Ronald Sega
PERSONAL DATA: Born December 4, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio. EDUCATION: Graduated from Nordonia High School, Macedonia, Ohio, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics and Physics from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974, a ...
Yuri Usachev
PERSONAL DATA: Born October 9, 1957 in Donetsk, Rostov on Don Region, Russia. Married to Vera Sergeevna Usacheva (nee Nazarova) of Kalingrad, Moscow region. They have one daughter, Zhenya. His mother, Anna Grigorevna Usacheva resides in Donetsk. ...
Martin Fettman
PERSONAL DATA: Born December 31, 1956, Brooklyn, New York. Single. Recreational interests include scuba diving, amateur radio, flying, bicycling, pistol marksmanship, camping and mountain hiking, photography, travel, reading (mysteries), and ...
David Wolf
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 23, 1956, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He enjoys sport aerobatic flying, scuba diving, handball, running and water skiing. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Wolf, reside in Indianapolis. EDUCATION: Graduated from North ...
William McArthur Jr
PERSONAL DATA: Born July 26, 1951, in Laurinburg, North Carolina. His hometown is Wakulla, North Carolina. Married to the former Cynthia Kathryn Lovin of Red Springs, North Carolina. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. He enjoys ...
Richard Searfoss
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but considers Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be his hometown. Married; three children. He enjoys running, soccer, radio-controlled model aircraft, Scouting, backpacking, and classical ...
Carl Walz
Bachelor of science in physics from Kent State University, Ohio, 1977; master of science in solid state physics from John Carroll University, Ohio, 1979; Colonel, USAF; flight test engineer; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut group 12; ...
Daniel Bursch
DATA: Born July 25, 1957, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, but considers Vestal, New York, to be his hometown. He has four children and one grandchild. Hobbies include woodworking and working on cars. His parents, Dudley and Betsy Bursch, are deceased. ...
James Newman
Bachelor of arts in physics from Dartmouth College, 1978; master of arts and Ph.D. in physics from Rice University, 1982 and 1984 respectively; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut group 11; hobbies: hiking, soccer, softball, squash, ...
Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Altair long-duration mission (186 days) in 1993 also included an EVA.
Vasily Tsibliyev
Graduated from Kharkov Military School of Aviation, 1975; graduated from Gagarin Air Force Academy, Monino, 1987; Lieutenant General, Russian Air Force, Ret. (in Dezember 2009); was selected as cosmonaut on 26.03.1987 (TsPK-8); OKP (cosmonaut ...
Janice Voss
PERSONAL DATA: Born October 8, 1956, in South Bend, Indiana, but considered Rockford, Illinois, to be her hometown. Died on February 6, 2012, after battling cancer. Her parents, Dr. & Mrs. James R. Voss, reside in Dupont, Indiana. EDUCATION: ...
Peter Wisoff
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 16, 1958, in Norfolk, Virginia. Married to Tamara E. Jernigan. He enjoys scuba diving, racquetball, swimming, and sailing. His parents, Carl & Pat Wisoff, reside in Norfolk. EDUCATION: Graduated from Norfolk ...
Nancy Currie
PERSONAL DATA: Born December 29, 1958, in Wilmington, Delaware, but considers Troy, Ohio, to be her hometown. Married to David W. Currie (CW5, USA) of Hookstown, Pennsylvania. One daughter. She enjoys running, swimming, triathlons, weight ...
Hans Schlegel
Personal data Born on 3 August 1951 in Überlingen, Germany, Hans Schlegel considers Aachen to be his hometown. Hans is married to astronaut candidate Heike Walpot. He has seven children. Recreational interests include skiing, scuba diving and ...
Ulrich Walter
PERSONAL DATA: Born February 9, 1954, in Iserlohn, Germany. Married. Two children. He enjoys sports, such as badminton, basketball, and soccer, as well as pop and classical music, electronics (analog, digital, and HF), and photography. ...
Bernard Harris
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 26, 1956, in Temple, Texas. Married to the former Sandra Fay Lewis of Sunnyvale, California. They have one child. He enjoys flying, sailing, skiing, running, scuba diving, art and music. Bernard's mother, Mrs. Gussie H. ...
Charles Precourt
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 29, 1955, in Waltham, Massachusetts, but considers Hudson, Massachusetts, to be his hometown. Married to the former Lynne Denise Mungle of St. Charles, Missouri. They have three daughters, Michelle, Sarah, and Aimee. ...
Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. In 1993 Ochoa ...
Kenneth Cockrell
PERSONAL DATA: Born April 9, 1950, in Austin, Texas, but considers Rockdale, Texas, his hometown. He has two children and enjoys sport flying, snow skiing and water skiing. EDUCATION: Graduated from Rockdale High School, Rockdale, Texas, in ...
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.
