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.

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
Far future

Actor Charlton Heston as Col. George Taylor, Planet of the Apes (1968 film)

Far future

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 Captain Two unnamed astronauts	"Green Smoke" (2015), short story	N/A	Future
	Astronauts possessed by lifeform in green smoke on unexplored planet.[75]
Unnamed astronaut	Lone (2015), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut aboard faster-than-light ship searching for life on planet 1200 light years from Earth.[76]
James Morrison, Cmdr. (UK)	Superluminal (2015), short film	Unknown	Future
	Young astronaut discovers life on alien moon.[77]
Marcus Noe	Asteria (2016), short film	Earth: Hermes 777	Future
	Human astronauts and aliens arrive on distant planet at same time.[78]
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.[79]
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.[80]
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.[81]
Unnamed astronaut	Off (2016), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut has surreal adventure.[82]
Unnamed astronaut	RunCatRun (2016), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut traveling through wormhole switches bodies with cat.[83]
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.[84]
Abel (no last name given)	Athena (2017), short film	Unknown	Future
	Astronaut stranded on moon of ringed planet after exposure to unknown pathogen.[85]
C. Marlow Unnamed astronauts	Explorers (2017), short film	NASA et al: Colbert Space station Various unnamed spacecraft	Future
	Vignettes of future space exploration.[86]
Unnamed pilot	Hyper Jump (2017), short film	NASA	Future
	Astronaut prepares to make history's first hyperdrive launch.[87]
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.[88]
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.[89]
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.[90]
A. Nythem	Void (2018), short film	United States EVSP: SPS 11	Contemporary?
	Astronaut travels into parallel universes through mysterious holes in deep space.[91]
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.[92]

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.