Home›Astronauts and Cosmonauts›Astronaut Role›Mission SpecialistBrowse ByMission SpecialistThis dimension sorts astronauts by the role they actually performed on a mission, such as commander, pilot or mission specialist. Wikipedia defines an astronaut as "a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft." Browsing by role compares astronauts who did the same job on different flights.FactsMission SpecialistSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 1Mission SpecialistFilter Results71 entriesNation / ProgramAllApollo and Skylab Astronauts (1)Astronauts of Other National Programs (6)British Astronauts (2)Canadian Astronauts (6)European Space Agency Astronauts (7)French Astronauts (5)German Astronauts (3)Italian Astronauts (4)Japanese Astronauts (8)Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts (1)Space Shuttle Astronauts (22)Space Station and Commercial Crew Astronauts (6)AgencyAllAxiom Space (2)Canadian Space Agency (6)CNES (1)European Space Agency (21)JAXA (8)Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (1)NASA (29)Roscosmos (1)Saudi Space Agency (2)Birth YearAll1930 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1938 (1)1942 (1)1943 (2)1944 (1)1946 (1)1949 (3)1950 (2)1951 (3)1953 (2)1954 (4)1955 (1)1956 (2)1957 (3)1958 (3)1959 (4)1961 (1)1962 (2)1963 (3)1964 (1)1965 (1)1970 (4)1972 (1)1975 (2)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (2)1980 (1)1981 (1)1982 (1)1984 (2)1987 (1)1988 (4)1989 (1)1991 (2)1995 (1)Associated WithAllAxiom Space (2)Canadian Space Agency (6)CNES (1)European Space Agency (19)JAXA (8)NASA (31)Roscosmos (2)SpaceX (1)Selection YearAll1965 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1978 (10)1980 (2)1983 (1)1985 (4)1987 (2)1988 (1)1989 (2)1990 (1)1992 (7)1994 (2)1996 (6)1998 (2)1999 (1)2004 (1)2009 (7)2013 (1)2015 (1)2017 (3)2018 (1)2022 (7)2023 (5)2024 (1)NationalityAllBelgium (1)Canada (6)Costa Rica (1)France (5)Germany (3)Hungary (1)India (1)Italy (4)Japan (8)Norway (1)Poland (1)Saudi Arabia (2)Soviet Union (1)Spain (2)Sweden (2)Switzerland (2)Turkey (1)United Arab Emirates (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (30)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 71Alper GezeravcıMission SpecialistAnna FisherMission SpecialistAyu YonedaMission SpecialistBruce McCandless IIMission SpecialistChris HadfieldMission SpecialistChrister FuglesangMission SpecialistChristina KochMission SpecialistClaude NicollierMission SpecialistDafydd WilliamsMission SpecialistDavid M. BrownMission SpecialistDon PettitMission SpecialistEllen OchoaMission SpecialistEllison OnizukaMission SpecialistFrank RubioMission SpecialistFranklin Chang-DiazMission SpecialistGerhard ThieleMission SpecialistGuion BlufordMission SpecialistHans SchlegelMission SpecialistJeanette EppsMission SpecialistJean-François ClervoyMission SpecialistJean-Loup ChretienMission SpecialistJeremy HansenMission SpecialistJessica WatkinsMission SpecialistJohn HerringtonMission SpecialistJose M. HernandezMission SpecialistJudith ResnikMission SpecialistJulie PayetteMission SpecialistKalpana ChawlaMission SpecialistKathleen RubinsMission SpecialistKathryn SullivanMission SpecialistKayla BarronMission SpecialistKimiya YuiMission SpecialistLaurel ClarkMission SpecialistMae JemisonMission SpecialistMakoto SuwaMission SpecialistMarco SieberMission SpecialistMarcus WandtMission SpecialistMariam FardousMission SpecialistMatthias MaurerMission SpecialistMaurizio CheliMission SpecialistMichael P. AndersonMission SpecialistMichel TogniniMission SpecialistNaoko YamazakiMission SpecialistNorishige KanaiMission SpecialistNorman ThagardMission SpecialistOwen GarriottMission SpecialistPablo Álvarez FernándezMission SpecialistPaolo NespoliMission SpecialistPedro DuqueMission SpecialistPhilippe PerrinMission SpecialistRaphaël LiégeoisMission SpecialistRayyanah BarnawiMission SpecialistRobert ThirskMission SpecialistRoberto VittoriMission SpecialistRonald McNairMission SpecialistRosemary CooganMission SpecialistSally RideMission SpecialistShannon LucidMission SpecialistSławosz UznańskiMission SpecialistSoichi NoguchiMission SpecialistSophie AdenotMission SpecialistSteve MacLeanMission SpecialistStory MusgraveMission SpecialistSultan Al NeyadiMission SpecialistTakao DoiMission SpecialistTakuya OnishiMission SpecialistTibor KapuMission SpecialistTim PeakeMission SpecialistUmberto GuidoniMission SpecialistWendy B. LawrenceMission SpecialistYelena KondakovaMission SpecialistSources1. Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarintier 2Wikimedia FoundationYuri Gagarin, lead sectionQuote, Yuri Gagarin, lead sectionTravelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.View the SourceNASA Astronaut BiographiesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.