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[1] [2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities. As of 2025, there have been over 188 fatalities in incidents regarding spaceflight.
Earth Space Force: Stargazer One: Contemporary/Near Future Astronaut injured in space is rescued by aliens and turned into the superhero Jigsaw. [36] Test Vehicle 1: Bob Wilson, Maj. Chip Morton, Lt. Cmdr. (Co-Pilot) Test Vehicle 2: Lee Crane, Capt. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Journey With Fear (1967), TV United States Space Exploration ...
To be included in these lists, a fictional astronaut must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world space programs, as they have actually existed since the beginning of the Space Age, or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age. Criteria include: A fictional astronaut must be human (not an alien, robot, or animal).
Astronauts crewing the replacement for the Space Shuttle. Killed when the vehicle explodes during launch. [73] Buzz Caldwell Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon (2017), novel Space Shuttle: c. 2017 (late January) Original Space Shuttle astronaut who flew in space six times runs aerospace company that sponsors paper airplane contest. [74]
Space Force (Moon Force): Cargo Spaceship No. 00-41-233 (Cow) Space Force Lunar Base (Moonport) Rocketcraft No. 12-12-22 Mooncraft No. 1: Near Future Miss Pickerell travels to Moon to find antibiotic for animal epidemic. Landing site in Descartes; lunar base in Mare Cognitum. Sequel to Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (q.v.). [17] Pete (no last name ...
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.
Keller was first human on Mars. Astronauts took Martian core samples from Tharsis Bulge/Olympus Mons. James (Commander) Henry Pierre Don Geoff (no last names given) Unnamed astronaut "Homecoming" (1995), short story NASA: Mars 1: Near Future When nuclear engine fails on approach to Mars, unnamed astronaut kills his crewmates in order to stay ...
Hannson (CDR) (no first name given) Two unnamed astronauts Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater (1971), novel Apollo 19: Contemporary The crew of a returning lunar mission are killed on re-entry because the Command Module systems have been contaminated with a plastic-eating virus. [62] Poul Anderson Alpha Alpha Der Astronaut (1972), TV NASA: Contemporary