Astronauts

Meet the exceptional people that have ventured into space.


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Gregory R. Wiseman
American

Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator. Wiseman was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group…

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Guangsu Li
Chinese

Li Guangsu is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September …

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Haichao Gui
Chinese

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 …

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Haozhe Wang
Chinese

Wang Haozhe is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. She joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 2009 and enlist…

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Hazza Al Mansouri
Emirati

Hazza Al Mansouri is one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates.

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Helga
Earthling

Mannequin used as part of the DLR MARE radiations measurement experiment.

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Hongzhang Zhang
Chinese

Zhang Hongzhang is a Chinese astronaut selected as a payload specialist as part of the Shenzhou program. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) …

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Ivan Vagner
Russian

Ivan Viktorovitch Vagner is a Russian Engineer and Cosmonaut who was selected in October 2010. He graduated from the Baltic State Technical Universit…

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Jameel Janjua
Canadian

VSS Unity pilot for Virgin Galactic.

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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 19 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-13
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
3 days, 11 hours ago
Crew-12
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial C…


Ariane 64
Success
4 days, 4 hours ago
Amazon Leo (LE-01)
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…


Vulcan VC4S
Success
4 days, 12 hours ago
USSF-87
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

USSF-87 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 directly to a near-geosyn…


Proton-M
Success
4 days, 12 hours ago
Elektro-L No.5
81/24 (81P) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real…


Smart Dragon 3
Success
4 days, 14 hours ago
PRSC-EO2 & 6 satellites
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including PRSC-EO2 (Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO) & CUHK-1. Detai…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 4 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-34
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
Starlink Group 17-33
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2F/G
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4th flight of the Chinese spaceplane capable of returning to Earth.


Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unknown classified payload(s) for the Russian military.