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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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