List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2010–2029)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, using the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and other spaceflight technologies, as depicted in works released between 2010 and 2029.

Lists of fictional astronauts
Early period	Project Mercury	Project Gemini
Project Apollo	1975–1989	1990–1999
2000–2009	2010–2029	Moon
Inner Solar System	Outer Solar System	Other
To infinity and beyond

Actor Gunner Wright as Capt. Lee Miller, Love (2011 film).

2010–2019

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(2010–2019)
Astronaut Audrey	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–2019), TV series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Space! (2017), TV special	Space Station	Contemporary
	Recurring character and friend of The Cat in the Hat.
Keith Palmer (Founder/CEO) Beau Lendell (Pilot) Dominic Cross (Passenger) Sam Gardner (Passenger)	CSI: Miami Miami, We Have a Problem (2010), TV	Prime Mover Aerospace: Orbiter	Contemporary
	Gardner is murdered aboard commercial spacecraft in low Earth orbit and his body dumped from helicopter.[1]
International Space Station: Krashinsky Space Eagle: Oleg Olesky (Captain) Tyler Kirkpatrick (Co-Pilot) Vladimir Fedorov Delia Chase (Passenger)	Endgame Huxley, We Have a Problem (2011), TV	International Space Station Chase Galactic: Space Eagle	Contemporary
	ISS veteran Olesky, slated to captain first commercial space carrier, is accused of murder. Kirkpatrick is a former NASA astronaut.[2]
Shenzhou 10: Chaoyang Xie, Lt. Col. Wu Changfeng, Maj. Xue Yimeng, Lt. Shenzhou 11: Zhang Tiancong, Col. Wang Guan San, Lt. Col. Zhou Xiaosu, Lt.	《飞天》 (2011) (English title Flying), Chinese film	Shenzhou program	2008 – 2014
	Chinese dramatization of a series of the manned spaceflights, following the "real" Shenzhou 7, to China's space station. Col. Zhang is a veteran taikonaut, passed over for the earlier manned missions, while Lieutenants Xue and Zhou are female fighter pilots, competing for the honor of being the first Chinese woman to be launched into space.
Eric Johnson (USN)	Launch (2011), short film	NASA	Contemporary
	Pilot selected for NASA Astronaut Group 21 learns his wife has cancer.[3]
Lee James Miller, Capt.	Love (2011), film	Space Shuttle International Space Station	2039 – 2045
	First astronaut in space in almost twenty years is stranded aboard ISS. Miller loses contact with Mission Control on July 7, 2039; he remains on ISS until at least 2045.[4]
Makarand "Mac" Joshi (India) Five unnamed astronauts	Nothingness (2011), short film	NASA: Ralford 11 (space probe)	November 11, 2011
	Astronauts on mission to learn what happens after death.[5]
Sergei Kushnirov Three unnamed astronauts/cosmonauts	Phineas and Ferb Mommy Can You Hear Me? (2011), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Cosmonaut trying to prove existence of wormholes.[6]
NASA: Jeff Clark, Maj. Colin "Mac" MacAffie Endeavour: Deacon "Deke" Stockard, Cmdr. (USN) (Commander) Kurt Muir, Capt. (Pilot) Janine Harmon, Dr. (Heart surgeon) Two unnamed mission specialists International Space Station: Micah Petrenko (Russia)	Space in His Heart (2011), novel	Space Shuttle Endeavour International Space Station	November 1999 – January 2000 July 8–21, 2011
	Stockard is promoted as a sex symbol to enhance NASA's image.[7]
James Shepard (Navigation) Yuri Hayys (Bioscientist) Jerrie Cobb (Botanist) Thomas Lovell (Commander) Joe Engle (Solar Tech) Alan Brahm (Engineer) Robert Crippen (Engineer)	Vacuity (2011), short film	XOEH: Space station Intrepid (spacecraft)	Near Future
	Brahm, trapped in space station airlock, must choose between his own survival and that of his crewmates.[8]
Four unnamed American astronauts Two unnamed Russian cosmonauts	The Age of Miracles (2012), novel	International Space Station Orion	Near Future
	Astronauts stranded aboard space station when Earth's rotation mysteriously slows.[9]
Intrepid: Tony Drake (ISA) (Commander) Malory Archer (ISIS) Sterling Malory Archer (ISIS) Cyril Figgis (ISIS) Raymond Q. Gillette (ISIS) Lana Anthony Kane (ISIS) Pamela Poovey (ISIS) Cheryl Tunt (ISIS) Horizon: Kellogg, Capt. (Commander) Dave Trish Unnamed astronauts	Archer Space Race: Part I, Space Race: Part II (2012), TV	International Space Agency (ISA): Space Station Horizon Space Shuttle Intrepid	Contemporary
	Agents of International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) are hired to take back Horizon from mutineers, but are actually required for a different purpose.
Nicholas Rice, Cmdr.	The Astro Outlaw (2012), chapter book	NASA	Contemporary
	Moon rock is stolen from astronaut during appearance at Houston Astros game.[10]
Dimitri Rezinov Howard Joel "Froot Loops" Wolowitz (Payload Specialist)	The Big Bang Theory The Countdown Reflection, The Date Night Variable, The Decoupling Fluctuation, The Higgs Boson Observation, The Re-Entry Minimization (2012), TV	Soyuz (possibly Soyuz TMA-04M) International Space Station (Expedition 31)	Summer 2012
	Astronauts on mission to ISS with Mike Massimino.[11][12]
Zach, Cmdr. (no last name given)	Blast Off (2012), short film	International Space Station	20XX [sic]
	NASA astronaut launches from ISS into thermospheric orbit. Story is probably, but not certainly, a daydream.[13]
Roger McMillan	The Final Breaths of Astronaut Roger McMillan on the US Glory (2012), web video	U.S. Glory (geosynchronous space station) Orion CM (shown on Glory's computer screens)	Near Future
	NASA astronaut monitoring orbit of meteor named "Vanessa".[14]
International Space Station: Bill Eriksson (Mission commander) Keith "Chip" Corcoran, Capt. (Ph.D.) (USAF) Tim Fisher Petra Gutierrez Mort Stevens (MS-2) International Space Station: Yoshida Eichhorn Jones Collins (no first names given) Unnamed astronaut	The Infinite Tides (2012), novel	Space Shuttle International Space Station	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut Corcoran tries to adjust to suburban life after his daughter dies while he is on ISS.[15]
Spektr: Vasily Konstantin (FKA) Other unnamed cosmonauts	Juggernaut (2012), novel	Russian Federal Space Agency (FKA): Space Station Spaceplane Spektr	c. 1990s and 2005
	Cosmonaut launched on a secret mission to a high-orbit space station covertly constructed at the same time as the Mir space station, returns to Earth years later contaminated with a bio-mechanical parasite.[16]
Yuri (no last name given) (impersonating Nikolay Anatolyevich "Kolya" Tamantsev[lower-alpha 1]) Sergey Sanin (Commander of cosmonaut corps) Grechko Unnamed cosmonaut trainees	Kosmonavtika (aka Cosmonautics) (2012), film	Rocketspace Corporation International Space Expedition	c. 2013
	Businessman Yuri assumes identity of alcoholic military pilot to train as a cosmonaut.
Unnamed commander Unnamed astronauts	Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (2012), picture book	Space Shuttle Atlantis	Recent Past
	Mouse named Meteor saves space shuttle mission.[17]
Fiona MacLeod Starr	Once Upon a Toad (2012), novel	Soyuz International Space Station	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut's daughter has weird experiences while her mother is in space.[18]
James Ford	Pantheon (2012), short film	Pantheon (space station) (UK?)	Near Future
	Astronaut alone on space station at time of catastrophe on Earth.[19]
Allegra (NASA) Gio (Italy) (no last names given)	Touch Zone of Exclusion (2012), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Italian astronaut loses communications with colleague and Houston during EVA.[20]
Pete Seabrook, Col. (USMC)	Blue Bloods No Regrets (2013), TV	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Retired astronaut who flew on every shuttle except Endeavour is drinking too much after divorce. He is wearing an STS-72 patch on his shirt.
Gordon McClintock, Cmdr. (NASA) A. Borovsky (Russia) Unnamed astronauts	Defiance I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (2013), TV	International Space Station Bravery Nine Soyuz	2013 2046
	In 2013, aliens kill space station crew and create double of McClintock with implanted memories. McClintock was a mission specialist on STS-124 in May 2008.[21]
Unnamed astronaut	Echoes (2013), short film	Unknown	Contemporary
	Spacewalking astronaut catches pink balloon.[22]
STS-157: Matthew Kowalsky, Lt. (Commander) Ryan Stone, Dr. (Mission Specialist) Shariff Dasari (Mission Specialist) Evans Thomas	Gravity (2013), film	Space Shuttle Explorer (STS-157) International Space Station Soyuz TMA-14M Tiangong Shenzhou	Near Future
	Astronauts stranded in orbit after Kessler syndrome-inspired collision during spacewalk.[23][24][25]
Pysters Corsi, Col. (no first names given) Keith Clone (Mechanic)	Happy Talk (2013), novel	Skylab	1975
	Novel's penultimate epilogue involves NASA mission to repair Skylab's gyroscopes.[26]
Jerry Martinez	Kickin' It Seaford, We Have a Problem (2013), TV	Seaford Aeronautics and Space Administration (SASA): Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Teenager Martinez accidentally launches himself into space; returns to Earth by space diving.[27]
Unnamed commander Unnamed pilot	SKYN Condoms Presents: Naked Astronaut – The Closest Thing To Wearing Nothing (2013), web video	Space Shuttle	Contemporary
	Shuttle astronaut chooses not to wear clothes during lift-off.[28]
Garrison Sterling	Space in the Heart (2013), novel	Space Shuttle	1999, 2010
	STS-107 shuttle mission specialist whose wife is murdered prior to his flight.[29]
NASA: Andy Hawkins Roy Manley, Capt. (USN) International Space Station: Yuri Koslov, Cmdr. Michael Molly (no last names given) 3 unnamed astronauts Soyuz rescue vehicle: Unnamed cosmonaut	Space Warriors (2013), TV movie	International Space Station Soyuz Soyuz rescue vehicle	Contemporary
	United States Space Camp participants, including former astronaut Hawkins' son, compete for ride to space aboard Orion II, but must intervene when crisis strikes ISS.
Bairn (US) Straus (US) (no first names given)	Superman Unchained #1 (2013), comic book	US/Russia/Japan: The Lighthouse (Space station)	Contemporary/Near Future (June)
	Crew of secret space station is rescued by Superman.[30]
Chet Minor, Maj.	George Brown, Class Clown How Do You Pee in Space? (2014), chapter book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut interviewed by fourth-grader on school TV station.[31]
Unnamed janitor Unnamed night watchman Unnamed astronauts	"The Janitor in Space" (2014), short story	Space station	Future
	Female ex-convict works as janitor on space station.[32][33]
Cash Maddux (Mission Specialist) Herbert Swanschbaum[lower-alpha 2] (Mission Specialist)	Life on Mars (2014), novel	NASA	Contemporary (Summer – April)
	Rival astronauts from the space shuttle era. Maddux never flew in space due to high blood pressure.[34]
Edmund (no last name given)	Once Upon an Alphabet (2014), picture book	Unknown	Contemporary?
	Astronaut who is afraid of heights.[35]
Yergey (Maintenance Engineer) (no last name given)	Russian Roulette (2014), short film	Zvybrovnik 188 (sp?) (Deep Space Telescope)	Contemporary/Near Future
	Lone cosmonaut on space telescope encounters London woman on video chat website.[36]
Commander Flight Engineer Two Science Officers Unnamed doctor (Russian) Unnamed Russian cosmonauts Harrison (Technical Mission Specialist) Wallace (Technical Mission Specialist) Unnamed Technical Mission Specialist	"The Serial Killer's Astronaut Daughter" (2014), short story	Private space station	Future
	Unnamed Technical Mission Specialist learns her blological father is on Death Row.[37]
Carol Elizabeth Hall, Ph.D.	"A Short History of the Twentieth Century, or, When You Wish Upon A Star" (2014), novelette	International Space Station	1955 – 2000
	Hall spends 60 days on ISS, bringing her father's Communist Party membership card with her.[38]
Unnamed astronaut	Uprooted (2014), short film	Space Shuttle	Unknown
	Female astronaut on one-way journey into space.[39]
Kev Paciorek (USN)	Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (2014), novel	NASA	Contemporary
	Astronaut kidnapped and questioned by college acquaintance.[40]
Yuri (no last name given)	Z Nation Zunami (2014), TV	Soviet Union:[lower-alpha 3] International Space Station Soyuz escape pod	Near Future
	Mysterious cosmonaut arrives at Citizen Z's outpost, but turns out to be an asphyxia-induced hallucination.[41]
Cal Bennett, Cmdr. (USN)	"Excalibur" (2015), short story	NASA	Late 2000s
	Retired astronaut discusses secret NASA program with journalist.[42]
Theo Cooper, Capt. (Commander) Cole Dvorak (Engineer) Bug Kieslowski (Life Systems) Emily McTeer, Dr. (Physician)	400 Days (2015), film	Kepler Industries: 400 Days	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronaut hopefuls on simulated 400-day mission.
International Space Station: Vitaly Simakov Gennady (no last name given) Rick Farmer, Col. (Ph.D.) (USAF) Tiangong-3: Huan Zhou, Lt. Col./Col. (Commander) Chang Lu, Maj. (Chinese Air Force) Sheng Hu Two unnamed taikonauts Tallyho: Sir Aeric K. Cavendish (call sign Zorro) (Captain) Aaron Best (Commando) Hook (Commando) Hugger (Commando) Tick (Commando)	Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015), novel	International Space Station Tiangong-3 Tallyho (formerly named Virgin Galactic 3) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)	Near Future (c. 2020s)
	Space station crews are in orbit at outbreak of World War III between China, Russia and United States. Tallyho crew captures Tiangong-3 on privateer mission.[43]
Clarence "Biff" Barnes, Capt./Maj. (USAF) (Mission Commander) Ray McConnell (Flight Engineer/Second-in-command) Jim Scarelli (Pilot) Steve Skeldon, Capt. (USMC) (Navigator/Co-pilot) Andre Baker, Capt. (USAF) (Weapons Officer) Sue Tillman, Lt. (USN) (Sensor Officer)	Lash-Up (2015), novel	U.S. Space Force: USS Defender (modified VentureStar) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)	September 16, 2017 – March 15, 2018
	Expansion of 2001 novella (q.v.). Defender launches on December 15, 2017.[44]
Miller	The Last Man on Earth Screw the Moon (2015), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Phil Miller's brother, a NASA astronaut, is stranded on space station.[45]
Tom Major Matt Mason Stylo, Lt. Col. Caissier, Maj. Independence: Gilbert Grayson Shepard, Col. Finley Alan "Fin" Shepard April Dawn Wexler Shepard	Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015), TV movie Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016), TV movie	NASA: Space Shuttle Independence Astro-X	Contemporary Near Future
	Col. Shepard, a former astronaut who never flew in space, takes secret military shuttle into orbit with his son and daughter-in-law to destroy sharknados. He is later rescued from the Moon by unnamed Astro-X astronauts.[46][47]
Miller (Ph.D.) International Space Station: Unnamed commander Meg (Ph.D.) Unnamed Russian cosmonauts	"Space" (2015), short story	International Space Station	Contemporary
	"Manager astronaut" Miller cheats on Meg, his wife, while she is in space.[48]
Abacha Tunde, Maj. (Nigerian Air Force)	"Afrofuturist 419" (2016), short story	Salyut 6 Soyuz T-16Z/Salyut 8T Spaceflight Services Inc.: Space station	Contemporary
	Tunde, the first African in space, flew to Soviet space station in 1980 and flew on subsequent secret Soviet flights. Stranded aboard private company's space station, he becomes subject of 419 scam.[49]
Mikhail "Misha" Yurgevich (Retired cosmonaut) NASA: Philippa "Phil"[lower-alpha 4] Carson, Ph.D. Unnamed ASCANs	All Fixed Up (2016), novel	International Space Station	Contemporary (December)
	Carson is slated for mission to conceive a child in space.[50]
Nate (Canada)	An Astronaut's Tale (2016), short film	NASA	Near Future
	Astronaut prepares for spaceflight with the support of Aster, his partner.[51]
Unnamed astronaut	Before Mars (2016), short film	International Space Station	2016 (August – September)[lower-alpha 5]
	Female astronaut speaks by ham radio to future astronaut Hana Seung. Prequel to Mars (2016–) (q.v.).[52]
Space Shuttle: Jenny Chen Kim (no last names given) Space station: Two unnamed astronauts	Busy People: Astronaut (2016), picture book	Space Shuttle Space station	Contemporary
	Typical space-station mission.[53]
Infinity: Ruth Christmas, Dr. (US) (Chief of biomedical problems) Cosmonaut X Jane Uree Three unnamed crewmembers Self-sufficient mission: Ruth Christmas, Dr. Two unnamed astronauts	Cosmic Hotel (2016), novel	Infinity (space station) Emergency pod Self-sufficient mission	Near Future
	Pregnant astronaut Christmas makes emergency reentry after space station crew begins experiencing panic attacks. Christmas later joins private mission of indefinite duration aboard "self-sufficient craft".[54]
Five unnamed astronauts	Goodnight Spaceman (2016), picture book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	While their father is on the space station, two children dream about joining him in space.[55]
Garry[lower-alpha 6] Freeman Mike (no last name given)	Lone Wolves (2016), film	Space shuttle Polaris Space station	Near Future ("date 19")
	Freeman and soldier James Conroy are stranded in parallel dimension.
James (US) (Station Commander) (no last name given) Unnamed American astronaut Unnamed Japanese astronaut Lev Krupin (Russia) Two unnamed Russian cosmonauts	Madam Secretary Unity Node (2016), TV	International Space Station Soyuz	Contemporary (December)
	ISS is damaged by exploding North Korean satellite, trapping three astronauts in Kibo module.[56]
Svetlana Petrova, Capt. Ekaterina Solovyeva, Capt.	Matryoshka (2016), short film	Soyuz Soyuz-Matryoshka	1983
	In 1983, the Soviet Union launches a routine Soyuz mission, crewed by two female cosmonauts. Once in orbit, the mission runs into serious problems which leave the crew facing a series of life or death decisions and the possibility that they may not be able to return to Earth.[57]
Wilson (no first name given) (US) Unnamed astronauts (US)	Milo Murphy's Law The Note (2016), TV	Space station	Contemporary (May)
	Wilson has flashback of EVA emergency while riding in ticker-tape parade.
Walter O'Brien (Scorpion)	Scorpion It Isn't the Fall That Kills You (2016), TV	Richard Elia Aerospace Division: Vessel XA42p	Contemporary
	Computer genius is accidentally launched into space due to lightning strike.[58]
Test flights Crew #1: Joseph Kess, Ph.D. (Pilot) Yuri Pelsin, Dr. (Russia) (Pilot) Crew #2: Turner Walker (USAF) (Pilot) Max Biggs (USAF) (Pilot) Trainees: James (United States Navy SEAL) Wallace (United States Navy SEAL) Jonah Melo (United States Navy SEAL) Nyambi (mononym) (unnamed African country) Six unnamed candidates Orbital flight: Bennett Oscar "Boss" Sheraton, Capt. (United States Navy SEAL) (Pilot)	The Soul of a SEAL (2016), novel	Warren Shuttle (spaceplane)	Contemporary
	Sheraton pilots secret shuttle to deploy communications satellite and laser array.[59]
Four unnamed astronauts	Take My Heart Away (2016), music video	South African Aerospace Corporation: Space Shuttle	Contemporary/Near Future
	Child plans to stow away on first African space shuttle.[60]
Benjamin Stokes (Commander) Unnamed astronauts	"Atlantic Deeps" (2017), short story	NASA: USS Frontier	Near Future
	Astronauts crewing the replacement for the space shuttle. Killed when the vehicle explodes during launch.[61]
Buzz Caldwell	Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon (2017), novel	Space Shuttle	c. 2017 (late January)
	Original space shuttle astronaut who flew in space six times runs aerospace company that sponsors paper airplane contest.[62]
Byakuya Ishigami, Prof. (JAXA) Shamil Volkov (Russia) (Soyuz Captain) Connie Lee (US/NASA) Yakov Nikitin, Dr. (Russia) Darya Nikitina, Dr. (Russia) Lillian Weinberg (US) (Spaceflight participant)	Dr. Stone (2017), manga	International Space Station Two Soyuz spacecraft	Contemporary/Near Future
	Astronauts aboard ISS when all humans on Earth are turned to stone.[63]
Ellie (US) (no last name given)	Ellie the Astronaut (2017), short film	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut aboard ISS reminisces about her childhood adventures.[64]
James (no last name given)	Followed Back (2017), short film	International Space Station	Contemporary
	NASA astronaut suffering from apparent PTSD.
Joseph Neumann	Inhumanwich! (2017), film	United States National Space Command Center: Argo 1	Near Future
	Astronaut on Earth-orbital mission is transformed by radiation accident into carnivorous Sloppy Joe sandwich.[65]
Hayley Collins (UK) ISS: Dan Drake (RAF/ESA) (Commander) Unnamed astronauts	The Jamie Drake Equation (2017), novel	International Space Station Soyuz Lux Aeterna (orbital launch platform)	c. 2017 (October 31 – November 3)[lower-alpha 7]
	Commander Drake spacewalks from ISS to Lux Aeterna platform in higher orbit to launch Light Swarm nano-spacecraft to Tau Ceti. Collins was the first British astronaut to walk in space.[66]
Ekaterina "Kat" Golovkina (Russia) (Mission Commander) Rory Adams (US) (Flight Engineer) Hugh Derry, Dr. (UK) (Exobiologist) David A. Jordan, Dr. (US) (Crew Medical Officer) Sho Murakami (Japan) (Systems Engineer) Miranda North, Dr. (UK) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (Quarantine Officer)	Life (2017), film	International Space Station (Mars Pilgrim 7 Mission) Soyuz Lifeboat A Lifeboat B	c. 2030
	ISS astronauts analyze life-form brought back by Mars sample return mission.[67]
Samuel Johnson (Commander) Candice (Medic Officer) Darren Jerry Shona	The Pull (2017), The Pull Expanse (2017), short films	Space Shuttle Voyager 707 International Space Station Soyuz	Contemporary
	Astronaut Candice vanishes, then reappears, during spacewalk outside ISS. The same crew later returns to orbit when constellation Cassiopeia and nebula begin moving towards Earth.[68][69]
Yuri Cvetko (NASA) (Commander) Laura Ann Hill (NASA) (Mission Specialist) Rodrigo Vargas (USAF/NASA) (Flight Engineer)	Rosewood Radiation & Rough Landings (2017), TV	International Space Station	Contemporary
	ISS repair specialist Hill, a three-time space mission veteran, is found dead in an orange tree.
Valery Shudin (based on Valery Ryumin) Salyut 7: Vladimir Fyodorov (based on Vladimir Dzhanibekov) Svetlana Lazareva (based on Svetlana Savitskaya) Ivanov (no first name given) Salyut 7/Soyuz T-13: Vladimir Fyodorov (Commander) Viktor Alyokhin (Flight Engineer) (based on Viktor Savinykh)	Salyut 7 (2017), film	Salyut 7 Soyuz T-13 Space Shuttle Challenger	1985
	Russian docudrama film, based on real events but featuring fictional and fictionalized cosmonauts.[70]
Thomas Lester Musselbaum Six unnamed astronauts	Superstar (2017), novel	Space Shuttle?	Contemporary
	Five years after Musselbaum died when spacecraft disintegrated on reentry, his son, who is on the autism spectrum, attends school for the first time.[71]
Sandy (no last name given)	Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader (2018), chapter book	International Space Station	Contemporary
	Astronaut talks to children in San Francisco by ham radio.[72]
Kerry Atkins, Dr. Unnamed astronauts	Rampage (2018), film	Energyne Industries: Athena-1 (space station) Escape capsule	Contemporary/Near Future
	Space station crew conducting secret genetic experiments.[73]
Hall (no first name given) Johnathan Vance White (no first name given) David Lovelace Gena Presscot, Dr.	Rumor from Ground Control (2018), film	Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-27A)	1989 / Contemporary (September – October, April)
	Crew of classified shuttle mission never launched; were instead subjected to radiation experiments simulating solar flare effects.[74]
Andre "Duracell" Williams (US) (Commander) Mariana Ivanova (Russia) Carla Mendes (US) Hiro Yamamura (Japan)	The Watchers (2018), Can She See Us, Daddy? (2018), short films	International Space Station	Near Future
	Astronauts on ISS when Earth is struck by extinction-level asteroid.[75][76]
Mama Two unnamed astronauts	Astro Girl (2019), picture book	Unknown	Contemporary
	Astronaut's daughter wants to be an astronaut herself when she grows up.[77]
Nova Celeste	Miss Bunsen's School for Brilliant Girls Light as a Feather (2019), novel	Star Village Space Center: Shuttle	Contemporary (June)
	Celeste, the chief commander of Star Village Space Center, sponsors flying machine contest for science school students. Celeste is a veteran of 17 spaceflights, including 12 orbital flights, and is a former record-holder as the youngest person in space.[78]
Neil Strongarm	My FANGtastically Evil Vampire Pet Space Cat-astrophe (2019), novel	Transport shuttle Space ark Secret Space Station Homebase (SSSH)	Contemporary?
	Evil astronaut, who was allegedly NASA's original choice to be first man on Moon, plots to kidnap students and counselors at Evil Scientist Summer Camp.[79]
Two unnamed astronauts	A Space Apart (2019), short film	United Kingdom	Future
	Male and female British astronauts fall in love from their respective spacecraft in Earth orbit.[80]
Randolph Witherspoon	The Space Walk (2019), picture book	Unknown	Unknown (Future?)
	Astronaut who fails to hear Ground Control's order not to talk to strangers during EVA, leading to his befriending an alien.[81]

2020–2029

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
(2020–2029)
Unnamed astronaut	Breathe (2020), short film	Unknown (single-person spacecraft)	Contemporary/Near Future?
	Astronaut has surreal encounter in Earth orbit.[82]
Diaz, Cmdr.	Decommissioned (2021), short film	International Space Station	Contemporary/Near Future ("years" after 2006)
	ISS astronaut has chilling encounter with SuitSat.[83]

Notes

1. Also spelled "Tamatsev", "Tomantsev" and "Tomatsev" in English subtitles.
2. Named "Swanschbaumer" on p. 137, but "Swanschbaum" on pp. 135-136 and 220.
3. The anachronistic initials "СССР" appear on Yuri's helmet, an indication that he is a hallucination.
4. Also known as "Iron Gut".
5. A newspaper headline refers to the Falcon 9 explosion which occurred on September 1, 2016.
6. Spelled both "Gary" and "Garry" in end credits.
7. November 3 is a Friday (p. 8), as it was in 2017. World War II ended about 70 years earlier (p. 38).

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