Astronauts

Meet the exceptional people that have ventured into space.

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Douglas G. Hurley
American

Douglas Gerald Hurley is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-127, which launched July 15, 2009. He was assigned an...

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Douglas H. Wheelock
American

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle, Internat...

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Eric Boe
American

Eric Allen Boe is a United States Air Force fighter pilot Colonel, test pilot, a Civil Air Patrol member, and a NASA astronaut. He flew as the pil...

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Gregory Chamitoff
American

Gregory Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124,...

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Gregory H. Johnson
American

Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson is a NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, S...

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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 Gro...

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James M. Kelly
American

James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly is a NASA Astronaut and a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force. He twice served as pilot on Space Shuttle miss...

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Jeanette J. Epps
American

Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.

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Jeffrey Williams
American

Jeffrey Nels Williams is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the Ame...

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Recent Launches
New Shepard
Success
3 days, 3 hours ago
NS-12
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USA

The 12th flight of New Shepard will contain commercial payloads and postcards from the nonprofit organisation 'Club for the Future'.

PSLV-QL
Success
3 days, 11 hours ago
RISAT-2BR1 & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of India

Satellite imaging mission of ISRO using an active SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imager to provide continuity of service for RISAT-2. Mission also ...

Soyuz 2.1B
Success
3 days, 12 hours ago
Glonass-M No. 59 (Kosmos 2544)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a ...

Kuaizhou
Success
1 week ago
Kuaizhou
Taiyuan, People's Republic of China
Kuaizhou
Success
1 week ago
Jilin-1-02B
Unknown Pad - Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Jilin-1 is a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellites.

Soyuz 2.1A
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Progress MS-13 (74P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the Internation...

Electron
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Running Out Of Fingers
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

This is the Rocket Lab's 10th flight. It carries several small satellites for international commercial customers. This is also the first flight to ...

Falcon 9 Block 5
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
SpX CRS-19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

SpaceX will launch the Dragon spacecraft on their 19th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being c...

Long March 4
Success
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Gaofen-12
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...

PSLV-XL
Success
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Cartosat-3 & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of India

Cartosat-3 is an advanced remote sensing satellite with high resolution imaging capability developed by ISRO. It's designed as a follow-on to the C...

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