Astronaut

An astronaut (known in Russia as a cosmonaut) is a person who works on a manned spacecraft.

List of Astronauts

• Yuri Gagarin (Vostok-1): First human in space.
• Alan Shepard (Freedom-7): Second human in space, first American in space.
• Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok-6): First woman in space.
• Neil Armstrong (Apollo-11): First human to walk on the Moon.
• Marc Garneau (STS-41-G): First Canadian person in space.
• Yang Liwei (Shenzhou-5): First Chinese person in space