List of fictional astronauts (beyond near-future capabilities)

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The following is a list of fictional astronauts performing or attempting feats beyond the capabilities of the present or near future, such as interstellar travel.

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Far future

Name(s)Appeared inProgram / mission / spacecraftFictional date
Alexei Pavlovich Zarubin, Capt. (Commander)
Nikolai (Engineer)
Nina (Engineer)
Georgi (Navigator)
Lena (Physician)
Sergei (Astrophysicist) (no last names given for last five)
"The Astronaut" (1960), short storyPolusFuture (late 20th or early 21st century)
On the first expedition to Barnard's Star, Zarubin sacrifices himself to save his crew. Zarubin and Sergei previously landed together on Saturn's moon Dione. [1]
Gresham (no first name given)
Unnamed astronaut
The Twilight Zone
The Invaders (1961), TV
United States Air Force
Space Probe No. 1
Future
USAF astronauts discover life on alien planet. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Reed Richards
Susan Storm
Jonathan Storm
Benjamin Jacob Grimm
Fantastic Four (1961–present), comicExperimental interstellar spacecraft [lower-alpha 1] Contemporary
Private space venture; astronauts bizarrely affected by cosmic rays. [6]
Steve Zodiac, Col.
Matthew Matic, Prof., Venus
Fireball XL5 (1962), TV Fireball XL5 2062
Commander of the Fireball XL5 of the World Space Patrol.
Max Landin, Cmdr. (Conn watch)
Edward Haverson (Watch officer)
William Berger (Watch medic)
Three unnamed crewmembers
"The Samaritan" (1963), short storyUnknown (Interstellar vessel)Future
Crew of humanity's first interstellar vessel encounters aliens in distress. Landin was a member of one of the first crews to orbit the Earth. [7] [8]
Larry Dart, Capt.
Slim, Husky
Space Patrol (1963), TV Space Patrol 2100
Commander of Galasphere 347 of the Space Patrol.
Paul Ross, Capt.
Theodore Mason, Lt.
Michael Carter, Lt.
"Death Ship" (1953), short story

Twilight Zone
Death Ship (1963), TV
Rocket Bureau:
E-89
1997
Spacecraft crew crashes on distant planet; they have difficulty accepting their own deaths. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Unnamed cosmonaut"El cosmonauta" (aka "The Cosmonaut") (1964), short storyUnknownFuture
Cosmonaut has fatal encounter with intelligent beings on alien planet. [13] [14]
Douglas Stansfield, Cmdr. Twilight Zone
The Long Morrow (1964), TV
Unknown1987 – 2027
Astronaut placed in suspended animation for forty-year mission. [15] [16] [17]
Faith One:
Unnamed astronauts

Hope One:
Hank Stevens, Col. (Commander)
John Andros, Dr.
Paul Martin, Dr. (Scientist)
Lisa Wayne, Dr. (Scientist)
Space Probe Taurus (a.k.a. Space Monster) (1965), filmUnited States
Space Agency (Earth Control):
Faith One
Hope One (US Rocket Ship 970)
Space Platform
2000
Hope One astronauts on mission to planet Taurus in Triangulum Galaxy. [18]
Zefram Cochrane Star Trek: The Original Series
Metamorphosis (1967), TV

Star Trek: First Contact (1996), film
Phoenix2063
First use of warp drive by an Earth vessel in the Star Trek timeline.
George Taylor, Col.
Dodge
Landon
Stewart
Planet of the Apes (1968), film Icarus 1972
ANSA astronauts on an interstellar mission, perhaps to Bellatrix. [19] [20]
Robert O'Bannion (pilot astronaut)
Andrei Voronov
Carlos Pascual
May Connearney
Sidney Lee
Doris McNerty
Aaron Hatfield
Jerry Grote
Chen Shu Li
Alicia Montiverdi
Lou D'Orazio
Marlene Ettinger (scientist)
Other unnamed astronauts
As on a Darkling Plain (1972), novelUnknownFuture
Astronauts on missions to Jupiter and Sirius; Lee previously visited Titan. [21] [22]
Prometheus-1, Prometheus-3:
Bud Williams, Jr.

Prometheus-5:
Stony Stevenson, Pvt./Cpl. (Hon.) (US Army)
Between Time and Timbuktu (1972), TV movie Mission Control:
Prometheus-5 (Gemini-like)
Near Future (March – December)
Jingle contest winner Stevenson is launched into space and through time warp. Former astronaut Williams flew to Mars on one of the earlier Prometheus missions. [23]
Fredric Michael Kelly
Steen (no first name given)
Unnamed astronauts
"Kelly, Fredric Michael" (aka "Kelly, Fredric Michael: 1928-1987", "Kelly, Fredric Michael (1928-1990)") (1973), short storyUnknownc. 1987
Astronauts on early mission using "warps" to reach another galaxy have their minds drained by alien force. [24]
Tom Trimble Unidentified Flying Oddball (a.k.a. The Spaceman and King Arthur, King Arthur and the Astronaut, A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court) (1979), film NASA:
Stardust 1
Contemporary/Near Future
NASA technician Trimble is accidentally launched aboard faster-than-light spacecraft and travels back in time to Arthurian era. [25] [26]
Ed Westin, Col./Gen.
O'Keefe, Capt. (no first name given)

Solo 1/Solo 2:
Mark Devore, Capt.
Time Warp (1981), film NASA:
Solo 1
Solo 2
1984 – July 13, 1985 / July 13, 1986
While returning from a one-year mission to "the farthest reach of the galaxy", Solo 1 passes through a time warp, sending Devore one year into the future.
NASA:
Donald Hotchkiss, Capt. (Prof.)
Mary Washburn

Moon mission:
"Hoop" Hooper

Mars mission:
Amanda Jaworski (USAF) (Commander)
Sue Ann O'Riley (Copilot)

Soviet Union:
Solipsovich
Zayatin Zamayt
The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (1985), novel NASA:
Moon mission
Mars mission
1986
Mars-bound astronaut Jaworski is caught up in a series of bizarre events, leading her to travel to Epsilon Erdani (sic) in search of her lost cat. [27]
Bartholomew Mann (Physicist)
Terry Waters, Maj.
Paul St John, Dr.
Philip Quincy-Jones
Luciano Cragnolini
Unnamed commander
The Quiet Place (1987), novelUnknownNear Future
First crewed interstellar spacecraft returns to find the Earth changed beyond recognition. [28]
Volopas:
Miroslav Gurov (Team leader)
Dennis Averianov
Sasha Lapushkin

Shuttlecraft:
Antonov
Elissa
"A Birch Tree, A White Fox" (1989), short storySpace Survey Corps:
Volopas

Geological Institute:
Nevski
Shuttlecraft
Future
Cosmonauts crash-land on distant planet where speaking aloud means death. [29]
Stephen G. Richey (Col.), Commander
Unnamed crewmembers
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Royale (1989), TV
NASA:
Charybdis
July 23, 2037 – 2044
Third crewed expedition outside Solar System results in Richey dying in captivity on alien planet. [30] [31]
Floyd G. Nevish (Commander) Cosmic Wormholes: The Search for Interstellar Shortcuts (1992), non-fiction bookJovian IndustriesFuture
Astronaut on mission into Kerr-type rotating black hole. [32]
Commander
Scientist/First Mate
Space Twin 1
Space Twin 2
The Voyage (1992), operaSpace station
Spacecraft
2092
"Several years later"
Archeologists discover "directional crystals" brought to Earth by ancient astronauts, causing instruments on a space station crewed by Space Twins 1 and 2 to pinpoint the aliens' origin. Several years later, Space Twins 1 and 2 join crew of generational voyage to aliens' planet. [33]
Bud, Cmdr. (USN) (no last name given)Dark Dreams
Dreamer (1993), anthology film segment
Space Shuttle Unknown
Astronaut who experiences strange dreams on mission to habitable extrasolar planet using suspended animation.
Olshavsky (Captain) (no first name given)
Clio Trigorin (Historian)
Sanetomo Kawamura (Astronomer)
27 unnamed crewmembers
Encounter with Tiber (1996), novelTenacityJuly 20, 2069 – 2081
Humanity's first starship, built with alien technology, on a voyage to Alpha Centauri. [34]
Adventurer:
Badquor, Capt. (Sc.D.)
John (Astronomer)
Lissa (Atmospheric chemist)
Odis
Tagore (Theorist)
Unnamed geologist
Unnamed crewmembers

Second expedition:
Unnamed crew
"A Dance to Strange Musics" (a.k.a. "A Pit Which Has No Bottom") (1998), short storyAdventurer

Second expedition (unnamed starship)
Future (21st century?) [lower-alpha 2]
Adventurer, the first crewed starship, makes bizarre discoveries on planet in Alpha Centauri system. A second expedition investigates some years later. [35] [36]
Henry Forbes

Unnamed co-pilot of Congreve (UK)

Unnamed Discovery crew members
"The Wire Continuum" (1998), short storyMustard (Multi-Unit Space Transport and Recovery Device)
Congreve

Endeavour

Discovery
1947 – 2017 (Alternate History)
RAF World War II veteran and rocket pioneer in alternate history in which teleportation was developed in the 1950s. Forbes makes first crewed landing on Moon in Oceanus Procellarum with Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov in 1977, leaves solar system aboard first starship Discovery in 1997. [37] [38]
John Cope
Five unnamed astronauts
Cold Fusion (1999), novelArgos Program
Argos 2
Near Future
First crewed expedition to another solar system. [39]
Clark Kent, Lt. JLA: Earth 2 (2000), graphic novelUnknownContemporary (Antimatter universe)
Alternate universe equivalent of Superman was originally astronaut injured in hyperspace accident. [40]
James Dreeden, Maj. (Commander)
Callie Whitehorse Landau (Mission Specialist/Astrophysicist)
Alec Landau, MD (Mission Specialist/Physician)
Louisa Kennedy, Dr. (Astrogation expert)
The Outer Limits
In the Blood (2001), TV
USAS:
Copernicus
Future [lower-alpha 3]
Crew travels into alternate universe through newly discovered rip in space-time.
Franz Daxenberger, Dr.
Dirk Mandelbrot, Dr. Dr. [sic]
Space Zoo (2001), short film ESA (Bavaria):
Stoiber (Research station)
2030
Astronauts on space station in Earth orbit travel to Aldebaran 5 due to use of hyperspace module. [41]
Sam Yeager
Jonathan Yeager
Karen Yeager
Glen Johnson
Frank Coffey
Homeward Bound (2004), novelUnited States Air and Space Force

Mission to Home (alien planet)

Admiral Peary

1997 (leaves Earth)

2031 (arrives at Home)

Slower-than-light sleeper ship sent as a diplomatic mission to Home, the homeworld of an alien species that partially colonized Earth. [42]
Charles Burkes, [lower-alpha 4] Capt. (USAF) (Commander)
Kelly Lanahan, Lt. [lower-alpha 5] (Second in command)
Ivan Hood, 2nd Lt. (D.O.) (USAF)
Aida Munoz, 2nd Lt.
Alien Apocalypse (2005), TV movie NASA:
Probe Mission
Future
Astronauts return from 40-year mission using cryogenic technology to place probe in deep space; they find Earth overrun by giant alien mites. [43]
Astronaut One
Astronaut Two
Astronauts (2005), short filmUnknownFuture
Comic misadventures of two astronauts on distant space mission. [44]
Charles T. "Chuck" Baker, Capt. Planet 51 (2009), filmOdyssey (command module)
Lander
c. 2026 (April)
NASA astronaut captured by aliens on distant planet. [45]
Finalists:
White
Smith
Hawkins

Morpheus Eleven:
Rock, Ph.D.
Keyhole Factory (2010), novel

Morpheus: Biblionaut (2010), electronic fiction
NASA:
Morpheus Eleven [lower-alpha 6]
2003 – 2018
Astronaut/poet Rock (known as the "Biblionaut") on mission to Alpha Centauri to test planet-destroying weapon. All four finalists for mission are poets; Smith is a spaceflight veteran who staged first performance of Hamlet in weightlessness. [46] [47]
Tully, Capt. (Commander) (no first name given)
Unnamed copilot
Unnamed crewmembers
Superman: Deep Space Hijack (2010), chapter book S.T.A.R. Labs:
Long Range Space Explorer
Rescue ship
Unknown
Astronauts returning from mission outside solar system crash-land on Pluto. [48]
Sam (no last name given) (England)
Unnamed crewmembers
Capsule (2011), short filmUnknownFuture
Young man floats in escape pod after spacecraft explodes in deep space. Spacecraft was launched from Houston. [49] [50]
Mike Scudderman"Transcript of Interaction Between Astronaut Mike Scudderman and the OnStar Hands-Free A.I. Crash Advisor" (2011), short short story UnknownFuture
Astronaut aboard interstellar spacecraft speaks to unhelpful A.I. after crash landing on alien planet. [51]
Lino Martinez (later known as "Otim")
Ilen
Unnamed astronauts
Góry Parnasu (a.k.a. The Mountains of Parnassus) (2012), novelAstronauts' UnionLate 21st century
Married couple on journey to planet Sardion aboard spacecraft traveling at 99.5% of lightspeed. [52]
Traveler (unnamed)Grounded (2012), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut has bizarre experiences after crashing on extrasolar planet. [53]
Joseph WoodHibernation (2012), short filmSomnus I20th-21st centuries?
Wood is placed into hibernation for 50-year mission. [54]
Francisco Delagurez

Bon Accord:
Etienne Larochelle (RCAF), Cmdr
Moire Cameron (USAF), pilot
Michiko
Other unnamed astronauts
The Long Way Home (2012), novelBon Accord (XS-312)Future [lower-alpha 7]
Crew of an experimental interstellar mission to Beta Centauri and beyond whose spacecraft suffers a major malfunction on the return journey. Delagurez took part in a later exploratory mission. [55]
Unnamed astronautsThe Pod (2012), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut crashes on planet and must make dangerous journey back to spacecraft. [56]
House of Secrets:
Aune (Finland)
Gwenda (US?)
Mei
Portia
Sisi (South Africa/US)
Sullivan (US) (no last names given)
Five unnamed astronauts (not in revision)

House of Mystery:
Twelve unnamed astronauts (number not specified in revision)
"Two Houses" (2012, revised 2015), short storyOriginal:
Light House (nicknamed The House of Secrets)
Leap Year (nicknamed The House of Mystery)

Revision:
Seeker (nicknamed House of Secrets)
Messenger (nicknamed House of Mystery)
March 12, 2073 (original)

After 2059 (revision)
Astronauts in intermittent hibernation on voyage to Proxima Centauri, launched in summer 2059. House of Mystery disappears in flight. [57] [58]
Unnamed astronautXY (2012), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut encounters apparition of woman on distant planet. [59]
Unnamed astronautAzarkant (2013), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut on deep space mission explores mysterious spacecraft. [60]
Lila Suvlu, Dr. (Commander)
Unnamed astronaut
Futurestates
Children of the Northern Lights (2013), TV
Exoterra Energy:
S. V. Kluguya (Exploration Vessel 0032-A)
Future
Husband-and-wife astronauts crash on distant planet while searching for new energy sources. [61]
Adam Fossy, Maj.Infinite (2013), short filmUnknownFuture
Fossy hibernates aboard spacecraft for infinite length of time while waiting for discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence. [62]
Three unnamed astronautsMission Control (2013), short film NASA/Russian Space Agency:
Icarus
Near Future
International mission to explore Kepler-22b faces prospect of fatal explosion after liftoff. [63]
Eugene (no last name given)The Pod (2013), short filmCosmonaut Division
American Unit
Future
Cosmonaut in hibernation pod is forced to admit to adultery. [64]
Space Shuttle:
Unnamed astronauts

Project Kronos:
Unnamed brain donor

Human 2.0 Project:
Unnamed Human 2.0 astronauts
Project Kronos (2013), short filmSpace Agency Inc.:
Space Shuttle
Project Kronos

Defence Department:
Human 2.0 Project
c. 2019 – 2035
Project Kronos sends live human brain on interstellar journey. Human 2.0 Project creates astronauts with human brains in artificial bodies. Expanded into 2018 feature film The Beyond (q.v.). [65]
Unnamed astronautsEntity (2014), short filmSEV Omega T26Future
Astronaut ejected from destroyed spacecraft travels through dimensional portal. [66]
Sally Pascal, Capt.I Am Here (aka The Journey of Sally Pascal) (2014), short filmUSS Vision Quest (Anthro-Robotic spaceship):
Solo Journey
Future
Trainee pilot attempting to reach wormhole for return to Earth. [67]
Lazarus missions:
Hugh Mann, Dr.
Wolf Edmunds
Laura Miller
Wong, Dr.
Hale, Dr.
Morin, Dr.
Yashin, Dr.
Lee, Dr.
Oita, Dr.
Ostro, Dr.
Pila, Dr.
Somov, Dr.

Endurance:
Joseph "Coop" Cooper (Pilot)
Amelia Brand, Dr.
Doyle
Nikolai "Rom" Romilly (Astrophysicist)
Interstellar (2014), film/novel NASA:

Lazarus missions (12 Ranger spaceplanes)

Endurance (incorporates 2 Rangers)
Future (21st century)
Astronauts travel through wormhole near Saturn to distant galaxy in search of new home for humanity, which is in danger of extinction. [68] [69] [70] [71]
Shannon Wendell (Mission Specialist)Odessa (2014), short filmNational Aeronautics and Space Organization (NASO)Near Future
Astronaut about to depart on mission to extrasolar planet using hibernation.
Astronaut 35
Astronaut 41
Astronaut 42
Project Skyborn (2014), short filmUnknownUnknown
Mysterious events on moon of ringed planet. [72]
ISRA 88:
Harold S. Richards, Lt. Col. (Pilot)
Abraham Anderson, Ph.D. (Marine Biologist) (Science Officer)

ISRA 88:
Lynch (Pilot)
Decker (Epidemiologist) (Science Officer) (no first names given)
Beyond the Edge (aka ISRA 88) (2015), filmUnited States:
ISRA 88
Future?
Astronauts on mission to the edge of the universe. [73] [74]
Unnamed astronautLone (2015), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut aboard faster-than-light ship searching for life on planet 1200 light years from Earth. [75]
James Morrison, Cmdr. (UK)Superluminal (2015), short filmUnknownFuture
Young astronaut discovers life on alien moon. [76]
Marcus
Noe
Asteria (2016), short filmEarth:
Hermes 777
Future
Human astronauts and aliens arrive on distant planet at same time. [77]
Silvie (no last name given)"The Astronaut, Her Lover, the Queen of Faerie, and Their Child" (2016), short storyUnknown (United States)Unknown
Silvie may be astronaut on secret interstellar mission, the Faerie Queen's lover, both or neither. [78]
Longshot:
Ethan Kane, Cmdr.
FTL (aka Faster Than Light) (2016), short film NASA:
Longshot

International Space Station
Mars Colony One
Future
Astronaut attempting first faster-than-light mission to Mars loses control of spacecraft and makes first contact with alien intelligence. [79]
Two unnamed astronautsIn the Universe (2016), short filmV (spacecraft similar to Apollo command and service module)Future
Astronaut on deep-space mission; his girlfriend follows him into space. [80]
Unnamed astronautOff (2016), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut has surreal adventure. [81]
Unnamed astronautRunCatRun (2016), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut traveling through wormhole switches bodies with cat. [82]
Unnamed astronaut"The Astronaut" (2017), short storyUnknownFuture
Astronaut stranded on distant planet seeks bat-like creature in order to make antidote for poisoned bite. [83]
Abel (no last name given)Athena (2017), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut stranded on moon of ringed planet after exposure to unknown pathogen. [84]
C. Marlow
Unnamed astronauts
Explorers (2017), short filmNASA et al:
Colbert
Space station
Various unnamed spacecraft
Future
Vignettes of future space exploration. [85]
Unnamed pilotHyper Jump (2017), short film NASA Future
Astronaut prepares to make history's first hyperdrive launch. [86]
Nina (no last name given)The Jump (2017), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut traveling through wormhole remains young while her lover on Earth grows old. [87]
Lilian (United States) (no last name given)Nine Minutes (2017), short filmUnited Earth Space Administration (UESA):
Bravo 2
Near Future
Astronaut searching for solutions to energy crisis whose spacecraft crashes on takeoff from distant planet. [88]
Space Agency Inc.:
Charles Higgins (Chief Mission Controller)

Human 2.0 candidates:
Cassandra Knowles (Astrophysicist)
Vladimir Kominski (Virologist)
AJ Robinson (Air Force Pilot)
Jane Lovett (Cosmologist)
Grant Obole (Geologist)
Linda Marcell (Trainee Astronaut)
Carl Roberts (Recon Drone Pilot)

Human 2.0 mission:
Jessica Johnson (Cosmologist)
Unnamed military Human 2.0

International Space Station:
Jim Marcell (US)
Francois (no last name given)
James Good
Unnamed astronaut
The Beyond (2018), filmSpace Agency Inc.:
Human 2.0 mission [lower-alpha 8]

International Space Station
Soyuz
c. 2015?
When a wormhole appears in Earth orbit, Space Agency recruits volunteers to have their brains implanted in robotic bodies to travel through the wormhole. Higgins is a former astronaut. Roberts is the initial choice for the Human 2.0 mission. [89]
A. NythemVoid (2018), short filmUnited States
EVSP:
SPS 11
Contemporary?
Astronaut travels into parallel universes through mysterious holes in deep space. [90]
Four unnamed astronautsContact (2019), short filmUnknownFuture
Astronaut stranded on white planet contacts astronaut stranded on red planet. Two other astronauts appear in crew photo with astronaut on white planet. [91]

Notes

  1. According to The Fantastic Four #2, Richards' crew was trying to reach Mars.
  2. Story takes place "more than a century into the dual evolution of society and computers" on Earth.
  3. Earth's population is "fifteen billion people".
  4. Spelled "Burke" in shooting script.
  5. Rank is Captain in shooting script.
  6. Mission named in Morpheus: Biblionaut only.
  7. Story proper takes place in 2115. Moire's mission is described as taking place "...80 years and some change..." prior to this year.
  8. Spacecraft/rocket named "Jupiter X" in deleted scene.

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