Halsell, Jr., Monroe, Louisiana, astronaut, STS-65, 74, 83, 94 1956 Birthday Kevin R Kregel, born in New York City, New York, Pilot/astronaut, STS-70, 78, 87 1956 Birthday David A. Wolf, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, MD/astronaut, STS-58, sk: 89/91 1956 Birthday Kent V. Rominger, born in Del Norte, Colorado, U.S. Navy /astronaut, STS-73, 80, 85 1956 Birthday Bernard A. Harris, Jr., born in Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut, STS-55, 63 1956 Birthday Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS-58 alt, sk: 90 1956 Birthday Richard A. Searfoss, born in Mount Clemons, Michigan, Astronaut, STS-58, 76, sk 90 1956 Birthday Mark L Polansky, Paterson, New Jersey, pilot/astronaut 1956 Birthday Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield, Ohio, astronaut, STS-69, 83, 94, sk 100 1956 Birthday Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1956 Birthday David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Comander USN/astronaut 1956 Birthday Gregory J Harbaugh, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-39, 54, 71, 82 1956 Birthday Curtis L. Brown, Jr., North Carolina, astronaut, STS-47, STS-66, 77, 85, sk:95 1956 Birthday George David Low, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-32, STS-43 1955 Birthday Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS-85, sk:95 1955 Birthday Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65 1955 Birthday Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-51, 65, 79 1955 Birthday Andrew M. Allen, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Captain USMC/astronaut, STS-46, 62, 75 1955 Birthday Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Birthday Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-55, 71, 84, sk:91 1955 Birthday Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1955 Birthday Donald A Thomas, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94 1955 Birthday Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut 1955 Birthday Piers J. Sellers, Sussex England, PhD and astronaut 1955 Birthday Renate Bruemmer, astronaut and cosmonaut 1955 Birthday Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS-59, 68, 80, sk: 98 1955 Birthday Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84 1954 Birthday Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS-55 1954 Birthday Steven Glenwood MacLean, Ottawa Ontario, astronaut, STS-52 1954 Birthday Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/Astronaut, STS-49, 59, 76 1954 Birthday Takao Doi, Tokyo, Japan, astronaut, STS-87 1954 Birthday Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75 1954 Birthday Jeffrey S. Ashby, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut, sk: STS-85 1954 Birthday [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1954 Birthday James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100 1953 Birthday Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72 1953 Birthday N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-47, 60, 85 1953 Birthday Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81 1953 Birthday Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz, Germany, astronaut 1953 Birthday Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS-78 1953 Birthday Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1953 Birthday Ellen L. Shulman Baker, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-34, 50, 71 1953 Birthday Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Birthday Ronald Michael Sega, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-60, 76 1952 Birthday Michael "Rich"ard Clifford, Cal, Army/Astronaut, STS-53, 59, 76 1952 Birthday Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Birthday Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS-33, 49, 61, 73 1952 Birthday Thomas J Hennen, Albany Georgia, astronaut, STS-44 1952 Birthday Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 1952 Birthday Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut 1952 Birthday Terence Tom Henricks, born in Bryan, Ohio, USAF/astronaut, STS-44, 55, 70, 78 1952 Birthday Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS-37, 59, 76 1952 Birthday Donald R. McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-39, 54, 66 1952 Birthday Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut 1952 Birthday Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut, STS-65, sk:95 1952 Birthday James Philip Bagian, Philadelphia, MDPE/astronaut, STS-29, STS-40 1952 Birthday Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut, STS-23 1952 Birthday Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-44, 54, 77 1952 Birthday William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS-42, 51, 79 1951 Birthday Fred W. Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1951 Birthday Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 1951 Birthday Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 1951 Birthday Kathryn D Sullivan, Paterson, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 31, 45 1951 Birthday Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Birthday Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut 1951 Birthday Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78 1951 Birthday William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., born in North Carolina, astronaut, STS-58, 74, sk: 92 1951 Birthday Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Birthday Stephen S. Oswald, born in Seattle Washington, astronaut, STS-42, 56, 67 1951 Birthday Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 1951 Birthday Sally Kristen Ride, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st U.S. woman astronaut, STS-7, STS 41G 1951 Birthday Sally Ride, born in Encino, California, physicist, astronaut, first American woman crewmember in space on the Challenger, founded NASA's Office of Exploration 1951 Birthday Ronald A. Parise, Warren, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1951 Birthday Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-41, 49, 61, 79 1951 Birthday John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut 1951 Birthday Marsha S. Ivins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-32, 46, 62, 81 1951 Birthday Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut, STS-87 1950 Birthday Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-38, STS-50, 64 1950 Birthday Winston E Scott, born in Miami, Florida, USN Commander/astronaut, STS-72, 87 1950 Birthday George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26 1950 Birthday Kenneth D. Cockrell, born in Austin Texas, Astronaut, STS-56, 69, 80 1950 Birthday Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astronaut, STS-61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91 1950 Birthday David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 1950 Birthday Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97 1949 Birthday Bruce E Melnick, New York City, Commander USCG/astronaut, STS-41, STS-49 1949 Birthday Kenneth D Cameron, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel USMC/astronaut, STS-37, 56, 74 1949 Birthday Terrence W. Wilcutt, Russellville, Kentucky, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-68, 79 1949 Birthday Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1949 Birthday Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A 1949 Birthday William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52 1949 Birthday Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 1949 Birthday David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 45 1949 Birthday Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1949 Birthday Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-37, 47, 59, 79 1949 Birthday Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany, astronaut, STS-78 1949 Birthday Bonnie J. Dunbar, born Sunnyside, Washington, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89 1949 Birthday James S. Voss, born Cordova, Alabama, Major USA/astronaut, STS-44, 53, 69 1949 Birthday Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS-13, 77 1949 Birthday Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Birthday Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut, STS-42 1948 Birthday Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-8, STS-51A 1948 Birthday Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut, STS-25 1948 Birthday Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut 1948 Birthday Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23 1948 Birthday Wubbo J. Ockels, born in Almelo, Netherlands, astronaut, STS-22 1948 Birthday Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, astronaut, STS-9, STS-45 1948 Birthday Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut, STS-47 1948 Birthday Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1948 Birthday Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 1947 Birthday Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58 1947 Birthday Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., born in Macon, Georgia, USN/astronaut, STS-33 1947 Birthday Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-B, STS-30 1946 Birthday Terry J Hart, Pittsburgh Penn, astronaut, STS-41C 1946 Birthday Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut, STS-46 1946 Birthday Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-61B, STS-40 1946 Birthday Richard Richards, American Astronaut 1946 Birthday Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Birthday Richard O Covey, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAF/astronaut, STS-51I, 26, 38, 61 1946 Birthday Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 Birthday William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I 1946 Birthday Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 1946 Birthday James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1946 Birthday Michael L Coats, Sacramento California, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-41-D, 29, 39 1945 Birthday Millie Hughes-Fulford, Wells, Texas, astronaut, STS-40 1945 Birthday Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS-85 1945 Birthday Richard M. Mullane, born in Texas, USAF/astronaut, STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36 1945 Birthday Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 1945 Birthday Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut, STS-22 1945 Birthday Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 1945 Birthday Michael J. Smith, born in Beaufort, North Carolina, Commander USN, astronaut, 51L-Challenger disaster 1944 Birthday Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75 1944 Birthday Loren J. Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 1944 Birthday Charles Lacy Veach, born in Chicago, Illinois, astronaut, STS-39, STS-52 1944 Birthday Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B 1944 Birthday Claude Nicollier, born in Vevey, Switzerland, astronaut, STS-61-K, 46, 61, 75 1944 Birthday Gregory Bruce Jarvis, born in Detroit, Michigan, astronaut, STS-25 1944 Birthday James "Ox" D A van Hoften, born in Fresno California, astronaut, STS-11, STS-20 1943 Birthday Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1943 Birthday Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-41G 1943 Birthday Michael J McCulley, born in San Diego, California, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-34 1943 Birthday Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F 1943 Birthday John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77 1943 Birthday Norman E. Thagard, born in Marianna, Florida, MD/astronaut, STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir 1943 Birthday John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51G, 36, 48 1943 Birthday Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS-51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79 1942 Birthday Bill Nelson,born in Miami, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1991, Senator-D-Florida 2001 -, astronaut, STS-61C 1942 Birthday William C. Nelson, rep/astronaut, STS-24 1942 Birthday John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS-29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81 1942 Birthday Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J 1942 Birthday Robert C Springer, St. Louis, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-29, STS-38 1942 Birthday Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-F 1942 Birthday Donald E. Williams, Lafayette, Indiana, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51D, STS-34 1941 Birthday Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS-9, 42, Soyuz TM-19 1941 Birthday Michael L. Lampton, born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, astronaut 1941 Birthday Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-B, 33, 44 1940 Birthday Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut, STS-22 1940 Birthday Brian T O'Leary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1939 Birthday Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33 1939 Birthday Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS-41C, 51L-Chal disaster 1939 Birthday Donald L. Holmquest, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut 1939 Birthday William Benjamin Lenoir, born in Miami, Florida, astronaut, STS-5 1939 Birthday John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-7, STS-51G 1937 Birthday Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Birthday Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 1937 Birthday Robert L Crippen, Beaumont, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-1, 7, 41C, 41G 1937 Birthday Robert Crippen, American Astronaut 1937 Birthday Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A 1937 Birthday Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut, STS 41B, STS-31 1936 Birthday Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1936 Birthday Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4 1936 Birthday Charles G Fullerton, born in Rochester, New York, astronaut, STS-3, 51F 1936 Birthday Robert F Overmyer, born in Lorain, Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-5, STS-51B 1936 Birthday Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C 1936 Birthday Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3 1935 Birthday John L Finley, USAF/astronaut 1935 Birthday Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Birthday Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1935 Birthday Charles M. Duke, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brigadier General USAF and astronaut, Apollo 16 1935 Birthday Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut 1935 Birthday F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut, STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80 1935 Birthday Story Musgrave, American Astronaut 1935 Birthday Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Birthday Jack Schmitt, American Astronaut 1935 Birthday Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support 1935 Birthday Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1935 Birthday Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut 1935 Birthday Kenneth Money, Canada, astronaut, STS-42-alt 1934 Birthday John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut 1934 Birthday F. Curtis Michel, born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, astronaut 1934 Birthday Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Captain USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17 1933 Birthday Fred W. Haise, Jr., Biloxi Mississippi, astronaut, Apollo 13 STS-T-1, T-3, T-5 1933 Birthday Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6 1933 Birthday William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Birthday Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 1933 Birthday John A. Llewellyn, born in Cardiff, Wales, astronaut 1933 Birthday James A. Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut 1932 Birthday Robert T Herres, born in Denver, Colorado, USAF/astronaut 1932 Birthday Richard E Lawyer, born in Los Angeles, California, astronaut 1932 Birthday Jake Garn, born in Richfield, Utah, Senator-R-Utah 1974 - 1993, and astronaut STS-51D 1932 Birthday Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut 1932 Birthday Joe H. Engle, born in Abilene, Kansas, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 51I 1932 Birthday Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4 1932 Birthday Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6 1932 Birthday David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 Birthday 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 Birthday Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 1932 Birthday Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Ap 12, Skylab 3 1932 Birthday Joseph P. Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Captain Med Corps USN/astronaut, Skylab 2 1932 Birthday Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1931 Birthday Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut 1931 Birthday John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13 1931 Birthday Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 1931 Birthday Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut 1930 Birthday James M Taylor, Stamps ARK, USAF/astronaut 1930 Birthday Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-9 1930 Birthday Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Birthday Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 Birthday Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Birthday John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9 1930 Birthday Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 14 1930 Birthday Thomas P. Stafford, born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18 1930 Birthday Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7 1930 Birthday Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., born in Philadelphia, USN/astronaut, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2 1930 Birthday Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS-51-B 1930 Birthday James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1930 Birthday James Irwin, American Astronaut 1930 Birthday Theodore C. Freeman, Haverford Penn, Captain USAF/astronaut 1930 Birthday William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4 1930 Birthday Buzz Aldrin, born in Montclair, New Jersey, USAF/astronaut, Gem 12, Ap 11 1930 Birthday Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1929 Birthday William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 Birthday Richard F. Gordon, Jr., born in in Seattle, Washington, Captain USN and astronaut, Gemini 11, Apollo 12 1929 Birthday James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9 1929 Birthday William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 1929 Birthday Albert H. Crews, astronaut 1928 Birthday Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut, X-20 1928 Birthday Frank Borman, born in Gary, Indiana, astronaut, Gemini 7, Apollo 8, CEO, Eastern Airline 1927 Birthday Elliot McKay See, Jr., Dallas Texas, astronaut 1927 Birthday Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5 1927 Birthday Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut 1926 Birthday Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS-51-F 1926 Birthday Milton O. Thompson, astronaut, Dynasoar, X-15 1926 Birthday Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 1925 Birthday Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1925 Birthday Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7 1924 Birthday James W. Wood, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1923 Birthday Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Birthday Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1923 Birthday Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 1921 Birthday John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio
