Famous Astronauts
21 astronauts with live age counters. Click any name to see their exact age in years, months, days, hours and seconds.
Valentina Tereshkova
Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
- Current age:
- 89 years
- Birthday:
- 6 March 1937
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
- Current age:
- 96 years
- Birthday:
- 20 January 1930
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
- Current age:
- 95 years
- Birthday:
- 22 March 1931
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station
- Current age:
- 52 years
- Birthday:
- 18 September 1973
Sunita Williams
American astronaut and USN officer
- Current age:
- 60 years
- Birthday:
- 19 September 1965
Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
- Current age:
- 77 years
- Birthday:
- 8 August 1948
Mae Jemison
American doctor and NASA astronaut
- Current age:
- 69 years
- Birthday:
- 17 October 1956
Anousheh Ansari
Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur
- Current age:
- 59 years
- Birthday:
- 12 September 1966
Christina Koch
American astronaut
- Current age:
- 47 years
- Birthday:
- 29 January 1979
Julie Payette
29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963)
- Current age:
- 62 years
- Birthday:
- 20 October 1963
Liu Yang
Chinese astronaut
- Current age:
- 47 years
- Birthday:
- 6 October 1978
Yang Liwei
Chinese astronaut
- Current age:
- 60 years
- Birthday:
- 21 June 1965
Dennis Tito
American businessman
- Current age:
- 85 years
- Birthday:
- 8 August 1940
Samantha Cristoforetti
Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer (1977)
- Current age:
- 49 years
- Birthday:
- 26 April 1977
David Scott
American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut (born 1932)
- Current age:
- 93 years
- Birthday:
- 6 June 1932
Rakesh Sharma
First Indian astronaut
- Current age:
- 77 years
- Birthday:
- 13 January 1949
Eileen Collins
Astronaut and United States Air Force pilot
- Current age:
- 69 years
- Birthday:
- 19 November 1956
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
- Current age:
- 90 years
- Birthday:
- 3 July 1935
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut (born 1951)
- Current age:
- 74 years
- Birthday:
- 3 October 1951
Charles Duke
American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)
- Current age:
- 90 years
- Birthday:
- 3 October 1935
Shannon Lucid
American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut
- Current age:
- 83 years
- Birthday:
- 14 January 1943