Astronauts

Meet the exceptional people that have ventured into space.


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Alexander Grebenkin
Russian

Alexander Grebenkin is a Russian cosmonaut with a background in radio communications engineering.

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Ali AlQarni
Saudi

Ali AlQarni is an astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and serving as a mission specialist on the Ax-2 mission. AlQarni graduated with …

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Andre Douglas
American

Andre Douglas is a Virginia native. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a master’s degree in m…

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Anil Menon
American

Anil Menon is a US Air Force lieutenant colonel from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company’s fi…

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Anna Menon
American

Anna Menon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX, where she manages the development of crew operations and serves in mission control as both …

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Christina Birch
American

Christina Birch grew up in Gilbert, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a bachelor’s de…

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Christopher Williams
American

Christopher Williams grw up in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a doctorate i…

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Deniz Burnham
American

Deniz Burnham is a US Nacy lieutenant from Wasilla, Alaska. A former intern at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, Burnham ser…

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Jack Hathaway
American

Jack Hathaway is a US Navy commander from Connecticut. He earned bachelors’ degrees in physics and history from the U.S. Naval Academy and completed …

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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 19 hours ago
SES-18 & SES-19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days ago
Starlink Group 2-8
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 52 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 3
Success
3 days, 10 hours ago
Gaofen 13-02
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, 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), a …


Electron
Success
3 days, 20 hours ago
Stronger Together
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SA…


Long March 11
Success
5 days, 7 hours ago
Shiyan 19
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Chinese Earth observation satellite of unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 18 hours ago
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

27th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…


Long March 2
Success
1 week ago
Horus 2
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Horus 2 is a remote sensing satellite for the Egyptian Space Agency developed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd. of CAST.


Proton-M Briz-M
Success
1 week ago
Olymp-K #2 (Luch 5X)
200/39 (200L) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Secretive payload, reportedly known as Olymp-K or Luch, is a geostationary satellite built and launched for the Russian Ministry of defence and the R…


Long March 4C
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Tianhui-6 A/B
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Described as satellites for cartography purposes, details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
OneWeb 17
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 40 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…