List of Jewish astronauts

This is a list of Jewish astronauts.

# Image Name
(birth date)		 Country Comment Missions (launch date)
1 Boris Volynov[1]
(December 18, 1934)		  Soviet Union First Jewish cosmonaut. Soyuz 5 (January 15, 1969)
Soyuz 21 (July 6, 1976)
2 Judith Resnik[2][3][4]
(April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986)		  United States First Jewish American in space and first Jewish woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986. STS-41-D (August 30, 1984)
STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
3 Jeffrey A. Hoffman[2][3][4][5]
(November 2, 1944)		  United States First Jewish American male astronaut. STS-51-D (April 12, 1985)
STS-35 (December 2, 1990)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-61 (December 2, 1993)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
4 Ellen S. Baker[2][3]
(April 27, 1953)		  United States STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-50 (June 25, 1992)
STS-71 (June 27, 1995)
5 Marsha Ivins[2]
(April 15, 1951)		  United States STS-32 (January 9, 1990)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-62 (March 4, 1994)
STS-81 (January 12, 1997)
STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
6 Jerome Apt[2][3]
(April 28, 1949)		  United States 2 EVAs April 7, 1991; April 8, 1991; STS-37 (April 5, 1991)
STS-47 (September 12, 1992)
STS-59 (April 9, 1994)
STS-79 (September 16, 1996)
7 David Wolf[2][4][5][6]
(August 23, 1956)		  United States Served on the Mir 24 Expedition. 7 EVAs: January 14, 1998; October 10, 2002; October 12, 2002; October 14, 2002; July 18, 2009; July 20, 2009; July 22, 2009 STS-58 (October 18, 1993)
STS-86/89 (September 25, 1997)
STS-112 (October 7, 2002)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
8 Martin J. Fettman[2][6]
(December 31, 1956)		  United States STS-58 (October 18, 1993)
9 John M. Grunsfeld[2][7]
(October 10, 1958)		  United States 8 EVAs: December 22, 1999; December 24, 1999; March 4, 2002; March 6, 2002; March 8, 2002; May 14, 2009; May 16, 2009; May 18, 2009 STS-67 (March 2, 1995)
STS-81 (January 12, 1997)
STS-103 (December 19, 1999)
STS-109 (March 1, 2002)
STS-125 (May 11, 2009)
10 Scott J. Horowitz[2][3][4]
(March 24, 1957)		  United States STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-82 (February 11, 1997)
STS-101 (May 19, 2000)
STS-105 (August 10, 2001)
11 Mark L. Polansky[8]
(June 2, 1956)		  United States STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
12 Ilan Ramon[2][3][5]
(June 20, 1954 — February 1, 2003)		  Israel First Israeli astronaut. Died in the Columbia disaster, February 1, 2003. STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
13 Garrett Reisman[2][5][9][10]
(February 10, 1968)		  United States Served on ISS Expedition 16 and 17. 1 EVA March 14, 2008. STS-123/124 (March 11, 2008)
STS-132 (May 14, 2010)
14 Gregory Chamitoff[5][11]
(August 6, 1962)		  United States Served on ISS Expedition 17 and 18. STS-124/126 (May 31, 2008)
STS-134 (May 16, 2011)
15 Yuri Shargin[12]
(March 20, 1960)		  Russia Soyuz TMA-5 (October 14, 2004)
16 Jessica Meir[13]
(July 1, 1977)		  United States Serving on ISS Expedition 61 and 62. Also part of the first all-female space walk. Soyuz MS-15 (September 25, 2019)
17 Jared Isaacman[14]

(February 11, 1983)

  United States First Jewish commercial astronaut. Inspiration4 (September 16, 2021)
18 William Shatner[15]

(March 22, 1931)

  Canada Oldest person to fly in space (at the age of 90). NS-18 (October 13, 2021)
19 Eytan Stibbe[16]  Israel “Rakia” mission at the International Space Station Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022)

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  12. "Космонавт с еврейскими корнями". Еврейский Обозреватель. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  13. "Jewish, Arab astronauts blast off for International Space Station". The Times of Israel. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  14. Jackie Wattles (15 September 2021). "How to practice religion could be a big question for some space tourists". CNN. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. "Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocket - BBC News". BBC. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  16. "Israel's second-ever astronaut preparing to finally head to space on Friday". The Times of Israel.
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