List of fictional astronauts

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This is an incomplete list of fictional astronauts from various sources.

Contents 1 Early period 2 Classic period 3 Modern period 4 Futuristic 5 To Infinity and Beyond 6 Astronauts in other media

[edit] Early period

Fictional astronauts as imagined before the Space Age.

Name(s)	Appeared in	Medium	Date of appearance	Program / Mission / Spaceship	Fictional date	Other
Victor Carroon	The Quatermass Experiment	Television	1953	experimental rocket	unknown	Astronaut of the British Experimental Rocket Group in failed rocket test flight
Karl Eckstrom Lisa Van Horn Floyd Graham, Col. Harry Chamberlain William Corrigan, Maj.	Rocketship X-M	Film	1950	X-M ("eXpedition Moon")	near future	Astronauts on a moon rocket that "accidentally" lands on Mars.
Jim Barnes Dr. Charles Cargraves Thayer, Gen. Joe Sweeney	Destination Moon	Film	1950	Luna	near future	Astronauts on a nuclear rocket to the moon.
Barney Merritt, Capt. Samuel T. Merritt, Gen. Mahoney, Sgt. Jackie Siegle	Conquest of Space	Film	1955	unknown	near future	Astronauts on a mission to Mars
Daniel MacGregor Dare, Col., Albert Fitzwilliam Digby	Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future	Comics	1950-1967	Anastasia	1996+	Astronaut in Earth's Interplanetary Spacefleet, travelled to Venus, Mercury, Saturn

[edit] Classic period

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

Name(s)	Appeared in	Medium	Date of appearance	Program / Mission / Spaceship	Fictional date	Other
Jose Jimenez	Jose Jimenez the Astronaut, Jose Jimenez in Orbit	LP records	1961-1962	Mercury	contemporary	Astronaut in the "United States Interplanetary Expeditionary Force." They were going to send a dog... but they thought that would be too cruel.
Michael A. R. "Mike Mars" Samson Johnny Bluehawk Jack Lannigan Rodney Harger Joseph Stacey Orin McMahan Hart Williams	Mike Mars series	Novels	1961-1966	Project Quicksilver	contemporary	Astronauts in a project parallelling the actual Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects.
John Jameson, Col.	The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, Spider-Man 2	Comics, Television, Film	1963-Present	Mercury, Apollo	contemporary	NASA astronaut afflicted with lycanthropy.
Anthony Nelson, Capt./Maj., Roger Healy, Maj.	I Dream of Jeannie	Television	1965-1970	Gemini,Apollo	contemporary	Career NASA astronauts.
Tom, Maj.	Space Oddity	Song	1969	unknown	contemporary	Astronaut in one-man capsule who loses touch with Earth while on a spacewalk
John Pope Randy Claggett	Space	Novel, Television	1982, 1985	Gemini	1960s	NASA astronauts in James Michener's fictionalized account of the early years of the space program and the TV miniseries made from it.
Marcus Aurelius Belt, Lt. Col.	The X-Files, Space	Television	1993	Gemini VIII	contemporary (flashback to c. 1966)	Former NASA astronaut who is possessed by a creature from outer space.
Steve Pitt "Robert Gauss" (real name Sam Stonebreaker)	Death of a Cosmonaut	Novel	1969	Gemini 12-A	Spring 1967	Crew of a Gemini mission which makes a clandestine rendezvous with a failed Voskhod to carry out an autopsy of the cosmonauts
Lee Stegler	Countdown	Film	1968	Gemini, Apollo	near future	NASA astronaut using modified Gemini craft to beat the Russians to the Moon.
Al Calavicci, Rear Adm.	Quantum Leap	Television	1989-1993	Apollo 8	c. 1999/1968	NASA Astronaut in Apollo program. Circled the moon ten times. Calavicci landed the spacecraft safely after the computer systems crashed.
Richard J. Pruett, Maj, USAF; Jim Dougherty, USAF; Andrei Yakovlev, Col.	Marooned	Novel	1964	Mercury 7 (Mercury); Gemini (Gemini);Vostok IX (Vostok)	July 1964	NASA astronaut on 7th Mercury flight (MA-10) trapped in orbit due to no retrofire; boilerplate Gemini (GT-2) launched to rescue; Russian cosmonaut also redezvous. Novel also mentions docking of Vostok VII & VIII and names GT-3 crew as Shepard and Masters
Jim Pruett, Clayton Stone, Buzz Lloyd; Andrei Yakovlev	Marooned	Film	1969	Ironman One (Apollo); Voskhod	near future	NASA astronauts trapped in a defective capsule; a Russian cosmonaut attempts aid.
Paul Andrews	Beyond the Stars	Film	1989	Apollo	contemporary	NASA astronaut who landed on the Moon.
Rick Lawrence, Capt., Ben Pelham, Dave Anderson	Stowaway to the Moon	Television	1975	Apollo	contemporary	NASA astronauts on an Apollo mission who discover a child in the command module.
Gary Lucas, CDR Charles Shepherd, LMP Victor Kendall, CMP; Bruce Cortney, CDR James Irwin, LMP Donald K. Slayton, CMP	Ice	Novel	2002	Apollo	February 1975	Apollo 19 astronauts on a mission to the Aitken Basin; Apollo 20 recovery mission
Steve Austin, Col. Kelly Wood, Maj. Josh Lang Dr. Leah Russell	The Six Million Dollar Man	Television	1973-1978	Apollo 17 et al.	contemporary	Austin is a NASA astronaut injured in testing landing characteristics of lifting bodies in anticipation of the Space Shuttle program. Other astronauts appear in the episodes The Rescue of Athena One; Burning Bright (1974); and The Deadly Countdown (1977).
Garrett Breedlove	Terms of Endearment, The Evening Star	Film	1983, 1996	Apollo	contemporary	Retired middle-aged astronaut played by Jack Nicholson
Forrest Gump, Janet Fritch, Maj.	Forrest Gump	Novel	1985	unknown	contemporary	Gump's history as an astronaut was not included in the film adaptation
Maurice Minnifield	Northern Exposure	Television	1990-1995	Mercury	contemporary	Former NASA astronaut living in Alaska

[edit] Modern period

Astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle.

Name(s)	Appeared in	Medium	Date of appearance	Program / Mission / Spaceship	Fictional date	Other
James Bond, Dr. Holly Goodhead	Moonraker	Film	1979	Space Shuttle Moonraker	contemporary	Spies in space.
Andie Bergstrom	Space Camp	Film	1986	Space Shuttle Atlantis	contemporary	Astronaut camp instructor who is accidentally launched into space with a bunch of teenagers.
Jason Grant, Col., Ray Tanner	Moontrap	Film	1989	Apollo, Space Shuttle Intrepid	contemporary	Astronauts using remnant Apollo hardware for a trip to the Moon.
Homer Simpson, Race Banyon	The Simpsons (Deep Space Homer)	Television	1994	Space Shuttle Corvair	contemporary	Simpson is drafted as a NASA astronaut for publicity purposes
Henry "Bull" Eckert, Col., Jack Riles, Col.	The Cape	Television	1996-1997	Space Shuttle	contemporary	NASA career astronauts.
Spencer Armacost, Cdr.	The Astronaut's Wife	Film	1999	Space Shuttle Victory	contemporary	NASA astronaut, suffers a mysterious personality change after his mission.
Frank Corvin, William "Hawk" Hawkins, Col., Jerry O'Neill Tank Sullivan Ethan Glance Roger Hines	Space Cowboys	Film	2000	Space Shuttle	contemporary	NASA astronauts on a satellite salvage mission
John Crichton	Farscape	Television	1999-2004	Space Shuttle Collaroy, Farscape One	contemporary/near future	IASA astronaut lost in space. His father was former astronaut Jack Crichton.
Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner, Capt.	Deep Impact	Film	1998	Space Shuttle Atlantis, Messiah	near future	Astronaut on mission to destroy an oncoming asteroid.
Nikolai Federenko, Major, USSR Dr. Keith Stoner, NASA	Voyagers	Book	1981	Soyuz	mid-1980s	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 to link up with just prior to alien encounter. Stoner's ride, as the first American on a Soyuz, predates Norm Thagard's actual trip on Soyuz TM-21 by 14 years. Linked modules may be similar to Cosmos 1267 that actually docked with Salyut 6 and Cosmos 1443 and Cosmos 1686 which docked to Salyut 7.

[edit] Futuristic

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

Name(s)	Appeared in	Medium	Date of appearance	Program / Mission / Spaceship	Fictional date	Other
Matt Mason, Maj., Jeff Long, Lt., Storm, Sgt., Doug Davis	Major Matt Mason	Toy line	1966-early 1970s	unknown	future	Astronauts on a moon base of the future.
Sky Masters, Maj.	Sky Masters of the Space Force	Comic strip	1958-1961	unknown	near future	Astronaut in the United States Space Force.
Edward McCauley, Col.	Men Into Space	Television	1959-1960	various missions	c. 1970-1980	Future astronauts go to the moon, build a space station and go on to Mars.
Neil Stryker	The Stranger	Television	1973	unknown	contemporary	Astronaut who crash-lands on a duplicate of Earth ruled by a totalitarian regime.
Jefferson Barton, Brig. Gen.	The Outer Limits, Cold Hands, Warm Heart	Television	1964	unknown	future	Astronaut who succumbs to a mysterious disease after a mission to Venus.
Dan McReady, Col. Christopher "Kit" Draper, Cdr.	Robinson Crusoe on Mars	Film	1964	Mars Gravity Probe-1 (Elinor M)	future	Astronauts visiting Mars; one dies, the other is stranded.
Brice Randolph, Col.	The Astronaut	Television	1972	unknown	near future	Astronaut who dies on a mission to Mars.
Charles Brubaker, Col., Peter Willis, Lt. Col., John Walker, Cdr.	Capricorn One	Film	1978	Capricorn One	contemporary/near future	Astronauts on a NASA mission to Mars that goes terribly wrong.
Luke Graham Renée Coté Nicholas Willis Sergei Kirov Woodrow "Woody" Blake Jim McConnell Terri Fisher Phil Ohlmyer	Mission to Mars	Film	2000	unknown	future	NASA astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars and a follow-up mission to rescue them.
John Mark Kelly, Lt. Rose Kumagawa Andrei Novakovich	Star Trek: Voyager, One Small Step	Television	1999	Ares IV	2032	NASA astronauts on an early mission to Mars
Tom Easton Bill Frager Michael McKendrick	Meteor	Film	1979	Challenger-2	near future	Astronauts on a spacecraft orbiting Mars that happens to look exactly like Skylab
William "Buck" Rogers, Capt.	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Television	1979-1981	Ranger 3	1987	NASA astronaut whose voyage in a Space Shuttle-like "deep space probe" results in suspended animation
David Bowman, Frank Poole, Dr. Hunter, Dr. Kimball, Dr. Kaminsky	2001: A Space Odyssey	Film/Book	1968	Discovery One	2001	Astronauts on a mission to find an alien artifact near Jupiter (on Iapetus in the book)
Tanya Kirbuk, Vladimir Rudenko, Vasili Orlov, Heywood Floyd, R. Chandra, Walter Curnow	2010: Odyssey Two and 2010: The Year We Make Contact	Book, Film	1982,1984	Alexei Leonov	2010	Astronauts on a follow-up mission to Jupiter to investigate the loss of Discovery One.
Sean Jeffrey Christopher (aka Sean Geoffrey, Shaun Geoffrey)	Star Trek, Tomorrow Is Yesterday	Television	1967	unknown	Early 21st century	Leader of the first "probe" to travel from Earth to Saturn.
Steve West, Col.	The Incredible Melting Man	Film	1977	Scorpio V	future	Astronaut whose physiology is horribly altered due to radiation exposure during the first mission to Saturn.

[edit] To Infinity and Beyond

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

Name(s)	Appeared in	Medium	Date of appearance	Program / Mission / Spaceship	Fictional date	Other
Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, Benjamin Grimm	Fantastic Four	Comics	1961-Present	Experimental interstellar spacecraft	contemporary	Private space venture, astronauts bizarrely affected by cosmic rays.
Zefram Cochrane	Star Trek: The Original Series (Metamorphosis) Star Trek: First Contact	Television, film	1967, 1996	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	Film	1968	Icarus	1972	ANSA astronauts on an interstellar mission, perhaps to Bellatrix.

[edit] Astronauts in other media

• Barbie, the world's most popular doll, was released with a variant space suit costume, in the 1960s.
• Figment of Epcot's Imagination! pavillion has aspirations of being an astronaut as seen in the original and current Journey Into Imagination attractions, even stating in the original that he wishes to be an astronaut to help discover all kinds of new things. As such, Figment is often portrayed in merchandising in a spacesuit.