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List of Asian astronauts
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This is a list of astronauts, who are in a restricted sense, Asians.
If "Asian" is restricted to refer to people from the continent of Asia, exclusive of Asian Russia and Turkey, who are not of predominantly European, African, or American ancestry, then the list is as follows:
The first country listed is that of citizenship; the second, if any, is that of the Asian country of birth and/or ancestry, where different. Those of Asian ancestry but were born outside Asia are excluded.
The table lists astronauts whose origin or ancestry is in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia.
List
| # | Image | Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth date | data-sort-type:text | Country | Notes | Missions (Launch date) | ||
| 1 | [[Image:TUÂN PHAM.JPG | 80px]] | Phạm Tuân | |||
| February 14, 1947 | Vietnam | First Vietnamese and first person of Asian origin to be in space. | Soyuz 37 (July 23, 1980) | |||
| 2 | [[Image:Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.jpeg | 80px]] | Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa | |||
| December 5, 1947 | Mongolia | First Mongolian in space. | Soyuz 39 (March 22, 1981) | |||
| 3 | [[Image:Rakesh sharma.jpg | 80px]] | Rakesh Sharma | |||
| January 13, 1949 | India | First Indian in space. | Soyuz T-11/10 (April 3, 1984) | |||
| 4 | [[Image:Taylor Wang - full.jpg | 80px]] | Taylor Wang | |||
| June 16, 1940 | United States | |||||
| (Taiwan) | First person of Chinese ancestry in space | |||||
| Second Asian American in space, after Ellison Onizuka | STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) | |||||
| 5 | [[Image:Sultan Salman Al-Saud.jpg | 80px]] | Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||
| June 27, 1956 | Saudi Arabia | First Saudi and first Arab in space. | STS-51-G (June 17, 1985) | |||
| 6 | [[Image:Muhammed Ahmed Faris.jpg | 80px]] | Muhammed Faris | |||
| May 26, 1951 | Syria | First Syrian in space. | Soyuz TM-3/2 (July 22, 1987) | |||
| 7 | [[Image:U2mir musa manarov.jpg | 80px]] | Musa Manarov | |||
| March 22, 1951 | Soviet Union | |||||
| (Azerbaijan) | First Azeri in space. | Soyuz TM-4 (December 21, 1987) | ||||
| Soyuz TM-11 (December 2, 1990) | ||||||
| 8 | Abdul Ahad Momand | |||||
| January 1, 1959 | Afghanistan | First Afghan in space. | Soyuz TM-6/5 (August 29, 1988) | |||
| 9 | [[File:Toyohiro-Akiyama-First-Japanese-Person-in-Space-1990.png | 80px]] | Toyohiro Akiyama | |||
| July 22, 1942 | Japan | First Japanese citizen in space. | Soyuz TM-11/10 (December 2, 1990) | |||
| 10 | [[Image:Stamp of Kazakhstan 276.jpg | 80px]] | Toktar Aubakirov | |||
| July 27, 1946 | Soviet Union | |||||
| (Kazakhstan) | First ethnic Kazakh in space. | Soyuz TM-13/12 (October 2, 1991) | ||||
| 11 | [[Image:DR- EUGENE TRINH.jpg | 80px]] | Eugene Trinh | |||
| September 14, 1950 | United States | |||||
| (South Vietnam) | First Vietnamese American in space. | STS-50 (June 25, 1992) | ||||
| 12 | [[Image:Mamoru Mohri portrait.jpg | 80px]] | Mamoru Mohri | |||
| January 29, 1948 | Japan | STS-47 (September 12, 1992) | ||||
| STS-99 (February 11, 2000) | ||||||
| 13 | [[Image:Talgat Musabayev.jpg | 80px]] | Talgat Musabayev | |||
| January 7, 1951 | Russia | |||||
| (Kazakhstan) | Soyuz TM-19 (July 1, 1994) | |||||
| Soyuz TM-27 (January 29, 1998) | ||||||
| Soyuz TM-32/31 (April 28, 2001) | ||||||
| 14 | [[Image:Chiaki Mukai.jpg | 80px]] | Chiaki Mukai | |||
| May 6, 1952 | Japan | First Japanese woman and first Asian woman in space. | STS-65 (July 8, 1994) | |||
| STS-95 (October 29, 1998) | ||||||
| 15 | [[Image:Koichi wakata.jpg | 80px]] | Koichi Wakata | |||
| August 1, 1963 | Served on the ISS in Expedition 18, 19, 20, Expedition 38/39 and Expedition 68. | STS-72 (July 11, 1996) | ||||
| STS-92 (October 11, 2000) | ||||||
| STS-119/127 (March 15, 2009) | ||||||
| Soyuz TMA-11M (November 7, 2013) | ||||||
| SpaceX Crew-5 (October 5, 2022) | ||||||
| 16 | [[Image:Kalpana Chawla, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg | 80px]] | Kalpana Chawla | |||
| March 17, 1962 | United States | |||||
| (India) | First Indian American in space. Died on the Columbia. | STS-87 (19 November 1997) | ||||
| STS-107 (16 January 2003) | ||||||
| 17 | [[Image:Doi.jpg | 80px]] | Takao Doi | |||
| September 18, 1954 | Japan | First Japanese spacewalker. | STS-87 (November 19, 1997) | |||
| STS-123 (March 11, 2008) | ||||||
| 18 | [[Image:Sharipov.jpg | 80px]] | Salizhan Sharipov | |||
| August 24, 1964 | Russia | |||||
| (Kyrgyzstan) | Of Uzbek ancestry. Served on ISS Expedition 10. | STS-89 (January 22, 1998) | ||||
| Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004) | ||||||
| 19 | [[Image:Yurchikhin.jpg | 80px]] | Fyodor Yurchikhin | |||
| January 3, 1959 | Russia | |||||
| (Georgia) | First Georgian in space, of Pontic Greek ancestry. | |||||
| Served on the ISS in Expedition 15. | STS-112 (October 7, 2002) | |||||
| Soyuz TMA-10 (April 7, 2007) | ||||||
| 20 | [[Image:Ilan Ramon, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg | 80px]] | Ilan Ramon | |||
| June 20, 1954 | Israel | First Israeli in space. Died on the Columbia. | STS-107 (January 16, 2003) | |||
| 21 | [[Image:Yang Liwei.jpg | 80px]] | Yang Liwei | |||
| June 21, 1965 | China | First taikonaut from the People's Republic of China. | ||||
| First person launched by an independent spaceflight mission from Asia. | Shenzhou 5 (October 15, 2003) | |||||
| 22 | [[Image:Soichi noguchi v2.jpg | 80px]] | Soichi Noguchi | |||
| April 15, 1965 | Japan | Served on the ISS in (Expedition 22/23) and (Expedition 64/65). | STS-114 (July 26, 2005) | |||
| Soyuz TMA-17 (December 20, 2009) | ||||||
| SpaceX Crew-1 (November 16, 2020) | ||||||
| 23, 24 | [[File:Dyor Fei Junlong.jpg | 80px]] | Fei Junlong | |||
| May 5, 1965 | China | Shenzhou 6 (October 12, 2005) | ||||
| Shenzhou 15 (November 29, 2022) | ||||||
| [[File:Nie Haisheng 2021.png | 80px]] | Nie Haisheng | ||||
| October 13, 1964 | Shenzhou 6 (October 12, 2005) | |||||
| Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013) | ||||||
| Shenzhou 12 (June 17, 2021) | ||||||
| 25 | [[Image:Anousheh Ansari.jpg | 80px]] | Anousheh Ansari | |||
| September 12, 1966 | United States | |||||
| (Iran) | First Iranian-American in space. | Soyuz TMA-9/8 (September 18, 2006) | ||||
| 26 | [[Image:Muszaphar shukor.jpg | 80px]] | Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor | |||
| July 27, 1972 | Malaysia | First Malaysian in space. | Soyuz TMA-11/10 (October 10, 2007) | |||
| 27 | [[File:Yi so yeon.jpg | 80px]] | Yi So-yeon | |||
| June 2, 1978 | South Korea | First Korean citizen in space. | Soyuz TMA-11/12 (April 8, 2008) | |||
| 28 | [[Image:Akihoshide.jpg | 80px]] | Akihiko Hoshide | |||
| December 28, 1968 | Japan | Served on the ISS in (Expedition 32/33). | STS-124 (May 31, 2008) | |||
| Soyuz TMA-05M (15 July 2012) | ||||||
| SpaceX Crew-2 (23 April 2021) | ||||||
| 29, 30, 31 | [[Image:Jing Haipeng.JPG | 80px]] | Jing Haipeng | |||
| October 24, 1966 | China | Shenzhou 7 (September 25, 2008) | ||||
| Shenzhou 9 (June 16, 2012) | ||||||
| Shenzhou 11 (October 17, 2016) | ||||||
| Shenzhou 16 (May 30, 2023) | ||||||
| [[Image:Liu Boming.JPG | 80px]] | Liu Boming | ||||
| October 29, 1966 | Shenzhou 7 (September 25, 2008) | |||||
| Shenzhou 12 (June 17, 2021) | ||||||
| [[Image:Zhai Zhigang.JPG | 80px]] | Zhai Zhigang | ||||
| October 10, 1966 | Shenzhou 7 (September 25, 2008) | |||||
| Shenzhou 13 (October 15, 2021) | ||||||
| 32 | [[Image:Naoko Yamazaki.jpg | 80px]] | Naoko Yamazaki | |||
| December 27, 1970 | Japan | STS-131 (April 5, 2010) | ||||
| 33 | [[Image:Satoshi Furukawa.jpg | 80px]] | Satoshi Furukawa | |||
| April 4, 1964 | Served on the ISS in (Expedition 28/29). | Soyuz TMA-02M (7 June 2011) | ||||
| SpaceX Crew-7 (26 August 2023) | ||||||
| 34, 35 | [[Image:LIU Wang CUHK 2012.JPG | 80px]] | Liu Wang | |||
| 1970 | China | Shenzhou 9 (June 16, 2012) | ||||
| [[Image:LIU Yang CUHK 2012.JPG | 80px]] | Liu Yang | ||||
| 1978 | First Chinese woman in space. | |||||
| 36, 37 | [[File:Wang Yaping at Shenzhou-13 launch.jpg | 80px]] | Wang Yaping | |||
| January 1988 | First Asian female astronaut to perform a spacewalk (Shenzhou 13). | Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013) | ||||
| Shenzhou 13 (October 15, 2021) | ||||||
| [[Image:Zhang Xiaoguang.jpg | 80px]] | Zhang Xiaoguang | ||||
| May 1966 | Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013) | |||||
| 38 | [[Image:Kimiya Yui NASA official portrait.jpg | 80px]] | Kimiya Yui | |||
| January 30, 1970 | Japan | Served on the ISS in (Expedition 44/45). | Soyuz TMA-17M (July 22, 2015) | |||
| Soyuz MS-11 (August 1, 2025) | ||||||
| 39 | [[Image:Aidyn Aimbetov.jpg | 80px]] | Aidyn Aimbetov | |||
| July 27, 1972 | Kazakhstan | Soyuz TMA-18M (September 2, 2015) | ||||
| 40 | [[Image:Takuya Onishi at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.jpg | 80px]] | Takuya Onishi | |||
| December 22, 1975 | Japan | Served on the ISS in (Expedition 48/49/72/73). | Soyuz MS-01 (July 7, 2016) | |||
| SpaceX Crew-10 (March 14, 2025) | ||||||
| 41 | [[File:航天员陈冬 Chen Dong.jpg | 106x106px]] | Chen Dong | |||
| December 12, 1978 | China | Shenzhou 11 (October 17, 2016) | ||||
| Shenzhou 14 (June 5, 2022) | ||||||
| Shenzhou 20/21 (April 24, 2025) | ||||||
| 42 | [[Image:Norishige kanai jaxa.jpg | 80px]] | Norishige Kanai | |||
| December 5, 1976 | Japan | Served on the ISS on (Expedition 54/55). | Soyuz MS-07 (December 27, 2017) | |||
| 43 | [[Image:Hazza Al Mansouri (1).jpg | 80px]] | Hazza Al Mansouri | |||
| December 13, 1983 | UAE | First United Arab Emirates in space. | Soyuz MS-15/12 (September 25, 2019) | |||
| 44 | [[File:Tang Hongbo.png | 80px]] | Tang Hongbo | |||
| October, 1975 | China | Shenzhou 12 (June 17, 2021) | ||||
| 45 | Sirisha Bandla | |||||
| 1988 | United States | |||||
| (India) | Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021) | |||||
| 46 | [[File:Ye Guangfu in 2021.jpg | 80px]] | Ye Guangfu | |||
| September, 1980 | China | Shenzhou 13 (October 15, 2021) | ||||
| Shenzhou 18 (April 25, 2024) | ||||||
| 47, 48 | [[File:Yozo Hirano (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Yozo Hirano | |||
| 1985 | Japan | Space tourist from Space Adventures | ||||
| First space tourists from Japan | ||||||
| First time two Japanese people were launched together. | Soyuz MS-20 (December 8, 2021) | |||||
| [[File:Yusaku Maezawa (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Yusaku Maezawa | ||||
| 22 November 1975 | ||||||
| 49 | [[File:Eitan Stiva.jpg | 80px]] | Eytan Stibbe | |||
| January 12, 1958 | Israel | Space tourist from Axiom Space. First Space tourist from Israel. | Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022) | |||
| 50 | [[File:航天员蔡旭哲 Cai Xuzhe.jpg | 106x106px]] | Cai Xuzhe | |||
| May, 1976 | China | Shenzhou 14 (June 5, 2022) | ||||
| 51 | [[File:Zhang Lu (cropped).jpg | 106x106px]] | Zhang Lu | |||
| November, 1976 | Shenzhou 15 (September 29, 2022) | |||||
| Shenzhou 21/22 | ||||||
| (October 31, 2025) | ||||||
| 52 | [[File:Deng Qingming (cropped).jpg | 106x106px]] | Deng Qingming | |||
| March, 1966 | Shenzhou 15 (September 29, 2022) | |||||
| 53 | [[Image:SpaceX-Crew-6 Sultan-Alneyadi-MBRSC-scaled.jpg | 80px]] | Sultan Al Neyadi | |||
| May 23, 1981 | UAE | First United Arab Emirates for long duration mission in space. | SpaceX Crew-6 (March 2, 2023) | |||
| 54, 55 | [[File:Ali AlQarni (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Ali AlQarni | |||
| March, 1992 | Saudi Arabia | First Saudi astronaut to ISS. | Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023) | |||
| [[File:Rayyanah Barnawi (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Rayyanah Barnawi | ||||
| September, 1988 | First Saudi astronaut to ISS. First female Saudi astronaut in space. | |||||
| 56, 57 | [[File:Gui Haichao Shenzhou 16 桂海潮 20230530 02.jpg | 80px]] | Gui Haichao | |||
| November, 1986 | China | First civilian taikonaut in space. | Shenzhou 16 (May 30, 2023) | |||
| [[File:Zhu Yangzhu Shenzhou 16 朱杨柱 20230530 01.jpg | 80px]] | Zhu Yangzhu | ||||
| September, 1986 | ||||||
| 58 | [[File:Namira Salim.jpg | 80px]] | Namira Salim | Pakistan | First Pakistani in space. | Galactic 04 (October 6, 2023) |
| 59, 60 | [[File:神舟十七号 Shenzhou 17 江新林 Jiang Xinlin 20231026.jpg | 80px]] | Jiang Xinlin | |||
| February, 1988 | China | Shenzhou 17 (October 26, 2023) | ||||
| [[File:神舟十七号 Shenzhou 17 唐胜杰 Tang Shengjie 20231026.jpg | 80px]] | Tang Shengjie | ||||
| December, 1989 | Shenzhou 17 (October 26, 2023) | |||||
| 61 | [[File:Axiom Mission 3 Space Station Arrival & Welcome Remarks (Alper Gezeravcı).jpg | 80px]] | Alper Gezeravcı | |||
| December, 1979 | Turkey | First Turk in space and to ISS. | Axiom Mission 3 (January 18, 2024) | |||
| 62, 63 | [[File:李聪.png | 80px]] | Li Cong | |||
| October, 1989 | China | Shenzhou 18 (April 25, 2024) | ||||
| [[File:李广苏.png | 80px]] | Li Guangsu | ||||
| July 1987 | ||||||
| 64 | Gopichand Thotakura | |||||
| 1993 | India | First space tourist from India | Blue Origin NS-25 (May 19, 2024) | |||
| 65 | Tuva Cihangir Atasever | |||||
| 1992 | Turkey | Galactic 07 (June 8, 2024) | ||||
| 66, 67, 68 | [[File:Eiman Jahangir 03.jpg | 80px]] | Eiman Jahangir | |||
| Aug, 1980 | United States (Iran) | Blue Origin NS-26 | ||||
| (August 29, 2024) | ||||||
| Ephraim Rabin | ||||||
| ? | United States (Israel) | |||||
| Nicolina Elrick | ||||||
| ? | United Kingdom (Singapore) | First Singaporean permanent resident in space | ||||
| 69, 70 | [[File:Song Lingdong.jpg | 80px]] | Song Lingdong | |||
| August, 1990 | China | Shenzhou 19 | ||||
| (October 29, 2024) | ||||||
| [[File:Wang Haoze at Shenzhou-19 press conference.png | 80px]] | Wang Haoze | ||||
| March 1990 | ||||||
| 71 | Chun Wang | |||||
| 1982 | Saint Kitts and Nevis/Malta (China) | First Asian-born in polar retrograde orbit, i.e., to fly over Earth's poles. | Fram2 (March 31, 2025) | |||
| 72 | [[File:How Will We Govern Ourselves in Space? (48322984212).jpg | 80px]] | Amanda Nguyễn | |||
| October 1991 | United States | |||||
| (South Vietnam) | First Vietnamese American and | |||||
| southeast Asian American woman astronaut. | Blue Origin NS-31 (April 14, 2025) | |||||
| 73, 74 | [[File:神二十航天员首次亮相2.png | 80px]] | Chen Zhongrui | |||
| August, 1990 | China | Shenzhou 20/21 | ||||
| (April 24, 2025) | ||||||
| [[File:神二十航天员首次亮相1.png | 80px]] | Wang Jie | ||||
| March 1990 | ||||||
| 75 | [[File:Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla.jpg | 100px]] | Shubhanshu Shukla | |||
| 10 October 1985 | India | An Indian Air Force test pilot and ISRO astronaut, first Indian & South Asian to go to the ISS. | Axiom Mission 4 | |||
| (25 June 2025) | ||||||
| 76, 77 | [[File:Head of the Grenadian Delegation to the 12th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference Justin Sun.jpg | 100px]] | H.E. Justin Sun | |||
| 30 July 1999 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (China) | Blue Origin NS-34 | ||||
| (3 August 2025) | ||||||
| Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal | ||||||
| 13 October 1945 | United States (India) | |||||
| 78 | Danna Karagussova | |||||
| ? | Kazakhstan | Blue Origin NS-36 (October 8, 2025) | ||||
| 79, 80 | Wu Fei | |||||
| October, 1993 | China | Shenzhou 21/22 | ||||
| (October 31, 2025) | ||||||
| Zhang Hongzhang | ||||||
| April 1986 |
List by country
| Country | Astronauts | Maiden flight |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 29 August 1988 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 21 December 1987 |
| China | 30 | 15 October 2003 |
| Georgia | 1 | 7 October 2002 |
| India | 6 | 3 April 1984 |
| Iran | 2 | 18 September 2006 |
| Israel | 3 | 16 January 2003 |
| Japan | 13 | 2 December 1990 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 October 1991 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 22 January 1998 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 10 October 2007 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 22 March 1981 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 6 October 2023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 17 June 1985 |
| Syria | 1 | 22 July 1987 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 29 April 1985 |
| South Korea | 1 | 8 April 2008 |
| Turkey | 2 | 18 January 2024 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 25 September 2019 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 23 July 1980 |
| Singapore | 1 | 25 February 2025 |
Human spaceflight programs
| Country | Organisation | Program | Destination | Period | Astronauts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | CNSA | Low Earth orbit | 1968–1972 | ||
| China | CNSA | Low Earth orbit | 1992–present | 26 | |
| China | CNSA | Low Earth orbit | 1999–present | 25 | |
| India | ISRO | Low Earth orbit | 2006–present | 4 | |
| Iran | ISRC | Very low Earth orbit | 2015–present | TBD | |
| India | ISRO | Low Earth orbit | 2019–present | TBD | |
| Azerbaijan | |||||
| China | |||||
| Russia | |||||
| Thailand | |||||
| Pakistan | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | |||||
| Kazakhstan | ILRS | Moon | 2021–present | TBD |
Other Asian-born astronauts
Several Soviet and Russian cosmonauts of Russian ethnicity, and some American astronauts not of Asian ancestry, were born in Asian Russia and other parts of Asia:
- Born in Asian Russia — Dmitri Kondratyev, Vasili Lazarev, Alexei Leonov, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Valery Ryumin, Vitali Sevastyanov, Maksim Surayev, Gherman Titov, Vladimir Titov, Pavel Vinogradov, Boris Volynov.
- Born in Kazakhstan — Yuri Lonchakov, Viktor Patsayev, Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksandr Viktorenko
- Born in Turkmenistan — Oleg Kononenko
- Born in Uzbekistan — Vladimir Dzhanibekov
- Born in China — William Anders, Shannon Lucid
- Born in Taiwan - Kjell N. Lindgren (American by nationality, and half Taiwanese)
References
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. "First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out, showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit".
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