Astronauts

Meet the exceptional people that have ventured into space.


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William R. Pogue
American

William Reid Pogue was an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and test pilot who was also an accomplished teacher, public speaker and a…

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Wubbo Ockels
Dutch

Dr Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985 he particip…

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Yevgeny Khrunov
Russian

Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Хруно́в; September 10, 1933 – May 20, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/S…

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Yuri Gagarin
Russian

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pi…

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Yury Artyukhin
Russian

Yury Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Артю́хин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a sing…

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Yury Glazkov
Russian

Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazko…

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Yury Malyshev
Russian

Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев) was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR, on 27 A…

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Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 1 hour ago
Starlink Group 10-11
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 22 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-56
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Starship
Success
4 days, 10 hours ago
Flight 10
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

10th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 15 hours ago
NAOS
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembour…


Long March 8A
Success
5 days, 14 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 10
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-33
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

33rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…


Electron
Success
1 week ago
Live, Laugh, Launch
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

'Live, Laugh, Launch' is the second of two dedicated missions on Electron for a confidential customer in 2025. Possible customer candidates include E…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 17-6
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Eighth flight of the X-37B program. The X-37B is a dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments …


Angara 1.2
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Kosmos 2590-2593 (?)
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

4 classified satellites for the Russian military.