| Name(s)
|
Appeared in
|
Program / mission / spacecraft
|
Fictional 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 story
|
Polus
|
Future (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), comic
|
Experimental interstellar spacecraft[a] |
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 story
|
Unknown (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 story
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Cosmonaut has fatal encounter with intelligent beings on alien planet.[13][14] |
| Douglas Stansfield, Cmdr.
|
Twilight Zone
The Long Morrow (1964), TV
|
Unknown
|
1987 – 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), film
|
United 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
|
Phoenix
|
2063
|
| 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), novel
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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 story
|
Unknown
|
c. 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), novel
|
Unknown
|
Near 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 story
|
Space 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 book
|
Jovian Industries
|
Future
|
| Astronaut on mission into Kerr-type rotating black hole.[32] |
Commander
Scientist/First Mate
Space Twin 1
Space Twin 2
|
The Voyage (1992), opera
|
Space 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), novel
|
Tenacity
|
July 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 story
|
Adventurer
Second expedition (unnamed starship)
|
Future (21st century?)[b] |
| 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 story
|
Mustard (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), novel
|
Argos Program
Argos 2
|
Near Future
|
| First crewed expedition to another solar system.[39] |
| Clark Kent, Lt.
|
JLA: Earth 2 (2000), graphic novel
|
Unknown
|
Contemporary (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[c] |
| 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), novel
|
United 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,[d] Capt. (USAF) (Commander)
Kelly Lanahan, Lt.[e] (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 film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Comic misadventures of two astronauts on distant space mission.[44] |
| Charles T. “Chuck” Baker, Capt.
|
Planet 51 (2009), film
|
Odyssey (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[f] |
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 film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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), novel
|
Astronauts’ Union
|
Late 21st century
|
| Married couple on journey to planet Sardion aboard spacecraft traveling at 99.5% of lightspeed.[52] |
| Traveler (unnamed)
|
Grounded (2012), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut has bizarre experiences after crashing on extrasolar planet.[53] |
| Joseph Wood
|
Hibernation (2012), short film
|
Somnus I
|
20th-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), novel
|
Bon Accord (XS-312)
|
Future[g] |
| 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 astronauts
|
The Pod (2012), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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 story
|
Original:
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 astronaut
|
XY (2012), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut encounters apparition of woman on distant planet.[59] |
| Unnamed astronaut
|
Azarkant (2013), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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 film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Fossy hibernates aboard spacecraft for infinite length of time while waiting for discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence.[62] |
| Three unnamed astronauts
|
Mission 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 film
|
Cosmonaut 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 film
|
Space 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 astronauts
|
Entity (2014), short film
|
SEV Omega T26
|
Future
|
| Astronaut ejected from destroyed spacecraft travels through dimensional portal.[66] |
| Sally Pascal, Capt.
|
I Am Here (aka The Journey of Sally Pascal) (2014), short film
|
USS 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 film
|
National 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 film
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| 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), film
|
United States:
ISRA 88
|
Future?
|
| Astronauts on mission to the edge of the universe.[73][74] |
| Unnamed astronaut
|
Lone (2015), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut aboard faster-than-light ship searching for life on planet 1200 light years from Earth.[75] |
| James Morrison, Cmdr. (UK)
|
Superluminal (2015), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Young astronaut discovers life on alien moon.[76] |
Marcus
Noe
|
Asteria (2016), short film
|
Earth:
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 story
|
Unknown (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 astronauts
|
In the Universe (2016), short film
|
V (spacecraft similar to Apollo command and service module)
|
Future
|
| Astronaut on deep-space mission; his girlfriend follows him into space.[80] |
| Unnamed astronaut
|
Off (2016), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut has surreal adventure.[81] |
| Unnamed astronaut
|
RunCatRun (2016), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut traveling through wormhole switches bodies with cat.[82] |
| Unnamed astronaut
|
“The Astronaut” (2017), short story
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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 film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut stranded on moon of ringed planet after exposure to unknown pathogen.[84] |
C. Marlow
Unnamed astronauts
|
Explorers (2017), short film
|
NASA et al:
Colbert
Space station
Various unnamed spacecraft
|
Future
|
| Vignettes of future space exploration.[85] |
| Unnamed pilot
|
Hyper 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 film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| 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 film
|
United 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), film
|
Space Agency Inc.:
Human 2.0 mission[h]
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. Nythem
|
Void (2018), short film
|
United States
EVSP:
SPS 11
|
Contemporary?
|
| Astronaut travels into parallel universes through mysterious holes in deep space.[90] |
| Four unnamed astronauts
|
Contact (2019), short film
|
Unknown
|
Future
|
| Astronaut stranded on white planet contacts astronaut stranded on red planet. Two other astronauts appear in crew photo with astronaut on white planet.[91] |
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