Deployed Astronauts
Takuya Onishi
Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in 2009. He spent four months on board the International Space Station in
2016. In March 2025, he arrived at the ISS as part of Expedition 72/73.
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Jonny Kim
Jonathan Yong "Jonny" Kim is an American astronaut with
NASA; physician; and U.S. Navy officer, flight surgeon, aviator, and former SEAL. Born in Los Angeles to South Korean immigrants, Kim enlisted in the Navy in 2002.
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Danny Wong
Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Danny Wong Is a United States NASA astronaut of the class of 2014. Selected to be a flight engineer on the International Space Station, his first launch was on Soyuz MS-10. Currently on board.
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Sergey Ryzhikov
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov, lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in
2006. He is a veteran of three long duration spaceflights to the ISS.
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Nora AlMatrooshi
Nora AlMatrooshi (Arabic: نورا المطروشي; is the first Emirati and Arab woman astronaut, selected as part of the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme. In 2024, she graduated from the NASA Astronaut Candidate Class training programme and received her astronaut pin, establishing her as a fully qualified astronaut for space missions.
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Akihiko Hoshide
Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer, JAXA/NASA astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station.
On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. Currently on board.
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Naoko Yamazaki
Naoko Yamazaki is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA. She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. The first was Chiaki Mukai.
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Ayu Yoneda
YONEDA Ayu joined JAXA/NASA in April 2023. After basic training as an astronaut candidate, she was certified as a JAXA astronaut in October 2024. She is currently on board.
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Theodore Shoichi
Theodore Shoichi American engineer and an astronaut working for NASA. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon.
Selected to be a flight engineer on the International Space Station, his first launch was on Soyuz MS-10. Currently on board.
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Deniz Burnham
Deniz Melissa Burnham is a lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve and NASA astronaut. She worked as a drilling engineer based in Wasilla, Alaska before working with NASA.
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Koichi Wakata
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA/NASA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon.
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Donald Roy Pettit
Donald Roy Pettit is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space.
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Chen Dong
Chen Dong (陈冬) is a Chinese taikonaut and fighter pilot. He is known for his role in the Shenzhou program, including the Shenzhou 11 and Shenzhou 14 missions. He has also been a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Nick Hague
Tyler Nicklaus "Nick" Hague is a United States Space Force colonel and NASA astronaut, selected as part of the 2013 astronaut class. Hague's first spaceflight was aboard Soyuz MS-10 on 11 October 2018, which was aborted shortly after launch.
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Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and NASA/JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July.
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