Lists of fictional astronauts

Actor William Lundigan as Col. Edward McCauley, Men into Space (TV series)

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These are a series of incomplete lists of fictional astronauts appearing in various media, including books, film, television shows (live or animated), radio shows, records, and comic books.

To be included in these lists, a fictional astronaut must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world space programs, as they have actually existed since the beginning of the Space Age, or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age. Criteria include:

1. A fictional astronaut must be human (not an alien, robot, or animal).
2. A fictional astronaut must be on a flight originating from the Earth; space travellers engaging in casual voyages between other planets (as in Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica) are not eligible.
3. A fictional astronaut must be presented as living in the period of the early exploration of space, i.e. from the beginning of the Space Age to the present, and for a few decades into the future; currently, in the period of about 1960–2060.
4. A fictional astronaut is preferably part of a real space program, like NASA or the Soviet/Russian space program, or fictional knockoffs of the same (e.g. ANSA, IASA).
5. A fictional astronaut preferably uses space travel technology within the realm of the possible. Preference should be given to astronauts depicted using real technology (e.g. Apollo, Soyuz, Space Shuttle) or close fictional knockoffs of the same.

Fictional astronauts

Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:

Early period

• List of fictional astronauts (early period)

Classic period

• List of fictional astronauts (Project Mercury era)
• List of fictional astronauts (Project Gemini era)
• List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era)

Modern period

• List of fictional astronauts (works released 1975–1979)
• List of fictional astronauts (works released 1980–1989)
• List of fictional astronauts (works released 1990–1999)
• List of fictional astronauts (works released 2000–2009)
• List of fictional astronauts (works released 2010–2019)

Futuristic

• List of fictional astronauts (futuristic exploration of Moon)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of "Counter-Earth")
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Sun)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Mercury)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Venus)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Mars)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Jupiter)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Saturn)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Uranus)
• List of fictional astronauts (exploration of Neptune)
• List of fictional astronauts (asteroid/comet deflection)
• List of fictional astronauts (miscellaneous futuristic exploration)

To infinity and beyond

• List of fictional astronauts (beyond near-future capabilities)

Classic period

Astronauts from the 'Golden Age' of space travel, from its beginnings to the late 1970s, before the building of the Space Shuttle.

Modern period

Astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle.

1975–1979

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(1975–1979)
Spacelab Dynostar: Eddie Van Buren, Cmdr. Russ Walters (US) Bob Townsend Phillip Lyall Richard Hart (UK) Rene Lasalle Jean Lucas (France) Theodore Neumann Otto Sigmund (Germany) Will Patterson (Australia) Mel Freeman Orbiter Four: John Hayward, Cdr. Eric Fischer Daniel Sicura, Maj.	The Dynostar Menace (1975), novel	Space Station Spacelab Dynostar Space Shuttle Orbiter Four	Near Future
	A multinational team of astronauts working under the auspices of the United States Space Authority (USSA) to carry out the first test of a nuclear fusion reactor in earth orbit.
Ed Tyler	Phoenix (1975), comic book series	Space Station Threshold I Escape pod	1977
	Astronaut becomes the superhero Phoenix the Protector after crashing in Arctic.
Prometheus: Patrick Winter, Maj. Ely Bron, Dr. Coretta Samuel, Dr. (Medic) (US) Nadya Kalinina, Maj. Vladimir Kuznekov, Col. Gregor Salnikov (USSR) Orbiter: Cooke, Maj. (Cmdr.) Decosta, Capt. (Pilot)	Skyfall (1976), novel	Orbital Power Station Prometheus USAF Space Shuttle Orbiter	Near Future
	A series of malfunctions turn an attempt to launch an orbital solar power station into disaster, trapping the payload in a decaying orbit and forcing the use of a military space shuttle to rescue the crew, even as the race to prevent it crashing into a populated area continues.
Olaf Carlsen Tom Carlsen, Col. Eight others	The Space Vampires (1976), novel Lifeforce (1985), film	Hermes ESA Space Shuttle HMS Churchill, rescue shuttle	Early 21st century Near Future
	Hermes crew finds alien craft adrift in open space; While investigating Halley's Comet an ESA/NASA crew of nine aboard the Churchill find an alien craft. Rescue shuttle returns aliens and Carlsen to Earth.
Yamaguchi (Last name not given)	"Agoraphobia A.D. 2000" (1977), short story	Unspecified	2000?
	Japanese astronaut sent into the last open space in the Tokyo Megalopolis to see how he responds.
Shuttle 7: Unnamed commander Unnamed pilot Skylab: Unnamed commander Unnamed astronaut	The All-New Super Friends Hour Space Emergency (1977), TV	USA: Space Shuttle Shuttle 7 Skylab	Contemporary/Near Future
	After a docking malfunction cripples the shuttle and Skylab, Wonder Woman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl must save the imperiled astronauts.
Three unnamed astronaut-scientists	The All-New Super Friends Hour Planet of the Neanderthals (1977), TV	Skylab 2	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts assist Super Friends when Earth's civilization is regressed to primitive state.
Valery Adanin, Col.	The Dragon (1977), novel	Svoboda	Contemporary/Near Future
	Cosmonaut dispatched on a solo orbital reconnaissance mission over China. Killed when his capsule is struck by the beam from a prototype Chinese ASAT/ABM laser.
Dr. Holly Goodhead Numerous unnamed US Marine astronauts	Moonraker (1979), film/novel	Space Shuttle Moonraker 1–6 Military Space Shuttle Marines	Contemporary
	James Bond and Goodhead launch to Hugo Drax's space station to thwart his plans. Six shuttles carrying several dozen men and women are also mentioned.
Unnamed astronauts	Poseidon's Shadow (1979), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts launched to upgrade a military communications satellite.
Spacelab 10: Unnamed US astronauts and unnamed cosmonauts Space Shuttle: Chuck Marshall (US) Giorgi (Last name not given) (USSR)	Quatermass (TV serial) (1979), TV/novel	Space Station Spacelab 10 Space Shuttle Not named, call-sign is Mother Bird	Near Future
	Spacelab Ten is a joint US/Soviet space project.
Addison "Skip" Carmichael Melanie "Mel" Slozar	Salvage 1 (1979), TV	SSTO Vulture	Early 1980s
	Privately built rocket/spacecraft constructed by a scrap-yard dealer. Used for lunar mission with the goal of salvaging Apollo hardware left on the moon.
Mike Bailey Stacey Macklin	Wonder Woman (1979), comic books	NASA: Skylab Space Shuttle	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut trainees working with Diana Prince. Bailey turns out to be the Ten of Spades, a member of the Royal Flush Gang; Macklin later becomes the super-villain Lady Lunar.

1980–1989

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(1980–1989)
Erhardt (Cmdr.) Jensen (Co-pilot) Halverson Garcia (First names not given)	A Cold Wind From Orion (1980), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Astronauts of the United States Space Agency (USSA) on a mission to prevent the uncontrolled re-entry of an orbiting bioweapons laboratory.
Steve Bancroft Lew Price John Gates, Col. (USAF)	Hangar 18 (1980), film	Space Shuttle Orbiter	Contemporary
	Launch of the first satellite by a Shuttle crew strikes a nearby UFO, killing Gates, who is conducting an EVA in the cargo bay.
Three unnamed cosmonauts	Death Beam (1981), novel	Soviet Space Shuttle Space Station	Near Future
	Cosmonauts assigned to assist the assembly of an orbital particle beam weapon aboard the Soviet Union's new permanently manned space station.
Soyuz 47 Valentin Karpov, Flight Cmdr. Boris Tsiolkovsky, Flight Engineer Shabir Al'Timimi, Pilot Orbiter 102 Michael Allon, Col. Peter Peabody, Col. David Browne, Col.	The Hunting of Salyut 7 (1981), novel	Soyuz Soyuz 47 Salyut Salyut 7 Space Shuttle Orbiter 102	Near Future
	Palestinian Guest Cosmonaut hijacks an armed Soviet space-station.
Unnamed American astronauts	The Mahdi (1981), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary/Near Future (Alternate 1980s)
	Astronauts on a mission to place a satellite in geosynchronous orbit over the city of Mecca.
Vince Torino, Lt. Col William Cranston Columbia Christopher 'Rusty' Bishop III, Col. (Cmdr) Richard Merriman, Lt. Col. (Pilot) Enterprise Austin 'Tex' Harwood, Col. (Cmdr) Adrienne Brooks, Dr. (Pilot) Atlantis Lionel Gerber Gordon Alexander Yorktown Jack Lewis Jr, Lt. Cmdr (USN) Robert D. Clark, Lt. Col. (USAF) Hornet Noonan Schacter (First names not given)	Shuttle (1981), novel	Space Shuttles Columbia Enterprise Atlantis Hypersonic Boosters Yorktown Hornet	Late 20th Century
	The first attempt to launch a space shuttle using a manned booster fails, leaving both craft stranded in orbit.
Joe Marvin Atlantis Frank King, Col. (USAF), Pilot Lew Clay, Cmdr (USN), Co-Pilot George "Hap" Hazard, P/S Jacqueline Hart, M/S	Shuttle Down (1980/81), magazine serial, (1981), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Near Future
	The shuttle Atlantis is forced to make an emergency landing on Easter Island after launching from Vandenberg, causing an international crisis.
Nikolai Federenko, Major, USSR Dr. Keith Stoner, NASA	Voyagers (1981), novel	Soyuz	July 1984
	Soviet cosmonaut and American astronaut who rendezvous with an alien spacecraft some 1 million miles from Earth. Craft is a standard Soyuz docked to three other larger modules assembled at Salyut 6 along with a fourth "tanker" module.
Roger Canfield, Capt. Jennifer Tate David Ackroyd	The Astronauts (1982), TV	NASA: Scilab (space station)	Near Future
	Unsold pilot for American remake of British sitcom about astronauts on space station.
Alan Shepley (Pilot) Hinton (Co-Pilot) (no first name given) Unnamed payload specialist	"Memories of the Space Age" (1982), short story	Space Shuttle	Near Future
	Hinton murders former Apollo astronaut Shepley in orbit, causing time to slow in Florida.
Alvin Kingsbury (Cmdr) Randy Hull (Co-Pilot)	Orbit (1982), novel	Space Shuttle 02	Near Future
	When a hypersonic airliner suffers a malfunction that results in it being trapped in orbit NASA prepares a space shuttle for a rescue mission.
Dove: Oleg Sedrov, Cmdr Nicolay Talin, Co-Pilot Genin, Meteorologist Vinnikov (First names not given for the last two crew)	The Red Dove (1982), novel	Soviet Space Shuttle Dove	Near Future May 1983 – January 1984
	Co-pilot of first Soviet Space Shuttle decides to defect to the United States along with his spacecraft after he discovers that the shuttle is carrying a thermonuclear weapon.
Excalibur: White Hess Frisch Carroll (First names not given) Soyuz: Vladimir Sergeevich Danilov Yuriy Ivanovich Zhukov	Kiev Footprint (1983), novel	Space Shuttle Excalibur Soyuz	Alternate 1980s
	After the space shuttle Excalibur loses contact with Earth while on a military mission, the Soviet Union sends a Soyuz to investigate.
Kennedy (Commander) Goode (Pilot) Jonathan Jaspar, Dr. (Astronomer) Governor (Unnamed) (Passenger) Mayor of Square Toe City (Unnamed) (Passenger) Lavinia Pickerell (Passenger)	Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales (1983), novel	Space Agency (NASA?): Space Shuttle	Near Future (Early October)
	Miss Pickerell travels aboard space shuttle to investigate declining blue whale population. Sequel to Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, Miss Pickerell on the Moon and Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite (q.v.).
Christopher Leyland, Lt. Col. William Cooke, Maj. Wren T. Packard, Capt. Janet Caulden, Capt.	Blind Prophet (1984), novel	Space Shuttles: Constitution Independence	Contemporary/Near Future
	Crews of armed space shuttles sent to destroy Soviet military satellites. The satellites are launched under the guise of the double launch of the space stations Salyut 9 and Salyut 10.
NASA astronauts: Neil O'Hara Al Benyon Jim Bayliss Mike Pepper Non-NASA payload specialists: Kellinah Assad David Heinlein	Dominator (1984), novel	Space Shuttle Dominator (OV-141)	Near Future
	NASA astronauts assigned to fly the space shuttle Dominator.
Florida Arklab Billy Hayes Max Marek Maryland Eva Thompson Gregor Vandenburg	The Noah's Ark Principle (1984), film	Space Station Florida Arklab Space Shuttle Maryland	Near Future 10 November 1997 – 13 November 1997
	Astronauts of the United States/European Space Agency (USESA) who find themselves caught up in a murderous conspiracy.
Ellen Vale, Dr. John Fitch Robert Malfi	The Sheriff and the Astronaut (1984), TV	NASA	Contemporary
	Unsold crime drama pilot about Vale's romance with sheriff of Carrow County.
Anna Firdova, Maj. Sergi Bustovsky, Maj. Two unnamed cosmonauts	Black Alert (1985), novel	Soviet Space Station Medusa Soyuz? Minotaur	Contemporary?
	Cosmonauts assigned to crew a nuclear armed space station.
Yurii Ryumin Vladimir Malyshev	Cold Sea Rising (1985), novel	Soyuz? Soyuz P7	1999
	Cosmonauts on an Earth-sciences mission similar to that of Soyuz 22 who observe a volcanic eruption separate the Ross ice shelf from the Antarctic continent.
Cecil Howe, Cmdr. Eva Jordan, Dr. Walker (First name not given)	Def-Con 4 (a.k.a. Ground Zero) (1985), film	Space Station Nemesis	Near Future ("The day after tomorrow")
	Military astronauts who become trapped in orbit when World War III breaks out.
Rick Halman, Maj. (Commander) Jeff Cooper, Capt. (Pilot) Brett Hilton (Mission Specialist) Nat Cramer (Project Specialist) Frank Hardy (passenger) Joe Hardy (passenger) Chet Morton [Chester "Chet" Morton Jr.] (passenger)	The Hardy Boys The Skyfire Puzzle (1985), novel	Space Shuttle Skyfire Spacelab	Contemporary (Summer)
	The Hardys and their friend Chet Morton participate in shuttle mission linked to industrial espionage case.
Alexis Gnutov	Silent Warriors (1985), novel	Soyuz Salyut Salyut 27, "Lenin"	Near Future
	Cosmonaut on a solo mission to a Salyut. Killed when the experimental laser weapon he is testing explodes on the first firing attempt.
Becky Don Gary (no last names given)	The Twilight Zone Chameleon (1985), TV	Space Shuttle Discovery	Contemporary
	NASA astronauts performing EVA when alien intelligence hitches ride on shuttle.
Digger Reed	The Disney Sunday Movie Hero in the Family (1986), TV	NASA	Contemporary
	Astronaut who switches minds with chimpanzee during spaceflight.
Edward Jupp, Maj. Larry Wahlquist Newman, Col. (First name not given)	The Krone Experiment (1986), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Crew of a space shuttle on a military mission to capture a Soviet military satellite.
Morrow (Commander) West Calahan Lois Joanne Lane (Journalist) Unnamed astronaut	The Man of Steel #1 (1986), comic book	NASA: Constitution (spaceplane)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Superman's rescue of crashing spaceplane leads to his first meeting with Lois Lane in post-Crisis reality.
Zach Bergstrom Atlantis: Andie Bergstrom	SpaceCamp (1986), film	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary
	Astronaut camp instructor Andie Bergstrom is accidentally launched into space with a bunch of teenagers.
Jim Hollis, Cdr., USN (Commander) Rachel "Rocky" Garvey, Lt. Col., USAF (Pilot)	The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force (1986), novel	Space Shuttle Constitution (simulator)	Contemporary
	Epilogue features astronauts on simulated space shuttle mission.
Antares Blacky Moran, Cmdr (USN), Cmdr Susan York, Co-Pilot Adrienne Cortez, MS (Brazil) Georgi Mikoyan (USSR) Unnamed Japanese astronaut Unnamed Swedish astronaut Unnamed New Zealander astronaut	Zoboa (1986), novel	Space Shuttle Antares Space Station Olympus	Near Future
	Islamic extremists try to use stolen nuclear weapons to destroy Cape Canaveral.
NASA Chuck Samson Valley Forge Joe Dover, Cmdr. Bob Ortega, Maj. Brian MacFay, Capt. Unnamed Pilot Kosmolyot II (1) Andrian E. Bykovsky, Maj. Kosmolyot II (2) Vladimir M. Koidunov, Col.	Alpha Bug (1987), novel	Space Shuttle Valley Forge Kosmolyot II	Near Future
	When a Soviet military spaceplane gets into trouble in orbit the United States sends up a shuttle to investigate. The novel also contains reference to Salyut 9 and an aborted joint US/Soviet space project called Spacelab 5.
Gordon McAfee Col, Unnamed astronauts	Cthulhu Now "The Killer Out of Space" (1987), role playing game	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary/Near future
	While on a two-week mission Atlantis encounters something strange in space forcing an emergency landing in Kansas.
Space Shuttle: Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Winston Zeddemore Galileo: Kirov, Capt. Irahqua, Lt. McTavish, Lt. Sato, Lt. Whitney, Yeoman	The Real Ghostbusters Ain't NASA-sarily So (1987), TV	Space Shuttle Experimental Space Platform Galileo	Contemporary/Near Future
	The Ghostbusters investigate a haunted space station.
Misha Two other cosmonauts	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), film	Soyuz Salyut?	Contemporary
	Cosmonauts rescued by Superman.
Atlantis Wakeman, CDR Unnamed American astronauts Kutuzov Three unnamed cosmonauts	Winter Hawk (1987), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis Raketoplan* Kutuzov	Contemporary/Near Future
	Atlantis is in orbit to rendezvous with a Soviet space shuttle, while the Kutuzov deploys a Soviet laser weapon to destroy Atlantis.
Bob Campbell Victory: Lawrence Joshua "Law" Kincaid, Col. (USN) Unnamed astronauts	Long Time Coming (1988), novel	Space Shuttle Victory	Contemporary
	Kincaid, who signed a peace treaty with Russia in space, discovers he has a teenage son.
Enterprise: Jerrod Will, Col. (USAF) (Commander) Richard Sontag, Col. (USMC) (Pilot) Kevin Baker, Dr. (Mission Specialist) Marty Schultz, Capt. (Space Command) (Payload Specialist) Ann Page, Dr. (Mission Specialist) Armstrong Space Station: Jason "Jas" Saint-Michael, Brig Gen (Commander) Jim Walker, Col. (Vice-commander/deputy commander for operations) Wayne Marks, Col. (Deputy commander for engineering) Jake Jefferson, CMSgt (Chief sensor technician) Bayles (Technician) Davis (Technician) Sean Kelly (Technician) John Montgomery, Amn (Technician) Ted Moyer, Amn (Electronics Technician) Wallis Yemana America: Jason Saint-Michael, Brig Gen (Pilot) Jonathan "Jon" Hampton, Col. (Co-pilot) Ken Horvath, Maj. (First officer) Marty Schultz, Capt. (Payload Specialist) Ann Page, Dr. (Payload Specialist) Elektron One: Alesander Govorov, General Lieutenant (promoted to Marshal) Elektron Two: Ivan Voloshin, Col. Elektron Two: Andrei Kozhedub, Col. Elektron Three: Yuri Litvyak, Col.	Silver Tower (1988), novel	Space Shuttles Enterprise Atlantis United States Space Command: Armstrong Space Station (aka "Silver Tower") Hypersonic Transportation System America (spaceplane) Soviet Space Defense Command: Three Elektron spaceplanes	February 1992 – January 1993
	American personnel aboard military space station during Soviet invasion of Iran. Enterprise was refitted for spaceflight after Challenger disaster. Govorov was the first Soviet space shuttle cosmonaut.
Discovery: Smokey (Commander) Bob (Pilot) Chico (Mission Specialist) Ann (Mission Specialist) (no last names given) Mary Two Hawks [O'Sullivan] (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship) William "Billy" Wong (Canada) (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship) Wayne Morrison (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship) Friendship: Stu Robinson (USAF) (Station Commander) Beth "Dr. T." Tippett, Dr. (Lead life sciences) Dave (Life sciences) (no last name given) Barnaby "Barney" Caldwell, Col. (Earth sciences) Edie White, Ph.D. (Materials processing) David "Dave" Bishop, Dr. (Astrophysics officer) Sean Finnegan, Dr. (Manager of orbital medicine [MOM]) Mitsue (Japan) Shoji (Japan) Unnamed astronauts Homer: Bobby Dalton Barney Caldwell Mir: Vladimir (no last name given) Unnamed cosmonauts	Space Station Friendship: A Visit with the Crew in 2007 (1988), novel	Space Shuttle Discovery Space Station Friendship Homer (Orbital transfer vehicle [OTV]) Mir	2007 (Autumn) July 20, 2019
	Two Hawks, Wong and Morrison are first doctoral candidates to visit space station as part of thesis work. Robinson is a three-time shuttle veteran. Dalton and Caldwell traveled up to GEO platform aboard OTV. Hermes and HOTOL are also operational in this era. Two Hawks later becomes first human to give birth on the Moon.
Unnamed astronaut	"Astronauts" (1989), short story	Space Shuttle	Late 1980s (September – Summer)
	Astronaut speaks to high school assembly "in the wake of the Challenger disaster".
Roger Houston (Commander) Buzz Airfields (Pilot) Joy Rider (Scientist)	Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers "Out to Launch" (1989), TV	Spaceplane (Single-stage-to-orbit)	Contemporary/Near Future
	The Rescue Rangers must save an experimental spaceplane after a meteor strike.
Lowell Crawford, Col. (Cmdr) (USAF) Henry "Hank" Doherty, Lt Cmdr. (Pilot) (USN) Alan Cresottie (PS) Minh Tran, Dr. (PS), Ward Culdrew, Maj. (MS) (USMC)	Defcon One (1989), novel	Space Shuttle Columbia	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts assigned to launch SDI satellites.
Jason Grant, Col. Ray Tanner	Moontrap (1989), film	Apollo Space Shuttle Intrepid	Contemporary
	Astronauts using remnant Apollo hardware for a trip to the Moon.
Discovery: Conrad Williams III, Cmdr. Joey Wells, Pilot (US) George Evans (UK) Aelita Zakharov Vladimir Turnov (USSR) Alex Vonberger (GDR) OV-105: Gerald Bingham, Cmdr Brad Parker, Pilot Russell Madlinger	Night Launch (1989), novel	Space Shuttles: Discovery OV-105	c. 1990
	A sleeper agent for a Neo-Nazi organization hijacks the space shuttle carrying out the first joint US/USSR space mission since the ASTP, forcing NASA to launch the untested replacement for Challenger on a desperate rescue mission.
Tucker Wilson, Col. (USAF) (Commander) Fred Hagen (USAF) (Pilot) Conners, Capt. (USAF) (Mission Specialist) Miller (USAF) (Mission Specialist) Holmquist (USAF) (Payload Specialist) (First names not given for last three)	Phases of Gravity (1989), novel	Space Shuttle	November 1988
	Classified shuttle mission carrying Department of Defense payload. Wilson is an Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle veteran.
Space Shuttle Five unnamed military astronauts Soyuz 881 Nikolai Sitnikov Three unnamed cosmonauts	Star Shot (1989), novel (First published as Enemy Territory)	Space Shuttle Soviet Space Shuttle? Soyuz 881	Contemporary
	The Soviet Union attempts to destroy, or if that fails, to steal an experimental SDI satellite.
Mikhail Suslov Dmitri Bulganin, Lt. Col. Unnamed Co-pilot Intrepid Frank Mulchahey, Maj. Julian Kapuscinski, Col. Jerry Rodriquez, Dr. Constellation Philip Heitmann, Lt. Col. (USMC) Jack Townsend, Maj. (USAF) Sandford Watkins, Maj. (US Army) Soyuz Vasili Lubinin Sergi Yemitov Kestrel Leroy "Mad Dog" Monaghan, Cmdr. (USN) Peter "Hot Rod" Lamborghini, Col.	Storming Intrepid (1989), novel	Soviet Space Shuttle Mikhail Suslov Space Shuttles Intrepid Constellation Soyuz Spaceplane Kestrel	Contemporary
	The Soviet Union tries to hijack a space shuttle.

1990–1999

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(1990–1999)
Steven "Steve" Bishop (Commander) James "Jim" Dobbins (Pilot) Henry "Hank" Henshaw, Dr. Terri Henshaw	DC Comics (1990– )	Space Shuttle Excalibur	Contemporary
	Excalibur is blasted by solar flare on reentry, beginning Hank Henshaw's transformation into Cyborg Superman.
General Yogure	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Space Shuttle USA	1990
	Assists the Turtles to prevent Krang and Shredder from heating up the Earth.
Matt Gosling, Commander Paul Balchin, Pilot Stella Richards, Payload Manager	Torus (1990), novel	Space Shuttle Colorado	Early 2000s
	Crew of Space Shuttle on a mission to retrieve derelict satellites from geosynchronous orbit.
(US) Hes Adams Heinemann O'Grady Marshall Wilson (First names not provided for the last four US crew) (UK) Michael Dreyfuss, Maj.	Westwind (1990), novel	Space Shuttle Argos	Contemporary/Near Future
	Anglo-American crew of a routine shuttle mission that ends disastrously when the shuttle's systems fail on final approach.
Shuttle-C: Chuck Conard, Maj. Coates, Capt. Byron, Col. Gibbons, Col. Unnamed Marine Colonel Nomad: Donald J. Pollock, Col. Chuck Conard, Maj.	Hawkeye (1991), novel	Space Shuttle Shuttle-C Nomad Spaceplane	Contemporary/Near Future
	Spy satellites belonging to the major powers are destroyed by an unknown foe.
Freedom: Tom Jenkins, Cmdr. (US), Julia Magriffe, MS (Canada) Di Lella, Dr. (Italy) Detrich (Germany) Two unnamed astronauts. Edo: Sekigawa, Cmdr. (Japan) Kroeger, MS, (Germany) Unnamed crewman Nomad (1): Jefferson "Sonny" Cleary, Capt, Frank Rowan Nomad (2): Frank Rowan, Gates, Capt. Nomad (3): Jefferson "Sonny" Cleary, Capt. James Henry Mackenzie, Maj.	Cobra (1991), novel	Space Station Freedom Space Shuttle (Japanese) Edo Nomad Spaceplane	Contemporary/Near Future
	A multi-national conspiracy threatens Space Station Freedom and its crew in an attempt to gain control of space.
Calvin Carlton, Col.	Nurses Moon over Miami (1992), TV	NASA	Contemporary
	Astronaut who visits Community Medical Center.
Trikon: Daniel Tighe, Cmdr. Lorraine Renoir, Dr. Freddie Aviles Lance Muncie Kurt Jaeckle Carla Sue Gamble Russell Cramer Jeffries Stanley (First names not given for the last two). Also scientists and technicians from Japan, United Europe and the United States Constellation: N. J. Wiliamson, Cmdr. Williams Duncan Yeager: Unnamed pilot and co-pilot	The Trikon Deception (1992), novel	Space Station Trikon Space Shuttle Constellation Spaceplane Yeager	Near Future 15 August 1998 – 7 December 1998
	Personnel who work aboard and support the world's first commercial space-station.
Natasha "Tasha" Teranova	Wonder Woman (1992), comic books	Russian/Israeli expedition	Contemporary
	Cosmonaut rescued by Wonder Woman.
Youri Souzof, Lt.	Le Cosmonaute oublié (1993), chapter book	Mir 92	Contemporary/Near Future
	After being stranded on space station for a year and a half, cosmonaut receives extraterrestrial visitor.
Freedom: Alex Seerey, Col. John Quanty, Maj. Hugh Lyghtson Scott Dawkins Joseph King Celia Hereson Lee Wynn Judith Cianta Lincoln: Two unnamed astronauts (Commander and Co-Pilot)	Ghost Beyond Earth (1993), novel	Space Station Freedom Space Shuttle Lincoln	Contemporary/Near Future
	Space station crew is attacked by a diabolical entity in orbit. The survivors are rescued by the space shuttle Lincoln.
Peter Carter (US) Barbara Stockton Urie, Dr. (Canada) Four unnamed astronauts	Minus Time (1993), novel	Space Shuttle Space station	January 1989
	Carter and Urie undertake long-duration mission aboard space station. Space Shuttle Victory is mentioned as having exploded.
Steve Swain, Capt. (USAF) Perry Housman, Col. (USAF)	The Hardy Boys Casefiles Mission: Mayhem, A Taste for Terror (1994), novels	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Former astronauts instruct Frank and Joe Hardy's team at Space Academy in Huntsville, Alabama. Later, Housman invites the Hardys to explorers' conference in Tunisia.
Buzz Aldrin Homer Simpson Race Banyon	The Simpsons Deep Space Homer (1994), TV	Space Shuttle Corvair	Contemporary
	Simpson is drafted as a NASA astronaut for publicity purposes.
David Kennedy	High Flight (1995), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Former shuttle pilot who now heads a major aeronautics firm.
James Monroe	The Monroes (1995), TV	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Former astronaut, member of powerful Kennedy-like family.
Phillips (Commander) O'Brien (Pilot) Lambert, Dr. (Mission Specialist) Meyer (Payload Specialist) (No first names given)	My Life as an Afterthought Astronaut (1995), chapter book	Space Shuttle Encounter Space Station One	Contemporary/Near Future
	13-year-old Wally McDoogle accidentally stows away aboard shuttle on space station assembly mission.
Sergei Orlov, Gen.	Op Center: Mirror Image (1995), novel	Soyuz	Contemporary
	Veteran cosmonaut (one of whose missions seems to have been based on Soyuz 33), assigned to command Russia's new Combined Operations Center located beneath the Hermitage Museum.
Mark Fortunato Unnamed astronauts	The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Up In Space (1995), chapter book	Space Shuttle Spacelab	Contemporary
	Animate plant flies aboard shuttle on Spacelab mission.
Atlantis: Rick Spencer Pierre Renaud (Canada) (Payload Specialist) Three unnamed astronauts Discovery: Tessa "Tess" McClain Yoshiko Sugano (Japan) (Payload Specialist) Four unnamed astronauts Apollo: Rick Spencer (CDR) Yoshiko Sugano (CMP) Tessa McClain (LMP)	Abandon in Place (1996), novella	Space Shuttle Atlantis Discovery Spacelab Apollo The Spirit of Hope (CSM)/Faith (LM)	Near Future (2000s)
	Shortly after Neil Armstrong's death, ghostly Saturn Vs begin launching from Kennedy Space Center. Faith lands at edge of Aitken Basin. Expanded into novel in 2000.
Henry J. "Bull" Eckert, Col. (Chief of the Astronaut Office) Ezekiel "Zeke" Beaumont, Capt. Barbara DeSantos, Lt. Cmdr. Jack Riles, Maj. Tamara St. James (Mission Specialist) Reginald Warren, Maj.	The Cape (1996–7), TV	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	NASA career astronauts.
Monte Beaman (Commander) Victor Lutz (Pilot) Shannon Thorpe (Mission Specialist) RoxeAnn Karch (Payload Specialist) Tod Cochran (Payload Specialist) Elliot Andrew Schroeder (Junior Astronaut/Payload Specialist)	Countdown (1996), novel	Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-97)	Contemporary/Near Future
	14-year-old Elliot Schroeder flies aboard Endeavour on Mission to Planet Earth flight as NASA's first Junior Astronaut.
Dimitri Igor (no last names given)	Des majorettes dans l'espace (aka Majorettes in Space) (1996), short film	Soyuz 27	Contemporary
	Cosmonauts in space without condoms.
Endeavour: Lori Kirsten (Commander) Henry Janesh (Pilot) Chris Terence, Dr. (Mission Specialist #1) Dirk Rodriguez (Mission Specialist #2) Sharon Goldman (Mission Specialist) Harold Spearman (Mission Specialist) J. T. Murphy (Mission Specialist) Apollo II: Lori Kirsten (Pilot) Chris Terence International Space Station: Tatiana Haldin (Russia) (Commander) Peter Mikhailovich Denisov (Russia) (Engineer) François Raymond (France) (Mission Specialist) Jiro Kawaguchi (Japan) (Mission Specialist)	Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel	Space Shuttle Endeavour Apollo II International Space Station	2002 2006
	Shuttle carrying Habitation Module to the ISS experiences engine failure and crashes in Atlantic Ocean. Four years later, Kirsten and Terence arrive on ISS as Earth receives alien signal from Alpha Centauri.
Adam Freis, Col. Atlantis: NASA, Marc Franklin Dr., Cmdr. Vic Green Lt. Col., Pilot Arlan Burns, Maj. Frank Purvis FKA, Alexandra Koslovsky MS Orlov Nichi (First names not given for the last two crew members)	Ignition (1996), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary
	As the Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to lift off on a resupply mission to Mir, extortionists take over Cape Kennedy and threaten to blow up the shuttle and its crew on the launch pad unless a ransom is paid.
Atkins, Lt. Cmdr. Recovery One: Russell, Maj. (CDR) Mark Lowrey, Lt. Cdr. (PLT) Mission Specialists 1 and 2 (unnamed)	JAG Recovery (1996), TV	Space Shuttle Atlantis (Recovery One)	1996
	Atkins is killed while training as pilot of shuttle mission to be launched from Vandenberg AFB. JAG investigators Harmon Rabb and Meg Austin try to determine who is responsible so that the shuttle can launch to place a spy satellite in its proper orbit.
S.R. Hadden	Contact (1997), film	Soyuz	Contemporary
	Billionaire industrialist's privately financed spaceflight to Mir.
John Churchill "Jack" Cooper, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist)	Heatcrazed! (1997), novel	Space Shuttle Columbia	Contemporary (August)
	Former NASA astronaut who flew on three shuttle missions finds romance in Louisiana bayou.
Jiang Ling, Lt.	Titan (1997), novel	Shenzhou	Contemporary
	First Chinese human spaceflight, Lei Feng 1, is launched in late 2004. The solo astronaut is a young female PLAAF officer. The craft and flight profile are remarkably similar to the Shenzhou missions flown several years after the novel was published.
Abel "Ab" (USAF) (no last name given)	The Astronaut's Tale (1998), opera	Space Shuttle	November 1954 – Contemporary
	Astronaut who dies in space shuttle explosion.
David (Commander) Barbie [Barbara Millicent Roberts] (Pilot) Dan (Mission Specialist) Robin (Mission Specialist) Kira (Mission Specialist) (no last names given)	Barbie: Shooting for the Stars (1998), chapter book	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Mission to repair Mitchell Telescope (apparently similar to Hubble Space Telescope). Cf. Astronauts in other media below.
Pete Miller, Cmdr. Jeremy Sanchez, Pilot Dave Cameron, Payload Specialist (PS) Dennis Franks, Mission Specialist (MS)	Bright Star (1998), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary
	Astronauts on a mission to launch a prototype SDI weapon.
Unnamed cosmonaut	Ich Dreh Mich Um Dich (1998), music video	Soyuz Mir	Contemporary
	Washed-up cosmonaut who flew to Mir.
NASA: Chad Connors Rick Delahunt (USN) (Commander, STS-97) Clint Hurley (Acting Chief Astronaut) Melinda Pruett Jerome "Jerry" Rager, Lt. Col. (US Army) Arnaldo Rivera (CAPCOM) Jinx Seamans (Deputy Chief of Astronaut Office) Sarah Wall STS-76: Jackson Willet (Commander) Joseph "Joe" Buerhle, Col. (USAF) (Pilot) (also Commander, STS-90, Discovery) Kelly Gessner (Mission Specialist) (also MS, STS-93) Christy Nasvik Carlos Rivera STS-95: Ronald "Ron" Kubiak, Capt. (USN) (Commander) Sandra Rhodes, Maj. (USAF) (Pilot) Dolores McCoy (Mission Specialist) Brian Monteleone, Cmdr. (USN) (Mission Specialist) Norman Sakmar, Col. (USAF) (Mission Specialist) STS-96: Joseph (Commander) Mecom (Pilot) Teague (Mission Specialist 1) Holly (Mission Specialist 2) Whitefield (Mission Specialist 3) (no first names given) 1998 NASA Astronaut Group, "The Worms": Jeffrey Betts, Cmdr. (USN) Jason Borders, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) Anton Craig, Maj. (USAF) Karl Dennet, Capt. (USAF) Gunter Diemer John Essington Vardon Hall Diana Herron, Capt. (USAF) Melanie Juin (ESA) Viktor Kondratko, Lt. Col. (Russian Air Force/RSA) Mark Koskinen Thomas Moad, Cmdr. (USN) Ray Murdaugh, Capt. (USMC) Miguel Raquena Daniel Raybourne, Maj. (USAF) Geraldine Reed Donald Schuetz, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) Wayne Shelton Gregory "Greg" Yakubik, Capt. (US Army) (CAPCOM, STS-100) STS-100: Steven "Steve" Goslin, Lt. Col. (USMC) (Commander) (also Pilot, STS-79 and STS-90) Jeffrey "Jeff" Dieckhaus, Cmdr. (USN) (Pilot) (also STS-92) David "Dave" Freeh, Ph.D., Maj. (USAF) (Mission Specialist) Kelly Gessner (Mission Specialist) Donal "Don" O'Riordan (ESA) (Mission Specialist) Mark Koskinen (Mission Specialist 4) Viktor Kondratko (Mission Specialist 5) Russian Space Agency: Mir-29: Nikolai Dolgov (Commander) Nikolai Kazantsev (Flight Engineer) Gary McMinn (NASA) (returns on STS-95) Soyuz TM-28/Mir-30: Alexander Alexeyevich "Sasha-1" Shabarov, Lt. Col. (Russian Air Force) (Commander) Alexander V. "Sasha-2" Dergunov (Flight Engineer) Calvin "Cal" Stipe, Ph.D. (NASA) Mir-31: Yuri Petrenko (Commander) Vladimir "Volodya" Belokonev (Flight Engineer) Cal Stipe	Missing Man (1998), novel	NASA Space Shuttle: STS-95 (Atlantis) STS-96 (Columbia) STS-100 (Atlantis) Russian Space Agency Mir: Mir-29 Soyuz TM-28/Mir-30 Mir-31	October 14, 1998 – October 1999
	After surviving T-38 crash that kills Chief Astronaut Buerhle, a four-time Shuttle veteran, ASCAN Koskinen must fight to save his career. Stipe is only astronaut to have flown aboard all five Shuttles.
Alex Streck, Capt. (Commander) Spencer J. "Spence" Armacost, Cmdr. Shelly Carter Pat Elliott Tom Sullivan Stan (Mission Specialist) (no last name given)	The Astronaut's Wife (1999), film/novel	Space Shuttle Victory	Contemporary
	NASA astronauts narrowly escape death after an explosion during an EVA. Streck dies from a massive stroke shortly after returning to earth. Armacost seems to be in good health, but he suffers a mysterious and sinister personality change after the mission.
Oleg Casimir, Dr. (no last names given)	The cosmonaut's last message to the woman he once loved in the former Soviet Union (1999), play	Soviet Union: Harmony 114 (Special Orbital Craft)	"Recently" (Summer)
	Cosmonauts on secret mission to explore human limits, forgotten in orbit for twelve years after fall of USSR.
John Crichton	Farscape (1999–2004), TV	Space Shuttle Collaroy Farscape One	Contemporary/Near Future
	International Aeronautics and Space Administration (IASA) astronaut lost in space. His father was former astronaut Jack Crichton.
Gordon "Gordie" Obie (Director of Flight Crew Operations) Hank Millar (Chief of the Astronaut Office) Jack McCallum, M.D. STS-160: Vance (Commander) DeWitt (Pilot) Emma Watson, M.D. (Mission Specialist) (originally assigned to STS-162) Chenoweth Three unnamed astronauts International Space Station: Michael "Mike" Griggs (Commander) Nicolai Rudenko (Russia) Luther Ames (NASA) Diana Estes, Dr. (UK) (ESA) William "Bill" Haning, Dr. (NASA) Kenichi Hirai (NASDA) Emma Watson, M.D. (relieves Haning) STS-161 (crew originally assigned to STS-162): Bob Kittredge (USN) (Commander) Jill Hewitt (USN) (Pilot) Andy Mercer (Mission Specialist) O'Leary (Medical Officer) Apogee II: Sullivan "Sully" Obie	Gravity (1999), novel	NASA Space Shuttle: STS-160 (Atlantis) STS-161 (Discovery) STS-162 (Endeavour) International Space Station Soyuz Crew Return Vehicle Apogee Engineering: Apogee II (Single-stage-to-orbit)	Near Future (July 7 – August 27, January)
	Mysterious contagion spreads aboard ISS. Watson previously flew on Atlantis on STS-141; Estes flew on Atlantis on a transoceanic abort flight. Ames flew on Columbia as a mission specialist. Kittredge is a three-time Shuttle veteran; Gordon Obie was a two-time Shuttle commander. McCallum was removed from crew of STS-145 due to a kidney stone.
Tesla: Yuri Puskin (Russia) (Commander) Rene (France) (Co-Captain) (no last name given) Shuttle: Konrad (USA) (Astrophysicist/Pilot) Max "Mad Max" (USA) (Guest Cosmonaut) (no last names given)	In the Dead of Space (a.k.a. Space Fury) (1999), film	Russian Space Agency: Space Station Tesla Reserve shuttle	Near Future
	American astrophysicist Konrad and pro golfer Max join crew of space station, but one of the four people aboard is a murderer.
Jim Rowland, Col. (Commander) Lee Everett (Pilot) Gail Scott (Payload Specialist) Sharon Ling (Mission Specialist) Three unnamed astronauts	Shadow Watch (1999), novel	Space Shuttle Orion	Near Future April 15 – 30, 2001
	Crew of Space Shuttle Orion. Col. Rowland is killed when sabotage causes the shuttle to catch fire on the launch pad.

2000–2009

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(2000–2009)
Linda Gardner Unnamed commander Unnamed pilot Unnamed doctor Four other astronauts	Astronaut: Living in Space (2000), picture book	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Contemporary
	On her fourth spaceflight, Linda repairs space telescope.
Diego Irigayen	DC Comics (2000– )	S.T.A.R. Labs	Contemporary
	Astronaut whose mother's murder leads him to become the superhero Imán.
Mir: Vladimir Kinotskin (Commander) Tsimion Borisovich Vladovka Tufts (USA) (no first name given) Rodya Baklunov (relieves Tufts) Relief crew: Misha Sorokin Ivan Pkhalaze Bobchek (no first/last name given)	Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000), novel	Mir Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	One year after Vladovka returns from Mir, Chief Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov investigates his disappearance.
International Space Station: John Radkowski (USAF) (Commander) Tanisha Yvonne "Tana" Jackson, M.D./Ph.D. (Medical officer/biologist) Ryan Martin (Canada) (Systems engineer) Britta Silverthorne Brittany Jasmine (no last names given for last two) Unnamed station physician Unnamed personnel Mirusha: Two unnamed cosmonauts	Mars Crossing (2000), novel	NASA: Space Shuttle International Space Station CRV-1 (Crew return vehicle) Russia: Mirusha ("Little Mir") (Space station) Soyuz	2020s
	Crew members overlapping on ISS missions. Radkowski attempts rescue of Mirusha crew using CRV.
Rescue Heroes Space Station: Warren Waters (Commander) Roger Houston Four unnamed astronauts Rescue Heroes: Billy Blazes Wendy Waters Ariel Flyer European Space Station: Wellington, Maj. Unnamed lieutenant Space shuttle: Two unnamed astronauts	Rescue Heroes Tidal Wave (2000), Meteor (2001), TV Rescue Heroes Why We Became Rescue Heroes: The Teammates Tell Their Exciting Stories (2002), picture book	Rescue Heroes Space Station (a.k.a. Space Command Center) European Space Station Space shuttle	Contemporary/Near Future
	Interdisciplinary team of rescue specialists assists during meteor showers.
NASA: Ted Blackstone Pete Slendwick, Col. Victor Carlson ShareSpace: Fred Gernsback (Citizen Observer/Journalist) David Calderon (Citizen Observer) Columbia: Billy Kingston (Commander) Wes Packard (Pilot) Damian "Damy" Agustino (Military Payload Specialist) Lorena Charette, Maj. (M.D.) (USAF) Marc Akira Clement, Dr. (Astronomy Mission Specialist) Josh Pritkin (Electronics Mission Specialist) Michael Tyree "MJ" James (Citizen Observer) International Space Station: Carl Tanaka, Maj. (Commander) Doris McIntyre (Medical/Biological Mission Specialist) Stephen Tebworthy (UK) (Microgravity welding specialist) StarRescue: Scott Blackstone (USAF) (Pilot) Nick Blackstone (Flight Engineer) Ed "Eddie" Killeret (Engineer)	The Return (2000), novel	American Space Universal (ASU)/ShareSpace: Space Shuttle Columbia International Space Station Soyuz Republic Wright (RW): StarRescue (Lifting body)	c. 2003 (October–November, June)
	Basketball superstar James is killed in apparent accident aboard Columbia; Pakistan detonates "proton bomb" in space, necessitating rescue of ISS crew. Scott Blackstone is a former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions. Ted Blackstone was Nick and Scott Blackstone's uncle, killed in T-38 crash shortly after becoming astronaut.
Frank Corvin (USAF) William "Hawk" Hawkins, Col. Jerry O'Neill "Tank" Sullivan Ethan Glance Roger Hines	Space Cowboys (2000), film	Space Shuttle Daedalus	Autumn 1999
	NASA astronauts on a satellite salvage mission.
Christopher "Chief" Hart, Col.	The Switch (2000), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Career astronaut accused of murder.
Gordon Brunswick (Commander) Sarah Drummond-Fournier, Ph.D (Payload Specialist) Four unnamed astronauts	All Families are Psychotic (2001), novel	Space Shuttle Discovery	2001
	Grown-up thalidomide baby Sarah plans to have sex in orbit with Commander Brunswick.
International Space Station: Unnamed commander (US) Sergei Viktor "Serg" Dudayev (Russia) (Mission Specialist) Unnamed mission specialist (US/UNSC) Unnamed British astronaut Unnamed Japanese astronaut Endeavour: Diane Williams, Col. (USMC) (Commander) Gary McGregor, Capt. (USAF) (Pilot) Frank Ward, Col. (US Army/UNSC) (Space Marine) Three unnamed Space Marines (UNSC) Jake Cohen (CAPCOM) Unnamed astronaut (PROP)	Flight of Endeavour (2001), novella	International Space Station Space Shuttle Endeavour Astronaut Maneuvering Vehicle (AMV)	Near Future
	When Chechen sympathizer Dudayev seizes control of ISS weapons systems, three-time space shuttle veteran Williams commands mission to retake control of ISS.
Clarence "Biff" Barnes, Capt./Maj. (USAF) (Mission Commander) Jim Scarelli (Pilot) Steve Skeldon, Capt. (USMC) (Navigator/Copilot) Andre Baker, Capt. (US Army) (Weapons Officer) Ray McConnell (Flight Engineer) Sue Tillman, Lt. (Sensor Officer)	Lash-Up (2001), novella	U.S. Space Force: Defender (modified VentureStar) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)	September 16 – December 2, 2010
	China destroys GPS satellites using space gun, impairing American military effectiveness. U.S. establishes Space Force and launches Defender to protect satellites. Barnes is a former NASA astronaut who flew one previous mission. Expanded into novel in 2015 (q.v.).
Grace Street, Dr.	Gloria Rising (2002), chapter book	Space Shuttle International Space Station	Contemporary
	Fourth-grader Gloria Jones meets Dr. Street in a supermarket checkout line.
Tom Banks Patrick (no last name given) STS-124: Corrine Anne Atkinson (Commander) Mikhail "Mike" Wright (USAF) (Pilot) Jimmy Westmoreland (Mission Specialist-One) Frank Smothers (Mission Specialist-Two) Stephen Philips (Payload Specialist)	Her Perfect Stranger (2002), novel	Space Shuttle STS-124 International Space Station	Contemporary
	After one-night stand as strangers, Atkinson and Wright learn they are teamed on next shuttle mission. Atkinson is a four-time shuttle pilot; Wright has two previous spaceflights.
Ralphy Bird Chip Hornbeck Waldo Weeks	Kidnapped at the Capital (2002), chapter book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronauts fired by NASA who plot to take over International Space Station.
Julie Foley	Men with Brooms (2002), film		Contemporary
	Astronaut for the American Space Agency (ASA).
Chuck Taggart Kurt Mendel Neil Taggart Sarah Forbes Angela Perry	Odyssey 5 (2002), TV	Space Shuttle Odyssey	August 7, 2007, time travel to 2002
	Crew sent back in time five years by a being called the Seeker to attempt to prevent the destruction of Earth.
Joe (Commander) (USA) (no last name given) Ciba Weber, Dr. (USA) Vladimir "Vlad" (Russia) (no last name given)	Y: The Last Man (2002-2008), comic book series	International Space Station Soyuz	c. 2002 – 2006
	Crew aboard ISS when mysterious plague kills nearly all male mammals on Earth.
Robert "Bob" Iverson, Cmdr. Rebecca "Beck" Childs, Maj. Timmins (Flight Engineer)	The Core (2003), film	Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-114 (?) / Spacelab)	Contemporary
	Shuttle crew who make an emergency landing on Sepulveda Dam spillway.
NASA: Michelle Robeson, Dr. STS-118: John Cost, Capt. (Commander/Pilot) Muswell (no first name given) Five unnamed astronauts	Orbiter (2003), graphic novel	Space Shuttle Venture (STS-118)	Near Future
	Venture disappears from Earth orbit, causing NASA to abandon human spaceflight. Ten years later Venture mysteriously reappears, technologically altered and with only Cost aboard. Robeson flew on final flight of shuttle Endeavor (sic); Cost previously flew on STS-109.
NASA: Unnamed astronaut candidates Atlantis: Unnamed American astronauts Endeavor: Unnamed astronauts Alpha: Lawton, Col. (Station Commander) (no first name given) Heather Charney, Lt. Unnamed cosmonauts and taikonauts	The Orion Protocol (2003), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Endeavor (sic) International Space Station Alpha	Near Future (January 27 – February 21)
	Testing and deployment missions for space weapons system known as Project Orion.
Jeff Hale, Cmdr. (USAF) Scotty (no last name given)	Riverworld (2003), TV movie	Space Shuttle Frontier	2009
	When meteors strike Frontier during reentry, Hale finds himself in the bizarre afterlife known as Riverworld.
Marina Potaski	Воры и проститутки (Vory i prostitutki) (2003), Russian film	Soyuz TM	1999
	TV reporter Marina Potaski travels to Mir to persuade a cosmonaut to return to Earth when he is unwilling to abandon the space station.
Robert Parker (NASA) Yuri Andropov (FKA) Hideki Kawahara (JAXA)	The Day After Tomorrow (2004), film/novel	International Space Station	2007
	ISS crew observes Earth entering an Ice Age.
Rick Monroe Brian Poole	"Falling Star" (2004), short story	International Space Station	2050s (July)
	Decades after computer virus devastates human civilization, Monroe reminisces about being one of the last astronauts aboard ISS.
Rose Siciliano, CMDR (USN)	Force Projection (2004), novel	Space Shuttle	August 1999
	US Navy pilot, who has just completed the NASA training program and finds herself under threat of assassination following a terrorist attack in Kenya.
Musa Khiromanovich Ivanov, Cmdr. (FKA) Anatole Konstantinovich Krivalapov, Flight Engineer (FKA) Sable Jones (NASA)	Time's Eye (2004), novel	Soyuz-TMA	2037
	Personnel returning from the International Space Station pass through a temporal discontinuity shortly after undocking.
Jonas Venture, Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, Dr. Dean Venture Henry Allen "Hank" Venture Brock Samson Anna Baldavich, Lt. Bud Manstrong, Col.	The Venture Bros. Careers in Science (2004), TV	Gargantua-1 (Space station) Shuttle 2	1971 / Contemporary
	Decades after Jonas Venture builds space station, his son and teenage grandsons are called in when a malfunction occurs.
Ron Scott (Flight Commander) Kathleen "Kate" Daniels, Ph.D. (Copilot) Al Murphy Robert "Bob" Paxton (Mission Specialist) Terri Schmidt (Mission Specialist) Leo Smith	The Korean Intercept (2005), novel	Space Shuttle Liberty (Shuttle Flight 72-L)	Near Future (November)
	Shuttle crash-lands near North Korean/Chinese border.
Lei Dongjin, Lt. Col. Lin Xi, Maj.	Shenzhou (spacecraft) (2005), Chinese TV	Shenzhou	2003
	30-part TV dramatisation about the events leading up to China's first manned spaceflight, Shenzhou V, in 2003. Two PLAAF pilots, a man and a woman, are the leading contenders to become the first Chinese nationals to be sent into space.
Unnamed pilot	"Toy Planes" (2005), short story	Unknown (Caribbean island nation): Spaceplane	Near Future
	Caribbean island nation launches spaceplane using balloon platform.
International Space Station: Robert Iverson (NASA) Harlan Scott (NASA) Sergei Veronkova (Russian Space Agency) Unnamed CAPCOM	The West Wing Things Fall Apart, 2162 Votes (2005), TV	International Space Station Air Force Space Command: Military Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Astronauts endangered by ISS oxygen leak could potentially be saved by secret military space shuttle. Dr. David Ziegler, the deceased brother of White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler, was formerly a NASA mission specialist.
Charles "Charlie" Farmer Doug Masterson, Col. (USAF)	The Astronaut Farmer (2006), film	Mercury The Dreamer	Contemporary
	Ex-USAF pilot with degree in aerospace engineering builds his own Mercury capsule and Atlas launch vehicle for a self-funded flight in Earth orbit. Masterson is a friend of Farmer and a shuttle astronaut.
NASA: "Shorty" Boudreau (Chief of the Astronaut Office) Cyndi Ludlow Sam Warden (Mission Specialist) Mir: Brian Kincheloe Two unnamed Russian cosmonauts STS-106: Bill Kokernot (Commander) Elise Trube (Pilot) Brian Kincheloe (Mission Specialist) Lori Primus (Mission Specialist) STS-108: Terry "Surly" Bonds (Commander) Tom "Tom Terrific" Terassky (Pilot) Lucy Thorne Kincheloe, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist 1) Buddy Santos (Mission Specialist 2/Flight Engineer) Chuck Nethercott (Mission Specialist 3) Patti Halapeska (Mission Specialist 4)	Challenger Park (2006), novel	Mir Space Shuttle: STS-106 (Atlantis) STS-108 (Endeavour) International Space Station	c. 1998 c. 2002 (from February)
	Four years after her husband's troubled mission to Mir, Lucy Kincheloe balances professional and personal responsibilities. Boudreau is a veteran of early shuttle missions in the 1980s. Bonds flew five previous shuttle missions.
Two unnamed astronauts	Curious George Curious George's Rocket Ride (2006), TV Curious George Discovers Space (2015), picture book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Curious George brings supplies to astronauts on ISS.
Steven "Steve" Wagner Three unnamed astronauts	Monk Mr. Monk and the Astronaut (2006), TV	Altman Aerodynamics: Rocket plane Epsilon	November 2010
	Space shuttle veteran Wagner finds a way to kill his ex-lover from orbit.
Johannes Igby, Prof. (Payload Specialist) Lawrence "Larry" Fleinhardt, Ph.D. (Prof.) (Alternate Payload Specialist) Discovery (return flight): Unnamed commander and pilot Larry Fleinhardt (Mission Specialist) Mitchell (Mission Specialist) Bradley (Payload Specialist) Garcia-Romero (Payload Specialist) Sullivan (Payload Specialist) (no first names given for last four)	Numb3rs Brutus, Killer Chat, The Art of Reckoning (2006-2007), TV	Space Shuttle Discovery International Space Station	2007
	When Igby is forced to pull out of mission, Fleinhardt spends four months and 12 days aboard ISS.
George Andrews (ASA chief astronaut) Intrepid: Bill Campbell (Pilot/Astronaut) Kip Dawson (Passenger) Soyuz: Sergei Mikhailovich Petrov Mikhail Rychov	Orbit (2006), novel	American Space Adventures (ASA): Intrepid (Air-launched spacecraft) Soyuz	May 16 – 21, 2009
	Contest winner Dawson is stranded in low Earth orbit after micrometeor impact kills Campbell. Andrews is a former NASA astronaut.
Denise Washington	The Space Mission Adventure (2006), chapter book	Space Shuttle (STS-116) International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut (apparently based on Joan Higginbotham) scheduled for mission the following year speaks to Space Camp students.
Unnamed commander Unnamed pilot Unnamed engineer Unnamed specialist	Superman Returns (2006), film	USAF/Virgin Galactic: Genesis (VRSC 1) (air launch to orbit shuttle)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Air launch from USAF Boeing 777 goes wrong due to mysterious power outage.
Calvin "Cal" Howard, Col. James Adams, Cmdr. Bob Reid, Col.	Bones Spaceman in a Crater (2007), TV	NASA: Space Shuttle International Space Station National Space Agency Space Travel Coalition (STC)	Contemporary
	Howard's dead body is found in crater in the desert.
Steve Wilcox, Capt. (Commander) Stan (Co-pilot) William	The Dead Zone Re-Entry (2007), TV	Go Space Corporation: America's Hope (spaceplane)	Contemporary
	Crew of corporation's first orbiter is endangered by meteor strikes.
Luke Nelson, Cmdr. Jessica "Jess" Hart, Lt. (Pilot) Sandra "Sandy" Delgado, Lt. Craig Hurley, Maj. (USAF) Mike Dolan	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Rocket Man (2007), TV	National Space Agency (NSA): Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	One month before she is scheduled to become youngest astronaut in space, shuttle pilot Hart is murdered in hotel room. Nelson and Delgado previously flew two missions together. Story partly inspired by Lisa Nowak case.
Unnamed cosmonaut (Latvia?)	Men in Space (2007), novel	Soyuz?	December 15, 1992 – Spring 1993
	Cosmonaut stranded in orbit due to collapse of Soviet Union.
NASA Ruth Goldman, Dr Bill Wallace Derek Mills FKA Nikola Ulinov, Cmdr.	Plague Year: A Novel (2007), novel	International Space Station Space Shuttle Endeavour	Near Future
	Astronauts trapped in orbit when a nanotech plague renders large parts of the Earth's surface uninhabitable.
Yukari Morita, Cmdr. Matsuri Morita, Backup Cmdr. Akane Miura, Specialist	Rocket Girls (2007), anime (based on the 1995 light novel of the same name)	Spacecraft Tanpopo, Coconut and Mangosteen	2007
	Teenage pilots of the fictional Solomon Space Agency (SSA), trained to perform orbital repairs on satellites, who later assist the Space Shuttle Atlantis in launching the unmanned Orpheus probe to Pluto.
Atlantis: Benjamin "Tuck" Tucker, Jr., Cmdr. (USN) (Commander) Jessica "Jess" Ault (Pilot) Jared Finn (Canadian Space Agency) (Mission Specialist) Jodie Law (Mission Specialist) Russ Deaver (Senior Payload Specialist) Vincent "Vinny" Pistacchia, Jr. Rick "Raygun" Van Duren (USN) (CAPCOM) Legacy: Benjamin Tucker, Jr. (Commander) Lance Campbell (Pilot) Passengers: Daki Abe Theodore "Theo" Burke, Ph.D. (United States Secretary of State) James Donnelly (Journalist) Ginny Lin	Zero-G (2007), novel	NASA: Space Shuttle Atlantis SpaceVentures, Inc.: Legacy (Air-launched spaceplane)	Contemporary
	Tucker is sole survivor of Atlantis mission when his crewmates are poisoned by adulterated SAS patches. Eighteen months later, Tucker commands first commercial suborbital spaceflight with passengers. Campbell is a former NASA astronaut.
Four unnamed astronauts	Astronaut Handbook (2008), picture book	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Bug-eyed young astronauts train for spaceflight.
Daan Sapp (ESA) Unnamed astronauts (China, ESA, JAXA, RKA)	Batman and the Outsiders The Snare (2008), graphic novel	ESA space shuttle International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronauts possessed by aliens in order to build particle weapon in lunar orbit. Dutch astronaut Sapp dies under hypnosis by Looker.
Kanemoto Akira Takahara Kohei	The Clone Returns Home (aka The Clone Returns to the Homeland) (2008), film	Space Development Society (ASDA) (Japan): Space Station	Near Future
	After Kanemoto dies in a space station EVA accident, Takahara agrees to take part in a human cloning experiment, allowing him to be regenerated after he also dies during an EVA.
Richard "Dick" Finley, Col. (USMC) ISS/Atlantis: Marga Jannsen (ESA) Lance Corliss (Payload Specialist)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lunacy (2008), TV	NASA: International Space Station Space Shuttle Atlantis	October 19 – 21, 2008
	Murdered Belgian astronaut Jannsen is found floating in river. Finley is an X-15, Apollo, Skylab, Approach and Landing Tests and Shuttle veteran.
Two unnamed astronauts	NASA Launch Gone Wrong (2008), web video	NASA: Space Shuttle?	Contemporary
	Astronauts argue about whether they need to bring their own lunch on spaceflight.
Emerson (Commander) Pritchard, Lt. (no first names given)	Onion News Network Astronauts Suffer Agonizing, High-Pitched Death After Helium Leak (2008), web video	NASA: International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronauts killed by bizarre malfunction aboard ISS.
Robert Barrett (Mission Specialist/Protective Protocol Engineer) Cheryl Dan (no last names given for last two)	Onion News Network Astronaut Suspects NASA Using Him To Test Space's Effects On Fat People (2008), web video	NASA: International Space Station	Contemporary
	Conversation between Barrett and ground control.
Shenzhou 6: Xue Zhinuan Tong Shun Sun Bai Jiang Chin Unnamed mission: Zhang Tong	Onion News Network China Launches First Willing Manned Mission Into Space (2008), web video	China National Space Administration: Shenzhou 6 Unnamed mission	2005 Contemporary
	Zhang becomes first voluntary taikonaut in Chinese space program previously used to get rid of political prisoners.
Travis O'Brien	Onion News Network NASA Simulator Prepares Astronauts For Rigors Of An Interview With Larry King (2008), web video	NASA	Contemporary
	ONN reporter tries out NASA's Larry King interview simulator. Astronaut O'Brien recently returned from 18-month space mission.
Rick "Killer Whale" Robertson (Commander) Bill "Wolverine" White (Pilot) Laurel "Condor" Freeman (Payload Commander) Kenai "Nanook" Munro, Ph.D. (Payload Specialist) Mike "Alligator" Williams, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist) Sheik Jilal al-Hussein (Spaceflight participant)	Prepared for Rage (2008), novel	Space Shuttle Endeavour	November 2006 – July 2008
	Islamic terrorists attempt to shoot down shuttle Endeavour and its "Carnivore Crew".
Patrick Shane McLanahan, Lt. Gen. (USAF) Hunter "Boomer" Noble, Capt. (USAF) (XR-A9 spacecraft commander) Lisette "Frenchy" Moulain, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (XR-A9 spacecraft commander) Jim Terranova, Maj. (USMC) (XR-A9 mission commander) Wayne "Whack" Macomber, Maj. (USAF) Chris Wohl, MSgt. (USMC) Charlie Turlock, Capt. (Army National Guard) Valerie "Seeker" Lukas, MSgt. (USAF) (Armstrong Space Station sensor operator) Ann Page, Ph.D. (Skybolt free-electron laser designer/operator) Unnamed Armstrong Space Station personnel	Shadow Command (2008), novel	Armstrong Space Station (aka "Silver Tower") XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplane (Single-stage-to-orbit)	February 2009
	Space warfare personnel during international crisis involving Russia and Iran. Moulain is a former NASA space shuttle pilot and commander. Armstrong Station introduced in Silver Tower (q.v.).
Dustin "Dusty" Chambers, Lt. Vince "Winger" Patrecchio Randy "Screwball" (No last name given) Mitch "Brooklyn" (No last name given) Guardian Rescue Mission: Lincoln "Lightning" Ripley, Lt. Col. (USAF) (Commander) Shelly London (Co-Pilot) Paul "Gunner" (Mission Specialist) (No last name given)	Cosmic Rendezvous (2009), novel	NASA Guardian Rescue Mission (GRM): Draco (air launch to orbit spacecraft)	Contemporary
	Space Shuttle veteran Ripley romances spacecraft designer London while training for secret military mission.
Sokolov (Flight Engineer)	Cosmonaut (2009), short film	Soyuz-TMA	September 16, 2008
	Cosmonaut removed from ISS crew and launched on secret mission.
Unnamed astronaut	Land of the Lost (2009), film	Unknown	Contemporary
	Reentering astronaut finds himself in parallel dimension.
William "Bull" Ellis (USN) Mick Breem	Life Re-Entry (2009), TV	Space Shuttle	2009
	Three-time Shuttle pilot Ellis, who was planning to pay $35 million for flight on Russian spacecraft, is shot to death while flying a small plane.
Madison (Commander) (no first name given) Miranda Bach, Capt. (Payload Commander) Unnamed astronauts	Lost Tapes Alien (2009), TV	Space Shuttle Mission T-258	Spring 2008
	Bach is infected by alien spores from comet dust during EVA, causing alien creature to grow inside her.
Atlantis: Seven unnamed astronauts	The Right Stuff (2009), novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station	Contemporary (Late April)
	Shuttle crew makes transoceanic abort landing at Morón Air Base in Spain.
Astronaut Mike Dexter	30 Rock Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001, Don Geiss, America and Hope, Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land (2009-2010), TV	N/A	Contemporary
	Imaginary boyfriend of Liz Lemon.

2010–2019

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(2010–2019)
Keith Palmer (Founder/CEO) Beau Lendell (Pilot) Dominic Cross (Passenger) Sam Gardner (Passenger)	CSI: Miami Miami, We Have a Problem (2010), TV	Prime Mover Aerospace: Orbiter	Contemporary
	Gardner is murdered aboard commercial spacecraft in low Earth orbit and his body dumped from helicopter.
International Space Station: Krashinsky Space Eagle: Oleg Olesky (Captain) Tyler Kirkpatrick (Co-Pilot) Vladimir Fedorov Delia Chase (Passenger)	Endgame Huxley, We Have a Problem (2011), TV	International Space Station Chase Galactic: Space Eagle	Contemporary
	ISS veteran Olesky, slated to captain first commercial space carrier, is accused of murder. Kirkpatrick is a former NASA astronaut.
Shenzhou 10: Chaoyang Xie, Lt. Col. Wu Changfeng, Maj. Xue Yimeng, Lt. Shenzhou 11: Zhang Tiancong, Col. Wang Guan San, Lt. Col. Zhou Xiaosu, Lt.	《飞天》 (2011) (English title Flying), Chinese film	Shenzhou program	2008–2014
	Chinese dramatization of a series of the manned spaceflights, following the "real" Shenzhou 7, to China's space station. Col. Zhang is a veteran taikonaut, passed over for the earlier manned missions, while Lieutenants Xue and Zhou are female fighter pilots, competing for the honor of being the first Chinese woman to be launched into space.
Eric Johnson (USN)	Launch (2011), short film	NASA	Contemporary
	Pilot selected for NASA Astronaut Group 21 learns his wife has cancer.
Makarand "Mac" Joshi (India) Five unnamed astronauts	Nothingness (2011), short film	NASA: Ralford 11 (space probe)	November 11, 2011
	Astronauts on mission to learn what happens after death.
NASA: Jeff Clark, Maj. Colin "Mac" MacAffie Endeavour: Deacon "Deke" Stockard, Cmdr. (USN) (Commander) Kurt Muir, Capt. (Pilot) Janine Harmon, Dr. (Heart surgeon) Two unnamed mission specialists International Space Station: Micah Petrenko (Russia)	Space in His Heart (2011), novel	Space Shuttle Endeavour International Space Station	November 1999 – January 2000 July 8–21, 2011
	Stockard is promoted as a sex symbol to enhance NASA's image.
James Shepard (Navigation) Yuri Hayys (Bioscientist) Jerrie Cobb (Botanist) Thomas Lovell (Commander) Joe Engle (Solar Tech) Alan Brahm (Engineer) Robert Crippen (Engineer)	Vacuity (2011), short film	XOEH: Space station Intrepid (spacecraft)	Near Future
	Brahm, trapped in space station airlock, must choose between his own survival and that of his crewmates.
Four unnamed American astronauts Two unnamed Russian cosmonauts	The Age of Miracles (2012), novel	International Space Station Orion	Near Future
	Astronauts stranded aboard space station when Earth's rotation mysteriously slows.
Intrepid: Tony Drake (ISA) (Commander) Malory Archer (ISIS) Sterling Malory Archer (ISIS) Cyril Figgis (ISIS) Raymond Q. "Ray" Gillette (ISIS) Lana Anthony Kane (ISIS) Pamela "Pam" Poovey (ISIS) Cheryl Tunt (ISIS) Horizon: Kellogg, Capt. (Commander) Dave Trish Unnamed astronauts	Archer Space Race: Part I, Space Race: Part II (2012), TV	International Space Agency (ISA): Space Station Horizon Space Shuttle Intrepid	Contemporary
	Agents of International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) are hired to take back Horizon from mutineers, but are actually required for a different purpose.
Nicholas Rice, Cmdr.	The Astro Outlaw (2012), chapter book	NASA	Contemporary
	Moon rock is stolen from astronaut during appearance at Houston Astros game.
Dimitri Rezinov Howard Joel "Froot Loops" Wolowitz (Payload Specialist)	The Big Bang Theory The Countdown Reflection, The Date Night Variable, The Decoupling Fluctuation, The Higgs Boson Observation, The Re-Entry Minimization (2012), TV	Soyuz (possibly Soyuz TMA-04M) International Space Station (Expedition 31)	Contemporary (Summer 2012)
	Astronauts on mission to ISS with Mike Massimino.
Zach, Cmdr. (no last name given)	Blast Off (2012), short film	International Space Station	20XX [sic]
	NASA astronaut launches from ISS into thermospheric orbit. Story is probably, but not certainly, a daydream.
Roger McMillan	The Final Breaths of Astronaut Roger McMillan on the US Glory (2012), web video	U.S. Glory (geosynchronous space station) Orion CM (shown on Glory's computer screens)	Near Future
	NASA astronaut monitoring orbit of meteor named "Vanessa".
International Space Station: Bill Eriksson (Mission commander) Keith "Chip" Corcoran, Capt. (Ph.D.) (USAF) Tim Fisher Petra Gutierrez Mort Stevens (MS-2) International Space Station: Yoshida Eichhorn Jones Collins (no first names given) Unnamed astronaut	The Infinite Tides (2012), novel	Space Shuttle International Space Station	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut Corcoran tries to adjust to suburban life after his daughter dies while he is on the ISS.
Spektr: Vasily Konstantin (FKA) Other unnamed cosmonauts	Juggernaut (2012), novel	Russian Federal Space Agency (FKA): Space Station Spaceplane Spektr	c. 1990s and 2005
	Cosmonaut launched on a secret mission to a high-orbit space station covertly constructed at the same time as the Mir space station, returns to Earth years later contaminated with a bio-mechanical parasite.
Unnamed commander Unnamed astronauts	Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (2012), picture book	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Recent Past
	Mouse named Meteor saves space shuttle mission.
Fiona MacLeod Starr	Once Upon a Toad (2012), novel	Soyuz International Space Station	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut's daughter has weird experiences while her mother is in space.
James Ford	Pantheon (2012), short film	Pantheon (space station) (UK?)	Near Future
	Astronaut alone on space station at time of catastrophe on Earth.
Allegra (NASA) Gio (Italy) (no last names given)	Touch Zone of Exclusion (2012), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Italian astronaut loses communications with colleague and Houston during EVA.
Pete Seabrook, Col. (USMC)	Blue Bloods No Regrets (2013), TV	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Retired astronaut who flew on every shuttle except Endeavour is drinking too much after divorce. He is wearing an STS-72 patch on his shirt.
Gordon McClintock, Cmdr. (NASA) A. Borovsky (Russia) Unnamed astronauts	Defiance I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (2013), TV	International Space Station Bravery Nine Soyuz	2013 2046
	In 2013, aliens kill space station crew and create double of McClintock with implanted memories. McClintock was a mission specialist on STS-124 in May 2008.
Unnamed astronaut	Echoes (2013), short film	Unknown	Contemporary
	Spacewalking astronaut catches pink balloon.
STS-157: Matthew "Matt" Kowalsky, Lt. (Commander) Ryan Stone, Dr. (Mission Specialist) Shariff Dasari (Mission Specialist) Evans Thomas	Gravity (2013), film	Space Shuttle Explorer (STS-157) International Space Station Soyuz TMA-14M Tiangong Shenzhou	Near Future
	Astronauts stranded in orbit after Kessler syndrome-inspired collision during spacewalk.
Pysters Corsi, Col. (no first names given) Keith Clone (Mechanic)	Happy Talk (2013), novel	Skylab	1975
	Novel's penultimate epilogue involves NASA mission to repair Skylab's gyroscopes.
Unnamed commander Unnamed pilot	SKYN Condoms Presents: Naked Astronaut – The Closest Thing To Wearing Nothing (2013), web video	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Shuttle astronaut chooses not to wear clothes during lift-off.
Garrison Sterling	Space in the Heart (2013), novel	Space Shuttle	1999, 2010
	STS-107 shuttle mission specialist whose wife is murdered prior to his flight.
NASA: Andy Hawkins Roy Manley, Capt. (USN) International Space Station: Yuri Koslov, Cmdr. Michael Molly (no last names given) 3 unnamed astronauts Soyuz rescue vehicle: Unnamed cosmonaut	Space Warriors (2013), TV movie	International Space Station Soyuz Soyuz rescue vehicle	Contemporary
	United States Space Camp participants, including former astronaut Hawkins' son, compete for ride to space aboard Orion II, but must intervene when crisis strikes the ISS.
Chet Minor, Maj.	George Brown, Class Clown How Do You Pee in Space? (2014), chapter book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut interviewed by fourth-grader on school TV station.
Unnamed janitor Unnamed night watchman Unnamed astronauts	"The Janitor in Space" (2014), short story	Space station	Future
	Female ex-convict works as janitor on space station.
Cash Maddux (Mission Specialist) Herbert "Herb" Swanschbaum (Mission Specialist)	Life on Mars (2014), novel	NASA	Contemporary (Summer – April)
	Rival astronauts from the space shuttle era. Maddux never flew in space due to high blood pressure.
Edmund (no last name given)	Once Upon an Alphabet (2014), picture book	Unknown	Contemporary?
	Astronaut who is afraid of heights.
Commander Flight Engineer Two Science Officers Unnamed doctor (Russian) Unnamed Russian cosmonauts Harrison (Technical Mission Specialist) Wallace (Technical Mission Specialist) Unnamed Technical Mission Specialist	"The Serial Killer's Astronaut Daughter" (2014), short story	Private space station	Future
	Unnamed Technical Mission Specialist learns her blological father is on Death Row.
Unnamed astronaut	Uprooted (2014), short film	Space Shuttle	Unknown
	Female astronaut on one-way journey into space.
Kev Paciorek (USN)	Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (2014), novel	NASA	Contemporary
	Astronaut kidnapped and questioned by college acquaintance.
Yuri (no last name given)	Z Nation Zunami (2014), TV	Soviet Union: International Space Station Soyuz escape pod	Near Future
	Mysterious cosmonaut arrives at Citizen Z's outpost, but turns out to be an asphyxia-induced hallucination.
Cal Bennett, Cmdr. (USN)	"Excalibur" (2015), short story	NASA	Late 2000s
	Retired astronaut discusses secret NASA program with journalist.
Theo Cooper, Capt. (Commander) Cole Dvorak (Engineer) Bug Kieslowski (Life Systems) Emily McTeer, Dr. (Physician)	400 Days (2015), film	Kepler Industries: 400 Days	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut hopefuls on simulated 400-day mission.
International Space Station: Vitaly Simakov Gennady (no last name given) Rick Farmer, Col. (Ph.D.) (USAF) Tiangong-3: Huan Zhou, Lt. Col./Col. (Commander) Chang Lu, Maj. (Chinese Air Force) Sheng Hu Two unnamed taikonauts Tallyho: Sir Aeric K. Cavendish (call sign Zorro) (Captain) Aaron Best (Commando) Hook (Commando) Hugger (Commando) Tick (Commando)	Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015), novel	International Space Station Tiangong-3 Tallyho (formerly named Virgin Galactic 3) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)	Near Future (c. 2020s)
	Space station crews are in orbit at outbreak of World War III between China, Russia and United States. Tallyho crew captures Tiangong-3 on privateer mission.
Clarence "Biff" Barnes, Capt./Maj. (USAF) (Mission Commander) Ray McConnell (Flight Engineer/Second-in-command) Jim Scarelli (Pilot) Steve Skeldon, Capt. (USMC) (Navigator/Co-pilot) Andre Baker, Capt. (USAF) (Weapons Officer) Sue Tillman, Lt. (USN) (Sensor Officer)	Lash-Up (2015), novel	U.S. Space Force: USS Defender (modified VentureStar) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)	September 16, 2017 – March 15, 2018
	Expansion of 2001 novella (q.v.). Defender launches on December 15, 2017.
Miller	The Last Man on Earth Screw the Moon (2015), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Phil Miller's brother, a NASA astronaut, is stranded on space station.
Tom Major Matt Mason Stylo, Lt. Col. Caissier, Maj. Independence: Gilbert Grayson Shepard, Col. Finley Alan "Fin" Shepard April Dawn Wexler Shepard	Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015), TV movie Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016), TV movie	NASA: Space Shuttle Independence Astro-X	Contemporary Near Future
	Col. Shepard, a former astronaut who never flew in space, takes secret military shuttle into orbit with his son and daughter-in-law to destroy sharknados. He is later rescued from the Moon by unnamed Astro-X astronauts.
Miller (Ph.D.) International Space Station: Unnamed commander Meg (Ph.D.) Unnamed Russian cosmonauts	"Space" (2015), short story	International Space Station	Contemporary
	"Manager astronaut" Miller cheats on Meg, his wife, while she is in space.
Mikhail "Misha" Yurgevich (Retired cosmonaut) NASA: Philippa "Phil" Carson, Ph.D. Unnamed ASCANs	All Fixed Up (2016), novel	International Space Station	Contemporary (December)
	Carson is slated for mission to conceive a child in space.
Space Shuttle: Jenny Chen Kim (no last names given) Space station: Two unnamed astronauts	Busy People: Astronaut (2016), picture book	Space Shuttle Space station	Contemporary
	Typical space-station mission.
Infinity: Ruth Christmas, Dr. (US) (Chief of biomedical problems) Cosmonaut X Jane Uree Three unnamed crewmembers Self-sufficient mission: Ruth Christmas, Dr. Two unnamed astronauts	Cosmic Hotel (2016), novel	Infinity (space station) Emergency pod Self-sufficient mission	Near Future
	Pregnant astronaut Christmas makes emergency reentry after space station crew begins experiencing panic attacks. Christmas later joins private mission of indefinite duration aboard "self-sufficient craft".
James (Station Commander) (USA) (no last name given) Unnamed American astronaut Unnamed Japanese astronaut Lev Krupin (Russia) Two unnamed Russian cosmonauts	Madam Secretary Unity Node (2016), TV	International Space Station Soyuz	Contemporary (December)
	ISS is damaged by exploding North Korean satellite, trapping three astronauts in Kibo module.
Svetlana Petrova, Capt. Ekaterina Solovyeva, Capt.	Matryoshka (2016), short film	Soyuz Soyuz-Matryoshka	1983
	In 1983, the Soviet Union launches a routine Soyuz mission, crewed by two female cosmonauts. Once in orbit, the mission runs into serious problems which leave the crew facing a series of life or death decisions and the possibility that they may not be able to return to Earth.
Walter "Walt" O'Brien (Scorpion)	Scorpion It Isn't the Fall That Kills You (2016), TV	Richard Elia Aerospace Division: Vessel XA42p	Contemporary
	Computer genius is accidentally launched into space due to lightning strike.
Test flights Crew #1: Joseph Kess, Ph.D. (Pilot) Yuri Pelsin, Dr. (Russia) (Pilot) Crew #2: Turner Walker (USAF) (Pilot) Max Biggs (USAF) (Pilot) Trainees: James (United States Navy SEAL) Wallace (United States Navy SEAL) Jonah Melo (United States Navy SEAL) Nyambi (mononym) (unnamed African country) Six unnamed candidates Orbital flight: Bennett Oscar "Boss" Sheraton, Capt. (United States Navy SEAL) (Pilot)	The Soul of a SEAL (2016), novel	Warren Shuttle (spaceplane)	Contemporary
	Sheraton pilots secret shuttle to deploy communications satellite and laser array.
Four unnamed astronauts	Take My Heart Away (2016), music video	South African Aerospace Corporation: Space Shuttle	Contemporary/Near Future
	Child plans to stow away on first African space shuttle.
Ekaterina "Kat" Golovkina (Russia) (Commander) Rory Adams (US) (Flight Engineer) Hugh Derry, Dr. (UK) (Exobiologist) David A. Jordan, Dr. (US) (Mission Specialist) Sho Murakami (Japan) Miranda North, Dr. (UK) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (Quarantine Officer)	Life (2017), film	International Space Station (Mars Pilgrim 7 Mission) Soyuz Lifeboat A Lifeboat B	Contemporary/Near Future
	ISS astronauts analyze life-form brought back by Mars sample return mission.
Samuel Johnson (Commander) Candice (Medic Officer) Darren Jerry Shona	The Pull (2017), The Pull Expanse (2017), short films	Space Shuttle Voyager 707 International Space Station Soyuz	Contemporary
	Astronaut Candice vanishes, then reappears, during spacewalk outside ISS. The same crew later returns to orbit when constellation Cassiopeia and nebula begin moving towards Earth.

Futuristic

Astronauts on lunar bases, performing interplanetary travel, and other feats not yet achieved.

Moon

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
United States: Edward "Ed" McCauley, Col. Joseph "Joe" Hale, Maj. (Communications Officer) Renza Hale Billy Williams, Maj. (Navigational Officer) Patrick Donon, Maj. Mason Trett, Maj. Russ Russell, Dr. (Scientist) George Gould, Col. Jeffrey Tuttle, Capt. Kenneth Moresby, Capt. Rick Gordon, Lt. Frank Werner, Lt. Hal Roberts, Capt. Hargaves, Lt. Tom Farrow, Capt. (Radioman) Robbins, Capt. Brugle Peter Riber, Dr. Fadden Dan Freer, Capt. (Spacecraft commander) Charles Cooper, Dr. (Biologist) Neil Templeton, Lt. (Navigator) Dobbs, Lt. Pat Warren, Lt. Johnny Baker, Lt. Hardy Stockman, Maj. Markey, Maj. Oliver Farrar, Prof. (Astronomer) Jim Nichols (Astronomer) Warnecke, Maj. (Dr.) (Physician) Teal, Lt. Adams, Col. Bob Kelly, Lt. Prescott, Dr. (Scientist) David Orrin, Dr. (Scientist) Denny, Lt. Rowland Kennedy, Dr. (Scientist) Doug Bowers, Capt. John Arnold, Maj. Jimmy Manx (Reporter) Paul Carlson (Reporter) Gorman, Lt. Harold Carter, Dr. (Scientist) Perry Holcomb, Dr. (Scientist) Van Fleet, Capt. Narry, Dr. (Mineralogist) Bromfield, Dr. (Scientist) Rice, Dr. (Scientist) Orr, Dr. (Scientist) Stubblefield, Maj. Jim Blythe, Maj. Bernard Bush, Dr. (Scientist) George Coldwell, Dr. (Scientist) Guthrie Durlock, Dr. (Scientist) Walker, Lt. Kyle Rennish, Capt. (Photographer) Rudy Manton, Lt. McIntyre, Maj. Charles "Charlie" Randolph, Maj. John Leonard, Lt. Ingram, Maj. Tom Jackson, Maj. (Spacecraft commander) Henry, Capt. Parker, Dr. (Geologist) Richard "Dick" Jackson, Capt. Rumbough, Capt. Marlowe, Capt. Webb, Capt. (Radio Operator) Don Miller, Capt. Tim O'Leary, Maj. Frank Bartlett, Col. Tucker, Sgt. Vic Enright, Maj. Others Russia: Tolchek, Col. (Moon base commander) Gulyt, Maj. Kralenko, Maj. (NK-1 commander) Alexandrov, Col. Others	Men into Space (1959–60), TV	United States Air Force: Various missions Russia: Moon base NK-1	c. 1970–1980
	Future astronauts on Moon missions and Moon base crews.
Aerobee: Ed McCauley, 1st Lt. Randy (alternate) X-21: Ed McCauley, Maj. (Pilot) Furness, Maj. (Observer) Space Platform: Ed McCauley, Maj. (Commander) Randy Hall, Capt. Sammy Breen, 2nd Lt. Grimaldi Base: Ed McCauley, Col. (Base Commander) Holmes Kent Unnamed communications officer 2 other crewmembers Venus ship: Ed McCauley, Col. (Commander) Randy Hall, Maj. (Second-in-Command) Bramwell, Dr. (civilian scientist) First Martian Expedition: Ed McCauley, Col. (Commander) Randy Hall, Maj. (Second-in-Command) Brett Joe Fallon (impersonating Andrew Fallon) (Mechanic) Hathaway (Meteorologist) Soames	Men into Space (1960), novel	Space Service (United States): Aerobee (suborbital rocket) X-21 (spaceplane) Space Platform Grimaldi Base (moonbase) Venus ship First Martian Expedition	c. 1960–1980
	Tie-in novel based on TV series of same name but featuring original stories. McCauley makes first manned spaceflight aboard Aerobee and first orbital spaceplane flight in X-21. First Martian Expedition lands on Eros to refuel en route to Mars.
Rog Everett Willie Sanger	"Contact" (1960), short short story	Observatory No. 1	Future
	Moon-based observers unknowingly witness end of life on Mars.
Unnamed commander Unnamed astronauts	"Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface" (1960), short short story	Project Diana: Moonbase One	Near Future
	First astronauts on the Moon discover contamination of lunar surface by earlier unmanned spacecraft.
John Anderson, Capt. (US) Sigrid Bromark, Dr. (Sweden) Selim Hamid, Dr. (Turkey) Erik Heinrich, Dr. (Germany) Hideko Murata, Dr. (Physician) (Japan) Asmara Makonnen, Dr. (Nigeria) Etienne Martel, Dr. (France) Robert "Roddy" Murdock Feodor Orloff, Dr. (Russia) Sir William Rochester, Dr. (UK) David Ruskin, Dr. (Israel) Luis Vargas, Dr. (Brazil)	12 to the Moon (1960), film	International Space Order: Lunar Eagle	Future
	First manned Moon mission is international project.
Perry Rhodan, Maj. Reginald Bell, Capt. Clark G. Fletcher, Capt. Eric Manoli, Lt. Mike Bull (names from the US-English translation)	Perry Rhodan series (1961–present), novellas, comics, audiobooks, film	Enterprise Stardust	1971
	The astronauts are members of the United States Space Force (USSF) and their mission is the first landing on the moon – where they find a marooned alien space ship and its crew.
Multi-national astronauts Joseph Cavor Katherine "Kate" Callender Arnold Bedford	First Men in the Moon (1964), film	UN 1 (spacecraft) Cavorite sphere	1960s Flashback to 1899
	UN crew on Moon discover evidence of 19th-century British lunar expedition. Aged survivor Bedford tells what occurred.
Lee Stocker, Gen. (Commander) Clint Anderson, Maj. Diana Brice, Prof. Phillip Mendl, Dr. Ernie Travers, Lt.	The Outer Limits Moonstone (1964), TV	Lunar Expedition One	Near Future
	Moonbase crew make contact with alien fugitives.
Gompert (Commander) Dufresne "Yo" Johannsen Donald Barnard "Don" Merriam, Lt.	The Wanderer (1964), novel	U.S. Space Force Moon Project: Moonbase, U.S. Three rocket ships ("Baba Yagas")	Near Future
	Astronauts at moonbase in crater Plato when artificial planet emerges from hyperspace into Earth orbit.
Lavinia Pickerell Cow: Unnamed captain Thurston Williston (Co-pilot/Navigator) Two unnamed crewmembers Lunar Base: M. M. Manborough (Base Commander) Finch, Maj. Foster Esticott, Lt. (Selenodetic survey) Guffey, Dr. (Microbiologist) Rugby (Cafeteria/Supply room) Unnamed Lunar Patrol Officer Unnamed personnel	Miss Pickerell on the Moon (1965), novel	Space Force (Moon Force): Cargo Spaceship No. 00-41-233 (Cow) Space Force Lunar Base (Moonport) Rocketcraft No. 12-12-22 Mooncraft No. 1	Near Future
	Miss Pickerell travels to Moon to find antibiotic for animal epidemic. Landing site in Descartes; lunar base in Mare Cognitum. Sequel to Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (q.v.).
Link Day (Commander) Mike Capoferri, Dr. Terry Holmes, Dr. (Linguist) Carlos (no last name given) 26 unnamed astronauts	"Wrong Way Street" (1965), short story	United Nations: UN Flight Four	1989
	While investigating alien base and spacecraft on Moon, scientist Capoferri accidentally travels back in time. Walnikov is mentioned as the first human on Mars.
Sirius (USAF): Davis Acton (Last names not given) Space Station One: 'Santa Fe' : Felix Coulter, Dr. (Director) Unnamed US astronauts Little Bear: Melvin K. Green (V-POTUS)	Hunter-Killer (1966), novel	Sirius Space Station One: Santa Fe Little Bear	Alternate 1970s
	After the Air Force sends two men to the moon but fails to bring them back safely, the Navy decides to upstage them by sending the Vice-President into orbit using an uprated Polaris missile.
Schmidlap (US) Hoffman (US) Peter "Pete" Mattemore (US) Eileen Forbes (US) Igor Valkleinokov (USSR) Anna Soblova (USSR)	Way...Way Out (1966), film	Unknown	1989
	US sends a married couple to live on the moon and operate a weather station close to a nearby Soviet lunar base. Couples have a space race to see who will have the first "moon baby".
Project Settlement: Perkins, Cmdr. Unnamed crew Project Rescue: Steve (no last name given) Unnamed crew	Night Gallery The Nature of the Enemy (1970), TV	U.S. Department of Space: Project Settlement Project Rescue	Near Future
	Astronaut on rescue mission discovers giant mousetrap on the Moon.
Clarence "Clancy" Ballou Jack Roger (no last names given for last two)	"Now I'm Watching Roger" (1972), short story	Unknown	Future
	Interpersonal tensions among astronauts on moonbase.
Siren II: Stan Bailey Miroslava Space Detachment: Natasha Olga Lyudmilla Tanya Unnamed female cosmonauts Two unnamed male cosmonauts	The Moonlovers: An Erotic Space Odyssey (1975), novel	Unknown Siren II Soviet Lunar Colony	Near future
	NASA astronaut whose long-duration Earth orbital mission is suddenly endangered when a mysterious force pulls his spacecraft towards the Moon. The ending hints that the story may be a dream.
Moonbase Sinus Medii Ed Speedwell, Capt (Commander) Ivan Flyenov, Capt (2nd in Command) Jerry Owyee, Lt (3rd in Command) Rocky Rhodes, Lt. Harold Cummings, Dr. Irene Stone, Dr. Lois White, Dr. Mike O'Riley Unnamed astronauts Moon Orbiting Space Station 1 Six unnamed astronauts Moon Orbiting Space Station 2 Yuri Chisodva, Capt. Five unnamed astronauts Aristotle Dick Peterson, Capt. Unnamed astronauts Agamemnon Ed Speedwell, Capt. Jean Chelsea-Smith, Lt. (RAF) Peter Chorosous	Class G-Zero (1976?), novel	Moonbase Sinus Medii Space Station Skylab V Moon Orbiting Space Station 1 Moon Orbiting Space Station 2 Space Shuttles: Orbiter 8 Orbiter 10 Nuclear Lunar Shuttles: Aristotle Agamemnon	Near Future (Alternate 1990s?)
	Astronauts of the International Space Agency (ISA) who find themselves dealing with a first contact situation.
NASA: Douglas Cummings Don Wayne Wehrmacht: Franz Bethwig	Vengeance 10 (1980), novel	Unknown V-10	May 6, 2009, flashback to 1938–45
	Two American astronauts stumble across the final remnants of Nazi Germany's Moon Program.
Douglas Morgan Lisa Morgan Fred Simpson Martin Kobol William Demain Catherine Demain Larry LaStrande Sylvia Dortman Blair Marrett Haley (First names not given for the last three) Other unnamed astronauts	Test of Fire (1982), novel	Unknown Space Station Space Shuttle	Near Future
	Personnel at a moonbase in the crater Alphonsus which becomes the last outpost of civilization when the Earth is devastated by a massive solar flare and the nuclear strikes it triggers. Revision of When the Sky Burned (1972).
US Jersey Colony Eli Steinmetz Willie Shea Kurt Perry, Dr. Dawson (First name not given) Gallagher (First name not given) Cooper (First name not given) Snyder (First name not given) Russell (First name not given) Two unnamed astronauts Columbus Jack Sherman, Cmdr. Unnamed astronauts Gettysberg Dave Jurgens, Cmdr. Carl Burkhart, Co-Pilot Unnamed Mission Specialists USSR Selenos 4 Three unnamed cosmonauts Selenos 5 Three unnamed cosmonauts Selenos 6 Three unnamed cosmonauts Selenos 8 (FKA) Two unnamed cosmonauts (Soviet Army) Grigory Leuchenko, Maj. Dmitry Petrov, Lt. Ivan Ostrovski, Sgt. Mikhail Yuschuk, Cpl. Unnamed corporal	Cyclops (1986), novel	Cosmos Luna Selenos 4-6 & 8 Moonbase Jersey Colony Space Station Columbus Space Shuttle Gettysberg	Near Future
	The actions of members of an illegal lunar colony cause a crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union. Mention is made in the novel of Salyuts 9 and 10.
Wolfgang "Wolfli" Hitler (born Wolfgang Tshurkurka)	"Reichs-Peace" (1986), short story	Nazi Germany: Mondexpedition	1980s (Alternate History)
	Adolf Hitler's adopted Romany son is endangered by sunspot activity while away from moon base.
Andy Phil Molly Brown: Kathy (Commander) Peter (Ph.D.) (Science officer) (No last names given)	Space Station Friendship: A Visit with the Crew in 2007 (1988), novel	Project Willow Stick: Molly Brown (Orbital transfer vehicle [OTV])	2007 (Autumn)
	NASA astronauts exploring Scott Crater. Kathy and Peter are husband and wife.
Europa: Silvia Rabal (Spain) (Pilot) Marco Albertosi (Italy) Landing module: Marte Schierbeck (Denmark) (Module pilot) Dieter Kaufmann (Germany) Emile Lemarque (France) Kevin O'Meara (Air Force) (Ireland) Adriaan van der Heyde (Netherlands) Giuseppe Serena (Italy) (Alternate) Lunar Village: Unnamed Commander (Astrophysicist) Ed Druson, Col. (Head of Security) Unnamed pod pilot Unnamed personnel Lunar shuttle: Peter Pascoe (UK Commissioner, Eurofed Justice Department) Andrew "Andy" Dalziel (Detective Superintendent, ret.)	One Small Step (1990), novella	Federated States of Europe Federal Space Programme: Europa Landing module United States: Lunar Village Lunar shuttle	May 2010
	At the moment he becomes the first European on the lunar surface, Lemarque is killed by short circuit in his urine collection device; Dalziel and Pascoe investigate. European landing on May 14, 2010.
Moonshadow: Patricia Jay "Trish" Mulligan Sanjiv Theresa (no last names given) Rescuer: Stanley (Mission Commander) (no first name given) Tanya Nakora	"A Walk in the Sun" (1991), short story	Moonshadow Rescuer	Future
	After Moonshadow crash-lands during Moon orbit mission, sole survivor Mulligan walks all the way around the Moon to remain in sunlight while awaiting rescue. Crash site near edge of Mare Smythii.
Two unnamed astronauts	Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Birth (1992), TV (adapted as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Day of the Dumpster (1993), TV)	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Astronauts accidentally release sorceress Witch Bandora (Rita Repulsa in American version) from 10,000-year imprisonment on Moon.
Dmitri (no last name given)	Dmitri the Astronaut (1996), picture book	Unknown (United States)	Contemporary/Near Future (October – Thanksgiving)
	Astronaut returns to Earth after two and a half years on the Moon to find that no one remembers him.
Chris Terence, Dr. (USA) (Commander) Xiao Be (China) (Pilot) Peter Mikhailovich Denisov (Russia) (Engineer) Jiang Wu (China)	Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel	Tiber Two Tiber Prize (modified Apollo IIs)	2010
	Mission to retrieve alien technology from lunar south pole ends in tragedy.
Constitution: Edward A. Graham, Jr., Cmdr. (Co-Pilot) Casey Hamilton, Lt. (Flight Engineer) Kenneth A. Moore, Lt. (Flight Mechanic) Richard Dunning, Sgt. (Mission Specialist) Walter Kahn, Dr. (Flight Surgeon) Space Station One: Chet Aldridge, Gen. (USSF) (Commander) Tom "Tommy" Sidwell Luna Two: Eugene M. "Gene" Parnell (Commander) Joseph K. "Joe" Laughlin Eight unnamed astronauts Sanger XS-1: Karl Schiller, Col. (West Germany) Constellation: P. A. Kingsolver, Capt. (Pilot) H. M. Trombly, Lt. Cmdr. (Co-Pilot) Conestoga: Gene Parnell, Cmdr. (Commander) Cristine September "Cris" Ryer, Capt. (USAF) (Pilot) Jay Lewitt, Lt. (Flight Engineer) Cecil Orvitz (impersonating Paul Aaron Dooley) (Computer programmer) Berkley Rhodes (Reporter) Alex Bromleigh (Cameraman/Producer) Koenig Selenen GmbH: James Patrick "Pat" Leamore (Executive Vice-President) Uwe Aachener (Astronaut-Candidate) Markus Talsbach (Astronaut-Candidate) Harpers Ferry: Curtis "Dr. Z" Zimm (Pilot) Space Station One: Joseph K. "Old Joe" Laughlin, Cdre. (USN) (Commander) Frierson, Lt. j.g. (NASA) Hollis, Lt. (NASA) Unnamed personnel Fido's Pride: Edmund "Poppa Dog" McGraw (Pilot) Billy Zenith-Two: Unnamed astronauts	The Tranquility Alternative (1996), novel	United States Air Force: U.S.S. Constitution (space ferry) United States Space Force (USSF): Space Station One ("the Wheel") Luna Two (Eagle Four lander) ESA: Sanger XS-1 (spaceplane) NASA: Constellation (Atlas-C space ferry) Space Station One U.S.S. Conestoga (Moonship) Harpers Ferry (space taxi) Fido's Pride (Mars Retriever 13) Tranquillity Base/Teal Falcon bunker ESA: Walter Dornberger (Sanger booster/Horus-class orbiter) North Korea: Zenith-Two (Ghost Rider)	April 10, 1956 (Alternate History) 1963-1966 (Alternate History) September 1969 (Alternate History) 1977 (Alternate History) February 16–22, 1995 (Alternate History)
	In alternate history, NASA launches final Moon mission in 1995 to turn over Tranquillity Base to German company. First manned space ferry flight in 1956 commanded by Chuck Yeager. Joint US-Soviet Ares One mission lands on Mars in July 1976 with Neil Armstrong and Alexei Leonov. Set in same alternate history as Steele's short stories "Goddard's People" and "John Harper Wilson" and novel V-S Day (q.v.).
HayesCorp Moonship: Ishmael Hayes Elisabeth (no last name given) Bennett (Security) (no first name given) Subtropolis: Sam Houston (Subtropolis Systems) Jimmy Stevie G. (Foreman) Gene Tobol Aggie Bob Hennessey Betsy Warren MacPherson Unnamed personnel Channel Seven: Dave Archer (Reporter) Annie "Sparky" Franklin (Segment producer) Heck Allen (Cameraman)	Astronauts in Trouble: Live from the Moon (1999), Astronauts in Trouble: One Shot, One Beer (2000), graphic novels	HayesCorp: Moonship Cargo One Cargo Two Cargo Three Subtropolis (moonbase) Channel Seven: Newsvan	2019
	Channel Seven reporters report on HayesCorp returning humans to the moon, only to discover that billionaire Hayes has had a secret moonbase in the Sea of Showers for five years. Hayes' moonship lands north of Cassini Crater; Newsvan lands south of Autolycus.
NASA: John Lakey (Chief of Astronaut Office) Deborah Kimbrough Jay Guidon (CAPCOM) Molly Peterson (CAPCOM) Nazarbeyev (Kazakhstan) (no first name given) Original STS-128 crew/ Endeavour crew: Olivia "Ollie" Grant, Col. (Ph.D.) (Commander) Tanya Brown (Pilot) Betsy Newell (Mission Specialist 1) Janet Barnes (Mission Specialist 2) Penny High Eagle (born Penelope Ingle), Ph.D. (Payload Specialist) (joins hijack crew) Hijack crew (MEC): Jack Medaris Craig "Hopalong" Cassidy, Capt. (Pilot) Virgil "Virg" Judd (Shuttle Main Engine Technician) Soyuz-Y: Olivia Grant Yuri Dubrinski, Col. (RSA) (pilot)	Back to the Moon (1999), novel	NASA: Space Shuttles Columbia (STS-128) Endeavour Russian Space Agency: Soyuz-Y Medaris Engineering Company (MEC): Elsie Elsie-2 (Landing Craft)	c. 2002 (July)
	On its last scheduled mission, shuttle Columbia is hijacked and flown to the Moon by former NASA engineer Medaris. Cassidy is an ex-NASA astronaut who flew on all the shuttles and Mir, helped repair the Hubble Space Telescope, and commanded Spacelab XXI. Nazarbeyev was a guest cosmonaut on Mir. Moon landing near Apollo 17 landing site in Taurus-Littrow.
Collins (FS-6) Po Tseng, Col. Jerry Cochagne Joe DeSosa Dick Lebby Arminta Horo Paul Manch Iona Greer Aldrin/Farside Base (FS-5) Mike Mobley, Col. Louise Washington Ann Biso Bob Faden Frank Dryzmkowski Shinobu Takizawa	Blood Moon (1999), novel	Lunar Landing Modules Aldrin Collins Moonbase Farside	Near Future
	When contact is unexpectedly lost with the first astronauts to spend a full lunar day/cycle a rescue mission is hastily launched.
Michelle "Mickey" Griffith, Col. (Ph.D.) (USAF) (Commander)	Astronaut (2003), play	NASA: Lunar Colony One	Near Future
	Commander of lunar colony at edge of Procellarum Ocean (near 18°N 75°W / 18; -75) gives press conference.
Rachel Fine, Maj. Ben Halberstom, Capt. John Redding (Mission Specialist)	Earthstorm (2006), TV movie	American Space Institute (ASI): Space Shuttle Perseus (Lunar Mission)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Demolition expert Redding joins mission to stabilize Moon after asteroid impact. Perseus has experimental nuclear pulse engines.
Deke Gordon, Capt. PASE: Rachel Salerno, Cmdr. Hatcher (no first name given)	Poptropica Lunar Colony (2007-2013), online game and chapter book	Poptropica Academy of Space Exploration (PASE): Lunar colony Flight capsule Lunar lander	Future
	Alien artifacts are found near lunar colony. Gordon built first lunar facility decades earlier.
Lloyd Nadolski, Capt. (Commander) Caitlin Hall, Lt. (LMP) Aldrich Coleman, Capt. (Habitat Commander) Samuel Wilson (Space Engineer) Peter D. Stanton (Space Engineer) Mia Nomeland (Norway) Midori Yoshida (Japan) Antoine Devereux (France)	Darlah – 172 timer på månen (a.k.a. 172 Hours on the Moon) (2008), novel	NASA Ceres (Command Module), Demeter (Lunar Module) Moonbase DARLAH 2	April 2018 – July 2019
	Teenagers Mia, Midori and Antoine win lottery to visit top-secret lunar base built in the 1970s in the Sea of Tranquility.
André Gretzsin Mare Serenitatis base: André Gretzsin, Jr. (Commander) Frank (no last name given) Rachel (no last name given) Unnamed personnel Farside Station: Matt Tanager (Captain) Unnamed personnel	"Letting Go" (2008), short story	Unnamed moonbase (Mare Serenitatis) Farside Base Gravity Train (Capsule A)	Future (21st century)
	Gravity train is built linking Mare Serenitatis and Farside Base through lunar core. Frank previously flew on ISS. André Gretzsin, Jr.'s grandfather flew on Mir; his father was an astronaut killed in a training accident.
Sam Bell	Moon (2009), film	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronaut tending an automated mining facility on the Moon's far side.
China National Space Agency: Gong Zheng Harmony: Hui Tian (Commander) Ming Feng (Pilot) Xu Guan, Dr. (Physician) Zhi Feng (Engineer/Political Officer) NASA: Charles Leonard (Pilot) Helen Menendez (Mission Specialist) Jim England Mercy I: Bill Stetson (Commander/Pilot) Anthony "Tony" Chow, M.D., Ph.D. (Mission Specialist) Dreamscape: Paul Gesling, Capt. (Commander/Pilot) Passengers: Matt Thibodeau Maquita Singer Sharik Mbanta Bridget Wells John Graves, Dr.	Back to the Moon (2010), novel	China National Space Agency: Harmony Space Excursions: Dreamscape (spaceplane) NASA (Constellation Program): Mercy I (Orion/Altair)	2020s (August)
	On commercial circumlunar flight, Dreamscape picks up distress call from crashed Chinese lander Harmony on lunar service. NASA reconfigures planned Moon landing as rescue mission. Leonard and Menendez are assigned to moon landing before crew is cut back to allow taikonauts to be rescued.
Marcia Beckett, US (Commander) Yuri Petrov, Russia Three unnamed NASA astronauts One unnamed Russian cosmonaut	"The Cassandra Project" (2010), short story	Minerva	2026
	Joint US-Russian mission, first manned Moon landing since Apollo 17. Landing in Mare Maskelyne. Mission omitted in 2012 novel adaptation. Sid Myshko named as commander of earlier orbital mission.
Base Diana: Cliff Devenish, Col. (Commander) Andrea "Andi" Carlisle, Maj. Jim Reeve, Capt. Marty Garrett, Capt. (Technical Officer) Dyson, Pvt. Downham (Soldier) Unnamed soldiers Charles Jackson, Prof. (Head scientist) Liz Didbrook (Assistant scientist) Lars Gregman (Scientist) Phillips (Nurse) Unnamed scientists Apollo 23: Pat Ashton, Lt. (CMP) Marty Garrett, Capt.	Doctor Who Apollo 23 (2010), novel	United States: Base Diana Apollo 23 Unnamed CSM/LM	Contemporary
	Secret moonbase is infiltrated by alien force and cut off from Earth by sabotage of "quantum displacement" equipment. Ashton and Garrett are space shuttle veterans.
NASA: Joe Santalupo (Chief Astronaut) Artemis 3: Gary Hobbs Scott Stevenson James "Jim" Truax, Cmdr. (Ph.D.) (USN)	"Drag Queen Astronaut" (2010), short story	Artemis 3	Near Future
	During mission to Fra Mauro to investigate buried alien spacecraft, Truax is caught on camera wearing female undergarments in lunar orbit.
Glorious March: Ten unnamed astronauts Magnificent Dragon: Kwan Xiang, Maj. Gen. (Commander) Chao, Sgt. Ten unnamed soldiers (Chinese Air Force / Chinese Special Forces) Ariane 1 (ESA Moon Mission 01): Jean Marceau, Maj. (Commander) Unnamed pilot Unnamed copilot Three unnamed mission specialists Philippe Jarneux, Capt. (Commandos Marine) Unnamed sergeant (Commandos Marine) Two unnamed commandos (Commandos Marine) Ariane 2: Ten unnamed astronauts NASA: Harwell, Capt. Dark Star 1: Unnamed shuttle commander and pilot Ten unnamed astronauts Dark Star 2: Unnamed shuttle commander and pilot Ten unnamed astronauts Dark Star 3: Johnson (shuttle commander) Walker (shuttle pilot) Arthur Kendal, Col. (USAF) (Mission commander) Maggio (Command module pilot) Dugan, Lt. (USN) (Lunar lander pilot) Jason Ryan, Lt. (USN/Event Group) (Lunar lander copilot/mission specialist) Sarah McIntire, Lt. (US Army/Event Group) (Mission specialist) Will Mendenhall, 2nd Lt. (Event Group) (Mission specialist) Andrews, Sgt. (5th Special Forces Group) Demarest, Sgt. (5th Special Forces Group) Elliott (5th Special Forces Group) Johnson (5th Special Forces Group) Martinez, Sgt. (5th Special Forces Group) Stanley Sampson, Sgt. (5th Special Forces Group) Tewlewiski, Sgt. (5th Special Forces Group) Peter the Great: Unnamed cosmonauts	Legacy (2011), novel	China National Space Administration Chinese Lunar Exploration Program: Glorious March (Long March 8 / Zihuang lunar lander) Magnificent Dragon (Long March 8 / Zihuang lunar lander) European Space Agency: ESA Moon Mission 01 (launched by Ariane 5 1): Bonaparte 1 (command module) Astral (lunar lander) Ariane 5 2 International Space Station NASA/DARPA Operation Dark Star: Dark Star 1: Space Shuttle Discovery Modified Orion (unnamed) / Modified Altair (Achilles 1) Dark Star 2: Space Shuttle Endeavour Modified Orion (unnamed) / Modified Altair (Thor 1) Dark Star 3: Space Shuttle Atlantis Modified Orion (Falcon 1) / Modified Altair (Yorktown) Russian Federal Space Agency: Peter the Great (lunar lander)	Contemporary
	Nations race to recover alien weaponry and energy-producing mineral discovered in Shackleton Crater by robotic NASA rovers. Dark Star 1 command module and lander are launched by Ares I, Dark Star 2 command module and lander by Ares V, Dark Star 3 command module and lander by Atlas V left over from Apollo program. Glorious March, Ariane 2, Discovery and Endeavour are destroyed after launch by ASM-135 ASATs and SA-2 Guidelines.
Henry Watkins, Jr.	American Dad! National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story (2012), TV	Unknown	Contemporary
	Astronaut building space station on Moon.
Morgan "Bucky" Blackstone Ben Gaines (Pilot) Marcia Neimark Phil Bassinger	The Cassandra Project (2012), novel	Blackstone Enterprises Sidney Myshko	2019
	First private manned mission to Moon. Neimark and Bassinger make landing in Cassegrain Crater.
Liberty: "Sand" Sanders James Washington (Model) George W. Bush: Vivian Wagner (Commander) McLennan (Officer) Tynan Unnamed personnel Nazi moonbase: Wolfgang Kortzfleisch (Mondführer) Klaus Adler (Oberführer, later Führer) Richter, Dr. (Scientist) Renate Richter (Earthologist) Weapons NCO (unnamed) Unnamed personnel	Iron Sky (2012), film	United States: "Liberty" (Moon Mission) U.S.S. George W. Bush (Mars exploration ship) Nazi Germany: Moonbase First Fleet: Götterdämmerung (battleship) Siegfried (battleship) Tannhäuser (battleship) Heinrich (battleship) Biterolf (battleship) Wolfram (battleship) Valkyries (spacecraft) International Space Station (European Union) Australia: Australian Ship Dundee 01 UK: Spitfire Russia: Mir Canada Japan India South Korea	2018
	American astronauts discover Nazi moonbase.
George Gompers (Commander) Tom Conrad, Lt. Cmdr. (USAF) (Pilot) Fred Phillips, Lt. (Engineer) Maxon Mann, Dr. (Roboticist)	Shine Shine Shine (2012), novel	NASA: Aeneid rocket	Contemporary/Near Future
	NASA astronauts on mission to colonize the Moon with robots.
CES-51: Freddie Saturn (NASA) Buddy Waters (NASA) Damien Kweller (NASA) Karen Jones (NASA) Linda Cliff (NASA) Hibito Nanba (JAXA)	Space Brothers (2012), anime (based on the 2007 manga of the same name)	NASA: Orion Altair Lunar base	2026
	A crew of astronauts, including the first Japanese astronaut to walk on the Moon (Hibito), launch on an expedition to a lunar base.
SRP: Sztab, Capt. (no first name given) CASA: Ken Arluk Richter "Rich" Front Maurice: Drake Matter (Pilot) Wendy Byrd (Co-pilot)	Crater XV (2013), graphic novel	Siberian Rocket Program (SRP) Canadian Arctic Space Agency (CASA): Maurice (railgun)	c. 1987
	CASA was established in the 1960s but dissolved after a year. Twenty years later, reunited CASA engineers launch Maurice on one-way flight to the moon, with 15-year-old Byrd as co-pilot. Sztab's SRP mission was canceled.
Mike Rodriguez, Cmdr. (USN) (Pilot) Davis O'Neil (no first names given) Dale (Backup/CAPCOM) (no last name given)	"The Irish Astronaut" (2013), short story	NASA: Aquarius	Near Future
	After Aquarius disintegrates on return to Earth from the Moon, Dale brings Rodriguez' remains to County Clare in Ireland. Rodriguez was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 19.
Janet Greenway (Commander) Gary Schroder Ashley Sutton Raj Susie Jeb	The Resurrection of Ritara (2013), novel	NASA: Diana 4	c. 2008
	Crew of the fourth mission in a series of eight planned to renew humanity's exploration of the Moon who disappear along with their spacecraft as it passes behind the Moon.
Moonbase ARK: Gerard Brauchman, Col. (Commander) Ava Cameron, Lt. Bruce Johns (Senior Engineer) Lance "Doc" Krauss, Dr. (Physician)	Stranded (2013), film	United States: Moonbase ARK (Mineral Exploration Camp) USS Magellan (rescue shuttle)	April 8–9, 2027
	Astronauts on mining moonbase infested by alien spores after meteor shower.
Unnamed (Narrator) Anna (no last name given) MDash Steve Wong	"Alan Bean Plus Four" (2014), short story	Alan Bean (Command Module)	July–September 2014
	Four friends fly around Moon in privately built spacecraft purchased from widow of pool-supply businessman.
Lundvik (Captain) Duke Henry	Doctor Who Kill the Moon (2014), TV	Space Shuttle	2049
	Space shuttle crew travels to Moon, which is mysteriously gaining mass, endangering life on Earth. Landing near Mare Fecunditatis.
Cooper P mine: Brian Thorpe Unnamed personnel Orion/Surety: Randy Johnston (lander pilot) Colin Bertelli Suze Baldwin (Orion pilot)	"Low Arc" (2014), short story	Cooper P mine (Australia) NASA: Orion Surety (lunar lander)	Future (21st century)
	Former lunar ice miner Bertelli confronts emergency on NASA science mission to Schrödinger Basin.
Harley Mathews, Maj. (USAF) (Pilot) Herman Hawthorne	"The Man On The Moon" (2014), short story	Unknown	Contemporary
	Former NASA astronaut Mathews flies billionaire Hawthorne to the moon in space capsule resembling log cabin.
Hunter Donovan (USN) (Geologist) Phoenix 2: Franklin "Frank" Wilson, Lt. Col. (USMC) (Commander) Two unnamed astronauts Phoenix 5: Furlong Mongillo (no first names given) Sydney "Syd" Weaver, Lt. (USN) (call sign Blackfox) (Command Module Pilot) Phoenix 6: Yuen Bai, Cmdr. (PLA Air Force) (Co-Commander) Franklin Wilson, Lt. Col. (Co-Commander) Anthony "Benny" Benevisto, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (Command Module Pilot/Tech Support) Thomas "Moose" Mosensen, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (Co-CM Pilot) Yeoh "Bruce" Kong-sang, Dr. (Prof.) (China) (Tech Support) Alan H. Donovan, Dr. (US) (Archeologist) Elias Zell, Dr. (UK) (Archeologist) Soong Yang Zi, Dr. (China) (Forensic Anthropologist)	Ocean of Storms (2016), novel	China: Shenzhou NASA Phoenix program (Constellation-like): Phoenix 1 Phoenix 2 Phoenix 3 (command modules only) Phoenix 4 Phoenix 5 Phoenix 6: Tai-Ping ("Great Peace") (Shenzhou) (CM)/Copernicus (LM)	Near Future (December 22 – October 7)
	Electromagnetic pulse emanates from artifact buried under Ocean of Storms; NASA undertakes joint Phoenix 6 mission with China after Phoenix 5 launch failure. Wilson and Mosensen are ISS veterans. Hunter Donovan, Alan Donovan's father, was a geologist selected for the Apollo program who never flew due to heart fibrillation.

"Counter-Earth"

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
EUROSEC: Borgener Mitchell (no first names given) Phoenix: Glenn D. Ross, Col. (NASA) John Kane, Dr. (UK) (Astrophysicist)	Doppelgänger (aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) (1969), film	European Space Exploration Complex (EUROSEC) Operation Sun Probe: Phoenix SSTO lifting body (lander) Dove (aka DOPPELGANGER) (SSTO lifting body)	2069
	EUROSEC mission to a newly discovered unknown planet orbiting on exactly the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. Ross is a veteran of two Mars missions.
Neil Stryker, Col.	The Stranger (aka Stranded in Space) (1973), TV movie	Pilgrim (3-man interplanetary craft)	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut who crash-lands on a duplicate of Earth ruled by a totalitarian regime.

Sun

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Norman Paul "Dave" Davis, Maj. (Commander) Bernhard "Bud" Gierr, Capt. Orren "Doc" Lorimer, Dr. (Scientist)	Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976), novella	NASA Sunbird One	Near Future (before 2000)
	Crew of first circumsolar mission travels forward to time when male humans no longer exist.
Euclid Station: Takumi George Lizzy (no last names given) Unnamed personnel Satellite tender: Max (Pilot) (no last name given) Travis "Trav" Hill, Ph.D. High-orbit shuttle: Six unnamed astronauts Robin Braide (CAPCOM) Starfire (test flight): Robin Braide (Commander) Leroy "Spin" Calder (Pilot) Melinda Wooster (Navigation and communication [NAVCOM]) James "Jimmy" Giles, Lt. Col. (USAF) (Mission Specialist) Linwood "Doc" Deveraux, Dr. (Propulsion control [PROP]) Starfire (operational flight): Robin Braide (Commander) Spin Calder (Pilot) Melinda Wooster (NAVCOM) Travis Hill, Prof. (Ph.D.) (Mission Specialist) Linwood Deveraux, Dr. (PROP) Dick Crease (Alternate crew commander)	Starfire (1988), novel	NASA: Euclid Station (polar orbit space station) Satellite tender (call sign "Twinkletoes") High-orbit shuttle Archimedes Station (equatorial orbit space station) Starfire (fusion-powered spacecraft)	c. 2015 (September) – August 2023
	Fusion-powered spacecraft Starfire flies operational mission to Apollo asteroid 2021 XA (a.k.a. Everest), which is falling into the Sun. Wooster and Hill are first humans on an asteroid.
Skytown: "Skeet" Kelso, Adm. Avery Unnamed personnel Helios: Steve Kelso, Capt. (Commander) Borg, Capt. (Executive Officer) Alex Noffe (UK) (Project Officer) Harvard Clark Gordon, Lt. McBride Jensen Tracy "Bobby" Meeks, Lt. (Cryogenics and propulsion) Ken Minami, Dr. (Japan) Lamare T.C. (France) Seven other astronauts	Solar Crisis (1990), film	United Command: Skytown (space station) U.S.S. Helios Ra (probe) Chicago (cargo ship)	2050
	Mission to deflect solar flare from destroying all life on Earth. Noffe is a "biogenetically enhanced human".
Icarus I: Pinbacker (Captain) Fischer Nakazawa Lin Esteves Chow Boes White (no first names given) Icarus II: Kaneda (Captain) Harvey (Comms Officer/Second-in-command) "Cassie" Cassidy (Pilot) Mace (Engineer/Co-pilot) Trey (Navigator) "Cory" Corazon (Biologist/Life support) Robert Capa (Physicist) Searle, Dr. (Psych Officer)	Sunshine (2007), film	Icarus Project: Icarus I Icarus II	2050 2057
	Icarus I vanishes on mission to reignite dying Sun with nuclear device; seven years later, Icarus II crew attempt same mission.

Mercury

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Willard "Will" Rowson (Captain) Camille Burkett, Ph.D. (Mineralogist) Eileen Harmon, Dr. (Stratigrapher) Joe Mardikian, Dr. (Geophysicist) Tom Marini, Dr. (Biologist) Milt Schlossberg, Dr. (Astronomer) Luigi Aiello Babineau (Medic) (no first name given) Ren Hargedon Mary Spurr (Spacesuit technician) Eric Trackman (Nuclear engineer) Arnie Zaino (Communications specialist)	"Hot Planet" (1963), short story	Albireo	Future
	Crew investigating Mercury's development of a temporary atmosphere.
Clifford Greenberg, Col.	2061: Odyssey Three (1987), novel	Unknown	2030s
	First man on Mercury, who landed at the south pole, joins the complement of the luxury spaceliner Universe thirty years later for the first landing on Halley's Comet.
Marshall Donnington (Commander) Lee Tahori (Pilot) Victoria Preston	Collision Earth (2011), TV movie	Space Shuttle USS Nautilus	Near Future (Autumn)
	Astronauts preparing to orbit Mercury when solar event sets planet on collision course with Earth.
John Russell, Capt.	Give Me Space (2016), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut stranded on inhabited Mercury by lack of fuel.

Venus

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Harringway Hawling, Prof. (Commander/Physicist) (US) Raimund Brinkman/Robert Brinkman (Pilot) (Germany) (American in US version) Durand, Prof. (Chief Engineer) (USSR) (French in US version) Lao Tsu/Tchen Yu, Dr. (Linguist/Biologist) (China) Sumiko Omigura, M.D. (Physician) (Japan) Orloff, Prof. (Engineer/Nuclear Physicist) (Poland) Sikarna, Prof. (Mathematician) (India) Talua (Communications)	First Spaceship on Venus (1960), film	World Federation for Space Research: Luna 3 (Moonbase) Kosmokrator I (Cosmostrator I in US version)	1970 (1985 in US version)
	First mission to Venus discovers remnants of extinct civilization. Some names and nationalities different in original German version; in US version, Brinkman was first American on Moon.
Jerry Garfield (Engineer-Navigator) Graham "Hutch" Hutchins, Dr (Biologist) George "Cole" Coleman (Scientist)	"Before Eden" (1961), short story	Morning Star	Future (before 2010)
	Discoverers of life near the south pole of Venus.
Barbara Clinton (Captain) (USCG Aux) Dana Perry (Navigator/Medical Technician) Joanna Sue Toliver (Engineer)	Sea Hunt The Aquanettes (1961), TV	Operation Astronette	Contemporary
	Female astronauts training for mission to Venus.
Vega: Kern/Alfred Kerns, Capt. Scherba/Allan Sherman/Howard Sherman Masha/Marsha Evans Sirius: Ilya Vershinin/Brandon Lockhart/William "Billy" Lockhart, Cmdr. Alyosha/André Ferneau Bobrov/Hans Walters	Planeta Bur (a.k.a. Planet of Storms, Cosmonauts on Venus) (1962), film Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), film Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (aka The Gill Women of Venus) (1967), film	Soviet Union: Sirius Vega Capella (ships unnamed in Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women) United States: Space Station Texas (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women only)	Near Future (Planeta Bur) 2020 (Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet) 1998–2000 (Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women)
	Three-spacecraft expedition to Venus loses spacecraft Capella to meteor; other two crews discover reptilian creatures and evidence of intelligent life. Film was twice re-edited for American release with character names changed.
Jefferson "Jeff" Barton, Brig. Gen.	The Outer Limits Cold Hands, Warm Heart (1964), TV	Project Vulcan	Near Future
	Astronaut afflicted by a mysterious disease after a mission to Venus.
Howie "Shorty" (no last name given) Eric "Doc" Donovan (last name uncertain)	"Becalmed in Hell" (1965), short story	NASA: Venus ship	c. 1980s?
	NASA astronauts in danger on mission to Venus. Eric, survivor of spacecraft crash on Moon, is an isolated central nervous system plugged into controls of Venus ship.
Arcturus III: Two unnamed astronauts Arcturus IV: Unnamed astronaut	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Silent Saboteurs (1965), TV	United States: Arcturus III Arcturus IV	1976
	When foreign power uses force field to destroy Arcturus III on re-entry, Seaview personnel must save Arcturus IV from same fate.
Arthur "Artie" Cory (last names not given)	"I Am the Doorway" (1971), short story	Project Zeus	Near Future (after 1979)
	Presumed NASA crew on flight to Venus similar to cancelled Manned Venus Flyby. Arthur infected with alien organism, possibly during Cory's EVA; left paraplegic when parachutes malfunction. Cory dies in landing. Other astronauts mentioned: Markhan and Jacks made first Mars landing in 1979; Pedersen and Lederer lost in solar orbit on Apollo mission; John Davis killed by meteoroid strike on orbital observatory.
Kennedy II: X Y Z (Commander) (names not given) Venus mission: Joseph "Joe" Jackson/Jack Josephson, Capt. (Commander) Harry M. Evans, Col. (USAF) (Co-Pilot)	Beyond Apollo (1972), novel	Kennedy II (Mars spacecraft) Unknown (Venus spacecraft)	May 1976 1981
	After disastrous manned Mars mission in 1976, two-man Venus mission ends in madness and death.
Cloudlab: Ed Townsend (Project Director) Deborah Townsend (Communications specialist) Chang Wu (Computer Center staff) Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. (Algae Ecology biologists) (no first names given) c. 50 unnamed personnel Hoverjet: David White (Pilot) Chris Wagner (Technician)	"Cloudlab" (1975), short story	Cloudlab (space station) Hoverjets	Future
	While on algae-seeding mission from station in Venusian atmosphere, White and Wagner become first humans on Venus when they crash-land on Sagan Mountain.
Goodie, Dr.	1st Issue Special #10 (January 1976), comic book	NASA: Alpha Zero	Contemporary
	Surgeon injured on mission to Venus is turned into cyborg by aliens and becomes leader of a superhero group.
Antares: Ted Shaw (Mission Commander) Nadia Schilling (Germany) (Pilot/Second-in-command) Maddux Donner (Engineer/Venus lander pilot) Zoe Barnes (Geologist/Venus lander co-pilot) Jen Weston Crane (Canada) (Biologist) Evram "Ev" Mintz, Dr. (Israel) (Physician/Psychiatrist) Paula Morales (Payload Specialist) Steven "Wass" Wassenfelder (Physicist) Mike Goss, Dr. (Flight Director) Rollie Crane, Cmdr. (CAPCOM) Claire Dereux, Dr. (Canada) (Flight Surgeon) Ajay Sharma (India) (Engineer) Arnel Poe, Ph.D. (Engineer)	Defying Gravity (2009), TV	International Space Organization (ISO): Orion 2 Supply pod Antares Crossbow (Venus lander) Talos (Mars lander)	2047 2052 (September – November)
	In 2047, ASCANs train for potential assignment to Antares mission. Five years later, Antares departs Earth on grand tour of solar system, starting with Venus. Mission commander Rollie Crane and engineer Sharma are replaced at last minute by backups Shaw and Donner due to mysterious buildups of cardiac plaque. Crew launches from Earth on Orion 2 on September 27, 2052.
E-B command ship: Ivar (Commander) Sandrine (no last names given) merleta: Bruno Almeida (Scientist) Vinicius Santos (Scientist) HighPoint space station: Tania Stern Tom Weatherell Mason Cline	"Windshear" (2015), short story	Euro-Brazilian (E-B) mission: Command ship merleta (Lifting body/aerostat) Recovery dart HighPoint Industries: Space station Landis (aerostat)	Future
	Brazilian astronaut Almeida is stranded aboard damaged merleta after collision with recovery dart.
Unknown Russian spacecraft: Sergei (no last name given) NashaSlava1: Klara Vasily Yuraj (no last names given) JanHus1: Jakub Procházka	Spaceman of Bohemia (2017), novel	Russia: Unknown spacecraft NashaSlava1 (space shuttle) Space Program of the Czech Republic (SPCR): JanHus1 (space shuttle)	2018 (April – Winter)
	Missions to investigate comet dust cloud between Earth and Venus; Russian missions are secret "phantom" missions. Klara's mother, Dasha Sergijovna, crewed a "phantom" suicide mission with another cosmonaut in 1962, trying to reach Mars.

Mars

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Samuel A. "Sam" Conrad Warren Marcusson	"Brothers Beyond the Void" (1952), short story The Twilight Zone People Are Alike All Over (1960), TV	Unknown	Near Future
	Travellers to Mars; Marcusson is killed on landing, Conrad imprisoned by Martians. (In short story Marcusson travels to Mars alone, and his first name is Charles.)
Mars 1: Edward "Ed" McCauley, Col. (Commander) Jim Nichols, Capt. Ralph Devers, Maj. Mars 2: Edward McCauley, Col. (Commander) Vic Devery, Maj. James Nichols, Capt. Morrow, Dr. (Scientist) Russia: Tolchek, Col. (Commander) Gulyt, Maj.	Men into Space Mission To Mars, Flight To the Red Planet (1960), TV	United States Air Force: Mars 1 Mars 2 Russia: Unnamed spacecraft	c. 1970 – 1980
	Initial efforts to reach Mars. Mars 1 aborts flight to rescue Russian crew; Mars 2 lands on Phobos.
Harold Barth, Lt Col. (Commander) Robert L. Greene, Maj. (Doctor) Saul Moulton, 1st Lt. Edward Krozney, Capt. James Wallach, Capt. Luthern J. White, Capt.	"Whatever Gods There Be" (1961), short story	Groundbreaker II	Future (Late 20th or early 21st century)
	Crew of an early Mars mission who find themselves faced with an agonizing choice after a landing accident forces them to dump weight or be unable to leave the planet.
George Lincoln John F. Adams Dwight D. Roosevelt Thomas Alva Wright	"Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer" (1964), short short story	NASA: Project Long Leap	Near Future
	Disaster ensues when the minds of millions of Americans are linked to those of the crew of the first Mars mission.
M-1: Fred Thomas, Capt. (Commander) Paul Lazzari, Capt. M-2: Charles "Lucky" Merritt, Maj. (Commander) James "Jim" Bowman, Lt. Jack Buckley, Capt. Frank Johnson, Capt.	The Outer Limits The Invisible Enemy (1964), TV	M-1 M-2	2021 2024
	Investigating the deaths of the two-man crew of the M-1 mission, the M-2 crew discovers carnivorous creatures living under the Martian sands.
Dan "Mac" McReady, Col. (Commander) Christopher "Kit" Draper, Cmdr. (USN) (Co-Pilot)	Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), film	Mars Gravity Probe-1 (Elinor M)	Future
	NASA astronauts visiting Mars; one dies, the other is stranded.
Tigran Biryuzov Five unnamed cosmonauts	The Wanderer (1964), novel	First Soviet People's Expedition (three ships)	Near Future
	Cosmonauts orbiting Mars when artificial planet emerges from hyperspace into Earth orbit.
Walt Dangerfield Lydia Dangerfield	Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb (1965), novel	Dutchman IV	c. 1980s
	Mars-bound astronauts trapped in Earth orbit by the outbreak of World War III.
Jack Westermark, Capt. Eight unnamed crewmembers	"Man In His Time" (1965), short story	Unknown (UK?)	Near Future (August)
	Westermark, sole survivor of first manned Mars mission, finds himself living 3.3077 minutes ahead of Earth time.
Alec Barham, Col.	The Outer Limits The Brain of Colonel Barham (1965), TV	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronaut dying of leukemia volunteers for project to install his brain in Mars probe.
Kane, Col. (Commander) Beard "Doc" Harlow, Maj. Nazarro (Radioman) (No first names given)	The Time Tunnel One Way To The Moon (1966), TV	Mars Excursion Module (M.E.M.) 4	1978
	American astronauts on first manned Mars flight make emergency landing on Moon in Mare Nectaris.
American (unnamed) Russian (unnamed) Chinese (unnamed)	I tre cosmonauti (a.k.a. The Three Astronauts) (1966), picture book	Unknown	Future
	Three astronauts who land simultaneously on Mars.
Swenson, Col. (Command Pilot) Witthoft Reilly, Dr. (First names not given)	"Pioneer Trip" (1967), short story	Unknown	c. 1976
	Crew of the first manned US mission to Mars, faced with a critical medical emergency five weeks out from Earth.
Friedman, Capt. Gulliver, Lt. Haertel (MS) Unnamed astronauts	Welcome to Mars (1967), novel	Project Ares: Von Braun Two unnamed sister ships	c. 1980s
	After two teenagers get stranded on Mars testing a home made anti-gravity device, NASA is forced to mount a rescue mission using more conventional means.
Shioda, Dr. Mars mission: Sano (Captain) Lisa (Biologist) (US) Miyamoto (Communications Officer) Stein, Dr. (Physician) Rescue rocket: Michiko, Capt.	The X from Outer Space (1967), film	AAB Gamma Lunar Base Rescue rocket	Future
	Seventh attempted Mars mission after previous missions disappeared. Shioda is replaced by Stein due to illness.
Mike Blaiswick, Col. (Pilot) Duncan Nick Grant (Geologist) Soviet Union: Three unnamed cosmonauts	Mission Mars (1968), film	Unknown	Future
	American astronauts encounter deadly sphere on Mars.
Mars Probe 6: Carrington, Maj. Jim Daniels Mars Probe 7: Joe Lefee Frank Michaels Recovery 7: Charles "Charlie" Van Lyden	Doctor Who The Ambassadors of Death (1970), TV	Mars Probe Project (UK): Mars Probe 6 Mars Probe 7 Recovery 7	Contemporary/Near Future
	Daniels was killed on Mars by non-Martian aliens during Mars Probe 6 mission, driving Carrington insane. Van Lyden attempts recovery of Lefee and Michaels.
Adrian Fairley (UK) Four unnamed astronauts Two unnamed astronauts (US)	Doctor Who "Soldiers from Zolta" (1970), short story	Two international spacecraft: Orbiter Mars Bug	Contemporary/Near Future
	Fairley, sole survivor of crash landing of Mars Bug, makes contact with aliens on Mars.
George Cosby, Dr Ralph Norton, Maj William O'Brien Mack Sheldon Irwin Trott Allan Watts, Dr Briggs Compton Glennon Gray Jenkins Lawrenson McKinley Morphy Radcliffe Thompson Vaux Wellgarth Williams	The Earth is Near (1970 (German), 1973 (English)), novel	Project Alpha	Near Future
	Crew of the first manned expedition to Mars.
NASA: Henry C. "Hank" Barstow, Col. (Chief of Astronaut Office) Bertrand L. "Bert" Richmond, Col. (Director of Flight Crew Operations) Tom Andretti Bill Desey Rick Johnson Dave McWharter Dick Ohlman Allan "Al" Samson Bill Wheatley Planetary Fleet One: Conrad H. "Connie" Trasker, Jr., Col. (USAF) (Mission Commander/MLV Commander) Alvin S. "Jazz" Weickert III, Cmdr. (USN) (CSV Commander) J. V. "Jayvee" Halleck, Dr. (MSV Commander) Petros S. "Pete" Balkis, M.D. (MSV Co-Commander) Stuart "Stu" Yule, Lt. Col. (CAPCOM) Roger Webb, Col. (USAF) (Backup CSV Commander) Planetary Fleet Two: Conrad H. Trasker, Jr. (Mission Commander/MLV Commander) Hugo S. "Gaudy" Gaudet, Cmdr. (USN) (CSV Commander) Emerson "Em" Wacker, Dr. (MSV Commander) Robert "Bob" Curtis, Dr. (MSV Co-Commander) Soyuz 19: Two unnamed cosmonauts	The Throne of Saturn (1971), novel	NASA Space Station Mayflower Project Argosy: Planetary Fleet One ("Piffy One"): Mars Landing Vehicle (MLV) (Santa Maria) Command-Service Vehicle (CSV) (Nina [sic]) Medico-Scientific Vehicle (MSV) (Pinta) Mars Landing Module (MLM) (Adventurer) Planetary Fleet Two ("Piffy Two"): MLV (Santa Maria) CSV (Nina) MSV (Pinta II) MLM (Adventurer) Soviet Union: Space Station Stalin Soyuz 19 ("Man in the Moon")	Late 1970s (April – January)
	First planned Mars mission encounters Soviet interference during test phase at Tranquillity Base on Moon. Trasker is Gemini and Apollo veteran; Weickert flew Gemini mission with Trasker. MLV, CSV and MSV are modified Apollo CSMs with NERVA engines, launched by three Saturn Vs.
Olympus: Richmond (Commander) Nine unnamed astronauts Pegasus: Evans Brennan Sam (no last name given) Two unnamed astronauts	"Transit of Earth" (1971), short story	Space Administration (NASA?): Olympus, Pegasus	May 1984
	Crew of lander Pegasus stranded on Mars prior to a transit of Earth across the Sun.
John Phillips Mars mission: Brice Randolph, Col. Higgins	The Astronaut (1972), TV movie	Unknown	Near Future
	NASA delays disclosure of death of astronaut on a mission to Mars; another man is surgically altered to deceive the wife and the public.
Walter "Bud" Richardson, Col. (Command Pilot) John "Johnny" Oxenshuer, Capt. Dave Vogel, Maj.	The Feast of St. Dionysus (1972), novella	NASA	c. 1990
	After Richardson and Vogel die in sandstorm on first manned Mars mission, Oxenshuer seeks spiritual enlightenment in California desert. Mars landing in Solis Lacus.
Phoenix One: Tadell Hansard (US) Anoshi Wantanabe (Japan) Bapti Lal Bose (India) Phoenix Two: Feodore Aleksandrovitch Asturnov (Russia) Dirk Welles (UK) Bern Callieux (Pan-European Community of Nations) Space Shuttles: Unnamed US astronauts	The Far Call (1973), serial; (1978), novel	Phoenix Program: Phoenix One Phoenix Two	1983
	International crew of the first manned mission to Mars.
Unnamed astronaut Ben Johnson	"The Mars Stone" (1973), short short story	Zeus 7: MEM	Near Future
	First astronauts on Mars make astonishing discovery.
Jules Fishman, Capt. Unnamed woman	"Ups and Downs" (1973), short story	United States: Mars Project	1993
	Astronaut on first Mars mission finds mysterious woman in his spacecraft.
Albert Michaelson Thorsen, Prof.	Marsman meets the Almighty (1975), novelette	Unknown Ares	Near Future (Viking landings are referred to in the past tense.)
	NASA Exobiologist selected as crew for the first American manned mission to Mars after a remarkable discovery by the first Mars rover in Solis Lacus.
Charles Brubaker, Col. Peter Willis, Lt. Col. John Walker, Cmdr.	Capricorn One (1978), film/novel	Capricorn One (Apollo-like)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts secretly removed from a NASA mission to Mars – aboard a faulty ship – that goes terribly wrong.
Prometheus One: Steve West Mike (Last name not given) McManus (First name not given) Prometheus Two: Three unnamed astronauts	The Incredible Melting Man (1978), novelization	Prometheus Program: Prometheus One Prometheus Two	Near Future
	Crews of the first American manned missions to Mars, attacked by an unknown force once they land.
Galactic II: Randolph Stuart, Capt. Rigby Deems, Lt. Frank Perlman, Lt. Phoebe Swedlow, Cmdr.	Sunstrike (1978), novel	Operation Mars: Galactic I Galactic II	1988
	Flight crew of the first manned US mission to Mars, assigned to a desperate mission to prevent a madman from destroying humanity.
Tom Easton (Commander) Bill Frager Michael McKendrick	Meteor (1979), film/novel	Challenger-2	Near Future
	Astronauts on a spacecraft traveling to Mars that happens to look exactly like Skylab.
Shiraz Mitradati Petra Greenfield Elke Sergi Shai-Lung Taro Leidu, Dr.	"Voices From The Dust" (1980), short story	Unknown	2001
	Astronauts exploring the Valles Marineris who discover something remarkable.
NASA: Ed Christophers Rokby Sylvester Patterson Dwyer (First names not given for the last four US crew) FKA: Mikhail Aleksander Vassili Karklin Anatole Kuznetzov Tchigorin Ilyashenko (First names not given for the last two Russian crew) ESA: Thomas Cavendish Cesare Montuori Kristian Niskanen Axel Lorenz	The Olympus Gambit (1983), novel	Eris (renamed Pallas Athene)	Near Future
	International crew of the first manned mission to Mars.
Neal Braddock, Capt. (US) David Tremayne (US) Andrei Kalsinov, Col. (USSR) Olga Denerenko (USSR) Kurt Steiner, Maj. (GER) Phillipe Berdoux, Dr. (FRA) Dominica Mastrelli (ITA) Guy Sterling (Canada) Pamela Cooper (UK)	Murder in Space (1985), TV movie/novel	Unknown Conestoga Space Shuttle Delta 216	Near Future
	Astronauts and cosmonauts of the International Space Exploration Administration (ISEA) returning from Mars aboard a 'space lab' whose successful mission is suddenly rocked by a series of murders.
Redenbaugh (Commander) Thomas (Landing party commander) Johnboy Woody	"The Gods of Mars" (1986), short story	Plowshare Lander	Future
	NASA astronauts on first manned Mars mission encounter strange alteration of reality. Landing in Chryse Basin.
Shuttlecraft SC37 (NASA Mars mission): Porter, Maj. (Captain) "Doc" (Scientist) Unnamed personnel Shuttlecraft SC37 (L-5 evacuation): Roger Campbell (Computer expert/Acting captain) Adrian Kimberly, Dr. (Science officer) Cal (no last name given) (Security) Billy Lynn, Lt. (Chief Engineer) Sherrie Stevens (Nutritionist) Shuttlecraft SC45: Unnamed personnel L-5: William Hamilton, Col. Mitchell, Lt. Unnamed personnel	Star Crystal (1986), film	Shuttlecraft SC37 Shuttlecraft SC45 L-5 space station	2032
	Rock discovered near crater of Olympus Mons contains crystal computer and alien creature. Five L-5 crewmembers escape station's destruction aboard shuttlecraft.
First International Mars Expedition: Leon Odinga (Nova Africa) (Chief Engineer) Unnamed cosmonauts Second International Mars Expedition: Unnamed cosmonauts	Fire on the Mountain (1988), novel	Pan African Space Administration (P.A.S.A.): First International Mars Expedition Second International Mars Expedition: Lion	1954 (Alternate History) October 1959 (Alternate History)
	In alternate history in which John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 was successful, cosmonaut Leon is killed in EVA accident on Mars flyby mission. Five years later, Lion makes first manned Mars landing.
Nixon Orbital Park: Leroy Johnson (National Park Service) (Station Chief) Mary Poppins: Natasha Alyosha Katerina Ivanovna Kirov (Captain) Bass (no first name given) (Second Officer) Sundiata Cinque Jeffries, M.D. (Third Officer/Chief Medical Officer) Louis "Lou" Glamour, ASC (Cinematographer) Cary "FF" Fonda-Fox IV (Movie Star) Beverly "BG" Glenn (Movie Star) Greetings Brother Buffalo Gentry (Stowaway)	Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), novel	Old Moulmein Pagoda (Columbia-class space shuttle) National Park Service (owned by Disney-Gerber): Nixon Orbital Park Voyager Pictures: Mary Poppins Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (lander)	c. 2020
	First manned Mars mission films motion picture. Landing near Candor Chasm in Valles Marineris canyon system. Bass and Johnson are former NASA astronauts.
Martin Gold, Dr. (Geologist) Mary Elizabeth Allen, Dr. (Physician) Lawrence Thompson, Dr. (Physicist) Young Astronauts: Genshiro "Gen" Akamasu (Japan) Sergei Mikhailovich Chuvakin (Russia) Nathan Long (USA) Karl Muller (Germany) Lanie Rizzo (real name Lanie Johnson) (USA) Noemi Tejas y Velasquez (Venezuela) Alice Frances Thorne (New Zealand) Oh Suk "Suki" Long (Japan) Vikram Singh Kovi Oldjai Dale David Leon	The Young Astronauts (1990), novel	Space Shuttle United Nations To Mars Together program: Nina Pinta Santa Maria	Future
	Teenagers compete for opportunity to help colonize Mars.
Viktor Shevchenko (Soviet Union) Gregory "Greg" Nunn (NASA)	Angel Eyes (1991), novel	Odin-Galaktika II	Contemporary/Near Future
	Aborted first manned flight to Mars. Odin-Galaktika II is launched by SL-17 Energiya with six strap-on boosters.
Dean Irwin, Col. (USAF) (Commander) Clifford Horner, Capt. (US Army) John Merritt, Cmdr. (USN) Valentina Tsarev, Col. (Russia) (Doctor) Hiroshi Kawahito (Japan) (Computer specialist)	"The Message from Mars" (1992), short story	Zeus IV	November 2007 – April 29, 2008
	The crew of the first manned Mars mission mysteriously fail to leave their spacecraft after returning to Earth.
Scott Keller (USA) (Commander) Sakata (Japan) Petrovich Unnamed astronaut	seaQuest DSV Better Than Martians (1994), TV	Space Command: Wayfarer	2018
	When the Wayfarer sinks upon splashdown, seaQuest mounts a rescue mission. Astronauts took Martian core samples from Tharsis Bulge/Olympus Mons.
James (Commander) Henry Pierre Don Geoff (no last names given) Unnamed astronaut	"Homecoming" (1995), short story	NASA: Mars 1	Near Future
	When nuclear engine fails on approach to Mars, unnamed astronaut kills his crewmates in order to stay alive.
Al Wells (Commander) Ed Barkley Pete Claridge, Dr.	The Outer Limits The Voyage Home (1995), TV	American Space Agency (ASA): Mars III	Contemporary/Near Future
	First manned Mars mission is infiltrated by ancient alien species. Barkley was first man on Mars.
First Aerospace Squadron (NASA): Bill Amundsen (Squadron commander) Phobos One: Walter Gander (USA) (Commander) Dmitri Tomasovich (Russia) (No surname given) Three unnamed astronauts (ESA, Japan, China) Mars Five: Walter Gander, Capt. (USA) (Commander) Olga Trigorin (Russia) (Engineer/First Officer) Jason Terence (USA) (Pilot/Second Officer) Narihara "Nari" Nigawa, Ph.D. (Japan) (Mission Specialist) Ilsa Bierlein (ESA) (Mission Specialist) Vassily Chebutykin, Ph.D. (Russia) (Mission Specialist) Dong Te-Hua (China) (Mission Specialist) Paul Fleurant (France) (Mission Specialist) Kireiko Masachi (Japan) (Mission Specialist) Tsen Chou-zung, Dr. (China) (Mission Specialist) Mark Bene (Yankee Clipper return pilot) Dean (No surname given), CAPCOM Mars Five Alpha: Scotty Johnston (USA) (Pilot) Robert Prang (USA) (Sedimentologist) Eight unnamed astronauts (USA, Russia) Korolev Base: Yvana Borges (Base manager) Das "Doc C." Chalashajerian, Dr. Pete Johnson (USA) (Biophysicist) Akira Yamada (Japan) (Meteorologist) Jim Flynn (USA)	Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel	Phobos One: Mars-Earth Return Cycler (MERC) Aldrin Lander (modified Apollo II) Mars Five: Yankee Clipper (SSTO) MarsHab Mars Five Alpha: MERC Aldrin Korolev Base	2018 2033
	On Phobos One mission, Gander and Dmitri make first manned landing on Phobos on December 25, 2018. In 2033, Mars Five and Mars Five Alpha travel to Mars to help excavate alien artifacts near established base in Crater Korolev.
D-prime mission: Adam Bleeker (CDR) Ralph Gershon (Mars Excursion Module Pilot [MMP]) Ares: Philip "Phil" Stone (CDR) Natalie B. York, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist [MSP]) Ralph Gershon (MMP)	Voyage (1996), novel	NASA: D-prime mission: Apollo CSM (New Jersey) Mars Excursion Module (MEM) 009 (Iowa) Ares: Apollo CSM (Discovery) Mission Module (Endeavor [sic]) MEM (Challenger)	August 1984 (Alternate History) March 21, 1985 – November 6, 1986 (Alternate History)
	In alternate history, D-prime mission is test flight of Mars lander (MEM) in Earth orbit. Ares flies first manned Mars mission (with Venus flyby for gravity assist); landing at Mangala Vallis in March 1986.
Mars Probe: Grosvenor Guest (no first names given) Mars Probe 13: Alexander "Lex" Christian (Space Defence Division) (Commander) Albert Fitzwilliam Madeline Goodfellow Mars 97: Richard Michaels, Capt. (Commander) Andi McCray Bob Haigh Claudia (no last name given) Campbell Singh McGowan Lewis (no first names given for last four)	Doctor Who The Dying Days (1997), novel	Mars Probe Project (UK) Mars 97 (Mars Orbiter/Mars Lander) (UK)	1970s/1980s May 1997
	Christian, accused of murdering Fitzwilliam and Goodfellow after Mars Probe 13's departure from Mars, escapes in May 1997 after 20 years' imprisonment. At the same time, Mars 97 mission to Mare Sirenum runs into trouble. Grosvenor and Guest made first manned Mars landing at bottom of Olympus Mons during earlier Mars Probe Project.
Mars Voyager: Boris Brodsky (Russia) (Commander) Martin A. Chadwick (USA) (Geologist) Chou Lin (China) (Physicist) Georgi Maladev (Russia) (Pilot/Navigator) Adam J. Thompson (USA) Jeffery Walker, Dr. (Great Britain) (Microbiologist/Physician) Kishi Yamoto (Japan) (Electronics specialist) Celeste: Adam Thompson (USA) (Commander) Louis Alvarez (Spain) (Pilot) Matthew C. "Matt" Duncan, Prof. (Canada) (Linguist) Erica Williams Duncan (USA) (Registered Nurse) Brian T. Hawkins (Great Britain) (Physicist) Sanjay Kanti (India) (Electrical engineer) Valeri Karamov (Russia) (Pilot) Frank Manzoni (Italy) (Physicist) Carlos Niemeyer (Brazil) (Communications/computer specialist) Marina Selveg (Russia)(Microbiologist/Physician) Henri Talon (France) (Computer specialist) Sato Tanaka (USA) (Communications) Copernicus: Frank Morgan (Pilot) Samantha Jackson (Copilot) Lunar Colony: Donald T. Hartman (Director) Irene Hartman 26 unnamed personnel	The Face on Mars (1997), novel	Space Station Prometheus Mars Voyager Explorer (lander) Celeste (refitted Mars Voyager) Questor (lander) Lunar shuttle Copernicus Lunar Colony	2040 2044
	The first two manned missions to Mars investigate the mysterious "Cydonia Face", but the second expedition must combat violence from within. First landing near southeast corner of Acidalia Planitia; second landing closer to Face.
Gary Hackman (Computer specialist) Gordon A. Peacock (Computer specialist) Aries: William "Wild Bill" Overbeck (Commander) Julie Ford (Mission Specialist/Geologist) Fred Z. Randall (Computer specialist)	RocketMan (1997), film	NASA: MTS-1 Aries Pilgrim One (lander)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Geeky computer genius Randall is last-minute replacement for Hackman on first manned Mars mission; Peacock is potential alternate replacement. Landing at Planitia Base near Valles Marineris.
Patrick Ross, Cmdr. (Captain) Dennis Gamble Anne "Annie" Sampas	Species II (1998), film	National Space Exploration [?] (N.S.E.G.): Excursion (incorporates space shuttle) Lander (Eagle?)	Near Future
	Ross, the first man on Mars, and Sampas are infected by alien DNA from Martian soil sample.
Lia Poirier (Sagan Commander [Mars]) John Rank (Sagan Commander [Flight]) Andrea Singer (Mission Chemist) Bill Malone (Mission Architect) Sergei Andropov (Mission Biogeochemist)	Escape from Mars (1999), TV movie	International Mars Venture (IMV): Sagan	2015
	Two-and-a-half year mission funded by private consortium.
NASA: Robbie "Robbs" Barth Mars Consortium: Katherine Molina (Pilot) Venture: Viktor Nelyubov (Commander) Marc Bryant (Pilot/Geologist) Julia "Jules" Barth (Biologist/Medical Officer) Raoul Molina (Mechanic) Valkyrie: Claudine Jesum (France) (Commander/Medic) Gerda Braun (Germany) (Engineer) Lee Chen, Dr. (Exobiologist)	The Martian Race (1999), novel	Mars Consortium: Venture (Mars Landing-Habitat Module [Hab]) Airbus Group: Valkyrie NASA: Earth Return Vehicle (ERV)	February 20, 2016 – March 14, 2018
	NASA and ESA astronauts transfer to private companies competing for $30 billion Mars Prize. Consortium crew makes first manned landing on August 9, 2016, in Gusev Crater.
John Mark Kelly, Lt. Rose Kumagawa Andrei Novakovich	Star Trek: Voyager One Small Step (1999), TV	Ares IV	2032
	NASA astronauts on an early mission to Mars.
Jesus do Sul: João Fernando Conselheiro, Ph.D. (Commander) Unnamed Brazilian astronaut Agamemnon/Ulysses: Seven unnamed astronauts Don Quijote: John Radkowski (USAF) (Commander) Tanisha Yvonne "Tana" Jackson, M.D./Ph.D. (Medical officer/biologist) Ryan Martin (Canada) (Systems engineer) Chamlong "Cham" Limpigomolchai, Ph.D. (Thailand) (Geologist) Estrela Carolina Conselheiro (Brazil) (Geologist) Brandon Weber (impersonating Trevor Whitman) (Passenger)	Mars Crossing (2000), novel	Brazil: Jesus do Sul NASA: Agamemnon Ulysses (Mars Return Launch Module) Butterfly (Mars airplane) Don Quijote Dulcinea (Mars Return Launch Module)	2020 2022 2028
	First three expeditions to Mars, the first two of which result in loss of all crew. Jesus do Sul lands at Martian north pole; Agamemnon lands on eastern rim of Acidalia Planitia; Don Quijote lands on edge of Felis Dorsa. Whitman wins contest for slot on third expedition.
Luke Graham Renée Coté Nicholas Willis Sergei Kirov Woodrow "Woody" Blake Jim McConnell Terri Fisher Phil Ohlmyer	Mission to Mars (2000), film	Unknown	c. 2020
	NASA astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars and a follow-up mission to rescue them.
Lee Forbes, Cmdr. Susan Roberts Tanya Webster Paul Webster	Doctor Who Red Dawn (2000), audio play	Ares One	2000s
	Crew of privately funded NASA mission. Tanya turns out to be part-Martian.
Kate Bowman, Cmdr. (USN) Quinn Burchenal, Dr. Bud Chantilas, Dr. Robby Gallagher Chip Pettengil Ted Santen, Lt.	Red Planet (2000), film	Mars-1	2057
	Commercially sponsored crew investigates reported oxygen reduction of automated terraforming of Mars. Solar flare complicates mission and landing crew are at mercy of rogue robot.
NASA: Susan Dillard (Scientist) Ares 7/10: Kennedy "Hampster" Hampton (USN) (CDR) Alexis "Lex" Ohta, Ph.D. (USAF) (PLT) Valerie "Valkerie" Jansen, M.D., Ph.D. (MS1) Bob "Kaggo" Kaganovski, Ph.D. (MS2) Joshua "Josh" Bennett, CAPCOM/Flight Director	Oxygen (2001), The Fifth Man (2002), novels	NASA: Ares 7/10: Mars Habitation Module (Hab) Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) Earth Return Vehicle (ERV) / Earth Landing Capsule (ELC)	August 14, 2012 – July 4, 2014 (Oxygen) March 16 – May 9, 2015 (The Fifth Man)
	When first manned mission to Mars sustains explosion en route, suspicion runs rampant among the crew that one of them is a saboteur. Launch on January 25, 2014; landing on July 3, 2014 at 30°S 95°E / -30; 95. Eight months later, crew confronts possibility of infection by Martian pathogen.
Andre Vishniac (Captain) Susana "Susan" Sánchez (Pilot/Second-in-command) Luca Baglioni (Engineer) Jenny "Jen" Johnson (Physician) Fidel Rodrigo (Astrobiologist) Herbert "Herb" Sagan (Geologist) Lowell (no first name given) (remains on Ares)	Stranded (2001), film	NASA/JPL/LMA/ESA: Ares Mission: Ares (orbital module) Bello (descent module)	2020
	Crew of first manned Mars mission is stranded after descent module crash-lands near Martian equator and Valles Marineris. Sagan is first man on Mars.
McCarthy (USAF) (Commander) Jeffries Sally "Sal" Spirek (USAF) (Medic/Scientist) Ed Enright, Ph.D. (Geologist)	"Ulla, Ulla" (2002), short story	NASA: Fortitude	2019 – 2022
	First manned mission to Mars discovers strangely familiar technology from extinct civilization. McCarthy and Jeffries took part in return Moon mission in 2015. Mars landing on September 2, 2020, in Amazonis Planitia.
Nelson Barnes, Capt. (USAF) Three unnamed astronauts	John Doe Illegal Alien (2003), TV	United States Air Force: Mars Habitat One (Experimental)	February 3 – 7, 2003
	Astronaut testing technology for potential Mars mission staggers out of woods and is shot by teenager.
Asaph Hall: Don Lawson Sasim Remtulla Percival Lowell: Chuck Zakarian (Commander) Unnamed astronauts	"Mikeys" (2004), short story	NASA: Asaph Hall/Mike Collins Station Percival Lowell	c. 2039
	Arriving on Deimos ahead of planned Mars landing by Percival Lowell, Lawson and Remtulla make major discovery.
Ares I: Ritter (Captain) (No first name given) Boris Ivanov (Pilot) Jeanne Monier (Engineering Physicist) Roel van Dijk (Planetary Physicist) Mars Trailblazer I: Poul Eriksen, Col. (AFSPC) (Captain) Jacques "Jack" Boutillier, Maj. (USMC Space Division) (Pilot) Linde Hoerter (Planetary atmosphere specialist) Nobuo Okita (Japan) (Nuclear Physicist/Engineer)	"Orbital Base Fear" (2004), short story	Consortium (NASA, ESA, Russian Federation, Japan): Mars Expedition I Consortium (ESA, Russian Federation): Ares I NASA/Air Force Space Command/Japan: Mars Trailblazer I/Orbital Base Phobos Valkyrie (landing shuttle)	Future
	Seven years after failure of Mars Expedition I, Consortium and US crews race to be first on Mars. Trailblazer lands on Phobos near Stickney Crater.
Tom Houst	Tom on Mars (2005), short film	The Agency: Delta II	2049 – 2054
	After traveling to Mars alone on second manned Mars mission, Houst is told that his girlfriend on Earth never existed.
Sly Delta Honey	The Sea of Perdition (2006), short film	Mars Expedition	Future
	Cosmonaut separated from expedition encounters strange creature on Mars.
Glenn Hartwell (US) (Administrator) (International Space Development Agency) Max "Bull" Teller, Dr. (US/ISDA) (CAPCOM) Project Olympus: Richard "Rick" Erwin, Capt. (USN/ISDA) (Mission Commander) Mikhail Cerenkov, Maj. (Russian Air Force/ISDA) (Mission Pilot) Antoine Hébert, Dr. (EU - France/ISDA) (Mission Specialist - Flight Engineer [Nuclear Propulsion]) Jacqueline "Jackie" Decelles, Dr. (Canada/ISDA) (Mission Specialist - Robotics Engineer) Lucia Alarcon, Maj. (M.D.) (USAF/ISDA) (Mission Specialist - Flight Surgeon) Hiromi Okuda, Dr. (Japan/ISDA) (Mission Specialist - Astrobiologist)	Race to Mars (2007), TV	International Mars Partnership (IMP) Project Olympus: Shirase (Cargo Vehicle) Atlantis (MarsHab) Gagarin (Mars Ascent/Descent Vehicle) Terra Nova (Mars Transit Vehicle) Columbia (Earth Return Capsule)	September 12, 2026 – August 31, 2031
	International crew racing Chinese to find water and life on Mars. Hartwell commanded first mission back to Moon; Erwin previously traveled to the Moon. Departure from Earth orbit on January 26, 2030; Mars landing on December 22, 2030 in Dao Vallis; return to Earth on August 31, 2031. Terra Nova is propelled by nuclear thermal rockets.
Barsoom Express: Jerry Beaden (USN) Tsiolkovski: Nathan Nesius (Captain) Carroway, Dr. (Physician) (no first name given) Michael Carroll Unnamed French geologist ISS: Makarov, Col. (Russia) (no first name given) Unnamed personnel	"Cathedral" (2009), novelette	NASA: Barsoom Express Tsiolkovski (aka Tsio) International Space Station Soyuz	Near Future
	Beaden fakes oxygen leak on Martian flyby mission to force landing on Mars and launch of rescue mission, kick-starting human exploration of Mars. Landing west of Olympus Mons.
Zeus: Mike Goss (Mission Commander) Calliope: Ted Shaw Maddux Donner Sharon Lewis Jeff Walker	Defying Gravity (2009), TV	International Space Organization (ISO) Mars 2042: Zeus Calliope (Mars lander)	2042
	Calliope lands in Gusev Crater (at 14.6°S 173.5°E / -14.6; 173.5) with secret goal of recovering alien artifact. Walker becomes first human on Mars, but Shaw and Donner are forced to leave Lewis and Walker behind on surface due to dust storm.
Adelaide Brooke, Cmdr. Ed Gold Tarak Ital Andy Stone Margaret Cain Mia Bennett Yuri Kerenski Steffi Ehrlich Roman Groom	Doctor Who The Waters of Mars (2009), TV	Apollo 34 Bowie Base One	November 21, 2059
	First humans on Mars (contradicting earlier Doctor Who stories), menaced by a water-based Martian life-form and destined by history to die. Base located in Gusev Crater.
Annie Norris, Col. (Commander) Tom Tyler, Maj. Sam Tyler Ray Carling Chris Skelton	Life on Mars Life is a Rock (2009), TV	Aries Project: Hyde 1-2-5	2035
	Crew travels to Mars in suspended animation, using "neural-stims" to keep brains occupied; as a result, Sam Tyler believes he is time-traveling NYPD detective.
NASA: Mitchell Dodd (Scientist) Ares: Christopher Eugene "Chris" Burke, Capt. (USAF) (Commander) Trisha "Trish" Merriday (USMC) (First Officer) Terry Kessler (Command Module Pilot) Owen "Beech" Beechum (Mission Specialist)	Offworld (2009), novel	Ares	2031 – 2033
	NASA astronauts return from first manned Mars mission to find Earth deserted.
NASA: Norman Backus (Pilot) Roseanne Kim (Scientist) Denny (no last name given) Excelsior: James "Jim" Rose, Capt. (Commander/Pilot) Jed Richards, Col. (First Officer) José Rodrigues (Science Officer) Geronimo: Steve Watanabe, Lt. (Pilot) Abu Jmil (First Officer) Deborah "Debbie" Quartz (Science Officer) Pequod: Brandon Lepper, Capt. (Pilot/Science Officer) Laurie Corelli, Capt. (First Officer) Arnold "Arnie" Gilmore, Dr. (Chief Medical Officer)	The Four Fingers of Death (2010), novel	NASA: Excelsior Geronimo Pequod Earth Return Vehicle (ERV)	September 30, 2025 – October 2026
	Small-time writer Montese Crandall novelizes remake of 1963 film The Crawling Hand (q.v.), adding back-story of first manned Mars mission finding flesh-eating bacteria on Mars. Landing near Valles Marineris.
Perry Scott, Cmdr.	The Planeteer (2010), short film	NASA: Horizon I	April 22 – 25, 2010
	Two-time space shuttle commander Scott helps eleven-year-old locate missing crew of first manned Mars mission.
Kim Yeun-ja (Korea) (Painter/Citizen-Astronaut) Kasei 18: Lynne Ann Morse (Flanders?) (Commander/Climatologist) Kabir Abuja (Nigeria) (Engineer) Audra Miskinis (Lithuania) (Paleobiologist) Gary Shu (Newsblogger/Citizen-Astronaut) Expedition 18: Nam Dae-jung (Korea) (Commander/Geochemist) Suma Handini (Pakistan) (Engineer) Li Huang (China) (Climatologist) Three unnamed astronauts	"Citizen-Astronaut" (2011), short story	United Nations Space Agency (UNSA): Kasei 18 Expedition 18	Future
	Shu replaces the injured Kim as the first Citizen-Astronaut to travel to Mars.
Tom (Captain) Chandra (Medical Officer) Archie Paolo Rajuk (no last names given) Zoë Morrison, Dr. (Astrobotanist)	"Goodnight Moons" (2011), short story	NASA: Conestoga Sacagawea (return vehicle)	Near Future
	Forty days into first manned Mars mission, Morrison learns that she is pregnant.
Unnamed astronaut	Last Flight (2011), short film	Unknown	2038
	Lone survivor of Mars Base during nuclear war on Earth walks through Sinai Dorsa and Noctis Labyrinthus.
Two unnamed astronauts	Mars (2011), short film	Eleanor (Unnamed fictional country) Unnamed lander (Unnamed fictional country)	Future
	Astronauts from different countries make first Mars landings nearly simultaneously.
Fire Star: Wen Xiang (China) (Commander) Cooper Jackson (USA) (Flight Surgeon) Julie Davis (USA) (Biologist) Victoria Orlova, Prof. (Russia) (Astrophysicist) Junior Astronauts: Nicolas "Nico" Moreau (France) Aneesa Malik (India) Unnamed junior astronaut Mars Base I: Oscar Schweiger (Chief Mars Settlement Officer) Ivan (Scientist) Helena (Scientist) Gene (Staff engineer) Unnamed staff	Mars: You Decide How to Survive! (2011), gamebook	Fire Star Mars Base I	Near Future
	Junior astronauts join mission to prepare Mars Base I for permanent colonists. Mars Base I located near Valles Marineris and Arsia Mons.
Zoe Barnes (Captain) Emma Turk, Cmdr. (First Officer) Emit Barnes, Dr. (Scientist) Rogers, Nurse (no first name given) Isaiah Khan Raj Sam (no last names given) Unnamed astronauts	D.O.G.S. of Mars (2012), graphic novel	Department of Global Surveyors (D.O.G.S.): Mars Base Bowie	Future
	Astronauts on mission to terraform Mars are attacked by nocturnal Martian creatures.
Project Emergence: Bahe, Gen. (Navajo Nation) P. Clarke (Corporate Official) Unnamed guard Emergence: Tazbah Redhouse, Cdr. (Pilot) (Navajo Nation) Tobias Smith, Dr. (Omnicorn Corporation)	Futurestates The 6th World: An Origin Story (2012), TV	International Space Station Project Emergence: Emergence	Future
	First mission to colonize Mars uses genetically engineered corn. Gen. Bahe is an experienced astronaut.
NASA: Elma York, Dr.	The Lady Astronaut of Mars (2012), novelette "Rockets Red" (2015), short story	First Mars Expedition Longevity Mission	1952 – 1954 / 1980s (Alternate History) 1974 (Alternate History)
	In alternate history in which asteroid struck Washington, D.C., in mid-20th century, York took part in First Mars Expedition in 1952. Thirty years later, she is chosen for Longevity Mission to exoplanet LS-579.
J.T. (Canada) (no last name given)	Man On Mars (2012), short film	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronaut launching for 506-day mission to Mars.
Jeff (Scotland) Two unnamed astronauts	Phone Home (2012), short film	NASA	Future
	Astronaut calls his wife from Mars.
Campbell (Commander) (no first name given) Craig Rowe (Pilot/Second-in-command) Amy DeLuca (Lander pilot) Tom Barischoff (Chief Engineer) Kristen Bradfield Ed Carradine Fumi Mashimo (Palaeobiologist) Chris Mendenhall Claire O'Brian (Geophysicist) Aaron Rhodes Lori Childs Rowe (Senior Planetary Scientist/Ice Miner/Engineer's Mate/Assistant Astrogator) Beth Young Diana Cosatti Frank Cosatti Unnamed astronaut	"Taking the High Road" (2012), short story	NASA: Liberty Mars Lander	April 12, 2037 – June 24, 2062
	Mars-bound crew facing death due to fuel farm explosion on Mars changes course to match orbit with comet 10P/Tempel.
Lisa	Animation Domination High-Def The Dumbest Girl on Mars (2013), TV	NASA	Future
	Astronaut sent to establish Mars base stupidly takes off her helmet.
Unnamed Mission Commander Three unnamed astronauts	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies (2013), picture book	NASA	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts discover "thick, glutinous substance" falling from the sky on Mars.
Bradley Emerson Elliott, Maj.	The Eye With Which The Universe Beholds Itself (2013), novella	Repurposed Skylab as transfer vehicle, with LM for the surface landing	1979 (Alternate History)
	Mission to Mars based on RR Titus's Flyby-Landing Excursion Module proposal of 1966.
Weber, Capt. (USMC) (no first name given) Ernesto Suarez	"The Lamplighter Legacy" (2013), short story	Unknown	September 15, 2021 / September 15, 2081
	Weber serves as technical advisor for billionaire James Lamplighter's launch of self-replicating 3D printer to asteroid 4660 Nereus, where it builds technology for Mars mission. Teenage blogger Suarez later travels to Nereus; his family later settles on Mars.
Tantalus base: Charles Brunel (Canada) (Commander) Kim Aldrich (UK) (Geologist) Vincent "Vince" Campbell (USA) (Chief Systems Officer) Lauren Dalby (UK) (Medic) Richard "Harry" Harrington (UK) (Communications) Robert Irwin (UK) Rebecca Lane (UK) (Biochemist) Marko Petrovic (Serbia) Aurora relief team: Unnamed astronauts	The Last Days on Mars (2013), film	International Space Commission (ISC): Aurora Mars Mission 2: Aurora Tantalus base Aurora lander	Future
	Martian explorers discover life, with disastrous results.
Unnamed commander Three unnamed astronauts	Mousetronaut Goes to Mars (2013), picture book	NASA: Galaxy Rocket Mars landing craft	Near Future
	Mouse named Meteor becomes first Earthling on Mars after landing craft engine fails, preventing human crew from landing. Sequel to Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (q.v.).
Kirk "Andy" Anderson (Pilot) Orbital Seven: Drew Bantry (Commander) Kristen Zhang Unnamed personnel	"The Promise of Space" (2013), short story	Spaceways: Unknown (Mars missions) Orbital Seven	c. 2030s – June 2051
	Anderson, the first man on Phobos and veteran of two Mars missions, develops Alzheimer's-like symptoms after flying rescue mission to Orbital Seven during solar flare.
Samuel Michaels, Capt. (Commander)	Among the Stars (2014), short film	Artemis-939	Future
	Sole survivor of mission to establish life on Mars records final message in escape pod.
Unnamed astronaut	Delivery from Earth (2014), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut from Gallup, New Mexico is first person to give birth on Mars.
Diomedes 1: Mark Allen (Mission Commander) Daniel "Dan" Pryor (Biosystems Engineer) Emily Turner (Mars Module Pilot)	Delta-V (2014), short film	NASA: Project Diomedes	Near Future
	Former space shuttle commander Allen is offered one-way flight to Mars.
Shuttle 1: Phil Miller (Pilot) Steven Drake, Dr.	Last Sunrise (2014), short film	Micronesia Unilateral Space Fund (MUSF): RedThesis (Mars colony) Shuttle 1 Shuttle 2 Phobos Base Control Center	Near Future
	Astronaut from colony featured in reality TV show is running out of oxygen on Martian surface. Colony located in Hellas Planitia.
Gloria "Glory Hallelujah" Hazeltine (Mission Commander) Ernie Roebuck (Chief Communications Engineer) Unnamed lead biologist Unnamed astronauts Excursion 3 (E-3): Patrick "Pat" O'Connor (Team Leader) Jacob "Jake" Bernstein (Geologist) Rashid Faiyum (Geologist)	"Mars Farts" (2014), short story	Unknown	Late 21st century (after 2076)
	After meteor shower, Excursion 3 team is stranded near Viking 2 landing site in Utopia Planitia. Mission base at Tithonium Chasma; Excursion 1 site near Olympus Mons.
Melissa Lewis (Commander/Geologist) Rick Martinez, Maj. (Pilot) Chris Beck, Dr. (Physician/Biologist/EVA Specialist) Beth Johanssen (Sysop/Reactor Tech) Alex Vogel (Germany/European Union) (Chemist/Navigator) Mark Richard Watney, Ph.D. (Botanist/Mechanical Engineer)	The Martian (2014), novel; The Martian (2015), film	NASA: Ares 3: Hermes Mars Descent Vehicle (MDV) Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV)	2035
	Sandstorm forces crew to evacuate landing site in Acidalia Planitia, leaving Watney, who is erroneously believed dead, stranded on Mars. In film Martinez is also member of Ares V crew.
Bart Saxby (NASA chief administrator) Nathan "Nate" Brice (Flight Director) Arrow: Benson "Bee" Benson (Canada) (Command Pilot) Ted Connover, Ph.D. (USAF) (Pilot) Catherine Clermont, Dr. (France) (Geologist) Virginia "Jinny" Gonzalez (Communications Specialist) Amanda "Mandy" Lynn (USA) (Biologist) Hiram "Hi" McPherson (Geologist) Taki Nomura, Dr. (Japan) (Physician/Psychologist) Mikhail "Mike" Prokhorov (Russia) (Meteorologist)	Rescue Mode (2014), novel	NASA: Arrow Hercules (Mars lander) Fermi (unmanned lander/surface habitation module)	August 2032 – December 2035
	First manned Mars mission is imperiled by meteoroid impact. Saxby and Brice are former astronauts; Connover is an ISS and International Moon Base veteran. Launch from Earth orbit on April 5, 2035; landing on November 5, 2035, in Elysium Planitia.
Ned Crater (Commander) Flo Comet (Engineer) Alex Nova (Lander Pilot) Izzy Stardust (Science Officer) Lem Cosmos (Engineer)	Space Quest: Mission to Mars (2014), picture book	Space Quest: Unnamed rocket Ramesses Memphis (Mars lander)	2050
	Astronauts land on Mars as first stage of mission to explore Solar System. Landing near Valles Marineris.
Unnamed commander Tom Richwood, Sgt. Maj. (Pilot/Systems Engineering Specialist) Rusham Haroun, Dr. (Bioscience Officer) Angela Olvera Mikhail Dankov	Castle The Wrong Stuff (2015), TV	Mars 2018 Project: Tenzing Norgay (simulator)	Contemporary
	Navy and NASA veteran Richwood is murdered during simulation of privately funded mission to Martian northern lowlands.
Samuel Ko	"The Drones" (2015), short short story	Unknown	Future
	First man on Mars arrives in shelter built by insect-like drones.
T. Rymann S. Hartley	Mars 299 792 458 m s 1 (2015), short film	France	December 9, 2034
	Chaotic situation on Mars.
Ed (no last name given)	MARS-3 (2015), short film	Mars X	December 2, 1971 / 2038
	Astronaut seeking to recover data from Soviet Mars 3 lander in Ptolemaeus Crater.
Taylor Richards (Orbiter pilot) "Hud" Hudson Bowman	Red Mission (2015), short film	Mars Red II (Recon Orbiter/Lander)	July 19, 2053
	After Hudson and Bowman make first manned landing on Mars, all three astronauts are abducted and placed in artificial Earth-like environment.
Anuli (NASA) (M1) Gil (ISSM)	Red Pearl (2015), short film	Orion International Space Station Mars (ISSM) Mars habitat	2040
	US astronaut who grew up in Nigeria explores rim of Victoria Crater. Space station is similar to ISS, but in Martian orbit.
Phoenix: Karie Chen (Commander) Unnamed pilot Three unnamed scientists Pilgrim 2: Daniel "Danny" Chen Four unnamed astronauts Pilgrim 3: Karie Chen Jonah Brennerman James "Jim" Krueger Treva Hilgar	"Tribute" (2015), short story	NASA: Phoenix Pilgrim 1 (Mars habitat) Pilgrim 2 Nova Branson Corporation: Pilgrim 3	c. 2050
	Deaths of Pilgrim 2 crew end manned spaceflight by NASA; Daniel Chen's sister Karie follows him to Mars on privately funded mission. Karie Chen previously commanded Phoenix mission to asteroid placed in lunar orbit. Krueger and Hilgar are former NASA astronauts.
Zephyr: William D. Stanaforth, Capt. Boreas: Emily Maddox, Capt. Endurance: Worsley (Captain) Greenstreet (no first names given)	Approaching the Unknown (2016), film	Romulus Mission: Zephyr Boreas Endurance (space station)	Near Future
	Astronauts on one-way trip to Mars in separate spacecraft.
European Space Programme: Angelo Chavez (US) Marlon Habila, Dr. (Nigeria) New Dawn: Toby Soyinka (Second communications officer) (UK) Unnamed astronauts Second Wind: Vinnie Cameron Zhanna Sorokina Ken Toh Jocelyn Tooker	The Art of Space Travel (2016), novelette	European Space Programme: New Dawn Hoffnung 3 (space station) Second Wind	2047 c. 2077
	New Dawn, launched for Mars in June 2047, exploded, killing its crew. Thirty years later, Second Wind crew prepares for second attempted Mars mission.
Ben Sawyer (Mission Commander/Systems Engineer) (US) Hana Seung (Mission Pilot/Systems Engineer) (US) Marta Kamen (Geologist/Exobiologist) (Russia) Robert Foucault, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineer/Roboticist) (Nigeria) Javier Delgado (Hydrologist/Geochemist) (Spain) Amelie Durand (Mission Physician/Biochemist) (France)	Mars (2016), TV	Daedalus	2033
	Mission to establish first colony on Mars. Sawyer and Seung are NASA veterans.
Achilles: Lee Maynard, Lt Col. (Commander) Emma Grant Ares 5: Francois (no last names given) Shiela (no last names given) 4 unnamed astronauts	"Steel Eye" (2016), short story	Ares Program: Ares 4 Achilles Ares 5 Equinox (Mars habitat)	Near Future
	NASA astronauts on the first manned orbital mission to Mars, who find themselves faced with an agonizing choice when the engine that was supposed to allow their return to Earth fails.
Theresa Clarke, Capt. (Canada) (Commander) Dominique Henry, Dr. (OG-GYN) (US) Li Rong, Dr. (China) (Planetologist) Laima Miškinis (Lithuania) Renata Romero (Mexico) Seven unnamed astronauts Aloysius Koch	Women Are from Mars (2016), web series	The SisterShip Mars Colonizing Mission: Deja Thoris [sic]	Near Future ("Stardate 7.3")
	12-woman crew (six scientists, six civilians) on one-way trip to colonize Mars. Clarke is an experienced astronaut.
Kate Winship (Geologist) Ryan Svetlana Dave (no last names given) Two unnamed astronauts	"Feldspar" (2017), short story	NASA: Eos	Future
	First manned landing on Mars; Eos Base Camp established in mouth of Valles Marineris. Winship is injured near mouth of Maja Vallas on excursion to Chryse Planitia; Earth-based rover operator comes to her aid, guiding her to shelter near Dromore crater.
MarsNOW: Sergei Kuznetzov (Russia) (Co-Commander) Helen Kane (US) (Co-Commander) Yoshihiro "Yoshi" Tanaka (JAXA) (Co-Commander) Backup crew: Dev Patek (US) Nora (US) Ty (US) (no last names given for last two) Weilai 3: Yu Chen Meifeng Guo He Liu Mingli Sheng	The Wanderers (2017), novel	Prime Space MarsNOW: Eidolon (mission simulation) Primitus (Earth-to-Mars vehicle) Red Dawn (Earth Return Vehicle) Red Dawn II (contingency ERV) CNSA: Weilai 3	Near Future
	Astronauts undertake 17-month simulated Mars mission for private company; simulated landing near Arsia Mons. Meanwhile, Weilai 3 crew die in cockpit fire on way to Moon. All three members of MarsNOW prime crew are ISS veterans; Tanaka and former ISS commander Kuznetzov are NEEMO veterans. Former NASA astronaut Kane flew with cosmonaut named Yusef on her second ISS mission.

Jupiter

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
K. "Fuj" Fuji (Japan) F. Glenn (USA)	Invasion of Astro-Monster (a.k.a. Monster Zero) (1965), film	World Space Agency (WSA): Spaceship P-1	196X [sic]
	Astronauts on mission to "Planet X", newly discovered satellite of Jupiter.
Bramley, Capt. Weeke (F/O) Rand, Cmdr. 38 unnamed astronauts	Plague from Space (1965), novel	Pericles	Near Future?
	Crew of the first mission to land on Jupiter. The sole survivor returns to Earth carrying a deadly disease. Revised as The Jupiter Plague (1982).
David "Dave" Bowman, Dr. (Commander) Frank Poole, Dr. (Co-Pilot) Charles Hunter, Dr. Jack R. Kimball, Dr. Victor F. Kaminsky, Dr.	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), film/novel	National Council of Astronautics (US): Discovery One	1999 – 2001
	Astronauts on a mission to find an alien artifact near Jupiter (on Iapetus in the book, and Kimball was renamed Whitehead).
Guy Crayford, Cmdr.	Doctor Who The Android Invasion (1975), TV	XK-5 Space Raider	Contemporary/Near Future
	UK Senior Space Defence astronaut vanished, presumed dead, on Jupiter mission. Saved by Kraal alien race who use him in their plans for invasion of Earth.
Alexei Leonov: Tanya Kirbuk (Soviet Air Force) (Commander) Vladimir Rudenko Vasili Orlov, Dr. Maxim "Max" Brailovsky Irina Yakunina Heywood R. Floyd, Dr. R. Chandra, Dr. Walter Curnow, Dr. (Engineer) Tsien: Chang, Professor (First name not given) Lee, Dr. (First name not given) Three unnamed astronauts	2010: Odyssey Two (1982), novel 2010 (1984), film	Alexei Leonov Tsien (China)	2010
	Astronauts on a follow-up mission to Jupiter to investigate the loss of Discovery One. Tsien makes disastrous first manned landing on Europa.
Amity: Mac McGuire Marjorie "Marj" Aubuchon (Surgeon) Ed Iseminger Greenswallow: Herman Selma (Mission commander) Catherine "Cathie" Perth (Journalist) Rob Sawyer Tolstoi: Victor Landolfi Esther Crowley Unnamed astronaut Catherine Perth: Ed Iseminger Unnamed crew	Promises to Keep (1984), short story	The Program: Amity Greenswallow Tolstoi (three Athena vehicles) Catherine Perth	Future (December)
	Expedition to Jovian system in three linked vehicles. Catherine Perth, equipped with fusion engine, is built for rescue mission to be launched six years later. Frank Steinitz is named as commander of first Saturn expedition aboard five Athena vehicles (including Amity, Greenswallow and Tolstoi) fifteen years earlier.
Jacob Hols Juliet "Julie" Burton Martha Kivelsen	The Very Pulse of The Machine (1998), short story	First Galilean Satellites Exploratory Mission	Future (Late 21st century?)
	First manned landing on Io leads to major discoveries and tragedy. Landing site near Daedalus.
Hachirota Hoshino Werner Locksmith Hakim Ashmead Kho Cheng-Shin Goro Hoshino	Planetes (2003), anime	Von Braun	2075
	First manned space mission to Jupiter.
Matthew David "Matt" (Commander) (no last name given) Kara Elizabeth (Exobiologist) (no last name given) Jeff "Wink" Winkermann	The Constellation of Sylvie (2005), novel	NASA: Heartland (CSM/LEM)	Near Future (2032 – 2040?)
	First manned mission to Jupiter gathers ice containing biomorphing microbes from Jovian moon, causing crew to revert to childhood. Landing near Mount Pwyll.
Kim Kronotska, Cmdr. Tom Braudy Samuel (no last name given)	Doctor Who Memory Lane (2006), audio play	Led Zeppelin IV	2010s (?)
	Commonwealth Space Programme mission to Jupiter that goes wrong.
Michael Forrest (Commander/Pilot) Nathaniel "Nathan" Miller (Biologist/Geologist/Oceanographer/Doctor)	Astronaut: The Last Push (2012), film	Moffitt Industries: Life One "Little Ahab" (submersible)	2017 – 2022
	Mission to Europa with Venus gravity assist goes wrong when micrometeoroid strikes spacecraft.
Dun "William" Xu (Commander) Rosa Dasque (Pilot/Archivist) Daniel "Dan" Luxembourg, Dr. (Chief Science Officer) Katya Petrovna, Dr. (Science Officer) Andrei Blok (Chief Engineer) James Corrigan (Engineer)	Europa Report (2013), film	Europa Ventures: Europa One	Near Future
	First manned mission to Europa discovers life under the ice. Landing in Conamara Chaos, near Thera Macula and Thrace Macula.
Unnamed astronaut	Voice Over (2013), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut trying to reach oxygen supply after crash landing, possibly on one of Jupiter's moons.
Gordon Harper, Ph.D. (Commander) (USAF) Tal (Pilot/Physicist) Nisha T. Devi (Engineer) (India) Ivanov (Astrogeologist/Physician) (Russia) "Sully" Sullivan, Ph.D. (Mission Specialist) Thebes (Engineer) (South Africa)	Good Morning, Midnight (2016), novel	Shuttle Aether Landing modules International Space Station Soyuz	Future (21st century)
	Astronauts returning to Earth from Jupiter after losing contact with Mission Control; made landings on Ganymede and Callisto. Harper and Sullivan are ISS veterans; Harper holds world record for greatest number of spaceflights.

Saturn

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Renaissance: Shaun Geoffrey Christopher (a.k.a. Sean Geoffrey, Sean Jeffrey, Sean Jeoffrey), Col. (Commander) Shirin Ludden, Cmdr. (Pilot) Lewis & Clark: Shaun Geoffrey Christopher (Commander) Alice Fontana, Capt. (Canada) (Co-Pilot) Marcus O'Herlihy, Dr.	Star Trek Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967), TV Star Trek The Rings of Time (2012), novel	Space Shuttle Renaissance U.S.S. Lewis & Clark	June 2020 – January 2021
	The first "probe" to travel from Earth to Saturn.
Steve West, Col.	The Incredible Melting Man (1977), film	Scorpio V	Future
	Astronaut whose physiology is horribly altered due to radiation exposure during the first mission to Saturn.
Cirocco "Rocky" Jones, Capt. (Mission Commander) Bill (Chief Engineer) (no last name given) Calvin Greene, Dr. (Surgeon/Biologist/Ecologist) Gaby Plauget (Astronomer) April 15/02 Polo (Physicist) August 3/02 Polo (Physicist) Eugene "Gene" Springfield (Satellite Excursion Module Pilot)	Titan (1979), novel	NASA DSV Ringmaster	2025
	NASA astronauts who discover alien artifact in orbit around Saturn. The Polo sisters are clones.
Jean Broberg (Physicist) Mark Danzig (Chemist) Luis Garcilaso (Pilot) Colin Scobie (Geologist)	The Saturn Game (1981), novella	Moon lander	c. 2057
	Expedition from colony-size ship Chronos makes first manned landing on Iapetus, but is endangered by expedition members' absorption in a fantasy role-playing game.

Uranus

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Eric Nilsson, Cmdr. (Denmark) Donald "Don" Graham, Capt. Karl Heinrich, Lt. Cmdr. (Astrogator) Barry O'Neill (Ireland) (Communications Officer) Svend Viltoft (Chief Engineer)	Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962), film	United Nations: Explorer 12	2001
	Astronauts on Uranus encounter dangers drawn from their own minds.
Unnamed astronaut	The Old Astronaut (2014), short film	NASA	Future
	Elderly veteran of missions to Mercury, Venus and Mars plots to crash spacecraft into Uranus.

Neptune

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Event Horizon: John Kilpack (Captain) Chris Chambers Ben Fender Janice Reuben Dick Smith Lewis & Clark: S.J. Miller, Capt. M.I. Starck, Lt. (Executive Officer) T.F. "Coop" Cooper (Rescue Technician) D.J. (EMS/Trauma) (no last name given) F.M. "Baby Bear" Justin (Engineering) Peters (Medical Technician) (no first name given) W.F. "Smitty" Smith (Pilot) William "Billy" Weir, Dr. (IASA) Rescue 1: Unnamed crewmembers	Event Horizon (1997), film	Daylight Station (space station) Event Horizon US Aerospace Command (U.S.A.C.): Lewis & Clark Rescue 1	2047
	Event Horizon launched in 2040 on mission to Proxima Centauri with experimental "gravity drive"; disappears on January 23, 2040. The ship reappears in Neptune space in 2047; Lewis & Clark is sent to investigate. Dr. Weir was the Event Horizon's designer. Edmund "Eddie" Corrick, a bosun, served with Miller on the Goliath and was killed in an onboard fire.

Asteroid/comet deflection

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Unnamed CSM/LM: Thomas Alvar Nicols, Maj. Van Druten Riley (first names not given) Enterprise: Richard Bradford Ridge, Maj. (Commander) David Priestly (Co-Pilot) Marvin Leisen (Navigator) Jim O'Toole Archie Carfagno Orpheus: Thomas Alvar Nicols, Maj. (Co-Pilot) Richard Bradford Ridge, Maj. (Pilot)	The Hermes Fall (1978), novel	Apollo Unnamed CSM/LM Orpheus (CSM) Space Shuttle Enterprise	1980
	A NASA moonflight veteran and the commander of the first space shuttle mission are sent on a desperate mission to prevent the asteroid Hermes crashing into the Earth.
Floyd Hartwell Andrew Bukowski, Capt. (Air Force Astronaut Wing) Leonard Dmetriev (USSR) Unnamed Chinese astronaut	Impact! (1979), novel	Argonaut XX	Contemporary?
	International astronauts on a mission to prevent an asteroid impacting Earth.
Marlena Glenn, Lt. Spaceplane: Mark Blaze, Col. (Commander) Andrea Steele, Maj.	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Visitors From Earth (1984), TV	Spaceplane	Future
	Astronauts on mission to destroy "magnetic meteor" accidentally travel through wormhole to Eternia. Lt. Glenn had previously disappeared and become Queen of Eternia.
NASA: Murasaki Terrence "the Trance" Turginson Woodside Atlantis: Boston "Boz" Low (Commander) Ken Borden (Copilot) Cora Miles (Mission Specialist) Ludger Brink, Prof. (EEC) (Mission Specialist) Maggie Robbins (Journalist)	The Dig (1995), video game/novel	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Near Future
	Mission to stabilize orbit of mysterious asteroid. Low is a five-time shuttle veteran who made emergency landing aboard Enterprise. Scientist Brink spent months aboard space station Mir II.
Atlantis crew: William Sharp, Col. (CMR) Jennifer Watts (PLT) Gruber (Nuclear Tech) Charles 'Chick' Chapple Max Lennert 'Rockhound' Harry Stamper Davis, Col. (CMR) Tucker (PLT) Halsey, Lt. (Nuclear Tech) Oscar Choi A.J. Frost Jayotis 'Bear' Kurleenbear Freddy Noonan Lev Andropov	Armageddon (1998), film	Space Shuttle Atlantis X-71 Military Space Shuttles: Freedom Independence Mir (greatly expanded)	Contemporary
	Atlantis destroyed by meteoroids preceding asteroid on collision course with Earth. X-71s each with 3 crew and 4 person drilling teams refuel at Mir, rescue Andropov from its destruction.
Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner, Capt. Oren Monash (Pilot) Andrea "Andy" Baker Gus Partenza, Dr. Mark Simon	Deep Impact (1998), film	Space Shuttle Atlantis Messiah	Near Future
	Astronauts on mission to destroy an oncoming comet.
Gus Malone (CAPCOM) Unnamed astronauts	Nemesis (1998), novel	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Astronauts on mission to deflect an oncoming asteroid.
NASA: Claire Daughenbaugh, Capt. (USN) (Physician/Rukh carrier aircraft crew) Doug Waterhouse Envoy: Samson "Sam" Quinn, Gen. (USAF) (Commander) Charles Stuart "Charley" Loomis, Cdre. (USN) (Second-in-command/Weapons officer) John "Jack" Bernstein, Dr. (Physicist/Physician) Stephen Edmunson, Maj. (USAF) (Weapons officer) Martin "Marty" Tillery, Cmdr. (USN) (Engineer/Physicist) Firebird: May Sherbourne Wyndham (Pilot/Rocket scientist) Mycroft Yellowhorse (aka William Connors; born Guillaume Olivier Connors) (JNAIT Council of Chiefs Director-at-large) Tobias Desmond "Toby" Glyer, Dr. (Engineer/Physician) Alice Johnson (Security consultant)	The Goliath Stone (2013), novel	NASA: Envoy (40-V air launch to orbit spaceplane) Joint Negotiating Alliance of Indian Tribes (JNAIT): Firebird (40-V air launch to orbit spaceplane)	June 2052
	Crews racing to intercept asteroid being returned to Earth by nanites.
Asteris: James "Jim" Wheeler, Capt. (USMC) Gordon, Dr. (Pentagon) (Physicist) Clayton, Sgt. (Reconnaissance) Cabrera, Cpl. (Demolitions) Southard, Lt. (Communications) Fitzpatrick (Pilot) Sanchez (US Army) (Pilot) Other SI-22s: Magowan, Gen. (Pilot) "Mac" McCanless, Col. (USAF) (Pilot) Unnamed pilots	Age of Tomorrow (2014), film	SI-22 Asteris [sp.?] (space shuttle) Unnamed SI-22s	Contemporary/Near Future
	Crew of mission to destroy asteroid is transported through wormhole to alien planet.

Other

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Sky Masters, Maj.	Sky Masters of the Space Force (1958–61), comic	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronaut in the United States Space Force (USSF).
United States: Edward "Ed" McCauley, Col. William "Bill" Smith, Lt. Lester Forsythe, Capt. Donald Michaels, Capt. Warnecke, Maj. (Dr.) (Physician) William Thyssen, Dr. (Scientist) Barrett, Capt. Stacy Croydon, Dr. (Scientist) Emory, Maj. Draper, Capt. Briggs, Maj. Gibbie Gibson, Maj. Bob Stark, Capt. Horton, Dr. (Physicist) Randolph, Dr. (Biologist) Murphy, Lt. (Space Station Astra Executive Officer) Hamilton, Dr. (Astronomer) Stoner, Col. Nick Alborg, Maj. Bill Alborg, Lt. Col. Art Frey, Lt. Jerry Rutledge, Lt. Franklin, Maj. Williams, Capt. Eden, Lt. (Navigator) Paul Ellis, Maj. (Dr.) (Physician) Muriel Catherine Gallagher, Dr. (Astronomer) Caleb Fisk, Dr. (Astronomer) Torrance Alexander, Dr. (Astronomer) Arnold Rawdin, Dr. (Scientist) Vern Driscoll, Lt. Col. Summers, Maj. (Spacecraft commander) Lewsham, Capt. Johnny Farrow, Capt. Swanson, Capt. Bowyers, Maj. Steven Hawkes, Maj. (Psychologist) Thomas Ward, Capt. (Dr.) (Physician) Canell, Maj. (Space Station Astra Executive Officer) Fred Jones, Cpl. Grinder, Sgt. Saunders, Amn. Luraski, Dr. (Geophysicist) Ron Benson, Capt. (Communications Officer) Hodges, Maj. Bob King "Tex" Nolan, Maj. Others UK: Tom Hetherford, Grp Cpt (Vega commander) Sopwith, Flt Lt (Vega co-pilot) Neil Bedford-Jones, Lt (MR co-pilot)	Men into Space (1959–60), TV	United States Air Force: Space Station Astra LX-318 0915 Skyra mission Reentry tests Tanker Able R-101 S-107 Eclipse M-13 L78-1 missions MR-28 X-1000 TR-1 British National Space Agency (UK): Project Vega MR (rescue mission)	c. 1970–1980
	Future astronauts build and crew space station and fly near-Earth missions, including landings on asteroids Skyra and L78-1.
Lunar Base 1: Lansfield, Col. Beecher, Capt. Cutler, Lt. White, Lt. Unnamed personnel Pegasus 3: Leonard, Capt. (Pilot) Webb, Lt. (Navigator) Pegasus 4: Frank Chapman, Capt. (Pilot) Ray Makonnen, Lt. (Navigator)	The Phantom Planet (1961), film	United States Air Force: Lunar Base 1 Pegasus 3 (Flight 361) Pegasus 4	1980 (from March 16)
	Astronauts who investigate mysteriously appearing planet Rheton.
Dead astronauts: Merril (1998) Pokrovski (1999) Connolly Tkachev Maiakovski Brodisnek (no first names given) Roger Woodward Travis (no first/last name given)	The Cage of Sand (1962), short story	Unknown	1998 1999 21st century
	Seven dead astronauts orbiting Earth in their slowly reentering space capsules. Merril and Pokrovski failed to reach launching platforms in Earth orbit; Woodward died testing new launching platform. Travis was rookie astronaut for civilian company whose courage failed during launch countdown.
United States: Scott, Capt. (no first name given) Unnamed astronaut Unnamed sergeant Eastern Space Patrol: Vaslov, Maj. (no first name given)	Colormation Screen Test (1962), short film	International Space Commission: Wheel 4 (Space station) Eastern Space Patrol: Red Star Patrol	Near Future
	US astronaut tells Congressional committee about recent events in space.
Euro-American rocket: George Larson (Captain) Mike Fawsett (Vice-captain) Tom Fiske (U.S. Army) Uli Reinbach Russo-Chinese rocket: Nuri Bakovsky (Red Army) (Captain) Ivan Kratov (Red Army) Alexander "Alex" Pitoyan (Scientist) Tara Ilyana	Fifth Planet (1963), novel	Euro-American rocket Russo-Chinese rocket	c. 2087 (May) – 2089
	Rival missions to Achilles, the fifth planet of Helios, a star passing through Earth's solar system. Ilyana is the first woman in space.
Clark Benedict, Maj. (Station Commander) Mike Doweling, Capt. Kenneth Gavin, Lt. Gordon Halper, Lt. (Physician) Rupert Lawrence Howard, Lt.	The Outer Limits Specimen: Unknown (1964), TV	United States Air Force/Department of Space Travel Project Adonis: Space station Shuttlecraft 1010 (Space Shuttle Flight 572-3XA)	Near Future
	Space station crew imperiled by deadly alien plants.
Zeus IV Glyn Williams Dan "Bluey" Schultz Zeus V Terry Cutler, Lt.	Doctor Who The Tenth Planet (1966), TV	International Space Command (ISC): Zeus IV Zeus V	December 1986 (2000 in some sources)
	Astronauts in Earth-orbital spacecraft similar to Gemini. Zeus IV explodes, killing Williams and Schultz; Zeus V had already been launched for rescue attempt.
Gary Jason, Col.	Jigsaw (1966), comic book series	Earth Space Force: Stargazer One	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut injured in space is rescued by aliens and turned into the superhero Jigsaw.
Unnamed astronaut	Yonggary (1967), film	NSRC (Republic of Korea): Rocket #7X (one-man capsule)	Near Future
	Korean astronaut on reconnaissance flight to monitor mid-East nuclear test.
Valentina Prokrovna (Russia) Robert Hamilton (USA)	The Dead Astronaut (1968), short story	Unknown	Near Future
	Two of twelve dead astronauts left orbiting Earth in their respective spacecraft. Hamilton was carrying atomic weapon on military mission.
P One Morrison, Col. Drew, Maj. Hollis, Capt. (First names not given) P Two McCullough, Lt. Col. Walters, Maj. Berryman, Capt. (First names not given)	All Judgement Fled (1969), novel	Prometheus Project P One P Two	Near Future
	Astronauts dispatched to make first contact with an alien spacecraft.
Andros V Unnamed American astronauts Zond 19 Unnamed Soviet cosmonauts	The Andromeda Strain (1969), novel	Andros Project Andros V Zond Project Zond 19	Near Future
	Astronauts killed when the Andromeda organism destroys the heat shields of their spacecraft on re-entry.
Bunny Fred Hoffa Other unnamed astronauts and technicians	The Long Twilight (1969), novel	Unknown	Near Future (c. 1996)
	Astronauts aboard the United States Weather Satellite, who spot the abrupt beginnings of a hurricane-like storm.
Remus: Kindle (Captain) Unnamed stewardess Governor (Unnamed) (Passenger) Lavinia Pickerell (Passenger) 11 unnamed passengers Space station: Aceworthy, Prof. (Weather department) (No first name given) Terence (Animal experiments) (no last name given) Unnamed personnel	Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite (1971), novel	Tandem Space Shuttle (Booster ship/Remus [Orbital ship]) Space station	Near Future (Late Summer)
	Miss Pickerell travels to space station to investigate malfunctioning weather satellite. Sequel to Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars and Miss Pickerell on the Moon (q.v.).
William J. Lardner	"Light Verse" (1973), short story	Unknown	Future (21st century?)
	Widow of astronaut Lardner, who sacrificed himself to allow passenger ship to reach Space Station 5, unexpectedly commits murder.
Beauregard "Beau" Jackson	Land of the Lost Hurricane (1974), TV	Hypersonic glider	Near Future (c. 1990s)
	During reentry, Jackson passes through time window into pocket universe.
William "Buck" Rogers, Capt.	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–81), TV	Ranger 3	1987
	NASA astronaut whose voyage in a Space Shuttle-like "deep space probe" results in suspended animation.
Unnamed Mission Specialist/Commander Vollmer (Engineering/Communications/Weapons) (no first name given)	Human Moments in World War III (1983), short story	Colorado Command: Tomahawk II (Recon-Interceptor)	Near Future
	Astronauts in Earth orbit come under control of Colorado Command rather than Houston after outbreak of World War III.
Tank Farm: Ralph Rutter, Dr. (Director) Don Ishido, Dr. (Communications/Operations Chief) Susan Sorbanes, Dr. (Business Manager) Emily Testa (Italy) Unnamed chief flight controller Unnamed personnel Pacifica: Robert Bahnz, Col. (DOD) Henry Woke, Dr. (NASA official) Unnamed astronauts	Tank Farm Dynamo (a.k.a. Tank Farm) (1983), short story	Colombo-Carroll Foundation: Colombo Station (a.k.a. Tank Farm) NASA: Space Shuttle Pacifica	c. 1999
	Orbital platform built from Space Shuttle external tanks and run by American-Italian consortium faces takeover bid by US government.
Joanne Davis, Maj. (USAF)	DEMON-4 (1984), novel	NASA Space Station	Near Future
	NASA astronaut who survived the destruction of her space platform during WWIII, reassigned to help in the destruction of a rogue undersea fortress.
Evans (Captain) Floyd (Engineer) Grundy (Navigator) (no first names given)	Doctor Who Search for the Doctor (1986), gamebook	Enterprise 21 space freighter	August 2056
	Three-man crew returning from satellite servicing mission disappears into Bermuda Triangle.
Frances Reese Jan DuToit Bill Noyes Mary Xu Valentina Romanova Mikhail Savchenko Chuck Wenzel Anna Cherneva Yuri Finnegan John Jackson Gerry Wolf Maria Blixen Bertorelli Perez Saha (First names not given for the last three characters) Hipparchus Base: Roger Bryant Jim Russell Hyashi Higuchi Ben Templeton Greg Able	Double Planet (1988), novel	Space Shuttles Ares I Ares II Discovery Sir Fred Hoyle Predpriyatie Tsiolkovski Moonbase Hipparchus Base	Near Future
	New Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts and scientists on a mission to investigate the possibility of mining the Comet Osaki-Mori for resources the ReUnited Nations (RN) needs to rebuild Earth.
Wayfarer 1 Theodore Ludendorff, Cmdr Five unnamed astronauts Wayfarer 2 Jake Ryder Speed Spencer Faye McFarland Boris Mechanov Ada Lin Irwin Rote Von Braun Ki Susato Unnamed astronauts	Reach (1989), novel	Wayfarer Program Wayfarer 1 Wayfarer 2 Space Station Von Braun	2037–2040
	When contact is lost with an expedition to a mysterious cluster of objects passing outside the orbit of Pluto a second expedition is sent to investigate.
Unnamed astronaut	The Village...the Village...the Earth...the Earth and the Suicide of the Astronaut (1995), short story	"Space corporation"	Unknown
	After traveling around the Solar System, astronaut is unable to find work back on Earth.
Channing Blythe Knowlton	Eater (2000), novel	NASA	c. 2022 (February–July)
	Former NASA astronaut dying of cancer volunteers to confront sentient black hole.
Oliver Greenberg Mike Weissman Two unnamed astronauts	Open Loops (2000), short story	NASA: Ehricke	Near Future
	On mission to Ra-Shalom, Space Shuttle veteran Greenberg becomes the first human to visit an asteroid. Greenberg later spends one million years living on Ra-Shalom while the universe changes around him.
Unnamed astronauts	Brando: Carbon Copies (2002), music video	Unknown	Future
	Astronauts building space station to orbit distant planet which resembles Mars.
Antonio (Mexico) (no last name given) Unnamed astronaut	Will You Be an Astronaut? (2002), short story	Space Station Vigilancia	Unknown (Alternate History)
	In alternate history in which Apollo 11 never returned to Earth, Antonio defends Earth from telepathic entities called Asps.
Christopher Goszen	The Memory Chamber (2006), short film	SpaceCo	2019
	Novelist-turned-astronaut confuses memories, dreams and reality while on mission to asteroid.
Two unnamed astronauts	An Inconvenient Penguin Death March (2007), short film	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronauts stranded in space as penguins take over world.
Carpathia: Richard Jacob Johansenn Susan Kirmatsu (Pilot) Robbie Hamilton (Co-pilot) Patricia Mattos (Chief archeologist) Heidi Vogt (archeologist) Unnamed astronauts and observers Deep Space Dart: Richard J. Johansenn Mac McFerson Greg Yovel Rachel Saunders (Forensic anthropologist) Helen Dail (Reporter) Unnamed astronauts	Recovering Apollo 8 (2007), short story	Johansenn Interplanetary: Carpathia (Hawk-class) Deep Space Dart	2007 (Alternate History) 2018 (Alternate History) 2020 (Alternate History)
	In alternate history in which Apollo 8 never returned to Earth, billionaire Johansenn makes it his life's mission to recover the lost spacecraft and its crew. Apollo 20 is mentioned as having crashed into the Moon (no details given).
Javier Fonseca, Dr. (Astrogeologist) Endurance: Neil Giffords, Dr. (US) Yuri Semyonov, Dr. (Russia) Glen Hosey, Dr. (Ireland) (Astrogeologist)	Spacemen Three (2008), short film	Endurance (space shuttle)	Future
	Hosey replaces 11-spaceflight-veteran Fonseca on 24-month mission to gray planet that resembles Mars.
Samuel Sheppard (Captain) Jackson (Pilot) Blake Santos, Dr. (Physician)	The Space Between (2009), short film	Space Shuttle Lustria	Near Future
	NASA astronauts on nine-year mission using hibernation technology.
NASA: Robert "Rob" Danforth (USN) Freedom: Holly (Traffic control) Unnamed personnel Tri-Star: Jake Dan Unnamed personnel	"Space Hero" (2010), short story	NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery Mars One Soyuz Freedom (space station) Tri-Star (space station) Orbital shuttle	Near Future
	NASA astronaut Danforth, who made emergency landing aboard Discovery after launch malfunction, visits commercial space stations, one of which is building spacecraft for first Mars mission.
Halcyon: Arthur Robert "Rob" (no last names given)	Capsule (2011), short film	NASA: Orion/Constellation Halcyon (lander)	Unknown
	Two astronauts in Halcyon have landed (possibly on Venus or Mars) and are running out of oxygen. The ending leaves ambiguous whether or not the story is a daydream.
Unnamed cosmonaut (US?)	The Cosmonaut (2011), short film	Unknown	Unknown
	Cosmonaut returns from space to find his girlfriend has grown old and died.
Windermere: David Brock Craig Swanson, Sqn Ldr (RAF) Joanna "Jo" Slade Jules Verne: Philippe Lefevre, Commandant Svenni Nilson	Doctor Who The Feast of Axos (2011), audio play	Ironclad Industries: Windermere Eurozone Space Agency: Jules Verne (shuttle) Johann Kepler (shuttle)	c. 2020s
	Ironclad Industries attempts to solve Earth's energy problems by accessing energy from the alien parasite Axos.
Markus Samuel Ditto, Cmdr.	Imprint (2011), short film	GSI: Eco Mission (Space Shuttle)	Near Future
	Astronaut creates holographic replica of himself rather than his wife as companion for journey beyond Mars.
Galenka Makarova (Pilot) Dimitri Ivanov (Data acquisition and transmission) Yakov Demin (Flight systems specialist)	Troika (2011), novella	Tereshkova Soyuz re-entry vehicle	2039
	Cosmonauts from revived Soviet Union investigate mysterious artifact in space. Tereshkova has VASIMIR drive.
Oscar Homeslice	The Ballad of Oscar Homeslice (2012), short film	Unknown	Contemporary
	Legendary astronaut inspires young man to realize he is a hippogriff.
Phoebe base (2020): Lyman Hsu (Station Chief) Tina "Tiny" Lundgren (Deputy Station Chief) Gabriel "Gabe" Campbell (Geologist) Thaddeus "Thad" Stankiewicz (Engineer) Bryce Lewis Alan Childs Unnamed personnel Phoebe base (2023): Irv Weingart (Station Chief) Thaddeus Stankiewicz (Deputy Station Chief) Dino Agnelli (Electrical engineer) Jarred Finnegan (Base mechanic) Chuck (no last name given) 11 unnamed personnel PS-1 Independent Inspection Team: Marcus Judson (NASA contractor) Olivia Finch, Prof. (Quality assurance engineer) Savannah "Savvy" Morgan (USAF, civilian) (Computer security engineer) Reuben Swenson (Department of Energy) (Power systems engineer)	Energized (2012), novel	NASA: Phoebe base Powersat One (PS-1)	February 22, 2020 April 10 – November 4, 2023
	When asteroid Phoebe approaches Earth, NASA captures it and places it in Earth orbit to investigate its resources. Stankiewicz is blackmailed into secret project, leading to his murdering Campbell during EVA on Phoebe to avoid discovery. Three years later, inspection team investigates newly constructed powersat.
Thom (Netherlands?) (no last name given)	Tears of Steel (2012), short film	Unknown	Future
	Thom's decision to become an astronaut causes his girlfriend Celia to create killer robots that take over the world. Remade in Chinese in 2013.
Charlotte Hayden, Dr. (Senior Mission Commander) Jack Overholt, Col. (Military Commander) Gabriel Drum, Maj. (Military Executive Officer) Alberto Gomez, Lt. (Physician) Manesh Kalani, Dr. (Linguist/Computer Specialist) Donald "Don" Pritchard, Dr. (Chief Astronomer) Cary Rowan, Dr. (Geologist) Kyoko Takahashi, Dr. (Physician) John S. Willett, Sgt. (OSCAR Corps) (Chief Engineer)	Letter 44 (2013– ), comic book series	Project Monolith (US): USS Clarke Bowman (shuttle)	c. 2009
	Astronauts on secret mission to investigate alien artifact in asteroid belt. Drum, Gomez and Pritchard discover lush artificial environment on 730 Athanasia.
Jack Corben, Capt.	Superman Family Adventures The Menace of Metallo! (2013), comic book	Unknown (United States)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut transformed into super-villain Metallo by encounter with kryptonite asteroids.
Walsh, Dr. (Commander) Tom Compton, Ph.D. (Pilot) Bartholomew Alan "Berg" Bergen, Ph.D. (Engineer) Ronald "Ron" Gibbs, Ph.D. Jane Augusta Holloway, Ph.D. (Linguist) Ajaya Varma, M.D. (Flight Surgeon)	Fluency (2014), novel	NASA Alpha Mission: Providence	Future (21st century)
	Astronauts dock with alien spacecraft discovered by Mariner 4 in 1964 and monitored by NASA ever since. Gibbs is an ISS veteran.
Katie Sparks Blair Taylor Marcus Dawkins Seraphim: Harmon Kryger Seraphim: Molly Woods	Extant (2014–2015), TV	International Space Exploration Agency (ISEA): Space Station Seraphim	Near Future (2030s/2040s)
	Woods returns from 13-month solo mission to find herself pregnant. Sparks, Taylor and Dawkins are deceased; Kryger was believed to have committed suicide after mysterious solar flare incident.
Nebulon "Lon" Innes	Airtight (2015), short story	Bezospace: MK212	Future (after 2035)
	Former lunar ferry pilot stakes claim to minor planet in order to sell it to corporation. MK212 spacecraft described as "second-generation Dragon capsule".
Dark Sky Station: Felix (Detective) Aouda (Flight Chief) Charlie (Maintenance) Unnamed personnel Orbital ascender: Unnamed pilot Unnamed flight engineer Phil Foggerty (Passenger) John Keyes (Passenger)	Around The NEO in 80 Days (2015), short story	Dark Sky Station (DSS) (Inflatable space habitat) 2 orbital ascenders (Space balloons)	Future
	Adventurer Foggerty and valet Keyes attempt to win bet by flying around near-Earth object.
Chinese spacecraft: Song-li "Song" Chunxi Private spacecraft: Sam Gunn	Rare (Off) Earth Elements (A Sam Gunn Tale) (2015), short story	People's Republic of China Private spacecraft (fusion propulsion)	Future
	Taikonaut travels to asteroid 94-12 to claim its resources for China, only to find Sam Gunn already there.
Kenna Belecky (Outer Space Technician) Nick (Outer Space Technician) (no last name given)	Ten Days Up (2015), short story	McCormick-Dewey International: McCormick-Dewey ground-to-orbit lifting conduit ("the EL") (Space elevator)	Future
	Solar flares hit space elevator train while "ostech" Belecky is performing EVA. Haley Wu is mentioned as having been the first human on Mars.
Tombaugh One/Tombaugh Station: James Dayton (Commander) Kate Beck (Executive Officer) Tadeo "Cookie" Atsuka, Dr. (Data Analytics and Imaging) Elise Kenyata, Dr. (Geo-planetologist/Medical Officer) Robinson Tucker (no first names given for last two)	Tombaugh Station (2015), short story	Corporate: Tombaugh One Tombaugh Two Tombaugh Three Tombaugh Station	Future
	Mysterious deaths on Pluto prior to completion of Venetia Burney Deep Space Cassegrain Telescope.
Tyrille Smith	A Walkabout Amongst The Stars (2015), short story	Venturer	2035
	When Voyager 1 mysteriously reactivates, Aboriginal Australian astronaut is sent on NASA/international mission to investigate. Venturer consists of seven nuclear electric propulsion modules.
Space Now: Malcolm "Mal" Pennington (Founder) NASA: Dennis Locke (Program Director) Cronus candidates: Barney Peter Jensen (UK) (Space Now) Meredith Korman (call sign Braniac) (Theoretical physicist) Stephen Miller (EU) Eleven unnamed candidates First Cronus mission: Jason "Ace" McCoy (NASA) (Commander) Hemi "Thor" (NASA) (Second-in-command) Antonio Curzon (call sign Playboy) (Space Now) (Payload Specialist) Isabelle "Izzy" Wolsten (call sign Bombshell) (NASA) (Payload Specialist) Bomber Vicki Crum Hennessey (Theoretical physicist) Lourdes Mike Dean Winters (call sign Frosty) Second Cronus mission: Velosi (call sign Velocity) (NASA) (Commander) Nine other astronauts	Beyond the Limits (2017), novel	NASA/Space Now/International programs: Cronus program (Shuttle/Space station)	Near Future (April – June)
	Astronauts competing for slots on missions to build way station between Earth and Mars. Wolsten and Crum are ISS veterans. Billionaire Pennington attempted rendezvous with satellite aboard solar balloon, then set space diving world record on way down.
Jacob "Jake" Lawson (Satellite designer) Ute Fassbinder (Space station commander)	Geostorm (2017), film	Space station	Near Future
	Engineer Lawson on climate-control satellite repair mission.
Planetary Resources and Exploration: Hiroshi Nevitt Barrick-Vale: Theresa (no last name given)	"To Lose the Stars" (2017), short story	Planetary Resources and Exploration Barrick-Vale Mining and Exploration Corporation	2047 Late 21st century
	On solo survey expedition in the asteroid belt, Brazilian freelance surveyor Theresa discovers the dead body of legendary surveyor Nevitt.

To infinity and beyond

These are astronauts performing or attempting feats beyond the capabilities of the present or near future, such as interstellar travel.

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / mission / spacecraft	Fictional date
Alexei Pavlovich Zarubin, Capt. (Commander) Nikolai (Engineer) Nina (Engineer) Georgi (Navigator) Lena (Physician) Sergei (Astrophysicist) (no last names given for last five)	"The Astronaut" (1960), short story	Polus	Future (late 20th or early 21st century)
	On the first expedition to Barnard's Star, Zarubin sacrifices himself to save his crew. Zarubin and Sergei previously landed together on Saturn's moon Dione.
Gresham (no first name given) Unnamed astronaut	The Twilight Zone The Invaders (1961), TV	United States Air Force Space Probe No. 1	Future
	USAF astronauts discover life on alien planet.
Reed Richards Susan "Sue" Storm Jonathan "Johnny" Storm Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm	Fantastic Four (1961–present), comic	Experimental interstellar spacecraft	Contemporary
	Private space venture; astronauts bizarrely affected by cosmic rays.
Steve Zodiac, Col. Matthew Matic, Prof., Venus	Fireball XL5 (1962), TV	Fireball XL5	2062
	Commander of the Fireball XL5 of the World Space Patrol.
Max Landin, Cmdr. (Conn watch) Edward "Ed" Haverson (Watch officer) William "Will" Berger (Watch medic) Three unnamed crewmembers	"The Samaritan" (1963), short story	Unknown (Interstellar vessel)	Future
	Crew of humanity's first interstellar vessel encounters aliens in distress. Landin was a member of one of the first crews to orbit the Earth.
Larry Dart, Capt. Slim, Husky	Space Patrol (1963), TV	Space Patrol	2100
	Commander of Galasphere 347 of the Space Patrol.
Paul Ross, Capt. Theodore "Ted" Mason, Lt. Michael "Mike" Carter, Lt.	"Death Ship" (1953), short story Twilight Zone Death Ship (1963), TV	Rocket Bureau: E-89	1997
	Spacecraft crew crashes on distant planet; they have difficulty accepting their own deaths. (In short story Carter is named "Mickey".)
Unnamed cosmonaut	"El cosmonauta" (aka "The Cosmonaut") (1964), short story	Unknown	Future
	Cosmonaut has fatal encounter with intelligent beings on alien planet.
Douglas Stansfield, Cmdr.	Twilight Zone The Long Morrow (1964), TV	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut placed in suspended animation for forty-year mission.
Faith 1: Unnamed astronauts Hope 1: Hank Stevens (Commander) John Andros Paul Martin (Scientist) Lisa Wayne (Scientist)	Space Probe Taurus (a.k.a. Space Monster) (1965), film	Earth Control: Faith 1 Hope 1	2000
	Hope 1 astronauts on mission to planet Taurus in Triangulum Galaxy.
Zefram Cochrane	Star Trek: The Original Series Metamorphosis (1967), TV Star Trek: First Contact (1996), film	Phoenix	2063
	First use of warp drive by an Earth vessel in the Star Trek timeline.
George Taylor, Col. Dodge Landon Stewart	Planet of the Apes (1968), film	Icarus	1972
	ANSA astronauts on an interstellar mission, perhaps to Bellatrix.
Robert O'Bannion Andrei Voronov Carlos Pascual May Connearney Sidney Lee Doris McNerty Aaron Hatfield Jerry Grote Chen Shu Li Alicia Montiverdi Lou D'Orazio Marlene Ettinger Other unnamed astronauts	As on a Darkling Plain (1972), novel	Unknown	Near Future
	Astronauts on missions to Jupiter and Sirius.
Prometheus-1, Prometheus-3: Bud Williams, Jr. Prometheus-5: Stony Stevenson, Pvt./Cpl. (Hon.) (US Army)	Between Time and Timbuktu (1972), TV movie	Mission Control: Prometheus-5 (Gemini-like)	Near Future (March – December)
	Jingle contest winner Stevenson is launched into space and through time warp. Former astronaut Williams flew to Mars on one of the earlier Prometheus missions.
Fredric Michael "Fred" Kelly Steen (no first name given) Unnamed astronauts	"Kelly, Fredric Michael" (aka "Kelly, Fredric Michael: 1928-1987", "Kelly, Fredric Michael (1928-1990)") (1973), short story	Unknown	c. 1987
	Astronauts on early mission using "warps" to reach another galaxy have their minds drained by alien force.
Tom Trimble	Unidentified Flying Oddball (a.k.a. The Spaceman and King Arthur, A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court) (1979), film	NASA: Stardust 1	Contemporary/Near Future
	NASA technician Trimble is accidentally launched aboard faster-than-light spacecraft and travels back in time to Arthurian era.
Ed Westin, Col./Gen. O'Keefe, Capt. (no first name given) Solo 1/Solo 2: Mark Devore, Capt.	Time Warp (1981), film	NASA: Solo 1 Solo 2	1984 – July 13, 1985 / July 13, 1986
	While returning from a one-year mission to "the farthest reach of the galaxy", Solo 1 passes through a time warp, sending Devore one year into the future.
NASA: Donald Hotchkiss, Capt. (Prof.) Mary Washburn Moon mission: "Hoop" Hooper Mars mission: Amanda Jaworski (USAF) (Commander) Sue Ann O'Riley (Copilot) Soviet Union: Solipsovich Zayatin Zamayt	The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (1985), novel	NASA: Moon mission Mars mission	1986
	Mars-bound astronaut Jaworski is caught up in a series of bizarre events, leading her to travel to Epsilon Erdani (sic) in search of her lost cat.
Bartholomew Mann (Physicist) Terry Waters, Maj. Paul St John, Dr. Philip Quincy-Jones Luciano Cragnolini Unnamed commander	The Quiet Place (1987), novel	Unknown	Near Future
	Crew of the first manned interstellar spacecraft who return to find the Earth changed beyond recognition.
Volopas: Miroslav Gurov (Team leader) Dennis Averianov Sasha Lapushkin Shuttlecraft: Antonov Elissa	"A Birch Tree, A White Fox" (1989), short story	Space Survey Corps: Volopas Geological Institute: Nevski Shuttlecraft	Future
	Cosmonauts crash-land on distant planet where speaking aloud means death.
Stephen G. Richey (Col.), Commander Unnamed crewmembers	Star Trek: The Next Generation The Royale (1989), TV	NASA: Charybdis	July 23, 2037 – 2044
	Third manned expedition outside Solar System results in Richey dying in captivity on alien planet.
Floyd G. Nevish (Commander)	Cosmic Wormholes: The Search for Interstellar Shortcuts (1992), non-fiction book	Jovian Industries	Future
	Astronaut on mission into Kerr-type rotating black hole.
Commander Scientist/First Mate Space Twin 1 Space Twin 2	The Voyage (1992), opera	Space station Spacecraft	2092 "Several years later"
	Archeologists discover "directional crystals" brought to Earth by ancient astronauts, causing instruments on a space station crewed by Space Twins 1 and 2 to pinpoint the aliens' origin. Several years later, Space Twins 1 and 2 join crew of generational voyage to aliens' planet.
Olshavsky (Captain) (no first name given) Clio Trigorin (Historian) Sanetomo Kawamura (Astronomer) 27 unnamed crewmembers	Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel	Tenacity	July 20, 2069 – 2081
	Humanity's first starship, built with alien technology, on a voyage to Alpha Centauri.
Adventurer: Badquor, Capt. (Sc.D.) John (Astronomer) Lissa (Atmospheric chemist) Odis Tagore (Theorist) Unnamed geologist Unnamed crewmembers Second expedition: Unnamed crew	"A Dance to Strange Musics" (a.k.a. "A Pit Which Has No Bottom") (1998), short story	Adventurer Second expedition (unnamed starship)	Future (21st century?)
	Adventurer, the first manned starship, makes bizarre discoveries on planet in Alpha Centauri system. A second expedition investigates some years later.
Henry Forbes Unnamed co-pilot of Congreve (UK) Unnamed Discovery crew members	"The Wire Continuum" (1998), short story	Mustard (Multi-Unit Space Transport and Recovery Device) Congreve Endeavour Discovery	1947-2017 (Alternate History)
	RAF World War II veteran and rocket pioneer in alternate history in which teleportation was developed in the 1950s. Forbes makes first manned landing on Moon in Oceanus Procellarum with Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov in 1977, leaves solar system aboard first starship Discovery in 1997.
John Cope Five unnamed astronauts	Cold Fusion (1999), novel	Argos Program Argos 2	Near Future
	Crew of the first manned expedition to another solar system.
Clark Kent, Lt.	JLA: Earth 2 (2000), graphic novel	Unknown	Contemporary (Antimatter universe)
	Alternate universe equivalent of Superman was originally astronaut injured in hyperspace accident.
Franz Daxenberger, Dr. Dirk Mandelbrot, Dr. Dr. [sic]	Space Zoo (2001), short film	ESA (Bavaria): Stoiber (Research station)	2030
	Astronauts on space station in Earth orbit travel to Aldebaran 5 due to use of hyperspace module.
Astronaut One Astronaut Two	Astronauts (2005), short film	Unknown	Future
	Comic misadventures of two astronauts on distant space mission.
Charles T. "Chuck" Baker, Capt.	Planet 51 (2009), film	Odyssey (command module) Lander	c. 2026 (April)
	NASA astronaut captured by aliens on distant planet.
Tully, Capt. (Commander) (no first name given) Unnamed copilot Unnamed crewmembers	Superman: Deep Space Hijack (2010), chapter book	S.T.A.R. Labs: Long Range Space Explorer Rescue ship	Unknown
	Astronauts returning from mission outside solar system crash-land on Pluto.
Sam (no last name given) (England) Unnamed crewmembers	Capsule (2011), short film	Unknown	Future
	Young man floats in escape pod after spacecraft explodes in deep space. Spacecraft was launched from Houston.
Lino Martinez (later known as "Otim") Ilen Unnamed astronauts	Góry Parnasu (a.k.a. The Mountains of Parnassus) (2012), novel	Astronauts' Union	Late 21st century
	Married couple on journey to planet Sardion aboard spacecraft traveling at 99.5% of lightspeed.
Traveler (unnamed)	Grounded (2012), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut has bizarre experiences after crashing on extrasolar planet.
Joseph Wood	Hibernation (2012), short film	Somnus I	20th-21st centuries?
	Wood is placed into hibernation for 50-year mission.
Francisco Delagurez Bon Accord: Etienne Larochelle (RCAF), Cmdr Moire Cameron (USAF), pilot Michiko Other unnamed astronauts	The Long Way Home (2012), novel	Bon Accord (XS-312)	Future
	Crew of an experimental interstellar mission to Beta Centauri and beyond whose spacecraft suffers a major malfunction on the return journey. Delagurez took part in a later exploratory mission.
Unnamed astronauts	The Pod (2012), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut crashes on planet and must make dangerous journey back to spacecraft.
House of Secrets: Aune (Finland) Gwenda (US?) Mei Portia Sisi (South Africa/US) Sullivan (US) (no last names given) Five unnamed astronauts (not in revision) House of Mystery: Twelve unnamed astronauts (number not specified in revision)	"Two Houses" (2012, revised 2015), short story	Original: Light House (nicknamed The House of Secrets) Leap Year (nicknamed The House of Mystery) Revision: Seeker (nicknamed House of Secrets) Messenger (nicknamed House of Mystery)	March 12, 2073 (original) After 2059 (revision)
	Astronauts in intermittent hibernation on voyage to Proxima Centauri, launched in summer 2059. House of Mystery disappears in flight.
Unnamed astronaut	XY (2012), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut encounters apparition of woman on distant planet.
Unnamed astronaut	Azarkant (2013), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut on deep space mission explores mysterious spacecraft.
Lila Suvlu, Dr. (Commander) Unnamed astronaut	Futurestates Children of the Northern Lights (2013), TV	Exoterra Energy: S. V. Kluguya (Exploration Vessel 0032-A)	Future
	Husband-and-wife astronauts crash on distant planet while searching for new energy sources.
Adam Fossy, Maj.	Infinite (2013), short film	Unknown	Future
	Fossy hibernates aboard spacecraft for infinite length of time while waiting for discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Three unnamed astronauts	Mission Control (2013), short film	NASA/Russian Space Agency: Icarus	Near Future
	International mission to explore Kepler-22b faces prospect of fatal explosion after liftoff.
Sally Pascal, Capt.	I Am Here (aka The Journey of Sally Pascal) (2014), short film	USS Vision Quest (Anthro-Robotic spaceship): Solo Journey	Future
	Trainee pilot attempting to reach wormhole for return to Earth.
Lazarus missions: Hugh Mann, Dr. Wolf Edmunds Laura Miller Wong, Dr. Hale, Dr. Morin, Dr. Yashin, Dr. Lee, Dr. Oita, Dr. Ostro, Dr. Pila, Dr. Somov, Dr. Endurance: Joseph "Coop" Cooper (Pilot) Amelia Brand, Dr. Doyle Nikolai "Rom" Romilly (Astrophysicist)	Interstellar (2014), film/novel	NASA: Lazarus missions (12 Ranger spaceplanes) Endurance (incorporates 2 Rangers)	Future (21st century)
	Astronauts travel through wormhole near Saturn to distant galaxy in search of new home for humanity, which is in danger of extinction.
Astronaut 35 Astronaut 41 Astronaut 42	Project Skyborn (2014), short film	Unknown	Unknown
	Mysterious events on moon of ringed planet.
Unnamed astronaut	Lone (2015), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut aboard faster-than-light ship searching for life on planet 1200 light years from Earth.
James Morrison, Cmdr. (UK)	Superluminal (2015), short film	Unknown	Future
	Young astronaut discovers life on alien moon.
Unnamed astronaut	RunCatRun (2016), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut traveling through wormhole switches bodies with cat.
Unnamed astronaut	"The Astronaut" (2017), short story	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut stranded on distant planet seeks bat-like creature in order to make antidote for poisoned bite.

TV commercials

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Five unnamed astronauts	Specsavers Shuttle (2011), TV commercial	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Shuttle crew land at Luton Airport instead of Cape Canaveral.
Paul (no last name given)	One A Day Astronaut (2014), TV commercial	Unknown	Contemporary
	Astronaut who takes One A Day vitamins.
Two unnamed astronauts Unnamed janitor	Volkswagen Astronaut (2014), TV commercial	Unknown	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut is replaced by janitor while using restroom.
Unnamed astronauts	BMW Astronaut (2015), TV commercial	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Astronaut launching aboard space shuttle is impressed by BMW 6 Series.
Joost (no last name given) Yuri (no last name given) Unnamed American and Japanese astronauts	Heineken Nature's Wonder (2015), TV commercial	International Space Station	Contemporary
	A Dutch astronaut's attempt to celebrate a comrade's birthday creates an artificial aurora.
The Most Interesting Man in the World Two unnamed astronauts	The Most Interesting Man in the World: Rolls, Rotates, Rowing and Rockets (2015), TV commercial	Unknown	Contemporary
	The Man plays video game with fellow astronaut aboard spacecraft.
International Space Station: Two unnamed astronauts Soyuz: Two unnamed cosmonauts	Slim Jim Space Chase (2015), TV commercial	International Space Station Soyuz (Capsule 7)	Contemporary
	Docking of Soyuz with ISS delayed by American astronauts' enjoyment of Slim Jims.
Unnamed astronaut (Cmdr.)	Audi Commander (2016), TV commercial	Mercury Apollo	Contemporary
	An elderly veteran of the Mercury and Apollo programs is impressed by Audi R8.
Unnamed astronaut	Dollar Shave Club One Small Shave For Man (2016), TV commercial	International Space Station?	Contemporary
	Astronaut praises Dollar Shave Club.
Three unnamed astronauts	Hyundai Extreme Boldness (2016), TV commercial	Space Shuttle VRT-487	Contemporary
	Crew of crashed space shuttle is rescued by Hyundai Elantra driver.
Two unnamed American astronauts Unnamed Russian cosmonaut	letgo Space Station (2016), TV commercial	International Space Station (GEO mission)	Contemporary
	During space station emergency, astronaut sells amplifier to cosmonaut via mobile app.
The Most Interesting Man in the World Unnamed astronaut	The Most Interesting Man in the World: Adios Amigo 'Mission to Mars' (2016), TV commercial	Unknown	Contemporary/Near Future
	The Man leaves Earth on one-way mission to Mars.
The Most Interesting Man in the World	The Most Interesting Man in the World: Meet the New Most Interesting Man in the World (2016), TV commercial	Unknown	Contemporary
	Among the new Most Interesting Man's exploits is landing a space capsule.
Unnamed astronaut	Snapple TEAcision (2016), TV commercial	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut punctures his spacesuit with "I VOTED" button.
Six unnamed crewmembers	Toyota Mars (2016), TV commercial	Mars Simulation Facility (MSF-1T)	Contemporary
	James Marsden, driving Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, assists "enthusiast" crew of Mars analog habitat.

Astronauts in other media

Several toy astronaut dolls and action figures were produced in response to the popularity of astronauts in the 1960s. Most of them had no associated storylines. They included:

• Johnny and Jane Apollo, 1968 plastic toys with accessories including a "Moon Rover".
• Barbie, the world's most popular doll, was released with a variant space suit costume in the 1960s.
• Billy Blastoff, an apparently juvenile astronaut of the 1960s.
• The Major Matt Mason line of toys from 1968, including Major Mason himself, Lt. Jeff Long, Sgt. Storm, and Doug Davis.
• Moon McDare, a generic astronaut figure from 1965, packaged with various accessories.
• John Blackstar, Earth astronaut who crashes on planet Sagar.

External links

• Altner, Patricia (March 2009). "The Moon in Science Fiction". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
• Murphy, Ken (January 8, 2008). "The Bicentilune (or 200 tales of Lunar Adventure)". Out of the Cradle. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
• Murphy, Ken (July 18, 2016). "Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 1)". The Space Review. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
• Murphy, Ken (July 25, 2016). "Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 2)". The Space Review. Retrieved 2017-10-30.