Aleksandr Gorbunov
Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the military department with a specialty in operation and repair of ...
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang is a Chinese-born American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wang was a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger ...
Shengjie Tang
Tang Shengjie is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.
Xinlin Jiang
Jiang Xinlin is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 2010.
Astronaut 022
Passenger on Galactic 05.
Kellie Gerardi
Kellie Gerardi is an American aerospace, defense, and technology professional and a popular science communicator.
Sol Alan Stern
Sol Alan Stern is an American engineer and planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express.
Marina Vasilevskaya
Belarusian flight attendant selected to fly on Soyuz MS-25 and spend approximately 12 days onboard the International Space Station.
VG Astronaut 018
Trevor Beattie is a British advertising executive. He is a founding partner, chairman and creative director of Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), and was formerly the chairman and creative director of TBWA London.
VG Astronaut 019
Namira Salim born in Karachi, is a Pakistani polar adventurer, future astronaut and artist based in Monaco and Dubai.
VG Astronaut 017
Ron Rosano is a seasoned space enthusiast and educator with a remarkable 25-year journey inspiring students about space travel. He's slated to fly with Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Space Perspective, and World View, underscoring his ...
Marcus Wandt
Marcus Wandt is a Swedish test pilot and member of the European Space Agency's 2022 astronaut class reserve.
Ken Baxter
Ken "Rocket Man" Baxter (born May 15, 1949) is a real estate investor who purchased the first ticket sold to a civilian to be a passenger on Virgin Galactic in 2004.
Adrian Reynard
Adrian John Reynard is the founder of Reynard Motorsport, which was a successful racing car manufacturer before it went bankrupt in 2002.
Timothy Nash
Passenger on Virgin Galactic 03 launch
Keisha Schahaff
Passenger on Galactic-02, winners of Space for Humanity draw.
Jon Goodwin
Passenger on Virgins Galactic "Galactic-02" Mission
Kelly Latimer
Pilot working for Virgin Galactic. First Spaceflight during the Galactic-02 Mission.
Anastatia Mayers
Passenger on Galactic-02, winners of Space for Humanity draw.
Alper Gezeravci
Fighter pilot trained on F16, first Turkish astronaut.
Was unterscheidet
Der Kosmonaut und der Astronaut sind Synonyme, das heißt, theoretisch können wir sie austauschbar verwenden, aber traditionell nennen wir die Menschen, die ins All geschickt werden, von den Amerikanern Astronauten und von den Russen Kosmonauten, unabhängig davon, welcher Nationalität sie angehören.
