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* Aleksandr Kaleri* — Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30,
* Aleksandr Laveykin — Soyuz TM-2
* Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990) — Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a
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* Yevgeni Tarelkin — Soyuz TMA-06M
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* Vladimir Vasyutin* (1952–2002) —
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This is a list of cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spa ...
s who have taken part in the missions of the Soviet space program
The Soviet space program () was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Contrary to its competitors (NASA in the United States, the European Space Agency in Western Euro ...
and the Russian Federal Space Agency
The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
Originating from ...
, including ethnic Russians
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and people of other ethnicities.
Soviet and Russian cosmonauts born outside Russia are marked with an asterisk
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and their place of birth is shown in an additional list.
For the full plain lists of Russian and Soviet cosmonauts in Wikipedia, see Russian cosmonauts
Five female cosmonauts have flown on the Soviet/Russian program: Valentina Tereshkova, Svetlana Savitskaya, Yelena Kondakova, Yelena Serova and Anna Kikina.
Russian and Soviet cosmonauts
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* Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev — Soyuz TM-11,Soyuz TM-18
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the ''Mir'' space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew on board ...
, Soyuz TM-29
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22, 1999 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor M. Afanasyev, Viktor Afanasyev of Rus ...
, Soyuz TM-33/ 32
* Vladimir Aksyonov (1935–2024) — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
* Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
* Ivan Anikeyev (1933–1992) — Expelled from Vostok program; no flights.
*Oleg Artemyev
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian people, Russian Astronaut, Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 ...
* — Soyuz TMA-12M, Soyuz MS-08, Soyuz MS-21
* Anatoly Artsebarsky* — Soyuz TM-12
* Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998) — Soyuz 14
* Oleg Atkov — Soyuz T-10/ 11
* Toktar Aubakirov
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov ( (''Toqtar Oñğarbaiūly Äubäkırov''), , born on 27 July 1946) is a retired Kazakh Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut. He is the first person from Kazakhstan to go to space.
Early life
Toktar Aubakirov ...
* — Soyuz TM-13/ 12
* Sergei Avdeyev
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильевич Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a former Russian engineer and cosmonaut.
Avdeyev was born in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast (formerly Kuybyshev Oblast), Russian SFSR. He graduat ...
— Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22
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* Aleksandr Balandin — Soyuz TM-9 *Yuri Baturin
Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (; born 12 June 1949, in Moscow), is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Baturin graduated from the Mos ...
— Soyuz TM-28/ 27, Soyuz TM-32/ 31
* Pavel Belyayev
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (; 26 June 1925 – 10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk. He had been a fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting diff ...
(1925–1970) — Voskhod 2
Voskhod 2 () was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone ...
* Georgi Beregovoi* (1921–1995) — Soyuz 3
Soyuz 3 (, ''Union 3'') was a spaceflight mission launched by the Soviet Union on 26 October 1968. Flown by Georgy Beregovoy, the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecraft completed 81 orbits over four days. The 47-year-old Beregovoy was a decorated World War ...
* Anatoly Berezovoy
Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and later Russian Federation, Russian cosmonaut.
Biography
Berezovoy was born in Enem (urban-type settlement), Enem, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Rus ...
(1942–2014) — Soyuz T-5/ 7
* Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961) — No flights.
* Andrei Borisenko — Soyuz TMA-21
Soyuz TMA-21 ("Gagarin") was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on April 6, 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecra ...
* Konstantin Borisov — SpaceX Crew-7
* Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin () (born 29 April 1953 in Kirya, Russia, Kirya, Chuvashia Republic, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Stati ...
— STS-71
As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station ''Mir''. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' from launchpad 39A ...
/Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on 14 March 1995. The flight marked the first time thirteen human ...
, Soyuz TM-27, STS-113
STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour''. During the 14-day mission in late 2002, ''Endeavour'' and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the Int ...
/ Soyuz TMA-1
* Valery Bykovsky (1934–2019) — Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31
Soyuz 31 (, ''Union 31'') was a 1978 Soviet Union, Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the seventh mission to and sixth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 31 crew were the second to visit the long- ...
/ 29C
* Nikolai Chub — Soyuz MS-24/ MS-25 (2023)D
* Vladimir Dezhurov — Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on 14 March 1995. The flight marked the first time thirteen human ...
/STS-71
As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station ''Mir''. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' from launchpad 39A ...
* Georgy Dobrovolsky* (1928–1971), Died on reentry. — Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 () was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The ...
* Pyotr Dubrov — Soyuz MS-18/ Soyuz MS-19 (2021-22)
* Lev Dyomin (1926–1998) — Soyuz 15
Soyuz 15 (, ''Union 15'') was an August 1974 crewed space flight which was to have been the second mission to the Soviet Union's Salyut 3 space station with presumably military objectives.
Launched 26 August 1974, the Soyuz spacecraft arriv ...
* Vladimir Dzhanibekov* — Soyuz 27
Soyuz 27 (, ''Union 27'') was a 1978 Soviet crewed spacecraft which flew to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station, during the mission EP-1. It was the third crewed flight to the station, the second successful docking and the first visitation ...
/ 26, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13
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* Andrey Fedyaev — SpaceX Crew-6 *Konstantin Feoktistov
Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009), was Russian engineer and a cosmonaut in the former Soviet space program.
As a cosmonaut Feoktistov flew on Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry three crew members. ...
(1926–2009) — Voskhod 1
Voskhod 1 () was the seventh crewed Soviet space flight. Flown by cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Boris Yegorov, it launched 12 October 1964, and returned on the 13th. Voskhod 1 was the first human spaceflight to carr ...
* Valentin Filatyev
Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev (; 21 January 1930 – 15 September 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program
The Soviet space program () was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1 ...
(1930–1990) — Expelled from Vostok program; no flights.
* Anatoly Filipchenko
Major General Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.
He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR. After lea ...
(1928–2022) — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 16
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*Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful Human spaceflight, crewed sp ...
(1934–1968), First person in space. — Vostok 1
Vostok 1 (, ) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human spaceflight, human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet astronaut, c ...
* Yuri Gidzenko
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International ...
* — Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102
STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and ...
, Soyuz TM-34/ Soyuz TM-33
* Yuri Glazkov (1939–2008) — Soyuz 24
* Viktor Gorbatko
Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (; 3 December 1934 – 17 May 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.
Early life
Viktor Vasilievich Gorbatko was born on 3 December 1934 to Vasili Pavlovich and Matre ...
(1934–2017) — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37
Soyuz 37 (, ''Union 37'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 13th mission to and 11th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 37 crew were the third to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 ...
/ 36
* Aleksandr Gorbunov — SpaceX Crew-9
SpaceX Crew-9 was the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled to carry a crew of four to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-August 2024 ...
* Alexander Grebenkin — SpaceX Crew-8
* Georgi Grechko
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station.
(1931–2017) — Soyuz 17
Soyuz 17 (, ''Union 17'') was the first of two long-duration missions to the Soviet Union's Salyut 4 space station in 1975. The flight by cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Georgy Grechko set a Soviet mission-duration record of 29 days, surpass ...
, Soyuz 26/ 27, Soyuz T-14
Soyuz T-14 (, ''Union T-14'') was the ninth expedition to Salyut 7. The mission relieved Soyuz T-13, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
* Mass:
* Perigee: ...
/ 13
* Aleksei Gubarev (1931–2015) — Soyuz 17
Soyuz 17 (, ''Union 17'') was the first of two long-duration missions to the Soviet Union's Salyut 4 space station in 1975. The flight by cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Georgy Grechko set a Soviet mission-duration record of 29 days, surpass ...
, Soyuz 28
Soyuz 28 (, ''Union 28'') was a March 1978 Soviet crewed mission to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. It was the fourth mission to the station, the third successful docking, and the second visit to the resident crew launched in Soyuz 26.
Co ...
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*Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov (; born 28 September 1940) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6, he spent 147 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes in space.
Ivanchenkov first flew on Soyuz 29 in 1978 ...
— Soyuz 29/ 31, Soyuz T-6,
* Anatoli Ivanishin — Soyuz TMA-22, Soyuz MS-01, Soyuz MS-16,
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* Aleksandr Kaleri* — Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-3
Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, ''Union TMA-3'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the ''TMA'' modification of the Soyuz sp ...
, Soyuz TMA-01M
Soyuz TMA-01M was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight that transported three members of the Expedition 25 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-01M was the 107th flight of a Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spacecraft, and the first flight of the mode ...
* Yevgeny Khrunov
Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov (; 10 September 1933 – 20 May 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/ Soyuz 4 mission.
Early life
Yevgeny Khrunov was born on 10 September 1933 to Vasily Yegorevich and Agrafena Nikolayevna. N ...
(1933–2000) — Soyuz 5/ 4
* Anna Kikina — SpaceX Crew-5
* Leonid Kizim* (1941–2010) — Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10/ 11, Soyuz T-15
* Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (; ; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet astronaut, cosmonaut and the first Belarusians, Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three crewed space mission, flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he he ...
* — Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18
Soyuz 18 (, ''Union 18'') was a 1975 Soviet Union, Soviet crewed mission to Salyut 4, the second and final crew to man the space station. Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov set a new Soviet space endurance record of 63 days and the mark for ...
, Soyuz 30
Soyuz 30 (, ''Union 30'') was a 1978 crewed Soviet space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the sixth mission to and fifth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 30 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 2 ...
* Vladimir Komarov
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (, ; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the f ...
(1927–1967), Died on reentry. — Voskhod 1
Voskhod 1 () was the seventh crewed Soviet space flight. Flown by cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Boris Yegorov, it launched 12 October 1964, and returned on the 13th. Voskhod 1 was the first human spaceflight to carr ...
, Soyuz 1
Soyuz 1 (, ''Union 1'') was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. The flight was plague ...
* Yelena V. Kondakova — Soyuz TM-20/ STS-84
* Dmitri Kondratyev
Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev (, born on 25 May 1969 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight E ...
— Soyuz TMA-20
* Oleg Kononenko* — Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on 21 December 2011 from Site One at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of ...
, Soyuz TMA-17M, Soyuz MS-11, Soyuz MS-24/ MS-25
* Mikhail Korniyenko
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut who has undertaken multiple missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
He first served as a flight engineer duri ...
— Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the Soyuz 1, first crewed flight in 1967.
Crew
Backup crew
Launch
After a ...
, Soyuz TMA-16M/ Soyuz TMA-18M
* Sergey Korsakov* — Soyuz MS-21
* Valery Korzun — Soyuz TM-24, STS-111
STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, fr ...
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* Oleg Kotov* — Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-17, Soyuz TMA-10M
* Vladimir Kovalyonok
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (; ; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the lo ...
* — Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29/ 31, Soyuz T-4
* Konstantin Kozeyev — Soyuz TM-33/ 32
* Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut and head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
As a prominent rocket scientist, he ...
— Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-12/ Soyuz TM-13, STS-60, STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour, ''Endeavour'', and took the first American module, the Unity (ISS module), ''Unity'' node, to the station ...
, Soyuz TM-31/STS-102
STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and ...
, Soyuz TMA-6
* Valeri Kubasov (1935–2014) — Soyuz 6, Soyuz 19, Soyuz 36
Soyuz 36 (, ''Union 36'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 11th mission to and ninth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 36 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 3 ...
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* Sergey Kud-Sverchkov — Soyuz MS-16
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* Aleksandr Laveykin — Soyuz TM-2
* Vasili Lazarev (1928–1990) — Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a
* Aleksandr Lazutkin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin (; born October 30, 1957) is a former Russian cosmonaut.
Life and career
Lazutkin attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and received a degree in mechanical engineering. He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 3, 19 ...
— Soyuz TM-25
* Valentin Lebedev — Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5/ 7
* Alexei Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov. (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Soviet Air Forces, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a Extravehic ...
(1934–2019) — Voskhod 2
Voskhod 2 () was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone ...
(first walk in space), Soyuz 19
* Anatoli Levchenko* (1941–1988) — Soyuz TM-4
Soyuz TM-4 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to Mir. It was launched on 21 December 1987, and carried the first two crew members of the third long duration expedition, Mir EO-3. These crew members, Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut), Vl ...
/ 3
* Yuri Lonchakov* — STS-100, Soyuz TMA-1/ TM-34, Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 (, ''Union TMA-13'') was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55 GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn ...
* Vladimir Lyakhov* (1941–2018) — Soyuz 32/ 34, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-6/ 5
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* Oleg Makarov (1933–2003) — Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a,Soyuz 27
Soyuz 27 (, ''Union 27'') was a 1978 Soviet crewed spacecraft which flew to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station, during the mission EP-1. It was the third crewed flight to the station, the second successful docking and the first visitation ...
/ 26, Soyuz T-3
* Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was over New Zealan ...
* — Soyuz TM-19, STS-106
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
Crew
Spacewalks
* '' Lu and Malenchenko '' – EVA 1
*EVA 1 Start: 11 September 2000 – 04:47 UTC
*EVA 1 End: 11 Septembe ...
, Soyuz TMA-2
Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2, ''Union TMA-2'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 28, 2003 and undocked on ...
, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-05M, Soyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 ...
,
* Yury Malyshev (1941–1999) — Soyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11/ 10
* Gennadi Manakov (1950–2019) — Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16
* Musa Manarov* — Soyuz TM-4
Soyuz TM-4 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to Mir. It was launched on 21 December 1987, and carried the first two crew members of the third long duration expedition, Mir EO-3. These crew members, Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut), Vl ...
/ 6, Soyuz TM-11
* Denis Matveev — Soyuz MS-21
* Alexander Misurkin — Soyuz TMA-08M, Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz MS-20
Soyuz MS-20 was a Russian Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–20 December 2021. Unlike previous Soyuz flights to the ISS, Soyuz MS-20 did not deliver any crew members for an ISS List of Internat ...
* Boris Morukov (1950–2015) — STS-106
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
Crew
Spacewalks
* '' Lu and Malenchenko '' – EVA 1
*EVA 1 Start: 11 September 2000 – 04:47 UTC
*EVA 1 End: 11 Septembe ...
* Talgat Musabayev* — Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-32/ 31
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* Grigori Nelyubov (1934–1966) — Expelled from Vostok program, no flights. *Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and ; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it con ...
(1929–2004) — Vostok 3, Soyuz 9
Soyuz 9 (, ''Union 9'') was a June, 1970, Soviet crewed space flight. The two-man crew of Andriyan Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov broke the five-year-old space endurance record held by Gemini 7, with their nearly 18-day flight. The mission ...
* Oleg Novitski* — Soyuz TMA-06M, Soyuz MS-03, Soyuz MS-18, Soyuz MS-25/ MS-24
O
*Yuri Onufrienko
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko (, ; born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–2002.
Personal
On ...
* — Soyuz TM-23, STS-108/ 111
* Aleksey Ovchinin — Soyuz TMA-20M, Soyuz MS-10, Soyuz MS-12, Soyuz MS-26
P
* Gennady Padalka
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) four times. He previ ...
— Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-14
The Soyuz TMA-14 (, ''Union TMA-14'') was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi ...
, Soyuz TMA-04M, Soyuz TMA-16M
* Viktor Patsayev
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (; 19 June 193330 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight. On board the space station Salyut 1 he operated the Orion 1 Spa ...
* (1933–1971), Died on reentry. — Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 () was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The ...
* Dmitry Petelin — Soyuz MS-22/ MS-23
* Oleg Platonov —
* Aleksandr Poleshchuk — Soyuz TM-16
* Yulia Peresild — Soyuz MS-19
* Kirill Peskov — SpaceX Crew-10
* Valeri Polyakov (1942–2022) — Soyuz TM-6/ 7, Soyuz TM-18
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the ''Mir'' space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew on board ...
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* Leonid Popov
Leonid Ivanovich Popov (, ; born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
Biography
Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, ...
* — Soyuz 35/ 37, Soyuz 40
The Soyuz 40 mission was a 1981 Soviet Union, Soviet human spaceflight, crewed spaceflight and the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft. It was a collaboration between the Soviet Union and Romania.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
*M ...
, Soyuz T-7/ 5
* Pavel Popovich
Pavel Romanovich Popovich (; ; 5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut.
Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, the eighth person and first Ukrainians, Ukrainian in space.
Bio ...
* (1930–2009) — Vostok 4
Vostok 3 () and Vostok 4 (, 'Orient 4' or 'East 4') were Soviet space program flights in August 1962, intended to determine the Effect of spaceflight on the human body, ability of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness, test ...
, Soyuz 14
* Sergey Prokopyev — Soyuz MS-09, Soyuz MS-22/ MS-23
R
* Sergei Revin — Soyuz TMA-04M *Roman Romanenko
Roman Yurievich Romanenko (; born 9 August 1971) is a Russian retired cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He is also a politician, sitting in the State Duma since 2021 Russian legislative election, 2021 representing the Cher ...
— Soyuz TMA-15, Soyuz TMA-07M
* Yuri Romanenko
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 3 ...
— Soyuz 26/ 27, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2/ 3
* Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939–2011) — Soyuz 23
Soyuz 23 (, ''Union 23'') was an October 1976, Soviet crewed space flight, the second to the Salyut 5 space station. Cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky arrived at the station, but an equipment malfunction did not allow do ...
* Nikolai Rukavishnikov (1932–2002) — Soyuz 10
Soyuz 10 (, ''Union 10'') was launched on 22 April 1971 as the world's first mission to the world's first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1. The docking was not successful and the crew, Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Nikolai Ru ...
, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
Soyuz 33 (, ''Union 33'') was an April, 1979, Soviet Union, Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the ninth mission to the orbiting facility, but an engine failure forced the mission to be aborted, and the crew had to r ...
* Sergei Ryazanski — Soyuz TMA-10M, Soyuz MS-05
* Valery Ryumin (1939–2022) — Soyuz 25, Soyuz 32/ 34, Soyuz 35/ 37, STS-91
STS-91 was the 24th flight of Discovery, and the final Space Shuttle mission to the '' Mir'' space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.
Crew
Crew seat assignme ...
* Sergei Ryzhikov — Soyuz MS-02, Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63/ 64 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The cr ...
, Soyuz MS-27
Soyuz MS-27 is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 8April 2025 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, bound for the International Space Station. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying three crew mem ...
S
* Aleksandr Samokutyayev —Soyuz TMA-21
Soyuz TMA-21 ("Gagarin") was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on April 6, 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecra ...
, Soyuz TMA-14M
* Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005) — Soyuz 15
Soyuz 15 (, ''Union 15'') was an August 1974 crewed space flight which was to have been the second mission to the Soviet Union's Salyut 3 space station with presumably military objectives.
Launched 26 August 1974, the Soyuz spacecraft arriv ...
* Viktor Savinykh — Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13/ 14, Soyuz TM-3,
* Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly t ...
— Soyuz T-7/ 5, Soyuz T-12
* Aleksandr Serebrov (1944–2013) — Soyuz T-7/ 5, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17
* Yelena Serova — Soyuz TMA-14M
* Vitali Sevastyanov (1935–2010) — Soyuz 9
Soyuz 9 (, ''Union 9'') was a June, 1970, Soviet crewed space flight. The two-man crew of Andriyan Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov broke the five-year-old space endurance record held by Gemini 7, with their nearly 18-day flight. The mission ...
, Soyuz 18
Soyuz 18 (, ''Union 18'') was a 1975 Soviet Union, Soviet crewed mission to Salyut 4, the second and final crew to man the space station. Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov set a new Soviet space endurance record of 63 days and the mark for ...
* Yuri Shargin — Soyuz TMA-5/ 4
* Salizhan Sharipov
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born 24 August 1964) is a retired Kyrgyz astronaut, cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (lau ...
* — STS-89
STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the ''Mir'' space station flown by Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour, ''Endeavour'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.
Crew
Crew notes
STS-89 was originally scheduled ...
, Soyuz TMA-5
* Vladimir Shatalov* (1927–2021) — Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Soyuz 10 (, ''Union 10'') was launched on 22 April 1971 as the world's first mission to the world's first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1. The docking was not successful and the crew, Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Nikolai Ru ...
* Klim Shipenko — Soyuz MS-19
* Anton Shkaplerov — Soyuz TMA-22, Soyuz TMA-15M, Soyuz MS-07, Soyuz MS-19
* Georgi Shonin* (1935–1997) — Soyuz 6
* Oleg Skripochka — Soyuz TMA-01M
Soyuz TMA-01M was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight that transported three members of the Expedition 25 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-01M was the 107th flight of a Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spacecraft, and the first flight of the mode ...
, Soyuz TMA-20M, Soyuz MS-15
* Aleksandr Skvortsov — Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the Soyuz 1, first crewed flight in 1967.
Crew
Backup crew
Launch
After a ...
, Soyuz TMA-12M, Soyuz MS-13
* Anatoly Solovyev
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (; ; alternate spelling "Solovyov"; born 16 January 1948) is a retired Latvian and Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the List of cumulative spacewalk records, world record on the number of extra- ...
* — Soyuz TM-5/ 4, Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71
As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station ''Mir''. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' from launchpad 39A ...
/Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on 14 March 1995. The flight marked the first time thirteen human ...
, Soyuz TM-26
* Vladimir Solovyov — Soyuz T-10/ 11, Soyuz T-15
* Gennadi Strekalov (1940–2004) — Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-11/ 10, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on 14 March 1995. The flight marked the first time thirteen human ...
/STS-71
As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station ''Mir''. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' from launchpad 39A ...
* Maksim Surayev — Soyuz TMA-16, Soyuz TMA-13M
T
* Yevgeni Tarelkin — Soyuz TMA-06M
* Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first Women in space, woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. S ...
, First woman in space. — Vostok 6
Vostok 6 () was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Mission
The spacecraft was launched on 16 June 1963. It set the record for highest orbital inclination of a crewed spacecraft at 65°, a rec ...
* Gherman Titov (1935–2000) — Vostok 2
* Vladimir Titov — Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-4
Soyuz TM-4 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to Mir. It was launched on 21 December 1987, and carried the first two crew members of the third long duration expedition, Mir EO-3. These crew members, Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut), Vl ...
/ 6, STS-63, STS-86
* Valeri Tokarev
Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev (; born 29 October 1952) is a Russian Air Force colonel and test astronaut, cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks, before ret ...
— STS-96
STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'', and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. It was Discovery's 26th flight. The shuttle carried the S ...
, Soyuz TMA-7
* Sergei Treshchov — STS-111
STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, fr ...
/113 113 may refer to:
*113 (number), a natural number
*AD 113, a year
*113 BC, a year
*113 (band), a French hip hop group
*113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
*113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run to ...
* Vasili Tsibliyev* — Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25
* Mikhail Tyurin — STS-105
STS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was ''Discoverys final mission until STS ...
/ 108, Soyuz TMA-9, Soyuz TMA-11M
U
* Yuri Usachov —Soyuz TM-18
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome and landed 112 km north of Arkalyk. TM-18 was a two-day solo flight that docked with the ''Mir'' space station on January 10, 1994. The three cosmonauts became the 15th resident crew on board ...
, Soyuz TM-23, STS-101
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resuppl ...
, STS-102
STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and ...
/STS-105
STS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was ''Discoverys final mission until STS ...
V
* Vladimir Vasyutin* (1952–2002) — Soyuz T-14
Soyuz T-14 (, ''Union T-14'') was the ninth expedition to Salyut 7. The mission relieved Soyuz T-13, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
* Mass:
* Perigee: ...
* Ivan Vagner Soyuz MS-16
* Aleksandr Viktorenko* — Soyuz TM-3/ 2, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-20
* Pavel Vinogradov
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov (; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan, USSR) is a former cosmonaut and commander of the International Space Station. He has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station, and was one of t ...
— Soyuz TM-26, Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
Crew
Soyuz TMA-8 was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) ''Expedition 13'' c ...
, Soyuz TMA-08M
* Igor Volk* (1937–2017) — Soyuz T-12
* Alexander Volkov* — Soyuz T-14
Soyuz T-14 (, ''Union T-14'') was the ninth expedition to Salyut 7. The mission relieved Soyuz T-13, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
* Mass:
* Perigee: ...
, Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-13
* Sergei Aleksandrovich Volkov* — Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-02M
* Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), Died on reentry. — Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 () was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The ...
* Boris Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov (; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet Union, Soviet astronaut, cosmonaut who flew two manned space mission, space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October ...
— Soyuz 5, Soyuz 21
Soyuz 21 (, ''Union 21'') was a 1976 Soviet crewed mission to the Salyut 5 space station, the first of three flights to the station. The mission's objectives were mainly military in scope, but included other scientific work. The mission ended ...
* Sergei Vozovikov (1958–1993), drowned during survival training program — No flights.
Y
* Boris Yegorov
Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Его́ров, November 26, 1937 – September 12, 1994) was a Soviet physician and cosmonaut who became the first medical doctor to travel to space. He was born in Moscow, Sov ...
(1937–1994) — Voskhod 1
Voskhod 1 () was the seventh crewed Soviet space flight. Flown by cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Boris Yegorov, it launched 12 October 1964, and returned on the 13th. Voskhod 1 was the first human spaceflight to carr ...
* Aleksei Yeliseyev — Soyuz 5/ 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Soyuz 10 (, ''Union 10'') was launched on 22 April 1971 as the world's first mission to the world's first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1. The docking was not successful and the crew, Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Nikolai Ru ...
* Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin () is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greeks, Pontic Greek descent, engineer and Energia (corporation), RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mi ...
* — STS-112
STS-112 (ISS assembly sequence, ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by . Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's ...
, Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-19, Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz MS-04
Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS. It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted ...
Z
* Dmitri Zaikin (1932–2013) — No flights. * Sergei Zalyotin — Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-1/ TM-34 * Vitali Zholobov* —Soyuz 21
Soyuz 21 (, ''Union 21'') was a 1976 Soviet crewed mission to the Salyut 5 space station, the first of three flights to the station. The mission's objectives were mainly military in scope, but included other scientific work. The mission ended ...
* Alexey Zubritsky* — Soyuz MS-27
Soyuz MS-27 is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 8April 2025 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, bound for the International Space Station. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying three crew mem ...
* Vyacheslav Zudov — Soyuz 23
Soyuz 23 (, ''Union 23'') was an October 1976, Soviet crewed space flight, the second to the Salyut 5 space station. Cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky arrived at the station, but an equipment malfunction did not allow do ...
Eastern Bloc cosmonauts
From 1978–1988, the Soviet Union transported 11 citizens of 10 nations closely allied to the USSR in theSoyuz
Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republi ...
crewed vehicle. All of them flew as a result of the Interkosmos
Interkosmos () was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with Human spaceflight, crewed and Uncrewed spacecraft, uncrewed space missions.
The program was formed in April 1967 in Moscow. All members of the program fr ...
program. These space travelers have usually been referred to as "cosmonauts".
* Afghanistan: Abdul Ahad Mohmand — Soyuz TM-6/ 5
* Bulgaria:
** Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5/ 4
** Georgi Ivanov — Soyuz 33
Soyuz 33 (, ''Union 33'') was an April, 1979, Soviet Union, Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the ninth mission to the orbiting facility, but an engine failure forced the mission to be aborted, and the crew had to r ...
* Cuba: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen, t ...
— Soyuz 38
* Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Remek — Soyuz 28
Soyuz 28 (, ''Union 28'') was a March 1978 Soviet crewed mission to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. It was the fourth mission to the station, the third successful docking, and the second visit to the resident crew launched in Soyuz 26.
Co ...
* East Germany: Sigmund Jähn
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German Aircraft pilot, pilot, cosmonaut, and ''Generalmajor#Generalmajor in East Germany, Generalmajor'' (equivalent to a Brigadier General in Western armies) in the Nat ...
(1937–2019) — Soyuz 31
Soyuz 31 (, ''Union 31'') was a 1978 Soviet Union, Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the seventh mission to and sixth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 31 crew were the second to visit the long- ...
/ 29
* Hungary: Bertalan Farkas
Bertalan Farkas (, born August 2, 1949) is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space by him. Farkas is also the first Esperantist cosmonaut. He is currently the ...
— Soyuz 36
Soyuz 36 (, ''Union 36'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 11th mission to and ninth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 36 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 3 ...
/ 35
* Mongolia: Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa — Soyuz 39
* Poland: Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941–2022)— Soyuz 30
Soyuz 30 (, ''Union 30'') was a 1978 crewed Soviet space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the sixth mission to and fifth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 30 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 2 ...
* Romania: Dumitru Prunariu
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. The backup crew was made of Romanian candidat ...
— Soyuz 40
The Soyuz 40 mission was a 1981 Soviet Union, Soviet human spaceflight, crewed spaceflight and the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft. It was a collaboration between the Soviet Union and Romania.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
*M ...
* Vietnam: Phạm Tuân
Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam People's Air Force, Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot and Astronaut#Cosmonaut, cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese people, Vietnamese cosmonaut, and the first person of Asian ori ...
— Soyuz 37
Soyuz 37 (, ''Union 37'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 13th mission to and 11th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 37 crew were the third to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 ...
/ 36
Other cosmonauts
In 1982, as an extension of the Intercosmos program, the Soviet Union began to fly the citizens of countries not part of the Soviet bloc, starting with Jean-Loup Chrétien of France. The USSR and later Russia have transported 49 citizens of 18 other nations on theSoyuz
Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republi ...
vehicle, usually as part of a commercial arrangement, including seven space tourist
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. Tourists are motivated by the possibility of viewing Earth from space, ...
s flying through the Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
contract. Since 2001, the Soyuz has been used to transport ESA, JAXA
The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into o ...
, and NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
astronauts to the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
. These space travelers are not always referred to as "cosmonauts", especially if they belong to another space program; e.g., NASA employees are almost always referred to as "astronauts", even if they are flying on a Russian vehicle.
Africa
* South Africa: ''Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux operating system. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to spa ...
'' (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TM-34/ 33
Americas
* Brazil:Marcos Pontes
Marcos Cesar Pontes (born 11 March 1963) is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, Agência Espacial Brasileira, AEB astronaut, politician and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked ont ...
— Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
Crew
Soyuz TMA-8 was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) ''Expedition 13'' c ...
* Canada:
** ''Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté, (born 2 September 1959) is a Canadian billionaire businessman and poker player. Along with Gilles Ste-Croix, he is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, which was founded in 1984. The Canadian circus company's shows have since be ...
'' (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TMA-16/ 14
** Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and ...
— Soyuz TMA-07M
** Robert Thirsk
Robert "Bob" Brent Thirsk, (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space (204 days, 18 hours and 29&nbs ...
— Soyuz TMA-15
* United States:
** Joseph M. Acaba
Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member ...
— Soyuz TMA-04M
** '' Anousheh Ansari''* (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TMA-9/ 8
** Michael R. Barratt — Soyuz TMA-14
The Soyuz TMA-14 (, ''Union TMA-14'') was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi ...
** Ken Bowersox
Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956) is a United States Navy officer and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 ...
— Soyuz TMA-1 (landing only)
** Daniel C. Burbank — Soyuz TMA-22
** Leroy Chiao — Soyuz TMA-5
** Timothy Creamer — Soyuz TMA-17
** Tracy Caldwell Dyson — Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the Soyuz 1, first crewed flight in 1967.
Crew
Backup crew
Launch
After a ...
** Catherine Coleman — Soyuz TMA-20
** Michael Fincke
Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel. He formerly held the American record for the most time in space (382 days) until it was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16 ...
— Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 (, ''Union TMA-13'') was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55 GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn ...
** Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale (; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the Internat ...
* — Soyuz TMA-3
Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, ''Union TMA-3'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the ''TMA'' modification of the Soyuz sp ...
** Kevin A. Ford — Soyuz TMA-06M
** Michael E. Fossum — Soyuz TMA-02M
** Ronald J. Garan, Jr. — Soyuz TMA-21
Soyuz TMA-21 ("Gagarin") was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on April 6, 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecra ...
** '' Richard Garriott''* (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 (, ''Union TMA-13'') was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55 GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn ...
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** Michael S. Hopkins — Soyuz TMA-10M
** Scott Kelly — Soyuz TMA-01M
Soyuz TMA-01M was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight that transported three members of the Expedition 25 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-01M was the 107th flight of a Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spacecraft, and the first flight of the mode ...
, Soyuz TMA-16M
** Kjell N. Lindgren — Soyuz TMA-17M
** Michael Lopez-Alegria* — Soyuz TMA-9
** Ed Lu
Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (; born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.
In 2007, Lu retired from NASA to become the ...
— Soyuz TMA-2
Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2, ''Union TMA-2'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 28, 2003 and undocked on ...
** Thomas Marshburn
Thomas Henry "Tom" Marshburn (born August 29, 1960) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights to the International Space Station and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk a ...
— Soyuz TMA-07M
** Richard Mastracchio — Soyuz TMA-11M
** William S. McArthur — Soyuz TMA-7
** Karen Nyberg — Soyuz TMA-09M
** '' Gregory Olsen'' (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TMA-7/ 6
** Donald Pettit — Soyuz TMA-1 (landing only), Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on 21 December 2011 from Site One at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of ...
** John L. Phillips — Soyuz TMA-6
** William Shepherd — Soyuz TM-31 (launch only)
** ''Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi (; , ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian Americans, Hungarian-American software architect.
He introduced the graphical user interface to Bill Gates for the first time who later described it as the first of two revolutiona ...
''* (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TMA-10/ 9, Soyuz TMA-14
The Soyuz TMA-14 (, ''Union TMA-14'') was a Soyuz programme, Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi ...
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** Norman Thagard — Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''. The mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:11:34 UTC on 14 March 1995. The flight marked the first time thirteen human ...
(launch only)
** ''Dennis Tito
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourism, space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of IS ...
'' (Space Adventures
Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...
) — Soyuz TM-32/ 31
** Terry W. Virts — Soyuz TMA-15M
** Shannon Walker — Soyuz TMA-19
** Douglas H. Wheelock — Soyuz TMA-19
** Peggy Whitson — Soyuz TMA-11
** Jeffrey Williams — Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
Crew
Soyuz TMA-8 was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) ''Expedition 13'' c ...
, Soyuz TMA-16
** Sunita Williams — Soyuz TMA-05M
** Barry E. Wilmore — Soyuz TMA-14M
** Gregory R. Wiseman — Soyuz TMA-13M
Asia
* India: Rakesh Sharma (Intercosmos
Interkosmos () was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with crewed and uncrewed space missions.
The program was formed in April 1967 in Moscow. All members of the program from USSR were given the Hero of the Sov ...
) — Soyuz T-11/ 10
* Japan:
** ''Toyohiro Akiyama
is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese people, Japanese nationality to fly in space, ...
'' — Soyuz TM-11/ 10
** Akihiko Hoshide
is a Japanese engineer, JAXA
The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology developm ...
— Soyuz TMA-05M
** Soichi Noguchi
is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle program, Spac ...
— Soyuz TMA-17
** Satoshi Furukawa — Soyuz TMA-02M
** Koichi Wakata — Soyuz TMA-11M
** Kimiya Yui — Soyuz TMA-17M
* Malaysia: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor — Soyuz TMA-11/ 10
* South Korea: Yi So-yeon — Soyuz TMA-12/ 11
* Syria: Muhammed Faris (Intercosmos
Interkosmos () was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with crewed and uncrewed space missions.
The program was formed in April 1967 in Moscow. All members of the program from USSR were given the Hero of the Sov ...
) — Soyuz TM-3/ 2
Europe
* Austria: Franz Viehböck — Soyuz TM-13/ 12 * Belgium:Frank De Winne
Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an European Space Agency, ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He was the first ESA astronaut to comm ...
, EAC — Soyuz TMA-1/ TM-34, Soyuz TMA-15
* France:
** Jean-Loup Chrétien, CNES
CNES () is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency is overseen by the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
It operates from the Toulouse Spac ...
(Intercosmos
Interkosmos () was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with crewed and uncrewed space missions.
The program was formed in April 1967 in Moscow. All members of the program from USSR were given the Hero of the Sov ...
) — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/ 6
** Léopold Eyharts
Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as part of a Mir expedition and an International Space Station expedition.
Eyh ...
, EAC — Soyuz TM-27/ 26
** Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré, EAC — Soyuz TM-24/ 23, Soyuz TM-33/ 32
** Jean-Pierre Haigneré, EAC — Soyuz TM-17/ 16, Soyuz TM-29
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22, 1999 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor M. Afanasyev, Viktor Afanasyev of Rus ...
** Michel Tognini, EAC — Soyuz TM-15/ 14
* Germany:
** Reinhold Ewald, EAC — Soyuz TM-25/ 24
** Klaus-Dietrich Flade — Soyuz TM-14/ 13
** Alexander Gerst — Soyuz TMA-13M
** Ulf Merbold, EAC — Soyuz TM-20/ 19
** Thomas Reiter, EAC — Soyuz TM-22
* Italy:
** Samantha Cristoforetti
Samantha Cristoforetti (; born 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Astronaut Corps, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the second of two Women in space, women sent into space by ESA and ...
, EAC — Soyuz TMA-15M
** Roberto Vittori, EAC — Soyuz TM-34/ 33, Soyuz TMA-6/ 5
** Paolo Nespoli, EAC — Soyuz TMA-20
** Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò, Sicily) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a colonel and test pilot ...
, EAC — Soyuz TMA-09M
* The Netherlands: André Kuipers, EAC — Soyuz TMA-4/ 3, Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on 21 December 2011 from Site One at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of ...
* Slovakia: Ivan Bella — Soyuz TM-29
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22, 1999 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor M. Afanasyev, Viktor Afanasyev of Rus ...
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* Spain: Pedro Duque
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, Order of Friendship, OF, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", OMSE (born Madrid, 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Ministry of Science (Spain), minister of Science from ...
, EAC — Soyuz TMA-3
Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, ''Union TMA-3'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the ''TMA'' modification of the Soyuz sp ...
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* United Kingdom:
** '' Helen Sharman'' — Soyuz TM-12/ 11
** Timothy Peake, EAC — Soyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 ...
Soviet and Russian cosmonauts born outside Russia
All Soviet and RKA cosmonauts have been born within the borders of the U.S.S.R.; no cosmonaut who was born in independent Russia has yet flown. Many cosmonauts, however, were born in Soviet territories outside the boundaries of Russia, and may be claimed by various Soviet successor states as nationals of those states. All claimed Soviet or Russian citizenship at the time of their space flights.Azerbaidzhan S.S.R. / Azerbaijan
* Musa Manarov, born in Baku, AzerbaijanByelorussian S.S.R. / Belarus
*Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (; ; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet astronaut, cosmonaut and the first Belarusians, Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three crewed space mission, flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he he ...
, born in Komarovka, Belarus
* Vladimir Kovalyonok
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (; ; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the lo ...
, born in Beloye, Belarus
* Oleg Novitski, born in Chervyen', Belarus
Georgian S.S.R. / Georgia
*Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin () is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greeks, Pontic Greek descent, engineer and Energia (corporation), RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mi ...
, born in Batumi, Georgia
Kazakh S.S.R. / Kazakhstan
*Toktar Aubakirov
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov ( (''Toqtar Oñğarbaiūly Äubäkırov''), , born on 27 July 1946) is a retired Kazakh Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut. He is the first person from Kazakhstan to go to space.
Early life
Toktar Aubakirov ...
, born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
* Yuri Lonchakov, born in Balkhash, Kazakhstan
* Talgat Musabayev, born in Kargaly, Kazakhstan
* Viktor Patsayev
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (; 19 June 193330 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight. On board the space station Salyut 1 he operated the Orion 1 Spa ...
(1933—1971), born in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan
* Dmitry Petelin, born in Kustanai, Kazakhstan
* Vladimir Shatalov (1927—2021), born in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan
* Aleksandr Viktorenko, born in Olginka, Kazakhstan
Kirghiz S.S.R. / Kyrgyzstan
*Salizhan Sharipov
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born 24 August 1964) is a retired Kyrgyz astronaut, cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (lau ...
, born in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan
* Sergey Korsakov, born in Krunze, Kyrgyzstan
Latvian S.S.R. / Latvia
* Aleksandr Kaleri, born in Jūrmala, Latvia *Anatoly Solovyev
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (; ; alternate spelling "Solovyov"; born 16 January 1948) is a retired Latvian and Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the List of cumulative spacewalk records, world record on the number of extra- ...
, born in Riga, Latvia
* Oleg Artemyev
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian people, Russian Astronaut, Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 ...
, born in Riga, Latvia
Turkmen S.S.R. / Turkmenistan
* Oleg Kononenko, born in Chardzhou, TurkmenistanUkrainian S.S.R. / Ukraine
* Anatoly Artsebarsky, born in Prosyana, Ukraine * Georgi Beregovoi (1921-1995), born in Federivka, Ukraine * Georgiy Dobrovolskiy (1928-1971), born in Odessa, Ukraine *Yuri Gidzenko
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International ...
, born in Yelanets, Ukraine
* Leonid Kizim (1941-2010), born in Krasnyi Lyman, Ukraine
* Oleg Kotov, born in Simferopol, Ukraine
* Anatoli Levchenko (1941-1988), born in Krasnokutsk, Ukraine
* Vladimir Lyakhov (1941-2018), born in Antratsyt, Ukraine
* Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was over New Zealan ...
, born in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine
* Yuri Onufriyenko, born in Ryasne, Ukraine
* Leonid Popov
Leonid Ivanovich Popov (, ; born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
Biography
Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, ...
, born in Oleksandriia, Ukraine
* Pavel Popovich
Pavel Romanovich Popovich (; ; 5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut.
Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, the eighth person and first Ukrainians, Ukrainian in space.
Bio ...
(1930-2009), born in Uzyn, Ukraine.
* Georgi Shonin (1935-1997), born in Rovenky, Ukraine
* Vasili Tsibliyev, born in Horikhivka, Ukraine
* Vladimir Vasyutin (1952-2002), born in Kharkiv, Ukraine
* Igor Volk (1937-2017), born in Zmiiv, Ukraine
* Aleksandr Volkov, born in Horlivka, Ukraine
* Sergei Aleksandrovich Volkov, born in Chuhuiv, Ukraine
* Vitali Zholobov, born in Zburyivka, Ukraine
* Alexey Zubritsky, born in Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...
, Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
Uzbek S.S.R. / Uzbekistan
* Vladimir Dzhanibekov, born in Iskandar, UzbekistanSee also
*List of Russian aviators
This list of Russian and Soviet aviators includes the noteworthy aviators of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The majority of pilots listed here served in the Imperial Russian Air Force, the Soviet Air Force or t ...
* List of Russian explorers
* List of Russian inventors
This is a list of inventors from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.
This list also includes those who were born in ...
* List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
This is a list of the human spaceflight missions conducted by the Soviet space program. These missions belong to the Vostok programme, Vostok, Voskhod programme, Voskhod, and Soyuz programme, Soyuz space programs.
The first patch from the Sovie ...
* List of Russian human spaceflight missions
This is a list of the human spaceflight missions conducted by Roscosmos (previously and alternatively known as the Russian Space Agency, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, and the Russian Federal Space Agency) since 1992. All Russian human s ...
References
{{Use American English, date=January 2014Cosmonauts
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft. Although generally reserve ...
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