List of space travelers by nationality

This is an alphabetical list of space travelers, people who have traveled in space, organized by nationality.

The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The FAI defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 miles). In the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 80 kilometres (50 miles) are awarded astronaut wings. The majority of people who have flown into space have done so by entering Earth orbit. This list includes persons meeting all three criteria, in separate subdivisions.

The flags indicate the space traveler's nationality at the time of their flight or flights. In cases of dual citizenship, the space traveler is listed under their primary residence. A secondary list appended to the entry for the U.S.S.R. shows the birth countries of space travelers not born in Russia. A similar list after the entry for the United States shows the birth countries of space travelers who are or were citizens of the U.S. but were born elsewhere. Flags shown in the secondary lists are those in use at the time of the space travelers' birth.

Names in "italic" are space travelers who are not part of any national astronaut program or astronaut corps.

As of May 31, 2008, people from 39 countries have traveled in space. [Other Wikipedia articles count Talgat Musabayev as a Kazakh and Anousheh Ansari as an Iranian-American dual citizen.] 491 people have gone into space according to the American definition of the boundary of space, while 485 have reached space according to the FAI definition. Of these, 482 have reached Earth orbit. Only 24 people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit.

Of the 39 countries whose representatives have traveled into Earth orbit, 27 have only flown a single space traveler. The remaining twelve have contributed the following numbers of space travelers:

note label|USSRUS|1|1 Includes 11 people who flew for both Russia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for a combined total of 102 (21.16% of total).

=Suborbital space fliers=The following persons flew or were launched into the upper atmosphere, above 100 km, which counts as a space flight by FAI guidelines:
* Brian Binnie — SpaceShipOne flight 17P
* Gus Grissom (1926–1967) — Mercury 4. Also orbited.
* Mike Melvill, born in Johannesburg, South Africa — SpaceShipOne flight 15P, SpaceShipOne flight 16P
* Alan Shepard (1923–1998), first American in space — Mercury 3. Also orbited.
* Joseph Albert Walker, USAF X-15 astronaut - X-15 Flight 90, X-15 Flight 91

The following persons flew into the upper atmosphere between 80 and 100 km, which counts as space flight by United States guidelines:
* Michael J. Adams — X-15 Flight 191
* William H. Dana — X-15 Flights 174 and 197
* Joseph H. Engle — X-15 Flights 138, 143, and 153. Also orbited.
* William J. Knight — X-15 Flight 190
* John B. McKay — X-15 Flight 150
* Robert A. Rushworth — X-15 Flight 87
* Joseph Albert Walker — X-15 Flight 77
* Robert M. White — X-15 Flight 62

=Orbital space travelers=

Flagicon|AFG|1987 Afghanistan

* Abdul Ahad Mohmand, first Afghan in space — Soyuz TM-6/5

Flagicon|AUT Austria

* Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space. — Soyuz TM-13/12

Flagicon|BEL Belgium

* Frank De Winne — Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34
* Dirk Frimout, first Belgian in space. — STS-45

Flagicon|BRA Brazil

* Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian in space. — Soyuz TMA-8

flagicon|Bulgaria|1971 Bulgaria

* Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5
* Georgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space. — Soyuz 33

Flagicon|CAN Canada

* Roberta Bondar
<sup>* Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space. — STS-41-G, STS-77, STS-97
* Chris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space. — STS-74, STS-100
* Steven MacLean — STS-52, STS-115
* Julie Payette
* Robert Thirsk — STS-78
* Bjarni Tryggvason, born in Iceland — STS-85
* Dafydd Williams — STS-90, STS-118</sup>

Flagicon|CUB Cuba

* Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space. — Soyuz 38

Flagicon|CSK Czechoslovakia

* Vladimír Remek, first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space. — Soyuz 28

Flagicon|FRA France

* Patrick Baudry, second Frenchman in space, born in Douala, Cameroon — STS-51-G
* Jean-Loup Chrétien, first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/6, STS-86
* Jean-François Clervoy — STS-66, STS-84, STS-103
* Léopold Eyharts — Soyuz TM-27/26, STS-122/123
* Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany — STS-78
* Claudie André-Deshays
<sup>**Flew as Mrs Claudie Haigneré to ISS in 2001 — Soyuz TM-33/32
* Jean-Pierre Haigneré — Soyuz TM-17/16, Soyuz TM-29
* Philippe Perrin, born in Meknes, Morocco — STS-111
* Michel Tognini — Soyuz TM-15/14, STS-93</sup>

=Flagicon|GER Germany, including the former East and West Germany=

* Reinhold Ewald — Soyuz TM-25/24
* Klaus-Dietrich Flade — Soyuz TM-14/13
* Reinhard Furrer, born in Wörgl, Austria (1940–1995) — STS-61-A
* Sigmund Jähn, first German in space — Soyuz 31/29
* Ulf Merbold — STS-9, STS-42, Soyuz TM-20/19
* Ernst Messerschmid — STS-61-A
* Thomas Reiter, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS. — Soyuz TM-22, STS-121/116
* Hans Schlegel — STS-55, STS-122
* Gerhard Thiele — STS-99
* Ulrich Walter — STS-55

Flagicon|HUN Hungary

* Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space. — Soyuz 36/35

Flagicon|IND India

* Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space. — Soyuz T-11/10

Flagicon|ISR Israel

* Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli in space, died on the "Columbia". — STS-107

Flagicon|ITA Italy

* Maurizio Cheli — STS-75
* Umberto Guidoni — STS-75, STS-100
* Franco Malerba, first Italian in space. — STS-46
* Paolo A. Nespoli — STS-120
* Roberto Vittori — Soyuz TM-34/33, Soyuz TMA-6/5

Flagicon|JPN Japan

* "Toyohiro Akiyama", first Japanese man in space. — Soyuz TM-11/10
* Takao Doi, first Japanese man to walk in space. — STS-87, STS-123
* Akihiko Hoshide — STS-124
* Mamoru Mohri — STS-47, STS-99
* Chiaki Mukai
<sup>* Soichi Noguchi — STS-114
* Koichi Wakata — STS-72, STS-92</sup>

Flagicon|MYS Malaysia

* Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space — Soyuz TMA-11/10

Flagicon|MEX Mexico

* Rodolfo Neri Vela, first Mexican in space. — STS-61-B

flagicon|Mongolia|1949 Mongolia

* Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, first Mongolian in space. — Soyuz 39

Flagicon|NLD The Netherlands

* André Kuipers — Soyuz TMA-4/3
* Wubbo Ockels, first Dutchman in space. — STS-61-A

Flagicon|CHN People's Republic of China

* Fèi Jùnlóng — Shenzhou 6
* Jing Haipeng — Shenzhou 7
* Liu Boming — Shenzhou 7
* Niè Hǎishèng — Shenzhou 6
* Yáng Lìwěi, first Chinese national in space — Shenzhou 5
* Zhai Zhigang, first Chinese national to walk in space — Shenzhou 7

Flagicon|POL Poland

* Mirosław Hermaszewski, first Pole in space. — Soyuz 30

flagicon|Romania|1965 Romania

* Dumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space. — Soyuz 40

Flagicon|RUS Russia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Flagicon|USSR

:"The Soviet space program came under the control of the Russian Federation in December 1991; the new program, now called the Russian Federal Space Agency, retained continuity of equipment and personnel with the Soviet program. While all Soviet and RKA cosmonauts were born within the borders of the U.S.S.R., many were born outside the boundaries of Russia, and may be claimed by other Soviet successor states as nationals of those states. These cosmonauts are marked with an asterisk * and their place of birth is shown in an appended list. All, however, claimed Soviet or Russian citizenship at the time of their space flights.":A
* Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-11, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33/32
* Vladimir Aksyonov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
* Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
* Anatoly Artsebarsky* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-12
* Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 14
* Oleg Atkov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-10/11
* Toktar Aubakirov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-13/12
* Sergei Avdeyev — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22:B
* Aleksandr Balandin — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-9
* Yuri Baturin, first Russian politician in space. — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-28/27, Soyuz TM-28/29, Soyuz TM-32/31
* Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970) — Flagicon|USSR Voskhod 2
* Georgi Beregovoi* (1921–1995) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 3
* Anatoly Berezovoy — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-5/7
* Nikolai Budarin — Flagicon|RUS STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-27, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
* Valery Bykovsky (born 1934) — Flagicon|USSR Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31/29:D
* Vladimir N. Dezhurov — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
* Georgiy Dobrovolskiy* (1928–1971), died on reentry. — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 11
* Lev Dyomin (1926–1998) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 15
* Vladimir Dzhanibekov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13:F
* Konstantin Feoktistov — Flagicon|USSR Voskhod 1
* Anatoli Filipchenko — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 7, Soyuz 16:G
* Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), first person in space. — Flagicon|USSR Vostok 1
* Yuri Gidzenko* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102, Soyuz TM-34/Soyuz TM-33
* Yuri Glazkov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 24
* Viktor Gorbatko — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37/36
* Georgi Grechko — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz T-14/13
* Aleksei Gubarev — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 17, Soyuz 28:I
* Aleksandr Ivanchenkov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 29/31:K
* Alexandr Kaleri* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-3
* Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 5/4
* Leonid Kizim* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10/11, Soyuz T-15
* Pyotr Klimuk* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18, Soyuz 30
* Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967), died during reentry of first Soyuz spacecraft. — Flagicon|USSR Voskhod 1, Soyuz 1
* Yelena V. Kondakova
<sup>* Oleg Kononenko* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TMA-12
* Valery Korzun — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-24, STS-111/113
* Oleg Kotov* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TMA-10
* Vladimir Kovalyonok* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29/31, Soyuz T-4
* Konstantin Kozeyev — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-33/32
* Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes. — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-12/Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-13, STS-60, STS-88, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102, Soyuz TMA-6
* Valeri Kubasov (born 1935) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 6, Soyuz 19, Soyuz 36/35:L
* Aleksandr Laveykin — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-2
* Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a
* Aleksandr Lazutkin — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-25
* Valentin Lebedev — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5/7
* Alexey Leonov, first person to "walk in space" (to make an EVA). — Flagicon|USSR Voskhod 2, Soyuz 19
* Anatoli Levchenko* (1941–1988) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-4/3
* Yuri Lonchakov* — Flagicon|RUS STS-100, Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34
* Vladimir Lyakhov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 32/34, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-6/5:M
* Oleg Makarov (1933–2003) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a, Soyuz 27/26, Soyuz T-3
* Yuri Malenchenko* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-19, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2, Soyuz TMA-11
* Yuri Malyshev (1941–1999) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11/10
* Gennadi Manakov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-10, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-16
* Musa Manarov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-4/6, Soyuz TM-11
* Boris Morukov — Flagicon|RUS STS-106
* Talgat Musabayev* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-32/31:N
* Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004), first astronaut of Chuvash descent — Flagicon|USSR Vostok 3, Soyuz 9:O
* Yuri Onufrienko* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-23, STS-108/111:P
* Gennady Padalka — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TMA-4
* Viktor Patsayev* (1933–1971), died in reentry. — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 11
* Alexander Poleshchuk — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-16
* Valeriy Polyakov, holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-6/7, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-18/20
* Leonid Popov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 35/37, Soyuz 40, Soyuz T-7/5
* Pavel Popovich* — Flagicon|USSR Vostok 4, Soyuz 14:R
* Yuri Romanenko — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2/3
* Valeri Rozhdestvensky — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 23
* Nikolai Rukavishnikov (1932–2002) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
* Valery Ryumin — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 25, Soyuz 32/34, Soyuz 35/37, Flagicon|RUS STS-91:S
* Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 15
* Viktor Savinykh — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13/14
* Svetlana Savitskaya
* Aleksandr Serebrov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-7/5, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-17
* Vitaliy Sevastyanov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18
* Yuri Shargin, first Russian military cosmonaut — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TMA-5/4
* Salizhan Sharipov* — Flagicon|RUS STS-89, Soyuz TMA-5
* Vladimir Shatalov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
* Georgi Shonin* (1935–1997) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 6
* Anatoly Solovyev* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-5/4, Soyuz TM-9, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-15, STS-71/Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-26
* Vladimir Solovyov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-10/11, Soyuz T-15
* Gennady Strekalov (1940–2004) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-11/10, Soyuz TM-10, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-21/STS-71:T
* Valentina Tereshkova
* Gherman Titov (1935–2000), the second person to make a space flght and the first to stay up for a day. — Flagicon|USSR Vostok 2
* Vladimir Titov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-4/6, Flagicon|RUS STS-63, STS-86
* Valery Tokarev — Flagicon|RUS STS-96, Soyuz TMA-7
* Sergei Treshchev — Flagicon|RUS STS-111/113
* Vasili Tsibliyev* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25
* Mikhail Tyurin — Flagicon|RUS STS-105/108, Soyuz TMA-9:U
* Yury Usachev — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-23, STS-101, STS-102/STS-105:V
* Vladimir Vasyutin* (1952–2002) — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-14
* Alexander Viktorenko* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz TM-3/2, Soyuz TM-8, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-20
* Pavel Vinogradov — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-26, Soyuz TMA-8
* Igor Volk* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-12
* Alexander Volkov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-13, Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-13
* Sergey Volkov* — Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TMA-12
* Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), died on reentry. — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11
* Boris Volynov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 5, Soyuz 21:Y
* Boris Yegorov (1937–1994) — Flagicon|USSR Voskhod 1
* Aleksei Yeliseyev — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 5/4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
* Fyodor Yurchikhin* — Flagicon|RUS STS-112, Soyuz TMA-10:Z
* Sergei Zalyotin – Flagicon|RUS Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34
* Vitaliy Zholobov* — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 21
* Vyacheslav Zudov — Flagicon|USSR Soyuz 23</sup>

oviet and Russian cosmonauts born outside Russia

All of the locations below were part of the former U.S.S.R. at the time of the cosmonauts' birth.

flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaidzhan S.S.R. / Azerbaijan flagicon|AZE

* Musa Manarov, born in Baku, Azerbaijan Flagicon|USSR

flagicon|Byelorussian SSR Byelorussian S.S.R. / Belarus flagicon|BLR

* Pyotr Klimuk, born in Komarovka, Belarus. First Belarus-born man in space Flagicon|USSR
* Vladimir Kovalyonok, born in Beloye, Belarus Flagicon|USSR

flagicon|Georgian SSR Georgian S.S.R. / Georgia flagicon|GEO

* Fyodor Yurchikhin, born in Batumi, Georgia Flagicon|RUS

flagicon|Kazakh SSR Kazakh S.S.R. / Kazakhstan flagicon|KAZ

* Toktar Aubakirov, born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. First ethnic Kazakh in space. Flagicon|USSR
* Yuri Lonchakov, born in Balkhash, Kazakhstan Flagicon|RUS
* Talgat Musabayev, born in Kargaly, Kazakhstan, later a Kazakh citizenFact|date=April 2008 Flagicon|RUS
* Viktor Patsayev, born in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan Flagicon|USSR
* Vladimir Shatalov, born in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan, first person born in Kazakhstan in space Flagicon|USSR
* Alexander Viktorenko, born in Olginka, Kazakhstan Flagicon|USSR Flagicon|RUS

flagicon|Kyrgyz SSR Kirghiz S.S.R. / Kyrgyzstan flagicon|KGZ

* Salizhan Sharipov, born in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan Flagicon|RUS

flagicon|Latvian SSR Latvian S.S.R. / Latvia flagicon|LVA

* Alexandr Kaleri, born in Jūrmala, Latvia Flagicon|RUS
* Anatoly Solovyev, born in Riga, Latvia Flagicon|USSR Flagicon|RUS

flagicon|Turkmen SSR Turkmen S.S.R. / Turkmenistan flagicon|TKM

* Oleg Kononenko, born in Chardzhou, Turkmenistan Flagicon|RUS

flagicon|Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian S.S.R. / Ukraine flagicon|UKR

* Anatoly Artsebarsky, born in Prosyanaya, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Georgi Beregovoi, born in Federovka, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Georgiy Dobrovolskiy, born in Odessa, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Yuri Gidzenko, born in Elanets, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Leonid Kizim, born in Krasny Liman, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Oleg Kotov, born in Simferopol, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Anatoli Levchenko, born in Krasnokutsk, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Vladimir Lyakhov, born in Antratsyt, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Yuri Malenchenko, born in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Yuri Onufrienko, born in Ryasne, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Leonid Popov, born in Oleksandriia, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Pavel Popovich, born in Uzyn, Ukraine. First Ukraine-born man in space. Flagicon|USSR
* Georgi Shonin, born in Rovenky, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Vasili Tsibliyev, born in Orekhovka, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Vladimir Vasyutin, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Igor Volk, born in Zmiiv, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR
* Alexander Volkov, born in Horlivka, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR Flagicon|RUS
* Sergey Volkov, born in Chuhuiv, Ukraine Flagicon|RUS
* Vitaliy Zholobov, born in Zburjevka, Ukraine Flagicon|USSR

flagicon|Uzbek SSR Uzbek S.S.R. / Uzbekistan flagicon|UZB

* Vladimir Dzhanibekov, born in Iskandar, Uzbekistan Flagicon|USSR

Flagicon|SAU Saudi Arabia

* Sultan Salman Al Saud, first Saudi in space. — STS-51-G

Flagicon|SVK Slovakia

* Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space. — Soyuz TM-29/28

Flagicon|ZAF South Africa

* "Mark Shuttleworth", second "space tourist" and first South African in space. — Soyuz TM-34/33

Flagicon|KOR South Korea

* Yi So-yeon

Flagicon|ESP Spain

* Pedro Duque, first Spaniard in space. — STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2

Flagicon|SWE Sweden

* Christer Fuglesang, first Swede in space. — STS-116

Flagicon|CHE Switzerland

* Claude Nicollier, first Swiss in space. — STS-46, STS-61, STS-75, STS-103

Flagicon|SYR Syria

* Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space. — Soyuz TM-3/2

Flagicon|UKR Ukraine

* Leonid Kadenyuk, first Ukrainian in space since independence. — STS-87

Flagicon|GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

* "Helen Sharman"

Flagicon|USA United States of America

:* "Asterisked space travelers were born outside the United States"

Non-NASA space travelers

* "Anousheh Ansari"
<sup>* "Gregory Olsen", third space tourist — Soyuz TMA-7/6
* "Charles Simonyi"*, fifth space tourist — Soyuz TMA-10
* "Dennis Tito", first space tourist — Soyuz TM-32/31</sup>

NASA astronauts

:A
* Loren Acton — STS-51-F
* James C. Adamson — STS-28, STS-43
* Thomas Akers — STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79
* Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon — Gemini 12, Apollo 11
* Clayton Anderson — STS-117/120
* Andrew M. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75
* Joseph P. Allen — STS-5, STS-51-A
* Scott Altman — STS-90, STS-106, STS-109
* William Anders* — Apollo 8
* Michael Phillip Anderson, (1959–2003), died on the "Columbia" — STS-89, STS-107
* Jerome Apt — STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
* Lee Archambault — STS-117
* Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on the Moon — Gemini 8, Apollo 11
* Jeffrey Ashby — STS-93, STS-100, STS-112:B
* James P. Bagian — STS-29, STS-40
* Ellen S. Baker
<sup>* Michael A. Baker — STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81
* Daniel T. Barry — STS-72, STS-96, STS-105
* John-David F. Bartoe — STS-51-F
* Alan Bean — Apollo 12, Skylab 3
* Robert L. Behnken — STS-123
* John E. Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81
* Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110
* Guion Bluford, first African-American in space — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
* Karol J. Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut — STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J
* Charles Bolden — STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
* Frank Borman, commanded the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon — Gemini 7, Apollo 8
* Ken Bowersox — STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
* Charles E. Brady, Jr. (1951–2006) — STS-78
* Vance D. Brand — Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
* Daniel Brandenstein — STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49
* Roy D. Bridges, Jr. — STS-51-F
* Curtis Brown — STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103
* David McDowell Brown (1956–2003), died on the "Columbia" — STS-107
* Mark N. Brown — STS-28, STS-48
* James Buchli — STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, STS-48
* Jay C. Buckey — STS-90
* Daniel C. Burbank — STS-106, STS-115
* Daniel W. Bursch — STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108, STS-111:C
* Robert D. Cabana — STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88
* Tracy Caldwell
* Charles Camarda — STS-114
* Kenneth D. Cameron — STS-37, STS-56, STS-74
* Duane G. Carey — STS-109
* Scott Carpenter — Mercury 7
* Gerald P. Carr — Skylab 4
* Sonny Carter, (1947–1991) — STS-33
* John Casper — STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77
* Robert J. Cenker — STS-61-C
* Gene Cernan — Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
* Gregory Chamitoff* — STS-124
* Franklin Chang-Diaz* — STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111
* Kalpana Chawla
* Leroy Chiao — STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5
* Kevin P. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76
* Laurel Clark
* Mary L. Cleave
* Michael Clifford — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76
* Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39
* Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111
* Catherine Coleman
* Eileen Collins
* Michael Collins* — Gemini 10, Apollo 11
* Pete Conrad — Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2
* Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day — Mercury 9, Gemini 5
* Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
* John Oliver Creighton — STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
* Robert Crippen, flew on first Space Shuttle mission — STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
* Roger K. Crouch — STS-83, STS-94
* Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. — STS-38, STS-51, STS-105/108
* Walter Cunningham — Apollo 7
* Robert Curbeam — STS-85, STS-98, STS-116
* Nancy Currie :D
* Jan Davis
* Lawrence J. DeLucas — STS-50
* B. Alvin Drew — STS-118
* Brian Duffy — STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92
* Charles Moss Duke, Jr. — Apollo 16
* Bonnie J. Dunbar
* Samuel T. Durrance — STS-35, STS-67:E
* Joe F. Edwards, Jr. — STS-89
* Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987) — Apollo 7
* Anthony W. England — STS-51-F
* Joseph Henry Engle — STS-2, STS-51-I
* Ronald Evans (1933–1990) — Apollo 17:F
* John M. Fabian — STS-7, STS-51-G
* Christopher Ferguson — STS-115
* Martin J. Fettman — STS-58
* Michael Fincke — Soyuz TMA-4
* Anna Lee Fisher
* William Frederick Fisher — STS-51-I
* Michael Foale* holds the American and British record for time spent in space (374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes) — STS-45, STS-56, STS-63, STS-84/86, STS-103, Soyuz TMA-3
* Michael Foreman — STS-123
* Patrick G. Forrester — STS-105, STS-117
* Michael E. Fossum — STS-121, STS-124
* Stephen Frick — STS-110, STS-122
* C. Gordon Fullerton — STS-3, STS-51-F:G
* F. Drew Gaffney — STS-40
* Ronald J. Garan, Jr. — STS-124
* Dale Gardner — STS-8, STS-51-A
* Guy Gardner — STS-27, STS-35
* Jake Garn, ex-U. S. Senator, first politician in space — STS-51-D
* Owen K. Garriott — Skylab 3, STS-9
* Charles D. Gemar — STS-38, STS-48, STS-62
* Michael L. Gernhardt — STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104
* Edward Gibson — Skylab 4
* Robert L. Gibson — STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71
* John Glenn (born 1921), first American in Earth orbit, U.S. Senator, and oldest person to make a spaceflight — Mercury 6, STS-95
* Linda M. Godwin
* Richard F. Gordon, Jr. — Gemini 11, Apollo 12
* Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie — STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123
* Ronald J. Grabe — STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57
* Frederick D. Gregory — STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44
* William G. Gregory — STS-67
* S. David Griggs (1939–1989) — STS-51-D
* Gus Grissom (1926–1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice. Died in the Apollo 1 launchpad fire — Gemini 3
* John M. Grunsfeld — STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109
* Sidney M. Gutierrez — STS-40, STS-59:H
* Fred Haise — Apollo 13
* James D. Halsell — STS-65, STS-74, STS-83, STS-94, STS-101
* Kenneth Ham — STS-124
* L. Blaine Hammond — STS-39, STS-64
* Gregory J. Harbaugh — STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82
* Bernard A. Harris, Jr., first African-American to walk in space. — STS-55, STS-63
* Terry Hart — STS-41-C
* Henry Hartsfield — STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
* Frederick Hauck — STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26
* Steven Hawley — STS-41-D, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93
* Susan J. Helms
* Karl Gordon Henize (1926–1993) — STS-51-F
* Thomas J. Hennen — STS-44
* Terence T. Henricks — STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78
* John Herrington, first Native American in space. — STS-113
* Richard Hieb — STS-39, STS-49, STS-65
* Joan Higginbotham
* David C. Hilmers — STS-51-J, STS-26, STS-36, STS-42
* Kathryn P. Hire
* Charles O. Hobaugh — STS-104, STS-108
* Jeffrey A. Hoffman — STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75
* Scott J. Horowitz — STS-75, STS-82, STS-101, STS-105
* Millie Hughes-Fulford
* Richard Douglas Husband (1957–2003), died on the "Columbia" — STS-96, STS-107:I
* James Irwin (1930–1991) — Apollo 15
* Marsha Ivins:J
* Mae Jemison
* Tamara E. Jernigan
* Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72, STS-81, STS-97, STS-115
* Gregory H. Johnson* — STS-123
* Thomas David Jones — STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98:K
* Janet L. Kavandi
* James M. Kelly — STS-102, STS-114
* Mark E. Kelly — STS-108, STS-121, STS-124
* Scott J. Kelly — STS-103, STS-118
* Joseph P. Kerwin — Skylab 2
* Kevin R. Kregel — STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99:L
* Wendy B. Lawrence
* Mark C. Lee — STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82
* David Leestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45
* William B. Lenoir — STS-5
* Frederick W. Leslie* — STS-73
* Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA Payload Specialist. — STS-9, STS-45
* Don L. Lind — STS-51-B
* Steven W. Lindsey — STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121
* Jerry M. Linenger — STS-64, STS-81/84
* Richard M. Linnehan — STS-78, STS-90, STS-109, STS-123
* Gregory Linteris — STS-83, STS-94
* Paul Lockhart — STS-111, STS-113
* Michael Lopez-Alegria* — STS-73, STS-92, STS-113, Soyuz TMA-9
* John M. Lounge — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35
* Jack R. Lousma — Skylab 3, STS-3
* Stanley G. Love — STS-122
* Jim Lovell — Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13
* G. David Low (1956-2008) — STS-32, STS-43, STS-57
* Ed Lu — STS-84, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2
* Shannon Lucid :M
* Sandra Magnus
* Michael Massimino — STS-109
* Richard Mastracchio — STS-106, STS-118
* Ken Mattingly — Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C
* William S. McArthur — STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7
* Jon McBride — STS-41-G
* Bruce McCandless II — STS-41-B, STS-31
* William C. McCool (1961–2003), died on the "Columbia" — STS-107
* Michael J. McCulley — STS-34
* James McDivitt — Gemini 4, Apollo 9
* Donald R. McMonagle — STS-39, STS-54, STS-66
* Ronald McNair (1950–1986), died on the "Challenger" — STS-41-B
* Carl J. Meade — STS-38, STS-50, STS-64
* Bruce E. Melnick — STS-41, STS-49
* Pamela Melroy
* Leland D. Melvin — STS-122
* Edgar Mitchell — Apollo 14
* Barbara Morgan
* Lee M.E. Morin — STS-110
* Richard Mullane — STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36
* Story Musgrave — STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80:N
* Steven R. Nagel — STS-51-G, STS-61-A, STS-37, STS-55
* George Nelson — STS-41-C, STS-61-C, STS-26
* Bill Nelson, second politician in space — STS-61-C
* James H. Newman* — STS-51, STS-69, STS-88, STS-109
* Carlos I. Noriega* — STS-84, STS-97
* Lisa Nowak
* Karen L. Nyberg:O
* Bryan D. O'Connor — STS-61-B, STS-40
* Ellen Ochoa
* William Oefelein — STS-116
* John D. Olivas — STS-117
* Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died on the "Challenger" — STS-51-C
* Stephen S. Oswald — STS-42, STS-56, STS-67
* Robert F. Overmyer (1936–1996) — STS-5, STS-51-B:P
* William Pailes — STS-51-J
* Scott E. Parazynski — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, STS-120
* Ronald A. Parise (1951-2008) — STS-35, STS-67
* Robert A. Parker — STS-9, STS-35
* Nicholas Patrick* — STS-116
* James Pawelczyk — STS-90
* Gary Payton — STS-51-C
* Donald H. Peterson — STS-6
* Donald Pettit — STS-113/Soyuz TMA-1
* John Phillips — STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6
* William R. Pogue — Skylab 4
* Alan G. Poindexter — STS-122
* Mark L. Polansky — STS-98, STS-116
* Charles J. Precourt — STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91:R
* William F. Readdy — STS-42, STS-51, STS-79
* Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. — STS-48, STS-60
* James F. Reilly — STS-89, STS-104, STS-117
* Garrett Reisman — STS-123/124
* Judith Resnik
* Paul W. Richards — STS-102
* Richard N. Richards — STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64
* Sally Ride
* Stephen Robinson — STS-85, STS-95, STS-114
* Kent Rominger — STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100
* Stuart Roosa (1933–1994) — Apollo 14
* Jerry L. Ross — STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88, STS-110
* Mario Runco, Jr. — STS-44, STS-54, STS-77:S
* Albert Sacco — STS-73
* Wally Schirra — Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
* Harrison Schmitt — Apollo 17
* Rusty Schweickart — Apollo 9
* Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died on the "Challenger" — STS-41-C
* David Scott — Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
* Winston E. Scott — STS-72, STS-87
* Paul D. Scully-Power* — STS-41-G
* Richard A. Searfoss — STS-58, STS-76, STS-90
* Margaret Rhea Seddon
* Ronald Sega — STS-60, STS-76
* Piers Sellers* — STS-112, STS-121
* Brewster H. Shaw — STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28
* Alan Shepard (1923–1998), first American in space — Apollo 14
* William Shepherd — STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102
* (Nancy Sherlock - see "Nancy Currie")
* Loren Shriver — STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46
* Deke Slayton (1924–1996) — Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
* Steven Smith — STS-68, STS-82, STS-103, STS-110
* Sherwood C. Spring — STS-61-B
* Robert C. Springer — STS-29, STS-38
* Thomas Patten Stafford — Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
* Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper
* Robert L. Stewart — STS-41-B, STS-51-J
* Susan Still
* Frederick Sturckow — STS-88, STS-105, STS-117
* Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan
* Steven Swanson — STS-117
* John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982) — Apollo 13:T
* Daniel Tani — STS-108, STS-120/122
* Joseph R. Tanner — STS-66, STS-82, STS-97, STS-115
* Norman Thagard — STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
* Andy Thomas* — STS-77, STS-89, STS-91, STS-102, STS-114
* Donald A. Thomas — STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94
* Kathryn C. Thornton
* William E. Thornton — STS-8, STS-51-B
* Pierre Thuot — STS-36, STS-49, STS-62
* Eugene Trinh* — STS-50
* Richard H. Truly — STS-2, STS-8:V
* Lodewijk van den Berg* — STS-51-B
* James van Hoften — STS-41-C, STS-51-I
* Charles Veach (1944–1995) — STS-39, STS-52
* James Voss — STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102/105
* Janice E. Voss:W
* Carl Walz — STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108/111
* Rex J. Walheim — STS-110, STS-122
* Charles Walker — STS-41-D, STS-51-D, STS-61-B
* David M. Walker, (1944–2001) — STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69
* Taylor Wang* — STS-51-B
* Mary E. Weber
* Paul J. Weitz — Skylab 2, STS-6
* Jim Wetherbee — STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113
* Edward Higgins White (1930–1967), first American to perform an EVA. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster — Gemini 4
* Douglas H. Wheelock — STS-120
* Peggy Whitson
* Terrence Wilcutt — STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106
* Donald Williams — STS-51-D, STS-34
* Jeffrey Williams — STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8
* Sunita Williams
* Stephanie Wilson
* Peter Wisoff — STS-57, STS-68, STS-81, STS-92
* David Wolf — STS-58, STS-86/89, STS-112
* Alfred Worden — Apollo 15:Y
* John Young — Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9:Z
* George D. Zamka — STS-120</sup>

Americans born abroad

* to American parents.
*flagicon|Canada|1957 Gregory Chamitoff, born in Montreal, Canada.
*flagicon|Italy|1861 Michael Collins, born in Rome, Italy to American parents.
*Flagicon|GBR Gregory H. Johnson, born in South Ruislip, England.
*Flagicon|PAN Frederick W. Leslie, born in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone (now Panama)
*Flagicon|ROC Shannon Lucid ^{(then under Japanese rule) to American parents.
*Flagicon|Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands James H. Newman, born in the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Micronesia).}

Naturalized Americans

*flagicon|Iran|1964 "Anousheh Ansari" ^{in space. Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist.
*Flagicon|CRC Franklin Chang-Diaz, born in San José, Costa Rica. First Costa Rican-American in space.
*Flagicon|IND Kalpana Chawla in space.
*Flagicon|GBR Michael Foale, born in Louth, England, dual British and American citizen.
*flagicon|Spain|1939 Michael Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain.
*Flagicon|PER Carlos I. Noriega, born in Lima, Peru. First Peruvian-born person in space.
*Flagicon|GBR Nicholas Patrick, born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England.
*Flagicon|AUS Paul Scully-Power, born in Sydney, Australia.
*Flagicon|GBR Piers Sellers, born in Crowborough, England.
*flagicon|Hungary|1946 "Charles Simonyi", born in Budapest, Hungary. Fifth space tourist.
*Flagicon|AUS Andrew Thomas, born in Adelaide, Australia.
*Flagicon|South Vietnam Eugene Trinh, born in Saigon, State of Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). First Vietnamese-American in space.
*Flagicon|NLD Lodewijk van den Berg, born in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.
*Flagicon|ROC Taylor Wang, born in Shanghai, China. First Chinese American in space.}

Flagicon|VNM Vietnam

* Pham Tuân, first Vietnamese and first Asian in space. — Soyuz 37/35

ee also

* Timeline of space travel by nationality
* List of space travelers by name
* List of astronauts by name
* List of Apollo astronauts
* List of human spaceflights
* Space Shuttle crews
* Spaceflight records

Notes