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Mission Specialist Astronaut
Astronauts trained for spaceflight but not to pilot spacecraft.
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| Henize American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1967-1986. |
| Thornton, Bill American physician mission specialist astronaut 1967-1994. |
| Lind American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1966-1986. Longest wait for an American for a spaceflight after becoming an astronaut (19 years). |
| Garriott American scientist mission specialist astronaut 1965-1986. |
| Peterson American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1967-1984. |
| Musgrave American physician mission specialist astronaut 1967-1997. Flew in space six times. |
| Parker American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1967-1993. |
| McCandless American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1966-1990. Made first untethered space walk. |
| Allen American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1967-1985. |
| Chretien French test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1980-2001. First French astronaut. Trained for missions under both US and Russian programs. |
| Fabian American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1985. |
| Lenoir American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1967-1984. |
| Griggs American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1989. Died in the crash of a World-War-II-era training plane. |
| England American geophysicist mission specialist astronaut 1967-1988. |
| Springer American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1980-1990. US Marine Corps. Flew 550 combat missions in Southeast Asia. Grew up in Ashland, Ohio. |
| Bluford American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1993. First African-American in space. Flew 144 combat missions in Vietnam. |
| Lucid American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1978-2012. Biochemist, first American woman to make a long-duration space station mission. |
| Thagard American physician mission specialist astronaut 1978-1996. First American to fly aboard a Russian spacecraft. Grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| van Hoften American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Grew up in Burlingame, California. |
| Nicollier Swiss test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-2007. First Swiss astronaut. |
| Spring American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1980-1988. |
| Veach American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-1995. Grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. Died of cancer. |
| Hoffman American astrophysicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1997. |
| Thuot American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1985-1995. |
| Buchli American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1992. Grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. |
| Mullane American test engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1990. Author of the frankest astronaut biography ever published. Flew 150 combat missions in Vietnam. |
| Tryggvason Icelandic-Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. CSA; Alternate Payload Specialist to MacLean for STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 and Test of the Canadian Space Vision System. |
| Adamson American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1984-1992. US Army |
| Fisher, William American physician mission specialist astronaut 1980-1991. Was married to astronaut Anna Fisher. |
| Onizuka American test engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Died in Challenger accident. |
| Lounge American geophysicist mission specialist astronaut 1980-1991. Grew up in Burlington, Colorado. Flew 99 combat missions in Vietnam. |
| Hart American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1984. |
| Cleave American ecologist mission specialist astronaut 1980-1990. Engineer. |
| Carter American physician mission specialist astronaut 1984-1991. Grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia. Died in the crash of a commercial airliner while on NASA business travel. |
| Seddon American physician mission specialist astronaut 1978-1998. Physician. Was married to astronaut Robert Lee (Hoot) Gibson. |
| Ross American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1980-2012. Shared world record of seven spaceflights. |
| Mohri Japanese chemist mission specialist astronaut 1985-2000. NASDA; Spacelab-J specialist. |
| Gardner American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. |
| Garneau Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2001. First Canadian astronaut. |
| Dunbar American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1980-2005. Engineer. Was married to astronaut Ronald Sega. |
| Voss American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1987-2003. US Army |
| Resnik American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Engineer. Died in Challenger accident. |
| Apt American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1985-1997. |
| Leestma American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1980-1992. |
| Shepherd American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-2002. Shepherd was an ex-Navy SEAL and an expert in underwater demolition. |
| Fisher American physician mission specialist astronaut 1980-2006. First mother in space. Was married to astronaut William Fisher. Took extended leave 1989 to 1996 to raise family. |
| Tognini French test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1985-2003. Trained for missions under both US and Russian programs. |
| Melnick American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1987-1992. |
| Tanner American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2008. |
| Hilmers American USMC engineer mission specialist astronaut 1980-1992. Known as a religiously conservative astronaut; summed up many astronaut's fears of the shuttle, saying before a flight "I have no plans past MECO". |
| Chang-Diaz American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1980-2005. Shared record of seven spaceflights. |
| Nelson American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1989. |
| Scott, Winston American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1992-1999. |
| McNair American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. The first American black astronaut to fly in space. Died in Challenger accident. |
| Meade American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1985-1996. |
| Ivins American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-2010. NASA flight engineer. |
| Phillips American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
| Akers American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1987-1997. |
| Ride American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1987. Physicist, first American woman in space. Was married to astronaut Steven Alan Hawley. |
| McArthur American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-2012. US Army. Grew up in Wakulla, North Carolina. |
| Schlegel German physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2011. |
| Brady American physician mission specialist astronaut 1992-2002. |
| Sullivan American geologist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1993. Geologist, first American woman to walk in space. As of 1999 Ms Sullivan was Director of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. |
| Brown, Mark American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-1993. |
| Morgan American teacher mission specialist astronaut 1986, 1998-2008. Teacher. |
| Hawley American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1978-2008. Was married to astronaut Sally Ride. |
| Thomas, Andrew Australian-American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2010. |
| Runco American meteorologist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2002. |
| Bagian American physician mission specialist astronaut 1980-1995. |
| Camarda American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2006. |
| Godwin American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1985-2010. Physicist. Was married to astronaut Steven Nagel. |
| Lee American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-2001. Was married to astronaut Jan Davis, part of first married couple to fly in space together. |
| Thornton American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1984-1996. |
| Morin American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2002. |
| Clifford American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-1997. US Army |
| Sega American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-1996. Was married to astronaut Bonnie Dunbar. |
| Thorne German test pilot mission specialist astronaut, 1985-1986. Died in an airplane crash. |
| Baker American physician mission specialist astronaut 1984-2012. Physician. |
| Thirsk Canadian physician mission specialist astronaut 1983-2012. |
| Thiele German physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2005. DARA. |
| Davis American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1987-1999. Engineer, was married to astronaut Mark Lee, part of first married couple to fly in space together. |
| Barry American physician mission specialist astronaut 1992-2005. |
| Reilly American geologist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2008. |
| Williams, Dave Canadian physician mission specialist astronaut 1992-2008. |
| Guidoni Italian physicist mission specialist astronaut 1989-2004. |
| Doi Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1985-2009. |
| MacLean Canadian physicist mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. Selected Aug 1996; he had been Payload Specialist on STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 (responsible for the Space Visions System). |
| Stewart American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. |
| Linenger American physician mission specialist astronaut 1992-1998. |
| Jones American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2001. |
| Sellers British-American ecologist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
| Pettit American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 369 cumulative days in space. First NASA astronaut to return to earth in a Russian spacecraft. 369 cumulative days in space. |
| Thomas American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1990-2007. |
| Gemar American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1985-1996. US Army |
| Walz American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-2008. |
| Hieb American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1985-1995. |
| Robinson American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2012. |
| Low American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-1996. Son of former NASA administrator George M Low. |
| Harbaugh American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1987-2001. |
| Brown, David American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2003. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
| Gernhardt American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2001. |
| Harris American physician mission specialist astronaut 1990-1996. First African-American to walk in space. |
| Wolf American physician mission specialist astronaut 1990-2001. |
| Voss, Janice American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2012. Engineer. |
| Newman American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1990-2008. |
| Jemison American physician mission specialist astronaut 1987-1993. Physician. First African-American woman to fly in space. |
| Foale British-American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2013. Flew in space six times. Appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Operations in 2004. 373 cumulative days in space. |
| Fuglesang Swedish engineer cosmonaut 1992-2017. |
| Foreman American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010. |
| Forrester American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
| Nespoli Italian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2018. |
| Eyharts French test pilot cosmonaut 1990-2017. |
| Bursch American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-2005. |
| Linnehan American veterinarian mission specialist astronaut 1992-2010. US Army |
| Fossum American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2017. |
| Williams, Jeffrey American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 534 cumulative days in space. |
| Helms American test engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2002. |
| Ochoa American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2003. Engineer. |
| Lopez-Alegria Spanish-American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1992-2012. |
| Caldeiro American engineer mission specialist astronaut, 1996-2009. |
| Wisoff American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1990-2001. Was married to astronaut Tammy Jernigan. |
| Herrington American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2005. |
| Grunsfeld American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1992-2010. |
| Clervoy French engineer cosmonaut 1985-2018. |
| Currie American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2005. US Army engineer. |
| Smith, Steven American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2005. |
| Barratt American physician mission specialist astronaut 2000-on. American physician mission specialist astronaut, 2000-on. |
| Cagle American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2008. |
| Cheli Italian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1992-1996. Was married to astronaut Marianne Merchez. |
| Jernigan American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1985-2001. Astronomer. Was married to astronaut Jeff Wisoff. |
| Lawrence American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2006. US Navy ocean engineer. |
| Kavandi American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2005. Chemist. |
| Hadfield Canadian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1992-2013. |
| Hire American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2010. US Navy aviator; first woman assigned to a combat aircrew. |
| Noriega American computer scientist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2005. Grew up in Santa Clara, California. |
| Creamer American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011. |
| Anderson American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2003. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
| Whitson American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. Biochemist, first female space station commander. 376 cumulative days in space. |
| Mastracchio American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996--2015. |
| Wheelock American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. US Army. |
| Chiao American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut 1990-2005. |
| Marshburn American physician mission specialist astronaut 2004-on. |
| Swanson American computer scientist mission specialist astronaut 1998-2015. |
| Coleman, Catherine American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1992-2015. US Air Force engineer. |
| Tani American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
| Clark American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2003. Physician. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
| Chawla Indian-American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2003. She perished with the rest of the crew of the shuttle Columbia on 1 February 2003. |
| Burbank American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. |
| Parazynski American physician mission specialist astronaut 1992-2009. |
| Curbeam American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1994-2007. |
| Woodward American test pilot mission specialist astronaut, 1998-2008. |
| Chamitoff Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2013. |
| Hernandez American engineer mission specialist astronaut, 2004-2011. |
| Massimino American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
| Weber, Mary American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2002. Chemist. |
| Walheim American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. |
| Good American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2000-2012. |
| Drew American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2000-2013. |
| Stott American engineer mission specialist astronaut, 2000-2015. |
| Perrin French test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-2004. Grew up in Avignon, Provence. |
| Stefanyshyn-Piper American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2009. Engineer. |
| Pontes Brazilian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2019. |
| Hilliard American physician mission specialist astronaut, 1998-2001. |
| Duque Spanish engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2018. First Spanish astronaut. |
| Kopra American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2000-2018. |
| Nowak American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. US Navy test pilot. |
| Lu American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1994-2007. |
| Wakata Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-on. |
| Payette Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2013. Engineer. Second Canadian female astronaut. |
| Arnold, Ricky American teacher mission specialist astronaut, 2004-on. |
| Bowen American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2000-on. |
| Melvin American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010. |
| Patrick British-American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2012. |
| Richards, Paul American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2002. |
| Higginbotham American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. Engineer. |
| Vittori Italian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2016. Italian Air Force. |
| Magnus American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
| Furukawa Japanese physician mission specialist astronaut 1999-on. |
| Noguchi Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. |
| Olivas American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010. |
| Walker, Shannon American astrophysicist mission specialist astronaut, 2004-on. |
| Love American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011. |
| Feustel American scientist mission specialist astronaut 2000-on. |
| Williams American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. US Navy test pilot. Grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. |
| Satcher American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut, 2004-2011. |
| Wilson American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2013. Engineer. |
| Fincke American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 381 cumulative days in space, record for an American, but over 20 Russian cosmonauts had more. |
| Acaba American geologist mission specialist astronaut 2004-on. |
| Kimbrough American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2004-on. US Army |
| Reisman American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011. |
| Hoshide Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1999-on. Underwent cosmonaut training in Russia, then astronaut training in USA. |
| Caldwell American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. |
| Nyberg American scientist mission specialist astronaut 2000-2018. |
| Cassidy American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2004-on. |
| Behnken American engineer mission specialist astronaut 2000-on. |
| Yamazaki Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1999-2011. Underwent cosmonaut training in Russia, then Astronaut training in USA. NASDA |
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