Eric Boe
Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering, USAF Academy, 1987; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, GeorgiaTech, 1997; Colonel, USAF; Director of Test, Air-to-Air Missile Test Division, Eglin AFB, Florida; hobbies: outdoor sports, ...
Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott de Cayeux (born Richard Allen Garriott on July 4, 1961) is a video game developer and entrepreneur. He is also known as his alter egos Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa. A well-known figure in the video ...
Jing Haipeng
Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born October 24, 1966) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air ...
Zhai Zhigang
Zhai Zhigang (born October 10, 1966) is a major general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a CNSA astronaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.
Liu Boming
Liu Boming (simplified Chinese: 刘伯明; traditional Chinese: 劉伯明; pinyin: Líu Bómíng; born September 1966) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected ...
Gregory Chamitoff
PERSONAL DATA: Originally from Montreal, Canada. Married to Chantal Caviness, M.D., Ph.D. They have two children, Natasha and Dimitri. His mother, Shari Chamitoff, and brother, Ken Chamitoff, live in Southern California. His father was the late ...
Ronald Garan Jr.
PERSONAL DATA: Born on October 30, 1961, in Yonkers, NY. Married to the former Carmel Courtney of Brooklyn, NY, and Scranton, PA. They have three sons. His father, Ronald Garan, Sr., resides in Yonkers, NY. His mother, Linda Lichtblau, resides in ...
Karen Nyberg
PERSONAL DATA: Born on October 7, 1969. Her hometown is Vining, Minnesota. Married. One child. Recreational interests include running, sewing, drawing and painting, backpacking, piano, and spending time with her family. Dr. Nyberg’s parents, ...
Kenneth Ham
PERSONAL DATA: Born December 12, 1964, in Plainfield, New Jersey. Two children, Ryan and Randy. He is married to the former Michelle Lucas of Hobart, Indiana. His parents, Ed and Marion Ham, reside in Brunswick, Maine. Recreational interests ...
Yi So-yeon
Birth date by lunar calendar: 27.04.1978; female; researcher at the KAIST; Ph.D.; one of two finalists from South Korea for a Soyuz mission in April 2008; hobbies: picture, song and Taekwondo. (Source: Spacefacts) Yi So-yeon was born to ...
Oleg Kononenko
PERSONAL DATA: Born 21 June, 1964, in Chardzhow, Turkmenia. Married to Tatiana Mikhailovna Kononenko, they have two children, daughter Alisa and son Andrey, born in 2003. Oleg enjoys reading books, sport games, and spending time with the family. ...
Sergei Volkov
PERSONAL DATA: Born April 1, 1973, in Chuguyev, Kharkov Region, Ukraine. Married to Natalia Volkova (Shinkarenko). They have one son, Egor, born in 2001. His hobbies include sport games, tennis, windsurfing, reading, museums. EDUCATION: After ...
Garrett Reisman
PERSONAL DATA: Born February 10, 1968, in Morristown, New Jersey, but considers Parsippany, New Jersey, to be his hometown. Recreational interests include flying, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, mountaineering, canyoneering and scuba ...
Michael Foreman
PERSONAL DATA: Born March 29, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio. His hometown is Wadsworth, Ohio. Married to the former Lorrie Dancer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They have three children. Recreational interests include golf, home repair/improvement, working ...
Robert Behnken
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, 1992; Master of Science and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; 1993; Lieutenant Colonel, USAF; Operations Engineer, Avionics, F-22 ...
Gregory Johnson
PERSONAL DATA: Born on May 12, 1962, in South Ruislip, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Married to the former Cari M. Harbaugh of Lubbock, Texas. They have three children: Matthew, Joseph and Rachel. Considers Fairborn, Ohio, and Traverse City, ...
Stanley Love
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 8, 1965, in San Diego, California, but considers Eugene, Oregon, to be his hometown. He is married with two children. His recreational interests include martial arts, alpine hiking, reading and writing science fiction ...
Leland Melvin
PERSONAL DATA: Born February 15, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Unmarried. Recreational interests include photography, piano, reading, music, cycling, tennis, and snowboarding. Loves walking his dogs, Jake and Scout. Chosen by the Detroit ...
Alan Poindexter
PERSONAL DATA: Born November 5, 1961, in Pasadena, California, but considered Rockville, Maryland, to be his hometown. Died on July 1, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Lisa, and their two children. Recreational interests included motorcycling, ...
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.
