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This page lists the remaining astronauts and cosmonauts who are no longer with us.

NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

DATE OF DEATH

COUNTRY

PROGRAM / MISSIONS

Anikeyev, Ivan 12 February 1933 20 August 1992 Soviet Union TsPK-1
Anokhin, Sergei 19 March 1910 15 April 1986 Soviet Union TsKBEM
Artyukhin, Yuri 22 July 1930 4 August 1998 Soviet Union Soyuz 14
Baberdin, Valeri 28 October 1948 2 October 2003 Soviet Union 1990 Journalist Cosmonaut Group
Beloborodov, Vladimir 26 October 1939 20 September 2004 Soviet Union TsPK-4
Belousov, Boris 24 July 1930 27 June 1998 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Belyayev, Pavel 26 June 1925 10 January 1970 Soviet Union Voskhod 2
Benderov, Vladimir 4 August 1924 3 June 1973 Soviet Union Voskhod Group
Beregovoi, Georgi 15 April 1921 30 June 1995 Soviet Union Soyuz 3
Brady, Charles E., Jr. 12 August 1951 23 July 2006 United States STS-78
Bukreyev, Viktor 1949 17 May 1977 Soviet Union 1977 Buran Group
Bull, John 25 September 1934 11 August 2008 United States NASA Group 5
Caldeiro, Fernando 12 June 1958 3 October 2009 United States NASA Group 16
Cooper, Leroy Gordon 6 March 1927 4 October 2004 United States Faith 7 (MA-9), Gemini 5
Demin, Lev 11 January 1926 18 December 1998 Soviet Union Soyuz 15
Demyanenko, Anatoli 1942 1971 Soviet Union 1969 Civilian Engineer Group
Dolgopolov, Gennadi 14 November 1935 13 November 2008 Soviet Union Energia Engineer Group 1
Eisele, Donn 23 June 1930 12 January 1987 United States Apollo 7
Evans, Ronald 10 November 1933 17 April 1990 United States Apollo 17
Fathulin, Mars 14 May 1939 16 January 2003 Soviet Union 1967 Academy of Sciences Cosmonaut Group
Feoktistov, Konstantin 7 February 1926 21 November 2009 Soviet Union Voskhod 1
Filatyev, Valentin 21 January 1930 15 September 1990 Soviet Union TsPK-1
Furrer, Rheinhard 25 November 1940 9 September 1995 Germany STS-61A
Fyodorov, Anatoli 14 April 1941 21 March 2002 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Gaydukov, Sergei 31 October 1936 5 December 2008 Soviet Union Air Force Group 4
Gevorkyan, Vladimir 28 May 1952 13 April 2008 Soviet Union Civilian Specialist Group 5
Givens, Edward 5 January 1930 6 June 1967 United States Apollo Program
Glazkov, Yuri 2 October 1939 9 December 2008 Soviet Union Soyuz 24
Golovanov, Yaroslav 2 June 1932 21 May 2003 Soviet Union Trained for cancelled Voskhod mission
Gordon, Henry 23 December 1925 24 September 1997 United States X-20 Dynasoar
Griggs, S. David 7 September 1939 17 June 1989 United States STS-51D
Grishenko, Vitali 26 April 1942 4 May 1992 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Gulyayev, Vladislav 31 May 1938 19 April 1990 Soviet Union TsPK-2
Henize, Karl 17 October 1926 5 October 1993 United States STS-51F
Herres, Robert 1 December 1932 24 July 2008 United States Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Illarianov, Valeri 2 July 1939 10 March 1999 Soviet Union TsPK-5
Irwin, James 17 March 1930 8 August 1991 United States Apollo 15
Ivanov, Leonid 25 June 1950 24 October 1980 Soviet Union TsPK-6
Jones, Charles Edward 8 November 1952 11 September 2001 United States Trained for STS-71B (cancelled)
Khludeyev, Yevgeni 10 September 1940 15 September 1995 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Kincheloe, Ivan 2 July 1928 26 July 1958 United States X-2, X-15

Kizim, Leonid

5 August 1941

14 June 2010

Soviet Union

Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-15

Knight, William (Pete) 18 November 1929 7 May 2004 United States X-20 Dynasoar, X-15 Flights 151, 152, 160, 162, 164, 167, 170, 175, 180, 186, 188, 190, 194, 196, 198
Kononenko, Oleg 16 August 1938 8 September 1980 Soviet Union 1977 Buran Group
Kramarenko, Aleksandr 8 November 1942 13 April 2002 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Kugno, Eduard 27 June 1935 24 February 1994 Soviet Union TsPK-2
Lazarev, Vasili 23 February 1928 31 December 1990 Soviet Union Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18

Lenoir, William 

14 March 1939 

26 August 2010 

United States 

STS-5 

Letunov, Yuri 26 October 1926 30 July 1983 Soviet Union Trained for cancelled Voskhod
mission
Levchenko, Anatoli 21 May 1941 6 August 1988 Soviet Union 1977 Buran Group, Soyuz TM-4
Liem, Bui Thanh 30 June 1949 1 September 1981 Vietnam Intercosmos Group
Low, G. David 19 February 1956 15 March 2008 United States STS-32, STS-43, STS-57
Lysenko, Aleksandr 1945 3 June 1977 Soviet Union 1978 Buran Group
Makarov, Oleg 6 January 1933 28 May 2003 Soviet Union Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18-1, Salyut EP-1, Salyut EO-5
Matinchenko, Aleksandr 4 September 1927 18 June 1999 Soviet Union TsPK-2
Nelyubov, Grigori 31 March 1934 18 February 1966 Soviet Union TsPK-1
Nikolayev, Andrian 5 September 1929 3 July 2004 Soviet Union Vostok 3, Soyuz 9
Overmyer, Bob 14 July 1936 22 March 1996 United States STS-5, STS-51B
Parise, Ronald A. 24 May 1951 9 May 2008 United States STS-35, STS-67
Petersen, Forrest 16 May 1922 8 December 1990 United States STS-6
Petrushenko, Aleksandr 1 January 1942 11 November 1992 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Ponomaryov, Yuri 24 March 1932 16 April 2005 Soviet Union Energia Engineer Group
Popovich, Pavel 5 October 1930 29 September 2009 Soviet Union Vostok 4, Soyuz 14
Porvatkin, Nikolai 15 April 1932 28 September 2009 Soviet Union TsPK-4
Pozharskaya, Larisa 15 March 1947 18 February 2002 Soviet Union 1980 Female Cosmonaut Group
Preobrazhensky, Vladimir 3 February 1939 25 November 1993 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Prikhodko, Yuri 15 November 1953 25 July 2001 Soviet Union Buran Cosmonaut Group
Prinz, Dianne 29 September 1938 12 October 2002 United States Backup Payload Specialist for STS-51F
Puz, Craig 24 June 1954 21 December 2008 United States DoD Group 2
Rafikov, Mars 30 September 1933 23 July 2000 Soviet Union TsPK-1
Rebrov, Mikhail 3 July 1931 24 April 1998 Soviet Union Trained for cancelled Voskhod
mission
Robertson, Patricia Hilliard 12 March 1963 24 May 2001 United States Space Shuttle Program
Rogers, Russell 26 September 1932 13 September 1967 United States X-20 Dynasoar
Roosa, Stuart 16 August 1933 12 December 1994 United States Apollo 14
Rukavishnikov, Nikolai 18 September 1932 19 October 2002 Soviet Union Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
Rushworth, Robert 9 October 1924 17 March 1993 United States X-15 Flight 87
Schirra, Walter M. 12 March 1923 2 May 2007 United States Sigma 7 (MA-8), Gemini VI, Apollo 7
Sefchek, Paul 7 July 1946 23 July 1997 United States DoD Group 1
Senkevich, Yuri 4 March 1937 25 September 2003 Soviet Union Trained for cancelled Voskhod mission

Sevastyanov, Vitali

8 July 1935

5 April 2010

Soviet Union

Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18

Shcheglov, Vasili 9 April 1940 19 July 1973 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Shchukin, Aleksandr 19 January 1946 18 August 1988 Soviet Union 1977 Buran Group
Sheffer, Yuri 30 June 1947 5 June 2001 Soviet Union 1985 Buran Group
Shepard, Alan 18 November 1923 22 July 1998 United States Freedom 7 (MR-3), Apollo 14
Shonin, Georgi 3 August 1935 7 April 1997 Soviet Union Soyuz 6
Slayton, Donald 1 March 1924 13 June 1993 United States Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Sologub, Mikhail 6 November 1936 4 August 1996 Soviet Union TsPK-4
Sorokin, Aleksey 30 March 1931 23 January 1976 Soviet Union Voskhod Group
Stankiavicious, Rimantas 26 July 1944 9 September 1990 Lithuania 1977 Buran Group
Strekalov, Gennady 28 October 1940 25 December 2004 Soviet Union Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-11, Mir 7, Mir 18
Swigert, Jack 20 August 1931 27 December 1982 United States Apollo 13
Taylor, James 27 November 1930 4 September 1970 United States MOL Group 1
Thompson, Milton 4 May 1926 6 August 1993 United States X-15 Flights 93, 96, 99, 101,
108, 113, 116, 120, 122, 125,
133, 136, 142, 144
Thorne, Steven 11 February 1953 24 May 1986 United States Space Shuttle Program
Turovets, Vladimir 20 February 1949 8 February 1982 Soviet Union 1977 Buran Group
Varlamov, Valentin 15 August 1934 2 October 1980 Soviet Union TsPK-1
Veach, Lacy 18 September 1944 3 October 1995 United States STS-39, STS-52
Voronov, Anatoli 11 June 1930 31 October 1993 Soviet Union TsPK-2
Vozovikov, Sergei 17 April 1958 11 July 1993 Soviet Union TsPK-11
Walker, David 20 May 1944 23 April 2001 United States STS-51A, STS-30, STS-53
STS-69
Walker, Joe 20 February 1921 8 June 1966 United States X-15

White, Robert      

6 July 1924

17 March 2010

United States

X-15 Flight 62

Wood, James 19 August 1924 1 January 1990 United States X-20 Dynasoar 3
Yakovlev, Oleg 31 December 1940 2 May 1991 Soviet Union TsPK-3
Yegorov, Boris 26 November 1937 12 September 1994 Soviet Union Voskhod 1
Yemelyanov, Sergei 3 March 1951 5 December 1992 Soviet Union NPOE-6
Yershov, Valentin 21 June 1928 15 February 1998 Soviet Union 1967 Academy of Sciences Cosmonaut Group

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