Home›Astronauts and Cosmonauts›Birth Year›1950sBrowse By1950sThis dimension groups astronauts by the year they were born, showing which generation of spaceflight they belong to. Wikipedia notes that "as of April 2026, 781 humans have flown in space," a population spanning many decades of birth years from the earliest Soviet and American astronauts onward. Browsing by birth year lets a visitor compare astronauts of the same generation.Facts1950sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 11950sFilter Results42 entriesNation / ProgramAllAstronauts of Other National Programs (2)Canadian Astronauts (4)European Space Agency Astronauts (2)French Astronauts (3)German Astronauts (5)Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations (1)Italian Astronauts (3)Japanese Astronauts (2)Mir and Space Station Cosmonauts (3)Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts (1)Space Shuttle Astronauts (15)Space Tourists and Private Astronauts (1)AgencyAllCanadian Space Agency (4)DLR (1)European Space Agency (12)Interkosmos (1)JAXA (2)NASA (16)Roscosmos (4)Soviet space program (1)Associated WithAllCanadian Space Agency (4)European Space Agency (12)JAXA (2)NASA (17)Roscosmos (4)Soviet space program (1)Astronaut RoleAllCommander (4)Flight Engineer (5)Mission Specialist (24)Payload Specialist (3)Pilot (1)Research Cosmonaut (4)Spaceflight Participant (1)Selection YearAll1978 (4)1980 (1)1983 (1)1985 (7)1987 (3)1988 (1)1989 (3)1990 (4)1992 (7)1994 (2)1996 (4)1997 (1)1998 (2)2000 (1)NationalityAllCanada (5)Costa Rica (1)France (3)Germany (5)Israel (1)Italy (3)Japan (2)Netherlands (1)Romania (1)Russia (3)Soviet Union (1)Spain (1)Sweden (1)Syria (1)United States (15)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 42André Kuipers1950sChiaki Mukai1950sChris Hadfield1950sChrister Fuglesang1950sClaudie Haigneré1950sDafydd Williams1950sDavid M. Brown1950sDon Pettit1950sDumitru Prunariu1950sEileen Collins1950sEllen Ochoa1950sFranklin Chang-Diaz1950sFyodor Yurchikhin1950sGennady Padalka1950sGerhard Thiele1950sGuy Laliberté1950sHans Schlegel1950sIlan Ramon1950sJean-François Clervoy1950sJohn Herrington1950sKathryn Sullivan1950sLéopold Eyharts1950sMae Jemison1950sMaurizio Cheli1950sMichael Barratt1950sMichael Lopez-Alegria1950sMichael P. Anderson1950sMuhammed Faris1950sPaolo Nespoli1950sReinhold Ewald1950sRenate Brümmer1950sRick Husband1950sRobert Thirsk1950sRonald McNair1950sSally Ride1950sSergei Krikalev1950sSteve MacLean1950sTakao Doi1950sThomas Reiter1950sUmberto Guidoni1950sWendy B. Lawrence1950sYelena Kondakova1950sSources1. 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.