This page is a list of notable Asian Americans.
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This section is a list of astronauts of Asian ancestry who are, by birth or naturalization, American citizens.
"Asian" in this sense refers to people from the continent of Asia, exclusive of Asian Russia, who are not of predominantly European, African, or Native American ancestry.
| No. | Image | Name Birth date |
Country of ancestry | Country of birth | Comment | Missions (Launch date) |
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| 1 | Ellison Onizuka June 24, 1946 |
Japan | United States | First Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. | STS-51-C (January 24, 1985) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) |
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| 2 | Taylor Gun-jin Wang June 16, 1940 |
China | First Chinese American in space. | STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) | ||
| 3 | Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950 |
China | Costa Rica | STS-61-C (January 12, 1986) STS-34 (October 18, 1989) STS-46 (July 31, 1992) STS-60 (February 3, 1994) STS-75 (February 22, 1996) STS-91 (June 2, 1998) STS-111 (June 5, 2002) |
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| 4 | Eugene Trinh September 14, 1950 |
Vietnam | First Vietnamese American in space. | STS-50 (June 25, 1992) | ||
| 5 | Leroy Chiao August 28, 1960 |
China | United States | Served on ISS Expedition 10. | STS-65 (July 8, 1994) STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-92 (October 11, 2000) Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004) |
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| 6 | Ed Lu July 1, 1963 |
China | United States | Served on ISS Expedition 7. | STS-84 (May 15, 1997) STS-106 (September 8, 2000) Soyuz TMA-2 (April 6, 2003) |
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| 7 | Kalpana Chawla March 17, 1962 |
India | First Indian American in space. Died on the Columbia. | STS-87 (November 19, 1997) STS-107 (January 16, 2003) |
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| 8 | Mark L. Polansky June 2, 1956 |
Republic of Korea | United States | First Korean American in space | STS-98 (February 7, 2001} STS-116 (December 9, 2006) STS-127 (July 15, 2009) |
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| 9 | Daniel M. Tani February 1, 1961 |
Japan | United States | Served on ISS Expedition 16. | STS-108 (December 5, 2001) STS-120 (October 23, 2007) STS-122 (February 7, 2008) |
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| 10 | Anousheh Ansari September 12, 1966 |
Iran | First Iranian American in space | Soyuz TMA-9/8 (September 18, 2006) | ||
| 11 | Sunita Pandya Williams September 19, 1965 |
India | United States | Served on the ISS in Expedition 14 and 15. | STS-116/117 (December 9, 2006) | |