Frank DeWinne

Personal data Born in Ghent, Belgium on 25 April 1961, Frank De Winne is married to Lena Clarke and has three children. He enjoys football, fishing and gastronomy. Education 1979: graduated from the Royal School of Cadets, Lier, Belgium ...

Fyodor Yurchikhin

Soyuz TMA-M commander ISS flight engineer 1st class instructor-test-cosmonaut 423rd world cosmonaut 98th cosmonaut of Russia PERSONAL DATA: Born January 3, 1959, in Batumi, Georgia. Married to Larisa Anatolievna Yurchikhina. They have two ...

Piers Sellers

PERSONAL DATA: Born April 11, 1955 in Crowborough, Sussex, United Kingdom. Married. Two children. EDUCATION: Graduated from Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in ecological science ...

Sandra Magnus

Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission ...

Sergei Treschev

Graduated from Moscow Energytechnics Institute, 1982; worked at NPO Energiya; was selected as cosmonaut on 03.03.1992 (NPOE-10); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 10/92 - 2/94; hobbies: soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, hiking, tennis, music, ...

Peggy Whitson

Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. ...

Phillipe Perrin

Personal data Born January 6, 1963, in Meknes, Morocco. Considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. Married, two children. Enjoys scuba diving, skiing, sailing, hiking, travel, the history of sciences. Education Entered the French ...

Paul Lockhart

PERSONAL DATA: Born April 28, 1956 in Amarillo, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lockhart. Married to the former Mary Theresa Germaine of Boston, Massachusetts. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoys hunting, fishing, and sports such as kayaking. ...

Mark Shuttleworth

South African entrepreneur and space tourist who became the first citizen of an independent African country to travel to space. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2013, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system. He currently ...

Roberto Vittori

Roberto Vittori (born 15 October 1964 in Viterbo) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the ...

Lee Morin

Bachelor of science in mathematics and electrical sciences from University of New Hampshire, 1974; master of science in biochemistry from New York University School of Medicine, 1978; doctorate of medicine and microbiology from New York ...

Rex Walheim

Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of California-Berkeley, 1984; master of science in industrial engineering from the University of Houston, 1989; Colonel, USAF; test pilot; unsuccessful application for NASA ...

Steven Frick

Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from U.S. Naval Academy, 1986; master of science in aerospace engineering from U.S. Naval Postgraduate School 1994; Captain, USN; hobbies: Skiing, biking, hiking, camping; currently Chief Astronaut ...

Michael Massimino

PERSONAL DATA: Born in New York in 1962. His hometown is Franklin Square, New York. Married. Two children. Mike enjoys baseball, family activities, camping, and coaching kids sports. EDUCATION: H. Frank Carey High School, Franklin ...

Duane Carey

Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering and mechanics and master of science in aerospace engineering from University of Minnesota-Minneapolis in 1981 an 1982, respectively; Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret.; test pilot; recreational interests: ...

Daniel Tani

PERSONAL DATA: Born February 1, 1961, in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hometown. Married to the former Jane Egan from Cork, Ireland. They have three children. He enjoys golf, flying, running, tennis, music ...

Mark Kelly

PERSONAL DATA: Mark Edward Kelly is the son of Richard and Patricia Kelly, two retired police officers. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, on February 21, 1964, and raised in West Orange, New Jersey. Kelly is married to U.S. Congresswoman ...

Konstantin Kozeyev

From 1981 to 1987 he studied at Kaliningrad Technical School of Mechanical Engineering; graduated from Moscow Aviation Technology Institute, 1992; was selected as cosmonaut on 09.02.1996 (RKKE-12); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 03.06.1996 - ...

Mikhail Tyurin

PERSONAL DATA: Michael Tyurin lives in Korolev, a small city outside of Moscow. He was born March 2, 1960, in Kolomna, Russia (about 60 miles from Moscow) where his parents still reside. He is married to Tatiana Anatoleyvna Tyurin. They have ...

Patrick Forrester

Bachelor of science in applied sciences and engineering from U.S. Military Academy, 1979; master of science in mechanical and aerospace engineering from University of Virginia, 1989; Colonel, USA; Ret.; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut ...

Czym się różni kosmonauta od astronauty?

Kosmonauta i astronauta to synonimy, czyli teoretycznie możemy używać ich wymiennie, ale tradycyjnie nazywamy ludzi wyniesionych w kosmos przez amerykanów astronautami, a przez rosjan kosmonautami, niezależnie jakich narodowości byli. Czyli Amerykanie, Kanadyjczycy, Japończycy, Włosi, Francuzi i Niemcy latający z amerykanami to astronauci. Natomiast generała Hermaszewskiego, jedynego (jak dotąd) Polaka w Kosmosie, nazywa się kosmonautą bo poleciał w ramach radzieckiego programu kosmicznego.

Tajkonauta (taikonauta)

A co z chińczykami? Na zachodzie chińczyków w kosmosie nazywają taikonautami. Co ciekawe słowo tajkonuta, z chińskiego "taikong" (czyli przestrzeń kosmiczna) wymyślił najprawdopodobniej dla żartu pod koniec lat 90. malezyjski fan lotów kosmicznych i posłużył się nim w tekście internetowym, co podchwyciły zachodnie media. Sami Chińczycy mówią o swoim astronaucie – yuhangyuan.