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Senator Jake Garn was the first sitting member of the US congress to go into space.

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How many people have gone into space to date and what are their names?

As of June 15, 2010, a total of 518 humans from 38 countries have gone into space according to the FAI guideline, (524 people have qualified when including the Department of Defense classification). Of those totals, 3 people completed only a sub-orbital flight, 515 people reached Earth orbit, 24 traveled beyond low Earth orbit and 12 walked on the Moon.Names in italic are space travelers who have left Low Earth orbit.A * before a name indicates that the person died during spaceflight.Joseph M. AcabaLoren ActonJames AdamsonViktor M. AfanasyevThomas AkersToyohiro Akiyama, the first business-sponsored space traveler and the first Japanese in space.Vladimir AksyonovSultan Salman Al Saud, first Saudi Arabian in space, only royal person in space, first middle eastern person in space.Edwin Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the second person to walk on the Moon.Aleksandr Panayotov AleksandrovAleksandr Pavlovich AleksandrovAndrew M. AllenJoseph P. AllenScott AltmanWilliam Anders, first Asian-born person in space. (Anders was born in Hong Kong, but was an American citizen.)Clayton Anderson*Michael P. Anderson, (1959-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.Anousheh Ansari (born 1966), fourth spaceflight participant and first female spaceflight participant, first female Muslim in space, and first Iranian in space.Dominic A. AntonelliJerome AptLee ArchambaultNeil Armstrong (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 and was the first person to walk on the Moon.Richard R. ArnoldAnatoly ArtsebarskyYuri Artyukhin (1930-1998)Jeffrey AshbyOleg AtkovToktar Aubakirov, first Kazakh born person in space.Sergei AvdeyevJames BagianEllen BakerMichael BakerAleksandr BalandinMichael BarrattDaniel BarryJohn-David F. BartoeYuri Baturin, first Russian politician in space.Patrick Baudry, first African-born man and second Frenchman in spaceAlan Bean, flew on Apollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.Robert L. BehnkenIvan Bella, first Slovak in space.Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970)Georgi Beregovoi (1921-1995), earliest-born person to go into space.Anatoli BerezovoyBrian Binnie, second commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut. Suborbital flight only.John BlahaMichael J. BloomfieldGuion Bluford, first African-American in space.Karol Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut.Eric A. BoeCharles BoldenRoberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space.Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the Moon.Stephen G. BowenKenneth BowersoxCharles Brady (1951-2006)Vance BrandDaniel BrandensteinRandolph BresnikRoy Bridges. Became Director of the Kennedy Space Center in March 1997Curtis Brown*David M. Brown (1956-2003)Mark BrownJames BuchliJay BuckeyNikolai BudarinDaniel BurbankDaniel BurschValery Bykovsky (born 1934)Robert CabanaTracy CaldwellCharles CamardaKenneth CameronDuane CareyScott Carpenter, a Project Mercury astronaut.Gerald CarrSonny Carter, (1947-1991)John CasperChristopher J. Cassidy, 500th astronaut in space.Robert CenkerGene Cernan, flew on Apollo 17Gregory ChamitoffFranklin Chang-Diaz, the only Costa Rican, first Hispanic-American in space, holder of the shared record of seven space flights.*Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003), first Indian-American woman in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.Maurizio CheliLeroy ChiaoKevin ChiltonJean-Loup Chrétien, first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space*Laurel B. Clark (1961-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.Mary CleaveJean-François ClervoyMichael CliffordMichael CoatsKenneth CockrellCatherine Coleman (born 1960)Eileen CollinsMichael Collins (born 1930), flew on Apollo 11 crew. Was the first Italian-born person in space. (Collins was born in Rome to American parents.)Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, (1930-1999), the third person to walk on the Moon and the commander of the first Skylab mission.Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), the first American to fly in space for a day.Richard CoveyTimothy CreamerJohn CreightonRobert Crippen, Space Shuttle pioneerRoger CrouchFrank CulbertsonWalter Cunningham, flew on Apollo 7.Robert CurbeamNancy CurrieNancy Jan DavisLawrence J. DeLucasFrank De WinneVladimir N. Dezhurov*Georgi Dobrovolski (1928-1971)Takao Doi, first Japanese to walk in space.B. Alvin DrewBrian DuffyCharles Duke, flew on Apollo 16.Bonnie J. DunbarPedro Duque, first Spaniard in space.Samuel T. DurranceJames DuttonLev Dyomin (1926-1998)Vladimir Dzhanibekov, first Uzbekistan-born man in spaceJoe EdwardsDonn F. Eisele (1930-1987), flew on Apollo 7.Anthony W. EnglandJoseph H. EngleRonald Evans (1933-1990)Reinhold EwaldLéopold EyhartsJohn FabianMuhammed Faris, first Syrian in space.Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space.Jean-Jacques FavierFèi Jùnlóng, flew on Shenzhou 6Konstantin Feoktistov (1926-2009)Christopher FergusonMartin J. FettmanAndrew J. FeustelAnatoli FilipchenkoMichael FinckeAnna FisherWilliam Frederick FisherKlaus-Dietrich FladeMichael Foale, holds the American and British Record for time spent in space at 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes.Kevin A. FordMichael ForemanPatrick ForresterMichael FossumStephen FrickDirk Frimout, first Belgian in space.Christer Fuglesang, first Swede in space.Charles FullertonReinhard Furrer (1940-1995)Francis GaffneyYuri Gagarin (1934-1968), first person in space.Ronald GaranDale GardnerGuy GardnerJake Garn, a United States Senator and first politician in space.Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space.Owen GarriottRichard Garriott, first second generation American in space, son of skylab astronaut, Owen Garriott.Charles GemarMichael GernhardtEdward GibsonRobert L. GibsonYuri GidzenkoYuri Glazkov (1939-2008)John Glenn (born 1921), first American to orbit the Earth, and later, the oldest person to make a spaceflight.Linda GodwinMichael T. GoodViktor GorbatkoRichard Gordon, flew on Apollo 12.Dominic GorieRonald GrabeGeorgi GrechkoFrederick GregoryWilliam GregoryStanley Griggs (1939-1989)Virgil Grissom (1926-1967), first NASA astronaut to go into space twice and the first person to go into space twice in a capsule-type spacecraft. Would have been the first person to fly three times. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.John GrunsfeldAleksei GubarevUmberto GuidoniJügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, first Mongolian in space.Sidney GutierrezChris Hadfield, first Canadian to walk in space.Claudie Haigneré, first Frenchwoman in space.Jean-Pierre HaigneréFred Haise, flew on Apollo 13.James HalsellKenneth HamLloyd HammondGregory HarbaughBernard Harris, first African-American to walk in space.Terry HartHenry HartsfieldFrederick HauckSteven HawleySusan HelmsKarl Henize (1926-1993)Thomas HennenTerence HenricksMiroslaw Hermaszewski, first Pole in space.Jose HernándezJohn Herrington, first Native American in space.Richard HiebJoan HigginbothamDavid HilmersKathryn HireCharles HobaughJeffrey HoffmanScott HorowitzAkihiko HoshideMillie Hughes-Fulford, first female Payload Specialist.Douglas G. Hurley*Rick D. Husband (1957-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.James Irwin (1930-1991), flew on Apollo 15.Aleksandr IvanchenkovGeorgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.Marsha IvinsSigmund Jähn, first German in spaceMae Jemison, first African-American woman in spaceTamara E. JerniganBrent W. Jett, Jr.Jing HaipengGregory C. JohnsonGregory H. JohnsonThomas D. JonesLeonid Kadenyuk, first Ukrainian in space since independence.Alexander Kaleri, first Russian in space since independence.Janet KavandiJames KellyMark E. KellyScott KellyJoseph KerwinYevgeny Khrunov (1933-2000)Robert S. KimbroughLeonid Kizim (1941-2010)Pyotr Klimuk, first Belarusian in space.*Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967), killed during a USSR space flight.Yelena V. KondakovaOleg Kononenko, first Turkmenistan-born man in spaceTimothy L. KopraMikhail KorniyenkoValery KorzunOleg KotovVladimir KovalyonokKonstantin KozeyevKevin Kregel/ Sergei Krikalev, six space flights and, as of 2008, holds record for longest total time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.Valeri KubasovAndré KuipersAleksandr LaveykinGuy LalibertéWendy LawrenceVasili Lazarev (1928-1990)Aleksandr LazutkinValentin LebedevMark C. LeeDavid LeestmaWilliam B. LenoirAleksei Leonov, first person to "walk in space" (to make an EVA).Frederick W. LeslieAnatoli Levchenko (1941-1988)Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA Payload Specialist.Don LindSteven LindseyJerry LinengerRichard LinnehanGregory LinterisLiu BomingPaul LockhartYuri Lonchakov/ Michael Lopez-AlegriaJohn LoungeJack LousmaStanley G. LoveJim Lovell, flew on Apollo 8, the first spaceship to orbit the Moon, and on Apollo 13.G. David Low (1956-2008)Edward LuShannon Lucid, first Asian-born woman in space. As of 2006, holder of the woman's spaceflight-duration record.Vladimir LyakhovSteven MacLeanSandra MagnusOleg Makarov (1933-2003)Yuri MalenchenkoFranco Malerba, first Italian in space. (Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy in 1930, he has always been an American citizen, born of American parents.)Yuri Malyshev (1941-1999)Gennadi ManakovMusa Manarov, first Azerbaidjan-born man in spaceThomas H. MarshburnMichael MassiminoRichard MastracchioThomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II (born 1936), flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C.K. Megan McArthurWilliam S. McArthurJon McBrideBruce McCandless II*William C. McCool (1961-2003), died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.Michael McCulleyJames McDivitt, flew on Apollo 9.Donald McMonagle*Ronald McNair (1950-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.Carl MeadeBruce MelnickPamela MelroyLeland D. MelvinMike Melvill, first commercial (launched by a private company) astronaut. Suborbital flight only.Ulf MerboldErnst MesserschmidDorothy Metcalf-LindenburgerEdgar Mitchell, flew on Apollo 14.Abdul Ahad Mohmand, first Afghan in space.Mamoru MohriBarbara MorganLee MorinBoris MorukovChiaki Mukai, first Japanese woman in space.Richard MullaneTalgat MusabayevStory MusgraveSteven R. NagelBill Nelson, second politician in space.George NelsonRodolfo Neri Vela, first Mexican in space.Paolo A. NespoliJames H. NewmanClaude Nicollier, first Swiss in space.Niè Hǎishèng, flew on Shenzhou 6Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004)Soichi NoguchiCarlos I. Noriega, first Peruvian-born person in space.Lisa NowakKaren NybergBryan O'ConnorEllen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space.Wubbo Ockels, first Dutch citizen in space.William OefeleinJohn D. OlivasGregory Olsen, third spaceflight participant.*Ellison Onizuka (1946-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.Yuri OnufrienkoStephen OswaldRobert Overmyer (1936-1996)Gennady PadalkaWilliam PailesScott ParazynskiRonald A. Parise (1951-2008)Robert ParkerNicholas Patrick*Viktor Patsayev (1933-1971)James PawelczykJulie PayetteGary Payton, first military astronaut.Philippe Perrin, first Morocco-born man in spaceDonald PetersonDonald PettitPham Tuân, first Vietnamese and first Asian in space.John PhillipsWilliam PogueAlan G. PoindexterMark PolanskyAlexander PoleshchukValeri Polyakov, holds record for single longest spaceflight, 437 days.Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian in space.Leonid PopovPavel Popovich (1930-2009), first Ukrainian-born person in space.Charles PrecourtDumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space.*Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), first Israeli in space, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.William ReaddyKenneth ReightlerJames F. ReillyGarrett ReismanThomas Reiter, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS.Vladimír Remek, first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space.*Judith Resnik (1949-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.Paul W. RichardsRichard N. RichardsSally Ride, first American woman in space.Stephen RobinsonRoman RomanenkoYuri RomanenkoKent RomingerStuart Roosa (1933-1994), flew on Apollo 14.Jerry L. Ross, flew on seven space flights.Valeri RozhdestvenskyNikolay Rukavishnikov (1932-2002)Mario Runco, Jr.Valery RyuminAlbert SaccoGennadi Sarafanov (1942-2005)Robert SatcherViktor SavinykhSvetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space.Wally Schirra (1923-2007)Hans SchlegelHarrison Schmitt, flew on Apollo 17.Rusty Schweickart*Dick Scobee (1939-1986), died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.David ScottWinston ScottPaul Scully-PowerRichard SearfossRhea SeddonRonald SegaPiers SellersAleksandr SerebrovVitali SevastyanovYuri Shargin, first Russian military cosmonautSalizhan Sharipov [3], first Kyrgyzstan-born man in spaceRakesh Sharma, first Indian in space.Helen Sharman, first Briton in space.Vladimir Shatalov, first Kazakhstan-born man in spaceBrewster ShawAlan Shepard (1923-1998), first American in space.William ShepherdSheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in spaceGeorgi Shonin (1935-1997)Loren ShriverMark Shuttleworth, second spaceflight participant and first South African in space.Charles Simonyi, fifth spaceflight participant.Aleksandr SkvortsovDonald "Deke" Slayton (1924-1996), a Mercury astronaut.Steven SmithAnatoly Solovyev, first Latvia-born man in spaceVladimir SolovyovSherwood SpringRobert SpringerThomas Patten StaffordHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-PiperRobert StewartSusan StillNicole StottGennady Strekalov (1940-2004)Frederick SturckowKathryn Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space.Maksim SurayevSteven SwansonJohn "Jack" Swigert (1931-1982), flew on Apollo 13.Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space.Daniel TaniJoseph TannerValentina Tereshkova, first woman in space.Norman ThagardGerhard ThieleRobert ThirskAndrew ThomasDonald ThomasKathryn Thornton, first woman to make multiple EVAs.William ThorntonPierre ThuotDennis Tito, first self-funded spaceflight participant.Gherman Titov (1935-2000), the second person to make a space flght and the first to stay up for a day.Vladimir TitovMichel TogniniValery TokarevSergei TreschevEugene Trinh, first Vietnamese-American in space.Richard TrulyBjarni Tryggvason, first Iceland-born man in spaceVasili TsibliyevMikhail TyurinYury UsachevLodewijk van den Berg, first Dutch-born astronaut.James "Ox" van HoftenVladimir Vasyutin (1952-2002)Charles Veach (1944-1995)Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space.Alexander ViktorenkoTerry VirtsPavel VinogradovRoberto VittoriIgor VolkSergey Volkov, first second generation astronaut or cosmonaut in space, son of Alexander Volkov.*Vladislav Volkov (1935-1971), killed on Soyuz 11.Alexander VolkovBoris Volynov, first Jewish person in space.James VossJanice VossKoichi WakataRex WalheimCharles WalkerDavid M. Walker, (1944-2001)Joseph A. Walker (1921-1966), first person to enter space twice. Suborbital flights only.Shannon Walker - Soyuz TMA-19Ulrich WalterCarl WalzTaylor Wang, first ethnic Chinese person in space.Mary WeberPaul WeitzJames WetherbeeEdward White (1930-1967), first American to "walk in space" (make an EVA). Died in the Apollo 1 disaster.Douglas H. WheelockPeggy WhitsonTerrence WilcuttDafydd WilliamsDonald WilliamsJeffrey WilliamsSunita "Suni" WilliamsBarry WilmoreStephanie WilsonPeter WisoffDavid WolfAlfred WordenNaoko YamazakiYáng Lìwěi, first Chinese national in space.Boris Yegorov (1937-1994)Aleksei YeliseyevYi So-yeon, first South Korean in space.John Young, flew on two Gemini, two Apollo (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16), and two Space Shuttle missions.Fyodor Yurchikhin, First Greek in space, first Georgia-born man in spaceSergei ZalyotinGeorge D. ZamkaZhai Zhigang, first Chinese to walk in space.Vitaliy ZholobovVyacheslav Zudov


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How many people who are not astronaut went to space?

Two, I believe: Congressman Bill Nelson and Senator Jake Garn. Teacher Christa McAuliffe would have been the third.


What has the author Jake Garn written?

Jake Garn has written: 'The Cutting Edge'


When was Jake Garn born?

Jake Garn was born on 1932-10-12.


Who was the first US Senator to fly in space?

John Glenn, this was his second space flight, however, post- Nasa he entered politics. Glenn, a Marine, was the first US astronaut to actually make an orbital flight- that of Shepherd and one other man were sub-orbital rocket missions. No, it was Jake Garn


What were the named of the two senators who flew on a space shuttle?

Two JGs; John Glenn and Jake Garn.


Why do astronauts floating around in zero gravity get nauseous?

Yup. Its not uncommon to experience space sickness for the first day or two in space. Some people never adapt (see Jake Garn).


When did Jake garn die?

He has not died yet you wiedows.com


What is the name of the Garn homeworld?

Garn.


When did Stanley Marion Garn die?

Stanley Marion Garn died in 2007.


When was Stanley Marion Garn born?

Stanley Marion Garn was born in 1922.


When was Kevin Garn born?

Kevin Garn was born on 1955-01-14.


When was Garn Stephens born?

Garn Stephens was born in Tulsa, in Oklahoma, USA.