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  • Cabana. - Robert (Bob) Donald Cabana.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1949 January 23.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 37.95 days.
  • Cabell. - Charles P Cabell.  American Manager. (1903 October 11 - May 1971). 
  • Cagle. - Yvonne Darlene Cagle.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1959 April 24.  Physician.
  • Cagle Myrtle. - Myrtle K Thompson Cagle.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1922.  Pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
  • Cai Jintao. - Cai Jintao.  Chinese Engineer. (1908 July 1 - 1996 November 28). 
  • Cai Qiao. - Cai Qiao.  Chinese Scientist. (1897 October 11 - 1990 July 29). 
  • Caldeiro. - Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 June 12. 
  • Caldwell. - Tracy Ellen Caldwell.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1969 August 14.  Chemist. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.75 days.
  • Camarda. - Charles Joseph Camarda.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1952 May 8.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 13.90 days.
  • Cameron. - Kenneth Donald Cameron.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1949 November 29.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 23.42 days.
  • Cannon. - Joseph Cannon.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Canterbury. - William Monte Canterbury.  American Manager.
  • Carey. - Duane (Digger) Gene Carey.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1957 April 30.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.92 days.
  • Carpenter. - Malcolm Scott Carpenter.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1925 May 1.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.21 days.
  • Carr. - Gerald (Gerry) Paul Carr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1932 August 22.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 84.05 days.
  • Carretto. - Joseph Anthony Carretto Jr.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1957 January 30. 
  • Carter. - Dr Manley Lanier (Sonny) Carter Jr.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1947 August 15 - 1991 April 5).  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 5.00 days.
  • Carter Jimmy. - Jimmy Carter.  American Manager. Born 1924 October 1. 
  • Carvalho Benoliel. - Jose Augusto Carvalho Benoliel.  Brazilian Mission Specialist Astronaut.
  • Casey. - William Casey.  American Manager. (1913 - 1987). 
  • Casper. - John Howard Casper.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1943 July 9.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 34.41 days.
  • Casserino. - Frank James Casserino.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1955 July 21. 
  • Cassidy. - Christopher John 'Chris' Cassidy.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1970 January 4. 
  • Castenholtz. - Daniel D Castenholtz.  American Engineer. Manager of J-2 engine development at Rocketdyne.
  • Cattaneo. - Ettore Cattaneo.  Italian Pilot. Rocketplane pioneer
  • Cenker. - Robert Joseph Cenker Jr.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 November 5.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 6.09 days.
  • Cernan. - Eugene Andrew (Gene) Cernan.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1934 March 14.  Eleventh person to walk on the moon and last person to step off of the moon. Space speed record (11,107 m/s). Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 23.59 days.
  • Chaffee. - Dr Roger Bruce Chaffee.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1935 February 15 - 1967 January 27). 
  • Chamberlin. - James A Chamberlin.  Canadian Engineer.
  • Chamitoff. - Gregory Errol Chamitoff.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 August 6. 
  • Champine. - Robert A Champine.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Chana. - William "Bill" Chana.  American Manager. Born 1921.  Part of the Atlas management team; worked in customer support and marketing.
  • Chang-Diaz. - Dr Franklin Ramon Chang-Diaz.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1950 April 5.  Held record of seven spaceflights. Number of Flights: 7.00. Total Time: 66.76 days.
  • Chapman. - Philip Kenyon Chapman.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1935 March 5. 
  • Chappell. - Charles Richard Chappell.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1943 June 2. 
  • Charles. - Robert H Charles.  American Manager. Born 1914. 
  • Charyk. - Joseph V Charyk.  American Manager. Born 1920. 
  • Chavez. - Salomon "Sol" E Chavez.  American Engineer. (1913 July 27 - 2001 July 25).  Atlas missile test supervisor, 1958-1973.
  • Chawla. - Dr Kalpana Chawla.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1961 July 1 - 2003 February 1).  Engineer. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 31.63 days.
  • Chechulin. - Petr Petrovich Chechulin.  Russian Military Officer. (1906 September 10 - 1971 September 16).  Director of Nll-4 1951-1955 during early research on satellites.
  • Cheli. - Maurizio Cheli.  Italian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1959 May 4.  Was married to astronaut Marianne Merchez. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.74 days.
  • Chelomei. - Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei.  Russian Engineer. (1914 June 30 - 1984 December 8). 
  • Chen Long. - Chen Long.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Chen Quan. - Chen Quan.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan.
  • Chertok. - Boris Yevseyevich Chertok.  Russian Engineer. Born 1912 March 1. 
  • Chiao. - Dr Leroy Chiao.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 August 28.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 229.36 days.
  • Chidlaw. - Benjamin Chidlaw.  American Manager. (1900 December 18 - 1977 February 1). 
  • Childs. - Stuart Row Childs.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1923 June 17 - 2006 January 3). 
  • Chilton. - Kevin Pathrick (Chili) Chilton.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1954 November 3.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 29.35 days.
  • Chinarev. - Avenir Alekseyevich Chinarev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1927.  Major General, served 1956-1968 at 4-NII-MO, from 1968-1988 at 50 TsNII KS in ascending positions of responsibility.
  • Chirkin. - Viktor Martynovich Chirkin.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1944 July 13. 
  • Chretien. - Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chretien.  French Mission Specialist Cosmonaut. Born 1938 August 20.  First French astronaut. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 43.47 days.
  • Churkin. - Anatoliy Vasilyevich Churkin.  Russian Engineer. Born 1925.  General director and chief designer of the scientific research institute for sensor equipment 1981-1987.
  • Chwalczyk Rudolf. - Rudolf Chwalczyk.  Rocket engineer. Born 1908 May 10.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Claggett. - Randy Claggett.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Clark. - Laurel Blair Salton Clark.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1961 March 10 - 2003 February 1).  Physician. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.94 days.
  • Clarke. - Arthur C Clarke.  British Writer. (1917 - 2008 March 19). 
  • Clauser. - Francis H Clauser.  American Engineer. Born 1913. 
  • Cleave. - Dr Mary Louise Cleave.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1947 February 5.  Engineer. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 10.92 days.
  • Clegg. - Robert Henry Clegg.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1946 August 23. 
  • Clervoy. - Jean-Francois Andre Clervoy.  French Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 November 19.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 28.13 days.
  • Clifford. - Michael Richard Uram (Rich) Clifford.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1952 October 13.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 27.77 days.
  • Clinton. - William J Clinton.  American Manager. Born 1946 August 19. 
  • Coats. - Michael Lloyd (Mike) Coats.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1946 January 16.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 19.33 days.
  • Cobb. - Geraldyne M "Jerrie" Cobb.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1931 March 5.  Pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
  • Cocentino Munaretto. - Luiz Alberto Cocentino Munaretto.  Brazilian Mission Specialist Astronaut.
  • Cockrell. - Kenneth Dale 'Taco' Cockrell.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1950 April 9.  Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 64.52 days.
  • Cohen. - Aaron Cohen.  American Manager.
  • Coleman. - Dr Catherine (Cady) Grace Coleman.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 December 14.  US Air Force engineer. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 20.86 days.
  • Collins. - Michael (Mike) Collins.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 October 31.  First space walk from one spacecraft to another. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 11.09 days.
  • Collins Duncan. - Merwin Duncan Collins.  American Engineer. (1902 July 22 - 1987 October 22).  Head of Structural Design for the Atlas missile.
  • Collins Eileen. - Eileen Marie Collins.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1956 November 19.  US Air Force test pilot, first female shuttle pilot and first female spacecraft commander. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 36.34 days.
  • Congreve. - William Congreve.  British Engineer. (1772 - 1828). 
  • Conlon. - Emerson W Conlon.  American Manager. (1905 December 5 - 1996 October 21). 
  • Conrad. - Charles Peter (Pete) Conrad Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1930 June 2 - 1999 July 9).  Third person on the moon. Only astronaut to fly Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab. Member of first successful space station mission. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 49.15 days.
  • Constan. - Constan G N.  Engineer..
  • Cook. - Charles W Cook.  American Manager.
  • Cooper. - Leroy Gordon (Gordo) Cooper Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1927 March 6 - 2004 October 4).  First American to spend over a day in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 9.39 days.
  • Copernicus. - Nicholas Copernicus.  Polish Scientist. (1473 - 1543). 
  • Corson. - John J Corson.  American Manager. (December 1905 - 1990 September 2). 
  • Covey. - Richard Oswalt (Dick) Covey.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1946 August 1.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 26.88 days.
  • Craigie. - Laurence C Craigie.  American Manager. (1902 January 26 - 1994 February 27). 
  • Creamer. - Timothy John 'TJ' Creamer.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1959 November 15. 
  • Creighton. - John Oliver Creighton.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1943 April 28.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 16.85 days.
  • Crews. - Albert Hanlin Crews Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1929 March 23. 
  • Crippen. - Robert Laurel (Bob) Crippen.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1937 September 11.  Member of first crew to fly a winged spacecraft to orbit and back. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 23.58 days.
  • Crombie. - Robert Buck Crombie.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1954 February 27. 
  • Crooks. - James Wesley Crooks.  American Engineer. (1921 February 11 - 1983 September 12).  Inventor of the Atlas radio guidance system and the Azusa and Glotrac launch vehicle tracking systems.
  • Crosby. - Harry Crosby.  American Test Pilot.
  • Crossfield. - Albert Scott Crossfield.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1921 October 2 - 2006 April 19).  First man to reach Mach 2; first Hispanic test pilot.
  • Crouch. - Dr Roger Keith Crouch.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1940 September 12.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 19.66 days.
  • Crowley. - John W ("Gus") Crowley, Jr.  American Manager. (1899 - 1974). 
  • Culbertson. - Frank Lee Culbertson Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1949 May 15.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 143.62 days.
  • Culbertson Philip. - Philip Edgar Culbertson.  American Manager. Born 1925.  Managed development of the Atlas space launch version at Convair; then went to NASA, being General Manager at the time of the Challenger disaster.
  • Cunningham. - Ronnie Walter (Walt) Cunningham.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1932 March 16.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.84 days.
  • Cunningham Stephen. - Stephen Lee Cunningham.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1945 September 10. 
  • Curbeam. - Robert Lee Curbeam Jr.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 March 5.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 37.61 days.
  • Currie. - Nancy Jane Currie (nee Sherlock).  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 December 29.  US Army engineer. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 41.65 days.
  • Czerney. - Marianus Czerney.  Professor.
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