American test pilots

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

American astronaut (1930–2021)

American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

American astronaut (1928–2023)

American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)

American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

American astronaut (1926–1967)

American astronaut (1930-2016)

American astronaut (1930-1967)

American astronaut (1930-1991)

Astronaut and United States Air Force pilot

American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

American astronaut (1923–2007)

American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)

American astronaut (1930–2024)

NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)

23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut

Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. He served as the 17th chief of the Astronaut Office from 2020 to 2022.

Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in 2020, he piloted the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover served as a flight engineer on Expedition 64 and became the first Black American astronaut to live aboard the ISS. In April 2026, Glover piloted the Artemis II mission, during which he became the first person of color to travel to the vicinity of the Moon, and one of the four humans who have travelled the farthest from Earth.

American astronaut (1927–2004)

Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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American astronaut (1929–2017)

American astronaut (1924–1993)

U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003

American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)

American astronaut (1956–2003)

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American astronaut (1945-1986)

American astronaut and test pilot (1929-2022)

American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident

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American astronaut (1932-2024)

American astronaut (1930–1987)

American astronaut

American astronaut, aviator and test pilot

American astronaut

American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)

American astronaut

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American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)

American astronaut (1933–2014)

US astronaut

astronaut, test pilot

test pilot and NASA astronaut

American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012)

American astronaut and test pilot (1936–2013)

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American astronaut and Captain in the United States Navy

American astronaut (1948–2014)

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American astronaut of Estonian origin (born 1977)

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