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Adamchuk Ukrainian scientist cosmonaut, 1996-1996. Botanist. |
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Amelkina Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1983. |
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Andre-Deshays French biologist cosmonaut 1985-2002. Biologist, first French female astronaut. Was married to astronaut Jean-Pierre Haignere. |
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Ansari Iranian-American engineer cosmonaut 2006. First female space tourist. First Iranian in space. |
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Baker American physician mission specialist astronaut 1984-2012. Physician. |
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Bondar Canadian physician payload specialist astronaut 1983-1992. Neurologist. First Canadian female astronaut. IML-1 payload specialist. |
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Bruemmer Swiss engineer payload specialist astronaut, 1987-1993. Meteorologist. |
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Cagle American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2008. |
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Caldwell American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. |
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Chawla Indian-American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2003. She perished with the rest of the crew of the shuttle Columbia on 1 February 2003. |
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Clark American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2003. Physician. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
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Cleave American ecologist mission specialist astronaut 1980-1990. Engineer. |
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Coleman, Catherine American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1992-2015. US Air Force engineer. |
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Davis American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1987-1999. Engineer, was married to astronaut Mark Lee, part of first married couple to fly in space together. |
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Dobrokvashina Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1993. Civilian Physician, Institute of Biological Medical Problems. Cosmonaut training October 1979 - July 1980. Returned to work at the IMBP. |
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Dunbar American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1980-2005. Engineer. Was married to astronaut Ronald Sega. |
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Dyson American cosmonaut, 2008-2009. Internet entrepreneur, daughter of physicist and space visionary Freeman Dyson. Internet entrepreneur who paid $ 3 million to train as back-up to Charles Simonyi as a space tourist aboard Soyuz TMA-14. |
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Fisher American physician mission specialist astronaut 1980-2006. First mother in space. Was married to astronaut William Fisher. Took extended leave 1989 to 1996 to raise family. |
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Godwin American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1985-2010. Physicist. Was married to astronaut Steven Nagel. |
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Gromushkina Russian actor cosmonaut, 1998-2001. Actress, selected to appear in a film to be filmed aboard the Mir space station. Accomplished some training, but the project was cancelled. |
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Higginbotham American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. Engineer. |
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Hilliard American physician mission specialist astronaut, 1998-2001. |
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Hire American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2010. US Navy aviator; first woman assigned to a combat aircrew. |
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Hughes-Fulford American biologist payload specialist astronaut 1984-1991. Biochemist. US Army |
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Ivanova Russian scientist cosmonaut, 1983-1994. |
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Ivins American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-2010. NASA flight engineer. |
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Jemison American physician mission specialist astronaut 1987-1993. Physician. First African-American woman to fly in space. |
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Jernigan American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1985-2001. Astronomer. Was married to astronaut Jeff Wisoff. |
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Johnston American engineer payload specialist astronaut, 1983-1985. |
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Kavandi American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2005. Chemist. |
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Kikuchi Japanese journalist cosmonaut, 1989-1990. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in Chinese language Journalist, Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation. Reporter for world news with TBS, reporting from Moscow and then again from Tokyo. |
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Kilrain American test pilot astronaut 1994-2002. US Navy test pilot. |
| Klyushnikova Russian physician cosmonaut, 1979-1986. Civilian Physician, Institute of Medical Biological Problems. Cosmonaut training from October 1979 - July 1980. Did not complete training, when the government commission did not confirm his selection. |
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Kondakova Russian engineer cosmonaut 1989-1999. Engineer, first Russian woman to fly in space for other than propaganda reasons. Was married to astronaut Valeriy Ryumin. Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO |
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Kuleshova Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1980-1992. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute named after Grigoriy (Sergo) K. Ordzhonikidze, 1978. Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO. From 1992 she worked as an engineer at NPO Energia, Department 292. |
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Kuzhelnaya Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1994-2004. Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO |
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LaComb American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1982-1990. |
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Latysheva Russian scientist cosmonaut, 1980-1993. |
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Lawrence American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2006. US Navy ocean engineer. |
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Liu Yang Chinese female pilot taikonaut 2010-on. First Chinese woman in space. |
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Lucid American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1978-2012. Biochemist, first American woman to make a long-duration space station mission. |
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Magnus American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
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McAuliffe American teacher payload specialist astronaut 1985-1986. Was to have been the first teacher in space. Died in Challenger accident. |
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Melroy American test pilot astronaut 1994-2009. Grew up in Pittsford, New York. US Air Force test pilot. |
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Merchez Belgian physician cosmonaut, 1992-1995. Was married to astronaut Maurizio Cheli. |
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Morgan American teacher mission specialist astronaut 1986, 1998-2008. Teacher. |
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Mukai Japanese physician payload specialist astronaut 1985-2015. Surgeon, first Japanese female astronaut. |
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Nowak American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. US Navy test pilot. |
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Nyberg American scientist mission specialist astronaut 2000-2018. |
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Omelchenko Russian journalist cosmonaut, 1990-1992. |
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Payette Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2013. Engineer. Second Canadian female astronaut. |
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Ponomaryova Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1962-1969. Was married to astronaut Yuri Ponomaryov. |
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Prinz American physicist payload specialist astronaut, 1978-1985. |
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Pronina Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1980-1992. |
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Resnik American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Engineer. Died in Challenger accident. |
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Ride American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1987. Physicist, first American woman in space. Was married to astronaut Steven Alan Hawley. |
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Roberts American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1982-1987. |
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Savitskaya Russian test pilot cosmonaut 1980-1993. Test pilot, engineer, second woman in space. First woman to walk in space. |
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Seddon American physician mission specialist astronaut 1978-1998. Physician. Was married to astronaut Robert Lee (Hoot) Gibson. |
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Serova Russian engineer cosmonaut, 2006-2016. Wife of Mark Serov (2003 selection group) Graduate of MAI. Worked in TsUP Flight Control Center. |
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Sharman British engineer cosmonaut 1989-1998. Chemist. First British astronaut. First non-American, non-Soviet female astronaut. |
| Sokolova Russian engineer cosmonaut candidate, 1962. Pilot. Selected as a cosmonaut on 28 February 1962, but on 3 March 1962 her selection was rejected by the government commission. In 1965 she set the world speed record for a female pilot while flying a MIG-21. |
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Solovyova Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1962-1969. |
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Stefanyshyn-Piper American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2009. Engineer. |
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Stott American engineer mission specialist astronaut, 2000-2015. |
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Sudarmono Indonesian biologist payload specialist astronaut, 1985-1986. Microbiologist. Later research scientist at the University of Dyakarta. Advisor for Bandung Institute of Technology. |
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Sullivan American geologist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1993. Geologist, first American woman to walk in space. As of 1999 Ms Sullivan was Director of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. |
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Tereshkova Russian cosmonaut 1962-1997. First woman in space, aboard Vostok 6. But the flight was propaganda and future spaceflight opportunities did not develop. Was married to cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev. Later a leading Communist politician. |
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Thornton American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1984-1996. |
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Tittle American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut 1985-1988. Graduated in operations research from the USAF Academy, 1982. US Air Force operations specialist, stationed in the Pentagon. Later a Shuttle Flight Controller at the JSC. |
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Walker, Shannon American astrophysicist mission specialist astronaut, 2004-on. |
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Walpot German physician payload specialist astronaut, 1987-1993. |
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Weaver American meteorologist payload specialist astronaut, 1988-2001. |
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Weber, Mary American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2002. Chemist. |
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Whitson American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. Biochemist, first female space station commander. 376 cumulative days in space. |
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Williams American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. US Navy test pilot. Grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. |
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Wilson American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2013. Engineer. |
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Yamazaki Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1999-2011. Underwent cosmonaut training in Russia, then Astronaut training in USA. NASDA |
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Yerkina Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1962-1969. |
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Yi Soyeon Korean engineer cosmonaut 2006-2008. First Korean in space. |
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Zakharova Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1995. Was married to cosmonaut Yuri Sheffer. |
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