John Young

John Young

male, 79 years old
astronaut, United States Naval Aviator, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, United States Navy officer, Apollo Command/Service Module, Command/Service Module…SpaceShuttleprogram, space shuttle
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission. Young...
Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins

female, 53 years old
astronaut, Women in the United States Air Force, test pilot, Eileen Marie Collins, from Elmira, New York, Irish-American in the military…SpaceShuttleprogram, space shuttle
Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military...
Miles O'Brien

Miles O'Brien

male, 50 years old
American Morning, CNN, technology, environmental, correspondent, news program…SpaceShuttleprogram, space technology, Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, space exploration, space shuttle columbia
Miles O'Brien (b. June 9, 1959) is a technology and environmental correspondent for CNN. He formerly co-hosted "American Morning", a weekday...
James Oberg

James Oberg

male, 65 years old
us congress, International Space Station, American Broadcasting Company, Johnson Space Center, Mission Control Center, Russian space program…SpaceShuttleprogram, Shuttle-Mir, space
James Edward Oberg (b. 1944) (often known as Jim Oberg) is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian space...
Soichi Noguchi

Soichi Noguchi

male, 44 years old
astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, jaxa, STS-114, SpaceShuttleprogram, Columbia disaster…space shuttle, European Space Agency
Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26...
Charles Camarda

Charles Camarda

male, 57 years old
astronaut, Charles Joseph "Charlie" Camarda, Archbishop Molloy High School alumni, SpaceShuttleprogram, From Queen, Virginia Tech alumni…space shuttle
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Camarda (b. 8 May 1952 in Queens, New York) is an astronaut who flew his first mission into space onboard the NASA Space...
Glynn Lunney

Glynn Lunney

male, 73 years old
Aerospace engineer, Chris Kraft, Project Mercury, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Project Apollo, NASA flight controller…SpaceShuttleprogram, United Space Alliance, space shuttle
Glynn S. Lunney (born November 27, 1936) is a retired NASA engineer. An employee of NASA since its foundation in 1958, Lunney was a flight director...
Maxime A. Faget

Maxime A. Faget

female, deceased (1921)
Space Industries Inc., Louisiana State University, Soyuz spacecraft, NASA personnel, SpaceShuttleprogram, Project Apollo…Space Task Group, Space Transportation System, Gemini program, space capsule, Mercury program
Maxime A. Faget was trained as an aeronautical engineer, with a B.S. from Louisiana State University. He joined the staff at Langley Aeronautical...
Tamara E. Jernigan

Tamara E. Jernigan

female, 50 years old
Stanford University, Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D, Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Extra-vehicular activity, SpaceShuttleprogram…space shuttle columbia
Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D. (born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut. She flew...
Bernard A. Harris Jr.

Bernard A. Harris Jr.

male, 56 years old
African American, Extra-vehicular activity, SpaceShuttleprogram, From San Antonio, Texas, space shuttle, from the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas area
Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. M.D. (born June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first...