Datasets:

juliensimon
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astronaut-database

wikidata_id large_stringlengths 5 10	name large_stringlengths 5 31	birth_date large_stringdate 1891-03-13 00:00:00 2000-01-01 00:00:00 ⌀	death_date large_stringlengths 10 10 ⌀	sex large_stringclasses 2 values	nationality large_stringclasses 64 values	employers large_stringclasses 162 values	num_flights int64 0 12	time_in_space_min float64 0 71.5M ⌀	birth_year float64 1.89k 2k ⌀	time_in_space_hours float64 0 1.19M ⌀
Q77349	Abdul Ahad Mohmand	1959-01-01	null	male	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	null	2	12,746	1,959	212.4
Q4666165	Abdulmohsen Al-Bassam	1948-12-12	null	male	Saudi Arabia	null	0	0	1,948	0
Q136358206	Adam Fuhrmann	1989-10-19	null	male	United States	null	0	null	1,989	null
Q124670654	Ajit Krishnan	1982-04-19	null	male	India	null	0	null	1,982	null
Q375641	Akihiko Hoshide	1968-12-28	null	male	Japan	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; National Space Development Agency	3	490,270	1,968	8,171.2
Q310924	Alan Bean	1932-03-15	2018-05-26	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	2	100,305	1,932	1,671.8
Q15197198	Alan Eugene Johnston	1962-12-07	null	male	United States	null	0	null	1,962	null
Q362220	Alan G. Poindexter	1961-11-05	2012-07-01	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Naval Postgraduate School	2	40,149	1,961	669.2
Q174979	Alan Shepard	1923-11-18	1998-07-21	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	2	13,017	1,923	217
Q2036814	Albert Sacco	1949-05-03	null	male	United States	Northeastern University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Texas Tech University	1	22,894	1,949	381.6
Q955842	Albert Scott Crossfield	1921-10-02	2006-04-19	male	United States	null	0	null	1,921	null
Q446233	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov	1948-05-27	null	male	Ukraine	null	3	563,752	1,948	9,395.9
Q18236847	Aleksandr Borodin	1953-03-03	null	male	Soviet Union	null	0	null	1,953	null
Q446531	Aleksandr Ivanchenkov	1940-09-28	null	male	Soviet Union	S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia	3	212,437	1,940	3,540.6
Q345288	Aleksandr Kaleri	1956-05-13	null	male	Russia	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	8	1,107,757	1,956	18,462.6
Q708452	Aleksandr Laveykin	1951-04-21	null	male	Soviet Union	null	2	250,765	1,951	4,179.4
Q620632	Aleksandr Lazutkin	1957-10-30	null	male	Soviet Union	null	1	266,287	1,957	4,438.1
Q725659	Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin	1953-07-30	null	male	Soviet Union	null	1	257,837	1,953	4,297.3
Q444299	Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov	1951-12-01	null	male	Bulgaria	null	3	14,170	1,951	236.2
Q466483	Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov	1943-02-20	null	male	Soviet Union	S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia	5	446,042	1,943	7,434
Q711010	Aleksandr Poleshchuk	1953-10-30	null	male	Soviet Union	null	1	257,803	1,953	4,296.7
Q928034	Aleksandr Samokutyayev	1970-03-13	null	male	Russia	null	6	28,639,500	1,970	477,325
Q362819	Aleksandr Serebrov	1944-02-15	2013-11-12	male	Soviet Union	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	5	537,052	1,944	8,950.9
Q555679	Aleksandr Skvortsov	1966-05-06	null	male	Soviet Union	null	9	497,185	1,966	8,286.4
Q221615	Aleksandr Viktorenko	1947-03-29	2023-08-10	male	Russia	null	5	717,213	1,947	11,953.6
Q465748	Aleksei Gubarev	1931-03-29	2015-02-21	male	Soviet Union	null	5	53,976	1,931	899.6
Q381541	Aleksei Yeliseyev	1934-07-13	null	male	Russia	S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia	4	12,860	1,934	214.3
Q50379793	Aleksej Homenčuk	1975-01-07	null	male	Russia	null	0	null	1,975	null
Q9601011	Aleksey Boroday	1947-07-28	2024-08-01	male	Soviet Union	null	0	null	1,947	null
Q4715991	Aleksey Ovchinin	1971-09-28	null	male	Russia	Roscosmos State Corporation	9	857,067	1,971	14,284.4
Q71248	Alexander Gerst	1976-05-03	null	male	Germany	European Space Agency	6	521,390	1,976	8,689.8
Q109490394	Alexander Grebenkin	1982-07-15	null	male	Russia	null	1	338,615	1,982	5,643.6
Q17593757	Alexander Jabloncev	1955-04-03	2012-05-09	male	Russia	null	0	0	1,955	0
Q2655329	Alexander Misurkin	1977-09-23	null	male	Russia	null	7	29,919,840	1,977	498,664
Q15222587	Alexander William Dunlap	1960-07-15	null	male	United States	null	0	null	1,960	null
Q154269	Alexey Leonov	1934-05-30	2019-10-11	male	Russia	null	2	10,112	1,934	168.5
Q109490367	Alexey Zubritsky	1992-08-22	null	male	Ukraine	Roscosmos State Corporation	1	352,756	1,992	5,879.3
Q115388013	Aleš Svoboda	1986-06-19	null	male	Czech Republic	European Space Agency; Czech Air Force	0	null	1,986	null
Q539385	Alfred Worden	1932-02-07	2020-03-18	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1	17,712	1,932	295.2
Q116786187	Ali AlGhamdi	1992-01-01	null	male	Saudi Arabia	Royal Saudi Air Force	0	null	1,992	null
Q116765522	Ali AlQarni	1992-03-01	null	male	Saudi Arabia	Royal Saudi Air Force	1	13,286	1,992	221.4
Q118093594	Alper Gezeravcı	1979-12-02	null	male	Turkey	null	1	31,180	1,979	519.7
Q643556	Alvin Drew	1962-11-05	null	male	United States	null	2	36,780	1,962	613
Q98631581	Amelie Schoenenwald	1989-01-01	null	female	Germany	European Space Agency	0	null	1,989	null
Q118185981	Anastasia Lenkova	1995-03-30	null	female	Belarus	null	0	null	1,995	null
Q487622	Anatoli Ivanishin	1969-01-15	null	male	Russia	null	3	685,721	1,969	11,428.7
Q7258156	Anatoli Kartashov	1932-08-25	2005-12-11	male	Soviet Union	null	1	null	1,932	null
Q488008	Anatolii Levchenko	1941-05-05	1988-08-06	male	Soviet Union	null	2	11,398	1,941	190
Q487984	Anatoly Artsebarsky	1956-09-09	null	male	Soviet Union	null	1	208,281	1,956	3,471.4
Q465724	Anatoly Berezovoy	1942-04-11	2014-09-20	male	Soviet Union	null	3	304,384	1,942	5,073.1
Q488043	Anatoly Filipchenko	1928-02-26	2022-08-07	male	Soviet Union	null	2	15,663	1,928	261
Q28195006	Anatoly Ivanovich Dedkovs	1944-07-24	2016-09-16	male	Russia	null	0	null	1,944	null
Q11685717	Anatoly Kuklin	1932-01-03	2006-01-16	male	Soviet Union	null	0	null	1,932	null
Q447311	Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev	1948-01-16	null	male	Soviet Union	null	7	937,442	1,948	15,624
Q109953238	Andre Douglas	1986-01-01	null	male	United States	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; United States Coast Guard	0	null	1,986	null
Q115388242	Andrea Patassa	1991-01-01	null	male	Italy	European Space Agency	0	null	1,991	null
Q499636	Andreas Mogensen	1976-11-02	null	male	Kingdom of Denmark	European Space Agency	3	300,873	1,976	5,014.6
Q26255563	Andrei Babkin	1969-04-21	null	male	Russia	Roscosmos State Corporation	0	null	1,969	null
Q505530	Andrew J. Feustel	1965-08-25	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	5	324,555	1,965	5,409.2
Q506349	Andrew M. Allen	1955-08-04	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	3	54,240	1,955	904
Q13500735	Andrew R. Morgan	1976-02-05	null	male	United States	null	2	391,008	1,976	6,516.8
Q502101	Andrey Borisenko	1964-04-17	null	male	Russia	null	6	485,816	1,964	8,096.9
Q85867505	Andrey Fedyayev	1981-02-26	null	male	Russia	null	2	267,762	1,981	4,462.7
Q312474	Andriyan Nikolayev	1929-09-05	2004-07-03	male	Soviet Union	null	2	31,160	1,929	519.3
Q454649	André Kuipers	1958-10-05	null	male	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	5	277,618	1,958	4,627
Q507894	Andy Thomas	1951-12-18	null	male	Australia	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	5	255,434	1,951	4,257.2
Q124670657	Angad Pratap	1982-07-17	null	male	India	null	0	null	1,982	null
Q13429632	Angelo Vermeulen	1971-01-01	null	male	Belgium	null	0	null	1,971	null
Q109950137	Anil Menon	1976-10-15	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; United States Air Force; SpaceX; California Hospital Medical Center; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	0	null	1,976	null
Q18352451	Anna Kikina	1984-08-27	null	female	Russia	null	2	226,681	1,984	3,778
Q237470	Anna Lee Fisher	1949-08-24	null	female	United States	null	1	11,504	1,949	191.7
Q110916349	Anna Menon	1985-12-24	null	female	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Texas A&M University; SpaceX; Duke University; Wyle Laboratories	0	null	1,985	null
Q13500570	Anne McClain	1979-06-07	null	female	United States	null	2	505,915	1,979	8,431.9
Q17519	Anousheh Ansari	1966-09-12	null	female	Iran	null	2	15,665	1,966	261.1
Q115388093	Anthea Comellini	1992-03-31	null	female	Italy	European Space Agency	0	null	1,992	null
Q986620	Anthony Llewellyn	1933-04-22	2013-07-02	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Florida State University	0	null	1,933	null
Q574124	Anthony W. England	1942-05-15	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; United States Geological Survey; University of Michigan	1	11,445	1,942	190.8
Q592219	Anton Shkaplerov	1972-02-20	null	male	Russia	null	4	1,021,444	1,972	17,024.1
Q362902	Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez	1942-01-29	null	male	Cuba	Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force	2	11,323	1,942	188.7
Q115328941	Arnaud Prost	1992-01-01	null	male	France	European Space Agency; Direction générale de l'Armement; French Air Force	0	null	1,992	null
Q108800154	Audrey Powers	null	null	female	United States	null	0	null	null	null
Q4831087	Aydyn Aimbetov	1972-07-27	null	male	Kazakhstan	null	2	14,174	1,972	236.2
Q116945702	Ayu Yoneda	1995-01-01	null	female	Japan	null	0	null	1,995	null
Q235047	Barbara Morgan	1951-11-28	null	female	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Boise State University	1	18,353	1,951	305.9
Q554409	Barry E. Wilmore	1962-12-29	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	3	668,642	1,962	11,144
Q136365925	Ben Bailey	1987-08-07	null	male	United States	null	0	null	1,987	null
Q822249	Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	1956-06-26	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Math and Science Initiative	2	26,288	1,956	438.1
Q12865	Bertalan Farkas	1949-08-02	null	male	Hungary	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	3	11,325	1,949	188.8
Q19242	Bill Anders	1933-10-17	2024-06-07	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1	8,820	1,933	147
Q1395516	Bill Dana	1930-11-03	2014-05-06	male	United States	Armstrong Flight Research Center	0	0	1,930	0
Q358437	Bill Nelson	1942-09-29	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1	8,763	1,942	146
Q725233	Bjarni Tryggvason	1945-09-21	2022-04-05	male	Canada	Western University	1	18,508	1,945	308.5
Q29618	Bonnie J. Dunbar	1949-03-03	null	female	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	5	72,504	1,949	1,208.4
Q834956	Boris Andreyev	1940-10-06	2021-07-09	male	Soviet Union	null	0	0	1,940	0
Q352137	Boris Borisovich Yegorov	1937-11-26	1994-09-12	male	Soviet Union	null	1	1,457	1,937	24.3
Q281604	Boris Morukov	1950-10-01	2015-01-01	male	Soviet Union	null	1	16,992	1,950	283.2
Q9177589	Boris Polakow	1938-05-10	null	male	Soviet Union	null	0	null	1,938	null
Q448538	Boris Volynov	1934-12-18	null	male	Russia	null	2	75,317	1,934	1,255.3
Q725339	Brent W. Jett	1958-10-05	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	4	60,121	1,958	1,002
Q497530	Brewster H. Shaw	1945-05-16	null	male	United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	3	32,031	1,945	533.8

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Astronaut Database

Part of the Astronomy Datasets collection on Hugging Face.

Complete database of every person who has traveled to space — 863 astronauts from 64 countries, sourced from Wikidata.

Dataset description

Since Yuri Gagarin's flight aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961, fewer than 700 individuals have crossed the Karman line (100 km altitude). This dataset records every one of them, from the Mercury Seven and Voskhod cosmonauts through Space Shuttle crews, ISS expeditions, and the recent wave of commercial astronauts aboard Crew Dragon and New Shepard.

The dataset includes birth/death dates, sex, nationality, employer history (space agencies and contractors), number of spaceflights, and total time spent in space. This enables demographic analysis of astronaut corps, diversity-in-STEM research, and historical studies of human spaceflight programs.

Sourced from Wikidata's structured knowledge base (property P106=Q11631 for occupation:astronaut), which is maintained by the WikiProject Spaceflight community and updated as new flights occur.

Schema

Column	Type	Description
`wikidata_id`	string	Wikidata entity ID (e.g. Q1029)
`name`	string	Full name
`birth_date`	string	Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)
`death_date`	string	Date of death if deceased
`sex`	string	Sex (male/female)
`nationality`	string	Nationality
`employers`	string	Employers, semicolon-separated (space agencies, contractors)
`num_flights`	int	Number of spaceflights
`time_in_space_min`	int	Total time in space (minutes)
`birth_year`	int	Year of birth (derived)
`time_in_space_hours`	float	Total time in space (hours, derived)

Quick stats

863 astronauts from 64 countries
733 male, 130 female
644 with recorded spaceflights
Most flights: Fyodor Yurchikhin (12)
Top nationalities: United States (447), Soviet Union (95), Russia (89), People's Republic of China (33), Japan (17)

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/astronaut-database", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()

# Astronauts by nationality
print(df["nationality"].value_counts().head(10))

# Female astronauts
female = df[df["sex"] == "female"]
print(f"{len(female):,} female astronauts")

# Most time in space
top_time = df.nlargest(10, "time_in_space_hours")[["name", "nationality", "time_in_space_hours"]]
print(top_time)

# NASA astronauts
nasa = df[df["employers"].str.contains("NASA", na=False)]
print(f"{len(nasa):,} NASA-affiliated astronauts")

Data source

Wikidata SPARQL endpoint. Astronauts identified via property P106 (occupation) = Q11631 (astronaut). Data is community-curated by WikiProject Spaceflight.

Update schedule

Static dataset. Re-run manually to pick up new astronauts.

Related datasets

launch-log -- McDowell launch log
satcat -- Satellite catalog
nasa-eva -- NASA EVA history

Pipeline

Source code: juliensimon/space-datasets

Support

If you find this dataset useful, please give it a ❤️ on the dataset page and share feedback in the Community tab! Also consider giving a ⭐️ to the space-datasets repo.

Citation

@dataset{astronaut_database,
  author = {Simon, Julien},
  title = {Astronaut Database},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/astronaut-database},
  note = {Sourced from Wikidata (CC0)}
}

License

CC0-1.0 (Wikidata content is public domain)

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