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This is an alphabetical list of all astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts who have flown above the internationally recognized 100 km boundary of space. Names in italic are astronauts that have left Low Earth orbit.
The article on space disasters lists people who died during spaceflight attempts or while training to become astronauts. As of 2006, a total of 450 people had travelled to space.
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William Anders, first Asian-born person in space. (Anders was born in Hong Kong, but was an American citizen of Caucasian parents.)
Anousheh Ansari (b. 1966), fourth space tourist and first female space tourist, first female Muslim in space, and first Iranian in space.
Neil Armstrong (b. 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon.
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Brian Binnie, second commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.
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Michael Collins (b. 1930), flew on Apollo 11 crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.)
Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.
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Michael Foale, holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes.
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Jake Garn, a United States Senator and first politician in space.
John Glenn (b. 1921), first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest man ever to make a spaceflight.
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Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2006, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.
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Shannon Lucid, first Asian-born woman in space. As of 2006, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.
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Franco Malerba, first Italian in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)
Mike Melvill, first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut.
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Gherman Titov (1935-2000), the second person to make a space flght and the first to stay up for a day.
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Edward White (1930-1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.
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See also
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