List of American Astronauts

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Name (Status)   Flights Flight Name Launch Landing Position
Walheim, Rex
(Current Astronaut)
M 2 STS-110 April 8, 2002 April 19, 2002 Mission Specialist 1
STS-122
(Scheduled)
November 2007 November 2007 Mission Specialist

Walker, Charles
(Former Astronaut)
M 3 STS-41D August 30, 1984 September 5, 1984 Payload Specialist 1
STS-51D April 12, 1985 April 19, 1985 Payload Specialist 2
STS-61B November 27, 1985 December 3, 1985 Payload Specialist 1

Walker, David
(Deceased Astronaut)
M 4 STS-51A November 8, 1984 November 16, 1984 Pilot
STS-30 May 4, 1989 May 8, 1989 Commander
STS-53 December 2, 1992 December 9, 1992 Commander
STS-69 September 7, 1995 September 18, 1995 Commander

Walz, Carl
(Current Astronaut)
M 4 STS-51 September 12, 1993 September 22, 1993 Mission Specialist 3
STS-65 July 8, 1994 July 23, 1994 Mission Specialist 2
STS-79 September 16, 1996 September 26, 1996 Mission Specialist 3
ISS Crew 4 December 5, 2001
(STS-108)
June 19, 2002
(STS-111)
ISS 4 Flight Engineer 1

Wang, Taylor
(Former Astronaut)
M 1 STS-51B April 29, 1985 May 6, 1985 Payload Specialist 1

Weber, Mary Ellen
(Former Astronaut)
F 2 STS-70 July 13, 1995 July 22, 1995 Mission Specialist 3
STS-101 May 19, 2000 May 29, 2000 Mission Specialist 1

Weitz, Paul
(Former Astronaut)
M 2 Skylab 2 May 25, 1973 June 22, 1973 Pilot
STS-6 April 4, 1983 April 9, 1983 Commander

Wetherbee, James
(Former Astronaut)
M 6 STS-32 January 9, 1990 January 20, 1990 Pilot
STS-52 October 22, 1992 November 1, 1992 Commander
STS-63 February 3, 1995 February 11, 1995 Commander
STS-86 September 26, 1997 October 6, 1997 Commander
STS-102 March 8, 2001 March 21, 2001 Commander
STS-113 November 24, 2002 December 7, 2002 Commander

Wheelock, Douglas
(Current Astronaut)
M 1 STS-120
(Scheduled)
September 2007 September 2007 Mission Specialist

White, Edward
(Deceased Astronaut)
M 1 Gemini 4 June 3, 1965 June 7, 1965 Pilot

Whitson, Peggy
(Current Astronaut)
F 2 ISS Crew 5 June 5, 2002
(STS-111)
December 7, 2002
(STS-113)
ISS 5 Science Officer (Flight Engineer 1)
ISS Crew 16
(Scheduled)
October 2007
(Soyuz TMA-11)
April 2008
(Soyuz TMA-11)
ISS 16 Commander

Wilcutt, Terrence
(Current Astronaut)
M 4 STS-68 September 30, 1994 October 11, 1994 Pilot
STS-79 September 16, 1996 September 26, 1996 Pilot
STS-89 January 23, 1998 January 31, 1998 Commander
STS-106 September 8, 2000 September 20, 2000 Commander

Williams, Donald
(Former Astronaut)
M 2 STS-51D April 12, 1985 April 19, 1985 Pilot
STS-34 October 18, 1989 October 23, 1989 Commander

Williams, Jeffrey
(Current Astronaut)
M 2 STS-101 May 19, 2000 May 29, 2000 Mission Specialist 2
ISS Crew 13 March 30, 2006
(Soyuz TMA-8)
September 28, 2006
(Soyuz TMA-8)
ISS 13 Science Officer (Flight Engineer 1)

Williams, Sunita
(Current Astronaut)
F 1 ISS Crew 14 December 10, 2006
(STS-116)
June 2007
(STS-118)
ISS-14 Flight Engineer

Wilson, Stephanie
(Current Astronaut)
F 2 STS-121 July 4, 2006 July 17, 2006 Mission Specialist 3
STS-120
(Scheduled)
September 2007 September 2007 Mission Specialist

Wisoff, Peter "Jeff"
(Former Astronaut)
M 4 STS-57 June 21, 1993 July 1, 1993 Mission Specialist 3
STS-68 September 30, 1994 October 11, 1994 Mission Specialist 3
STS-81 January 12, 1997 January 22, 1997 Mission Specialist 1
STS-92 October 11, 2000 October 24, 2000 Mission Specialist 3

Wolf, David
(Current Astronaut)
M 3 STS-58 October 18, 1993 November 1, 1993 Mission Specialist 3
NASA-6 September 26, 1997
(STS-86)
January 31, 1998
(STS-89)
Mir EO-24/NASA 6 Researcher
STS-112 October 7, 2002 October 18, 2002 Mission Specialist 1

Worden, Alfred
(Former Astronaut)
M 1 Apollo 15 July 26, 1971 August 7, 1971 Command Module Pilot

Young, John
(Former Astronaut)
M 6 Gemini 3 March 23, 1965 March 23, 1965 Pilot
Gemini 10 July 18, 1966 July 21, 1966 Commander
Apollo 10 May 18, 1969 May 26, 1969 Command Module Pilot
Apollo 16 April 16, 1972 April 27, 1972 Commander
STS-1 April 12, 1981 April 14, 1981 Commander
STS-9 November 28, 1983 December 8, 1983 Commander

Zamka, George
(Current Astronaut)
M 1 STS-120
(Scheduled)
September 2007 September 2007 Pilot

X-15 Pilots
Walker, Joseph
(Deceased Astronaut)
M 3* X-15 Flight 77 January 17, 1963 X-15 Pilot - Selected in 1957 - Retired on August 22, 1963 - Died on June 8, 1966
(*3 X-15 flights above 80 km - 25 X-15 flights)
X-15 Flight 90 July 19, 1963
X-15 Flight 91 August 22, 1963

White, Alvin
(Former X-15 Pilot)
M 0 X-15 Pilot - Selected in 1957 - Retired on June 12, 1960

White, Robert
(Former Astronaut)
M 1* X-15 Flight 62 July 17, 1962 X-15 Pilot - Selected in 1957 - Retired on December 14, 1962
(*1 X-15 flight above 80 km - 16 X-15 flights)

No Flights
Walker, Shannon
(Current Astronaut)
F 0 NASA Group 19 - Selected on May 6, 2004

Watterson, John
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 STS-41E Payload Specialist
Proposed Support Crew
(Flight Cancelled)
DOD Manned Space Engineer Group 1
Selected in August 1979 - Retired on May 31, 1986
STS-62A Payload Specialist
Proposed Prime Crew
(Flight Cancelled)

Weaver, Carol
(Former Astronaut)
F 0 Payload Specialist (WOSE-2) - Selected in February 1988 - Retired in 1992

Williams, Bill
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 STS-40 Backup PS Payload Specialist (PS) (Spacelab-4)
Selected on January 9, 1984 - Retired in 1985

Williams, Clifton
(Deceased Astronaut)
M 0 Gemini 10 Backup Crew NASA Group 3
Selected on October 18, 1963 - Died on October 5, 1967
Apollo AS-503 Proposed Backup Crew
(Flight Cancelled)

Williams, Sanita
(Astronaut Candidate)
F 0 Payload Specialist Candidate - Selected in 19??

Wilmore, Barry
(Current Astronaut)
M 0 NASA Group 18 - Selected on July 26, 2000

Wood, James
(Deceased Astronaut)
M 0 Dyna-Soar 3 Pilot
Proposed Prime Crew
(Flight Cancelled)
USAF Dyna-Soar Group
Selected on September 19, 1962 - Retired on December 10, 1963
Died on January 1, 1990

Wood, Robert
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 STS-51D Backup PS to
Charles Walker
Payload Specialist (PS) (McDonnel Douglas)
Selected in March 1985 - Retired in 1986
STS-61B Backup PS to
Charles Walker
STS-61M Payload Specialist
Proposed Prime Crew
(Flight Cancelled)
STS-71D Payload Specialist
Proposed Prime Crew
(Flight Cancelled)

Woodward, Neil
(Current Astronaut)
M 0 NASA Group 17 - Selected on June 5, 1998

Wright, Keith
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 STS-10 Payload Specialist
Proposed Backup Crew
(Flight Cancelled)
DOD Manned Space Engineer Group 1
Selected in August 1979 - Retired in May 1985
STS-51C Backup PS

Yeakel, Glenn
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 DOD Manned Space Engineer Group 2 - Selected in September 1982 - Retired on June 30, 1988

Young, Lawrence
(Former Astronaut)
M 0 STS-58 Backup PS Payload Specialist (PS) (SLS-2)
Selected on December 6, 1991 - Retired on October 18, 1993

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