This came up in conversation, how many astronauts have I met? I had a bit of time, and came up with 168 (as of 16 June 2016), depending on your definition of who’s an astronaut. I've also included photos of the astronauts (with a few exceptions, all these photos were taken by me):
Wally Schirra (There may be others from this autograph show, but I definitely have a photo of him.)
Neil Armstrong
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| John Young (left) and Ellen Baker (right), Sept. 2004, Hall of Science, Queens, NY |
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| Jack Schmitt, May 2006, Princeton University |
Ken Mattingly
Kay Hire
Janet Kavandi
Mike Good
Mike Melvill
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| John Hockenberry, 24 Jan. 2011, New York, NY |
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| Miles O'Brien, 6 June 2010, World Science Festival, New York, NY |
MERCURY (4/7)
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| Scottt Carpenter, 22 Feb. 2003, Philadelphia |
L. Gordon Cooper
John Glenn
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| Deke Slayton, I-Con X, 1990, Stony Brook, NY |
Deke Slayton
GEMINI – Group 2 (2/9)
Jim Lovell (2x)
Tom Stafford
GEMINI – Group 3 (4/14)
Buzz Aldrin (2x)
Alan Bean
Walt Cunningham
Dick Gordon
Group 4 – (1/6)
Owen Garriott
Group 5 – (5/19)
Joe Engle
Fred Haise
Jack Lousma
Bruce McCandless (2x)
Paul Weitz
Group 6 – (2/11)
Joe Allen
Story Musgrave (3x)
MOL TRANSFERS - Group 7 (2/7)
Bo Bobko
Dick Truly
SHUTTLE – Group 8 (16/35)
Guy Bluford
Michael Coats
J. O. Creighton
Anna Fisher
Robert Gibson (2x)
Fred Gregory
T.J. Hart (2x)
Rick Hauck (2x)
Steve Hawley
Jeff Hoffman
Jon McBride (2x)
Mike Mullane
George Nelson
Sally Ride (2x)
Loren Shriver
Kathy Sullivan
GEMINI – Group 2 (2/9)
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| Jim Lovell, Jan. 2006, Penn State University |
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| Tom Stafford, early 2000s, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC |
GEMINI – Group 3 (4/14)
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| Buzz Aldrin, 26 April 2011, MIT |
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| Alan Bean, 20 Oct 2010, Newark, Delaware |
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| Walt Cunningham, early 2000s, New York, NY |
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| Richard Gordon, early 2000s, Philadelphia |
Group 4 – (1/6)
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| Richard Garriott (left), and Owen Garriott (right), 4 Sept. 2013, Explorers Club, New York, NY |
Group 5 – (5/19)
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| Joe Engle, 19 July 2012, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Fred Haise, 24 Oct. 2003, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY |
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| Jack Lousma, 8 Feb 2012, Kennedy Space Center |
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| Bruce McCandless, 4/5 Sept. 2004, Hilton Burbank Airport, California |
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| Paul Weitz, 4/5 Sept. 2004, Hilton Burbank Airport, California |
Group 6 – (2/11)
Joe Allen
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| Story Musgrave, 20 April 2000, Explorers Club, Camden, NJ |
MOL TRANSFERS - Group 7 (2/7)
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| Karol "Bo" Bobko, 19 July 2014, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Dick Truly, 19 July 2012, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
SHUTTLE – Group 8 (16/35)
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| Guy Bluford, 2 Oct. 2005, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
Michael Coats
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| J. O. Creighton, Feb. 2013, Kennedy Space Center |
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| Anna Lee Fisher, 4 June 2016, Brooklyn Bridge Park |
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| Robert "Hoot" Gibson, 1989, Cooperstown, NY - The 1st one! |
Fred Gregory
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| Terry "T. J." Hart, 26 April 2011, MIT |
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| Rick Hauck, 26 April 2011, MIT |
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| Steve Hawley, 18 Nov. 2014, Boston |
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| Jeff Hoffman, 26 April 2011, MIT |
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| Jon McBride, 21 Jan 2012, Warrington, Pa. |
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| Mike Mullane, 2 Feb. 2006, Borders at Columbus Circle, New York, NY |
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| George "Pinky" Nelson, 1997, Target, Menlo Park, NJ |
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| Sally Ride (far left), 5 May 2002, Kent Place School, Summit, NJ |
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| Loren Shriver (left), and Claude Nicollier (right), April 2015, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Va. |
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| Kathy Sullivan, 30 Oct. 2014, Monmouth University, NJ |
SHUTTLE – Group 9 (8/19)
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| Jim Bagian, 13 Dec 2013, Philadelphia |
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| Charlie Bolden, 18 May 2011, Monmouth U. commencement |
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| Franklin Chang-Diaz, 2 Dec. 2009, NYU-Poly, Brooklyn, NY |
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| Mary Cleave, 2010, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY |
Guy Gardner
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| Dave Hilmers, 2009, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Loren Shriver (left), and Claude Nicollier (right), April 2015, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Va. |
Bryan O’Connor
SHUTTLE – Group 10 (6/17)
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| Ellen Baker, 19 July 2012, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
Frank Culbertson
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| Marsha Ivins, 19 Feb. 2002, Villanova University |
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| Bill Shepherd, early 2000s, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY |
Kathy Thornton
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| Jim Wetherbee, May 2006, Princeton University |
SHUTTLE – Group 11 (4/13)
Bob Cabana
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| Brian Duffy, 26 Oct. 2002, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
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| Tom Henricks, 2009, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Rick Hieb, 10 Oct. 2003, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
SHUTTLE – Group 12 (7/15)
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| Andy Allen, April 2006, Villanova University |
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| Ken Bowersox, 8 March 2013, George Washington University |
Curt Brown
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| Mae Jemison, 23 Feb. 2011, Swarthmore, Pa. |
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| Mario Runco, 20 Feb. 2012, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
Bill Readdy
Ken Reightler
SHUTTLE – Group 13 (10/20)
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| Leroy Chiao, 2009, Explorers Club, New York, NY |
Ken Cockrell
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| Eileen Collins, 22 June 2011, Boston |
Nancy Currie
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| Bernard Harris, 14 July 2010, NJ Institute of Technology |
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| Tom Jones, 20 Oct. 2002, College Park, Md. |
Jim Newman
Charlie Precourt
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| Rick Searfoss, most likely 2003, Shore Leave, Towson, Md. |
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| Don Thomas, 26 April 2010, Nassau Inn, Princeton, NJ |
SHUTTLE – Group 14 (12/24)
Jean-Francois Clervoy
Cady Coleman (2x)
John Grunsfeld (2x)
Chris Hadfield
Scott Horowitz (2x)
Kevin Kregel (2x)
Wendy Lawrence
Rick Linnehan
Michael Lopez-Alegria
Winston Scott (3x)
Koichi Wakata
Mary Ellen Weber
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| Jean-Francois Clervoy, April 2015, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Va. |
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| Cady Coleman (left), and Paolo Nespoli (right), 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
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| John Grunsfeld, 25 Sept. 2010, Towson, Md. |
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| Chris Hadfield, 1 Nov. 2013, Barnes and Noble Union Square, New York, NY |
Scott Horowitz (2x)
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| Kevin Kregel, 19 July 2012, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Wendy Lawrence (left), Charlie Bolden (center), Jim Lovell (right), 17 Sept. 2011, US Naval Academy |
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| Rick Linnehan, 28 March 2012, Jersey City, NJ |
Michael Lopez-Alegria
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| Winston Scott, 20 Feb. 2002, Elizabethtown (Pa.) College |
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| Koichi Wakata, 13 Nov. 2014, Nippon Club, New York, NY |
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| Mary Ellen Weber, NSTA convention, 18 May 2012, Atlantic City, NJ |
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| Scott Altman, 23 Feb. 2005, Intrepid-Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Jeff Ashby, 20 June 2012, Philadelphia |
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| Rakesh Sharma (left), and Jean-Loup Chretien (right), Fireball Run, Sept. 2015, Maryland |
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| Bob Curbeam, 17 Sept. 2011, US Naval Academy |
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| Joe Edwards, 19 July 2014, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
Steve Lindsey
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| Ed Lu, 10 Sept. 2014, BWI Marriott, Maryland |
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| Pam Melroy, 9 March 2013, Frederick, Md. |
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| Jim Reilly, 3 May 2011, Kennedy Space Center |
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| Steve Robinson, 44th Space Congress, May 2016, Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
Rick Sturckow
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| Michel Tognini, 18 Nov. 2014, Boston |
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| Dafydd "Dave" Williams, 4 Dec. 2003, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City |
Dave Williams
SHUTTLE – Group 16 (15/44)
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| Charlie Camarda, 2 Dec. 2009, NYU-Poly, Brooklyn, NY |
Duane Carey
Mike Fincke
Pat Forrester
Mark Kelly (2x)
Scott Kelly (2x)
Sandy Magnus (2x)
Mike Massimino (3x)
Rick Mastracchio
Lee Morin
Julie Payette
Don Pettit
Paul Richards
Piers Sellers
Rex Walheim
SHUTTLE – Group 17 (11/32)
Greg Chamitoff
T. J. Creamer
Chris Ferguson
Greg H. Johnson
Leland Melvin (2x)
Barbara Morgan
Paolo Nespoli
Marcos Pontes
Garrett Reisman (3x)
Roberto Vittori (2x)
Doug Wheelock
SHUTTLE – Group 18 (8/17)
Steve Bowen
Alvin Drew
Drew Feustel
Ron Garan (2x)
Doug Hurley
Megan McArthur
Karen Nyberg
Nicole Stott
SHUTTLE – Group 19(4/14)
Joe Acaba
Randy Bresnik
Aki Hoshide
Robert Satcher
Group 20 (3/14)
Serena Aunon
Mike Hopkins
Kate Rubins
Group 21 (0/8)
PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (12/59 – not counting GLENN, above)
Byron Lichtenberg (STS-9)
Jake Garn (STS-51D)
John-David Bartoe (STS-51F)
Bob Cenker (STS-61C) (3x)
Bill Nelson (STS-61C) (2x)
Sam Durrance (STS-35, 67)
Roberta Bondar (STS-42)
Al Sacco (STS-73)
Roger Crouch (STS-83, 94)
Greg Linteris (STS-83, 94)
Jay Buckey (STS-90)
Jim Pawelczyk (STS-90)
UNFLOWN PRIME PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (1)
Pete Aldridge (STS-62A)
BACKUP PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (3)
Bob Phillips (STS-40)
Larry Young (STS-58)
Scott Vangen (STS-67)
COSMONAUTS (5)
Georgy Grechko (2x)
Valery Kubasov
Alexei Leonov
Max Surayev
Sergei Volkov
INTERNATIONAL COSMONAUTS (2)
Luca Parmitano
Rakesh Sharma
COMMERCIAL/PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS (4)
Anousheh Ansari (2x)
Richard Garriott
Greg Olsen (3x)
Dennis Tito
TRAINED/NOMINATED BUT UNFLOWN PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS (3)
Lori Garver
Esther Dyson (backup to Charles Simonyi)
Nik Halik (backup to Richard Garriott)
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| Mike Fincke, 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
Pat Forrester
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| Mark Kelly, 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
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| Scott Kelly, 14 Dec. 2012, Circumnavigators Club, New York, NY |
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| Sandy Magnus, 6 June 2010, World Science Festival, New York, NY |
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| Mike Massimino, mid-2002, Cradle of Aviation Museum |
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| Rick Mastracchio, 27 March 2011, New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Conn. |
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| Lee Morin, 14 Oct. 2009, Rutgers University |
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| Julie Payette, 12 Nov. 2012, Columbia University |
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| Don Pettit, 12 Sept. 2012, New York, NY |
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| Paul Richards, 20 March 2013, Drexel University, Philadelphia |
Piers Sellers
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| Rex Walheim, 17 Aug, 2011, Eventi Hotel, New York, NY |
SHUTTLE – Group 17 (11/32)
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| Greg Chamitoff, 5 Oct. 2011, MIT |
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| T. J. Creamer, 2010, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
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| Chris Ferguson, 17 Aug, 2011, Eventi Hotel, New York, NY |
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| Greg H. "Box" Johnson, 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
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| Leland Melvin, 6 June 2010, World Science Festival, New York, NY |
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| Barbara Morgan, 2003, NSTA convention, Philadelphia |
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| Paolo Nespoli, 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
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| Marcos Pontes, Fireball Run, Sept. 2015, Maryland |
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| Garrett Reisman, Feb. 2000, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ |
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| Roberto Vittori (left) and Mike Fincke (right), 4 Aug. 2011, Baltimore |
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| Doug Wheelock, 12 April 2014, New York, NY |
SHUTTLE – Group 18 (8/17)
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| Steve Bowen, June 2013, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass. (Photo: WPI) |
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| Alvin Drew, 24 April 2014, X-STEM Extreme STEM Symposium, Washington, DC |
Drew Feustel
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| Ron Garan, 14 Feb. 2012, NASA HQ, Washington, DC. |
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| Doug Hurley (left), and Sandy Magnus (right), 17 Aug, 2011, Eventi Hotel, New York, NY |
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| Mike Massimino (left), and Megan McArthur, April 2015, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Va. |
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| Karen Nyberg (left), Luca Parmitano (right), 26 March 2014, University of Maryland, College Park |
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| Nicole Stott, 16 Feb. 2014, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY |
SHUTTLE – Group 19(4/14)
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| Joe Acaba, 4 Dec 2012, NASA HQ Social |
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| Randy Bresnik, 21 May 2012, East Hanover, NJ |
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| Aki Hoshide, 5 May 2013, Medford, Mass. |
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| Robert Satcher, Nov. 2009, MIT |
Group 20 (3/14)
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| Serena Aunon, Rutgers University |
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| Mike Hopkins, 1 June 2014, World Science Festival, New York, NY |
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| Kate Rubins, |
Group 21 (0/8)
PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (12/59 – not counting GLENN, above)
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| Byron Lichtenberg, 26 April 2011, MIT |
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| Jake Garn, 24 Oct. 2003, Marriott Marquis, New York, NY |
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| John-David Bartoe, 44th Space Congress, May 2016, Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
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| Bob Cenker, 11 Sept. 2009, Ocean County College, NJ |
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| Bill Nelson, 13 March 2002, Washington, DC |
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| Sam Durrance, 44th Space Congress, May 2016, Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
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| Roberta Bondar, 16 Oct. 2011, Hershey, Pa. |
Al Sacco (STS-73)
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| Roger Crouch, Discover Family Engineering Day, 27 Feb. 2016, Washington, DC |
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| Greg Linteris, 29 April 2011, Freehold, NJ |
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| Jay Buckey, 5 Apr. 2004, Seton Hall University |
Jim Pawelczyk (STS-90)
UNFLOWN PRIME PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (1)
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| Pete Aldridge, President's Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond, 3 May 2004, New York, NY |
BACKUP PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS (3)
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| Bob Phillips, 2003, NSTA convention, Philadelphia |
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| Larry Young, 26 April 2011, MIT, Boston |
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| Scott Vangen, 44th Space Congress, May 2016, Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
COSMONAUTS (5)
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| Georgy Grechko, March 1993, Ocean County College, NJ |
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| Valery Kubasov, 4/5 Sept. 2004, Hilton Burbank Airport, California |
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| Alexei Leonov, 4/5 Sept. 2004, Hilton Burbank Airport, California |
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| Marsha Ivins (in purple) and Max Surayev, 2011, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY |
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| Sergei Volkov, 12 April 2012, United Nations, NY |
INTERNATIONAL COSMONAUTS (2)
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| Karen Nyberg (left), Luca Parmitano (right), 26 March 2014, University of Maryland, College Park |
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| Rakesh Sharma, Fireball Run, Sept. 2015, Maryland |
COMMERCIAL/PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS (4)
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| Anousheh Ansari, 4 March 2010, Philadelphia |
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| Richard Garriott, 25 March 2010, New York, NY |
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| Greg Olsen, 13 March 2006, Cedar Creek School, Forked River, NJ |
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| Dennis Tito, 4 Sept. 2013, Explorers Club, New York, NY |
TRAINED/NOMINATED BUT UNFLOWN PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS (3)
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| Lori Garver, 17 Aug, 2011, Eventi Hotel, New York, NY |
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| Esther Dyson,20 March 2012, New York, NY |
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| Nik Halik, 13 April 2013, East Elmhurst, NY |
OTHER (1)
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| Walter Cronkite, Sept. 2004, Hall of Science, Queens, NY |
Nice and organized. Many great memories for you. How fortunate it was for me to meet you at NASM Auditorium and start a wonderful friendship.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Organizing by group was really the only, definitive way to account for whom I had seen (versus solely alphabetically, getting confused and mixed up.) I plan on adding photos that I have taken of the astronauts I've met - it may make this unwieldy but this list is more for me, anyway. (As well, I always wanted to do a photobook of the astronauts I've met but never got around to organizing it - here, at least, they'll be organized.)
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