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.
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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.
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Namira Salim born in Karachi, is a Pakistani polar adventurer, future astronaut and artist based in Monaco and Dubai.
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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.
Haichao Gui
Gui Haichao is a Chinese pilot, researcher and professor selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He did nor enlist in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), but was still was selected as a taikonaut, whereas all earlier known taikonauts ...
Yangzhu Zhu
Zhu Yangzhu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2005, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 2006.
Jamila Gilbert
Virgin Galactic internal communications lead
Nicola Pecile
Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.
Pantaleone Carlucci
Italian National Research Council technical engineer and pilot selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.
Walter Villadei
Italian Air Force mission commander on the Virgin Galactic 01 flight. Backup pilot for the Axiom Space Mission 2, Pilon for the Axiom Space Mission 3, qualified on Soyuz, ISS systems, and Orlan for EVA activities.
What is the difference between a cosmonaut and an astronaut?
Cosmonaut and astronaut are synonyms, that is, theoretically we can use them interchangeably, but traditionally we call people launched into space by the Americans astronauts and by the Russians cosmonauts, regardless of what nationalities they were. That is, Americans, Canadians, Japanese, Italians, French and Germans flying with Americans are astronauts. In contrast, General Hermaszewski, the only (so far) Pole in Space, is called a cosmonaut because he flew as part of the Soviet space program.
