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Jonathan Yong Kim (born 5 February 1984) is an American U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, former SEAL, flight surgeon, Naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut.. Born in Los Angeles, Kim enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star, Bronze Star with V device, and his commission.
Chiaki Mukai was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture.She graduated from Keio Girls Senior High School in Tokyo in 1971. She received her doctorate in medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 1977; a doctorate in physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 1988; board certified as a cardiovascular surgeon, Japan Surgical Society, 1989.
First Saudi astronaut to ISS. Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023) Rayyanah Barnawi September, 1988 First Saudi astronaut to ISS. First female Saudi astronaut in space. 56, 57 Gui Haichao November, 1986 China: First civilian taikonaut in space. Shenzhou 16 (May 30, 2023) Zhu Yangzhu September, 1986 58 Namira Salim Pakistan: First Pakistani in space.
Name Birth date Ancestry Birth Comment Missions (Launch date) 1 Ellison Onizuka June 24, 1946 Japan United States: Selected in 1978 to NASA Astronaut Group 8. First Asian American and first Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. STS-51-C (January 24, 1985) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) 2 Taylor Gun-Jin Wang June 16, 1940
Christopher Cassidy – Navy SEAL, astronaut STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M (Expedition 35/36), Soyuz MS-16 (Expedition 62/63) Gene Cernan – naval aviator, astronaut , Lunar Module Pilot , Commander of Apollo 17 (last man on moon) Roger Chaffee – naval aviator and astronaut who perished in the Apollo 1 fire
Nicole Victoria Aunapu Mann was born on June 27, 1977, to Howard and Victoria Aunapu and grew up in Penngrove, California. [3]Her name Aunapu (a Germanised version of "õunapuu", meaning "apple tree") is Estonian, as her grandfather Helmuth Aunapu was from Tallinn in Estonia, but his family originated from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa.
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.
As of 2023, fifty-four United States astronauts have graduated from the United States Naval Academy (USNA), more than from any other undergraduate institution. [1] The Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. During the ...