Celebrities who have been to space: 59 Photos
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Notable astronauts
| name | mission | accomplishment |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Tito | Soyuz TM-32/ISS/Soyuz TM-31 | first space tourist |
| Jerry Ross | STS-110 (Atlantis)/ISS | first person to fly into space seven times |
| Yang Liwei | Shenzhou 5 | first Chinese astronaut in space |
| Michael Melvill | SpaceShipOne | first private spaceflight |
Leonardo DiCaprio. The Oscar-winning actor is one of the first celebrities who signed up for Virgin Galactic's space flights in 2013. He even auctioned off a seat next to him for charity, raising $1.5 million for his foundation.
On October 13, 2021, Canadian actor William Shatner—best known for his iconic “Star Trek” role as Captain Kirk—boards Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin space shuttle with three other people, and becomes the oldest living person to travel into space at age 90. News stations broadcast the historic launch.
Chronology of Notable Astronauts
| name | mission | date |
|---|---|---|
| Yury Gagarin | Vostok 1 | April 12, 1961 |
| Alan Shepard | Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) | May 5, 1961 |
| Gherman Titov | Vostok 2 | Aug. 6–7, 1961 |
| John Glenn | Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) | Feb. 20, 1962 |
Surely his staff could quickly whip up a spacesuit in his size, and Musk isn't known to be risk-averse; in 2015, he stood upright atop a flying plane in a stunt called a “wing walk.” And yet the summer of space billionaires has come and gone, and Musk has remained firmly on Earth.
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