Home›Astronauts and Cosmonauts›Birth Year›1970sBrowse By1970sThis 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.Facts1970sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 11970sFilter Results40 entriesNation / ProgramAllApollo and Skylab Astronauts (1)Astronauts of Other National Programs (1)British Astronauts (1)Canadian Astronauts (2)Chinese Taikonauts (5)European Space Agency Astronauts (1)French Astronauts (1)German Astronauts (2)Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations (1)Italian Astronauts (3)Japanese Astronauts (5)Mir and Space Station Cosmonauts (1)Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts (1)Space Shuttle Astronauts (1)Space Station and Commercial Crew Astronauts (12)Space Tourists and Private Astronauts (2)AgencyAllAxiom Space (1)Canadian Space Agency (2)China National Space Administration (1)European Space Agency (7)Italian Space Agency (1)JAXA (5)Korea Aerospace Research Institute (1)NASA (14)People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (4)Roscosmos (2)Space Adventures (1)SpaceX (1)Associated WithAllAxiom Space (1)Canadian Space Agency (2)China National Space Administration (1)European Space Agency (7)JAXA (5)NASA (15)Roscosmos (3)Astronaut RoleAllCommander (10)Flight Engineer (11)Mission Specialist (13)Pilot (3)Spaceflight Participant (3)Selection YearAll1999 (1)2004 (1)2006 (2)2009 (16)2010 (6)2011 (1)2013 (6)2015 (1)2017 (2)2023 (2)NationalityAllCanada (2)China (5)Denmark (1)France (2)Germany (2)Italy (3)Japan (6)Russia (2)South Korea (1)Sweden (1)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (15)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 40Alexander Gerst1970sAlper Gezeravcı1970sAndreas Mogensen1970sAnne McClain1970sCai Xuzhe1970sChen Dong1970sChris Cassidy1970sChristina Koch1970sDavid Saint-Jacques1970sFrank Rubio1970sJeanette Epps1970sJeremy Hansen1970sJessica Meir1970sKate Rubins1970sKathleen Rubins1970sKimiya Yui1970sLiu Yang1970sLuca Parmitano1970sMakoto Suwa1970sMatthias Maurer1970sNaoko Yamazaki1970sNick Hague1970sNicole Mann1970sNorishige Kanai1970sRaja Chari1970sReid Wiseman1970sSamantha Cristoforetti1970sSerena Auñón-Chancellor1970sSergey Prokopyev1970sSian Proctor1970sTakuya Onishi1970sTang Hongbo1970sThomas Pesquet1970sTim Peake1970sVictor Glover1970sWalter Villadei1970sYelena Serova1970sYi So-yeon1970sYusaku Maezawa1970sZhang Lu1970sSources1. 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.