| Former Astronauts | Deceased Astronauts | Current Astronauts |
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| Former Cosmonauts | Deceased Cosmonauts | Current Cosmonauts |
| Candidates | Ansari X-Prize Contest | Current Yuhangyuan |
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| Bassett, Charles | USA | M | Prime crew for Gemini 9 - Pilot NASA Group 3 - Selected on October 18, 1963 - Died in a T-38 airplane crash on February 28, 1966 |
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| Chaffee, Roger | USA | M | Prime crew for Apollo 1 (AS-204) - Lunar Module Pilot NASA Group 3 - Selected on October 18, 1963 - Died in the Apollo 1 Fire on January 27, 1967 |
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| Crossfield, Scott | USA | M | X-15 Pilot - Selected in 1957 - Retired on December 6, 1960 Died in an airplane crash on April 20, 2006 |
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| Finley, John | USA | M | USAF MOL Group 1 - Selected on November 11, 1965 - Retired on June 10,
1969 Died on September 19, 2006 from complications of an extended battle with diabetes. |
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| Freeman, Theodore | USA | M | NASA Group 3 - Selected on October 18, 1963 - Died in a T-38 airplane crash on October 31, 1964 |
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| Givens, Edward | USA | M | NASA Group 5 - Selected on April 4, 1966 - Died in an automobile accident on June 6, 1967 |
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| Gordon, Henry | USA | M | USAF Dyna-Soar Group - Selected on September 19, 1962 - Retired on December
10, 1963 Died on September 24, 1996 |
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| Jones, Charles | USA | M | Prime crew for STS-71B (Flight Cancelled) - Payload Specialist DOD MSE Group 2 - Selected in September 1982 - Retired in January 1987 Died on September 11, 2001 during the terrorist attacks. He was a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. |
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| Kincheloe, Iven | USA | M | X-15 Pilot - Selected in 1957 - Died in a F-104 airplane crash on July 26, 1958 |
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| Lawrence, Robert | USA | M | USAF MOL Group 3 - Selected on June 30, 1967 - Died in a F-104B airplane crash on December 8, 1967 |
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| Lawyer, Richard | USA | M | USAF MOL Group 1 - Selected on November 11, 1965 - Retired June 10, 1969 Died on November 12, 2005 |
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| Petersen, Forrest | USA | M | X-15 Pilot - Selected in October 1958 - Retired on January 10, 1962 Died on December 8, 1990 due to cancer |
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| Prinz, Dianne | USA | F | Alternate Payload Specialist for STS-51F (Spacelab-2) Payload Specialist (Spacelab-2) - Selected on August 9, 1978 - Retired on July 29, 1985 Payload Specialist (Sunlab) - Selected in August 1985 - Retired in 1986 Died on October 12, 2002 due to lymphoma |
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| Robertson, Patricia Hilliard | USA | F | NASA Group 17 - Selected on June 5, 1998 - Died in an airplane crash on May 24, 2001 |
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| Rogers, Russell | USA | M | USAF Dyna-Soar Group - Selected on September 19, 1962 - Retired on December
10, 1963 Killed in an explosion of a F-105 fighter on September 13, 1967 |
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| See, Elliot | USA | M | Prime crew for Gemini 9 - Commander NASA Group 2 - Selected on September 17, 1962 - Died in a T-38 airplane crash on February 28, 1966 |
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| Sefchek, Paul | USA | M | DOD MSE Group 1 - Selected in August 1979 - Retired in 1985 Died on July 23, 1997 after a lengthy illness |
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| Stevenson, Robert | USA | M | Alternate Payload Specialist for STS-41G (Civil Observer) Prime crew for STS-61K (Flight Cancelled) - Payload Specialist Payload Specialist (Civil Observer) - Selected on June 13, 1984 - Retired in 1986 Died on August 12, 2001 due to cancer |
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| Taylor, James | USA | M | Best bet for MOL-3 prime crew (Flight Cancelled) - Commander USAF MOL Group 1 - Selected on November 12, 1965 - Retired on June 10, 1969 Died in a T-38 airplane crash on September 4, 1970 |
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| Thompson, Milton | USA | M | USAF Dyna-Soar Group - Selected on September 19, 1962 - Retired on June
13, 1963 X-15 Pilot - Select in 1963 - Retired on August 25, 1965 Died on August 6, 1993 |
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| Thorne, Stephen | USA | M | NASA Group 11 - Selected on June 4, 1985 - Died in an airplane crash on May 24, 1986 |
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| Williams, Clifton | USA | M | NASA Group 3 - Selected on October 18, 1963 - Died in a T-38 airplane crash on October 5, 1967 |
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| Wood, James | USA | M | Prime crew for Dyna-Soar 3 (Flight Cancelled) - Lead test pilot for the
Dyna-Soar program USAF Dyna-Soar Group - Selected on September 19, 1962 - Retired on December 10, 1963 Died on January 1, 1990 |
| Note: US Air Force's Dyna-Soar Program was cancelled on December 10, 1963. |
| US Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) was cancelled on June 10, 1969. |
| DOD Manned Space Engineers (MSE) were selected for military Space Shuttle
missions in the 1980s. The program was cancelled following the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. |
| Former Astronauts | Deceased Astronauts | Current Astronauts |
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| Former Cosmonauts | Deceased Cosmonauts | Current Cosmonauts |
| Candidates | Ansari X-Prize Contest | Current Yuhangyuan |
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Updated - February 7, 2007