Home›Astronauts and Cosmonauts›Astronaut Role›PilotBrowse ByPilotThis 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.FactsPilotSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 1PilotFilter Results44 entriesNation / ProgramAllApollo and Skylab Astronauts (17)Astronauts of Other National Programs (1)Canadian Astronauts (1)Chinese Taikonauts (12)European Space Agency Astronauts (1)Italian Astronauts (1)Mercury and Gemini Astronauts (2)Space Shuttle Astronauts (6)Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts (3)AgencyAllCanadian Space Agency (1)European Space Agency (1)ISRO (1)Italian Space Agency (1)NASA (25)People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (12)Soviet space program (3)Birth YearAll1924 (1)1925 (1)1928 (1)1929 (1)1930 (5)1931 (1)1932 (3)1933 (3)1934 (1)1935 (3)1936 (2)1937 (1)1945 (1)1956 (1)1961 (1)1962 (1)1964 (1)1965 (1)1966 (3)1969 (1)1974 (1)1976 (1)1978 (1)1980 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1987 (1)1989 (1)1990 (1)Associated WithAllAxiom Space (1)Canadian Space Agency (1)China Manned Space Agency (2)European Space Agency (1)ISRO (1)NASA (25)Roscosmos (2)Soviet space program (3)Selection YearAll1959 (2)1960 (2)1962 (3)1963 (7)1965 (3)1966 (6)1980 (1)1990 (1)1996 (2)1998 (5)2000 (1)2009 (1)2010 (2)2011 (1)2017 (1)2019 (1)2020 (5)NationalityAllCanada (1)China (12)Denmark (1)India (1)Italy (1)Russia (2)Soviet Union (3)United States (25)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 44Alan BeanPilotAndreas MogensenPilotBarry WilmorePilotBuzz AldrinPilotCharlie DukePilotChen ZhongruiPilotDeke SlaytonPilotDeng QingmingPilotDonn EiselePilotEd WhitePilotEdgar MitchellPilotEdward GibsonPilotEileen CollinsPilotGherman TitovPilotHarrison SchmittPilotJim LovellPilotJoseph KerwinPilotJoshua KutrykPilotKen MattinglyPilotLi CongPilotLi GuangsuPilotLiu BomingPilotLiu WangPilotLiu YangPilotMark KellyPilotMichael CollinsPilotMichael J. SmithPilotRichard GordonPilotRonald EvansPilotScott CarpenterPilotShubhanshu ShuklaPilotSong LingdongPilotStuart RoosaPilotValentina TereshkovaPilotVance BrandPilotWalter CunninghamPilotWalter VilladeiPilotWang YapingPilotWilliam AndersPilotWilliam McCoolPilotYang LiweiPilotYuri GagarinPilotZhang XiaoguangPilotZhang ZhiyuanPilotSources1. 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.