Norman Thagard

Norman Earl Thagard is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space flights and on March 14, 1995, he became the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.

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Who was born first?

• Norman Thagard and John Casper were born the same year
• Norman Thagard and Shannon Lucid were born the same year
• Norman Thagard and Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov were born the same year
• Norman Thagard and Jon McBride were born the same year
• Norman Thagard and John Oliver Creighton were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksandr Pavlovich AleksandrovFebruary 20, 1943 – present
2. John CasperJuly 9, 1943 – present
3. John Oliver CreightonApril 28, 1943 – present
4. Jon McBrideAugust 14, 1943 – August 7, 2024
5. Norman Thagard (this page)July 3, 1943 – present
6. Shannon LucidJanuary 14, 1943 – present

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Alexey LeonovMay 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016