Some brave explorers travel across oceans; others blast off into space. This list of famous astronauts celebrates the pioneers of space exploration — those who took "one giant leap" for humankind and expanded our reach beyond Earth.
Hot off the heels of the Artemis II mission around the moon that included Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, another Canadian has been announced for another space mission.
Shubhangshu Shukla is the second Indian to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma. He reached the ISS on Thursday along with three other astronauts as part of the Axiom-4 mission. He will stay on...
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft.
NASA astronauts have been traveling to space for more than six decades and living there continuously since 2000. Now, NASA’s Artemis program is preparing to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon.
NASA and SpaceX have named the four astronauts for the Crew-13 mission, targeted to launch in September to the International Space Station.
NASA unveils next crew of astronauts who will fly to space station
astronaut, designation, derived from the Greek words for “star” and “sailor,” commonly applied to an individual who has flown in outer space. More specifically, in the West, astronaut refers to those from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan who travel into space.
Discover a definitive list of astronauts from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and more. Explore bios, mission details, and careers of global space explorers, past and present. Your ultimate resource for astronaut information.