List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2000–2009)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, as depicted in works released between 2000 and 2009.

2000–2009 Name(s)Appeared inProgram / Mission / SpacecraftFictional date (2000–2009)Linda GardnerUnnamed commanderUnnamed pilotUnnamed doctorFour other astronautsAstronaut: Living in Space (2000), picture bookSpace ShuttleAtlantisContemporaryOn her fourth spaceflight, Linda repairs space telescope.Diego IrigayenDC Comics (2000– )S.T.A.R. LabsContemporaryAstronaut whose mother's murder leads him to become the superhero Imán.Mir:Vladimir Kinotskin (Commander)Tsimion Borisovich VladovkaTufts (USA) (no first name given)Rodya Baklunov (relieves Tufts)Relief crew:Misha SorokinIvan PkhalazeBobchek (no first/last name given)Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000), novelMirSpace ShuttleContemporaryOne year after Vladovka returns from Mir, Chief Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov investigates his disappearance.International Space Station:John Radkowski (USAF) (Commander)Tanisha Yvonne "Tana" Jackson, M.D./Ph.D. (Medical officer/biologist)Ryan Martin (Canada) (Systems engineer)Britta SilverthorneBrittanyJasmine (no last names given for last two)Unnamed station physicianUnnamed personnelMirusha:Two unnamed cosmonautsMars Crossing (2000), novelNASA:Space ShuttleInternational Space StationCRV-1 (Crew return vehicle)Russia:Mirusha ("Little Mir") (Space station)Soyuz2020sCrew members overlapping on ISS missions. Radkowski attempts rescue of Mirusha crew using CRV.NASA:Ted BlackstonePete Slendwick, Col.Victor CarlsonShareSpace:Fred Gernsback (Citizen Observer/Journalist)David Calderon (Citizen Observer)Columbia:Billy Kingston (CDR)Wes Packard (PLT)Damian "Damy" Agustino (Military Payload Specialist)Lorena Charette, Maj. (M.D.) (USAF)Marc Akira Clement, Dr. (Astronomy Mission Specialist)Josh Pritkin (Electronics Mission Specialist)Michael Tyree "MJ" James (Citizen Observer)International Space Station:Carl Tanaka, Maj. (Commander)Doris McIntyre (Medical/Biological Mission Specialist)Stephen Tebworthy (UK) (Microgravity welding specialist)StarRescue:Scott Blackstone (USAF) (Pilot)Nick Blackstone (Flight Engineer)Ed Killeret (Engineer)The Return (2000), novelAmerican Space Universal (ASU)/ShareSpace:Space ShuttleColumbiaInternational Space StationSoyuzRepublic Wright (RW):StarRescue (Lifting body)c. 2003 (October–November, June)Basketball superstar James is killed in apparent accident aboard Columbia; Pakistan detonates "proton bomb" in space, necessitating rescue of ISS crew. Scott Blackstone is a former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions. Ted Blackstone was Nick and Scott Blackstone's uncle, killed in T-38 crash shortly after becoming astronaut.Frank Corvin (USAF)William "Hawk" Hawkins, Col.Jerry O'Neill"Tank" SullivanEthan GlanceRoger HinesSpace Cowboys (2000), filmSpace ShuttleDaedalusAutumn 1999NASA astronauts on a satellite salvage mission.Christopher "Chief" Hart, Col.The Switch (2000), novelSpace Shuttle ContemporaryCareer astronaut accused of murder.David Ziegler, Dr. (Payload Specialist) Unnamed astronautsThe West Wing What Kind of Day Has It Been (2000), TVSpace Shuttle ColumbiaContemporaryShuttle crew's reentry is delayed when starboard payload bay door fails to close. Ziegler, the brother of White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler, is on his fourth shuttle mission.Gordon Brunswick (CDR)Sarah Drummond-Fournier, Ph.D. (Payload Specialist)Four unnamed astronautsAll Families are Psychotic (2001), novelSpace ShuttleDiscovery2001Grown-up thalidomide baby Sarah plans to have sex in orbit with Commander Brunswick.International Space Station:Unnamed commander (US)Sergei Viktor "Serg" Dudayev (Russia) (Mission Specialist)Unnamed mission specialist (US/UNSC)Unnamed British astronautUnnamed Japanese astronautEndeavour:Diane Williams, Col. (USMC) (CDR)Gary McGregor, Capt. (USAF) (PLT)Frank Ward, Col. (US Army/UNSC) (Space Marine)Three unnamed Space Marines (UNSC)Jake Cohen (CAPCOM)Unnamed astronaut (PROP)Flight of Endeavour (2001), novellaInternational Space StationSpace ShuttleEndeavourAstronaut Maneuvering Vehicle (AMV)Near FutureWhen Chechen sympathizer Dudayev seizes control of ISS weapons systems, three-time space shuttle veteran Williams commands mission to retake control of ISS.Clarence "Biff" Barnes, Capt./Maj. (USAF) (Mission Commander)Jim Scarelli (Pilot)Steve Skeldon, Capt. (USMC) (Navigator/Copilot)Andre Baker, Capt. (US Army) (Weapons Officer)Ray McConnell (Flight Engineer)Sue Tillman, Lt. (Sensor Officer)Lash-Up (2001), novellaU.S. Space Force:Defender (modified VentureStar) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane)September 16 – December 2, 2010China destroys GPS satellites using space gun, impairing American military effectiveness. U.S. establishes Space Force and launches Defender to protect satellites. Barnes is a former NASA astronaut who flew one previous mission. Expanded into novel in 2015 (q.v.).Phil McCarty (CDR)Five unnamed astronautsJacob "Jake" Worthy (Civilian)The Outer LimitsThe Vessel (2001), TVUSAS:Space ShuttleInspireNear Future (after 2003)Worthy, the first author in space, is sole survivor of space shuttle crash at end of 10-day orbital mission.Dex DeckerV.I.P.Val in Space (2001), TVNASAPorter AerospaceContemporaryAstronaut who flew experimental commercial spacecraft to rescue six cosmonauts from Mir comes under threat while guarded by Vallery Irons Protection.Grace Street, Dr.Gloria Rising (2002), chapter bookSpace ShuttleInternational Space StationContemporaryFourth-grader Gloria Jones meets Dr. Street in a supermarket checkout line.Tom Banks Patrick (no last name given) STS-124: Corrine Anne Atkinson (CDR) Mikhail "Mike" Wright (USAF) (PLT) Jimmy Westmoreland (Mission Specialist-One) Frank Smothers (Mission Specialist-Two)Stephen Philips (Payload Specialist)Her Perfect Stranger (2002), novelSpace ShuttleSTS-124International Space StationContemporaryAfter one-night stand as strangers, Atkinson and Wright learn they are teamed on next shuttle mission. Atkinson is a four-time shuttle pilot; Wright has two previous spaceflights.Ralphy BirdChip HornbeckWaldo WeeksKidnapped at the Capital (2002), chapter bookInternational Space StationContemporaryAstronauts fired by NASA who plot to take over International Space Station.Julie FoleyMen with Brooms (2002), filmContemporaryAstronaut for the American Space Agency (ASA).Chuck TaggartKurt MendelNeil TaggartSarah ForbesAngela PerryOdyssey 5 (2002), TVSpace ShuttleOdysseyAugust 7, 2007,time travel to 2002Crew sent back in time five years by a being called the Seeker to attempt to prevent the destruction of Earth."Mitch" Mitchell (CDR)Unnamed PLTStan (no last name given)Project Viper (2002), TV movieNASA:Space ShuttleOlympusContemporary/Near Future (October)Astronauts killed by organism designed for terraforming of Mars. The STS number appears on the astronauts' shirts but is difficult to read.Enterprise:Sharon Waltham, Capt.Pierre Falawn, Maj. (France) (Relief pilot)George Terhune, Prof. (Com specialist)Susan (no last name given)Atlantis:Unnamed commanderUnnamed pilotUnnamed astronautsDiscovery:Unnamed astronautsStony ManSky Killers (2002), novelSpace ShuttlesEnterpriseAtlantisDiscoveryContemporaryEnterprise is destroyed in orbit by stealth satellite using railgun. Atlantis launch is aborted due to irregular booster firing pattern; crew escapes using slidewire system. Discovery launches successfully with replacements for destroyed satellites.Joe (Commander) (USA) (no last name given)Ciba Weber, Dr. (USA)Vladimir (Russia) (no last name given)Y: The Last Man (2002–2008), comic book seriesInternational Space StationSoyuzc. 2002 – 2006Crew aboard ISS when mysterious plague kills nearly all male mammals on Earth.Robert Iverson, Cmdr.Rebecca "Beck" Childs, Maj.Timmins (Flight Engineer)The Core (2003), filmSpace ShuttleEndeavour (STS-114 (?) / Spacelab)ContemporaryShuttle crew who make an emergency landing on Sepulveda Dam spillway.Igor FedrovKosmonaut (aka The Cosmonaut) (2003), short filmSoyuz1991Cosmonaut on solo mission is stranded in orbit after fall of Soviet Union.NASA:Michelle Robeson, Dr.STS-118:John Cost, Capt. (Commander/Pilot)Muswell (no first name given)Five unnamed astronautsOrbiter (2003), graphic novelSpace ShuttleVenture (STS-118)Near FutureVenture disappears from Earth orbit, causing NASA to abandon human spaceflight. Ten years later, Venture mysteriously reappears, technologically altered and with only Cost aboard. Robeson flew on the final flight of shuttle Endeavor (sic); Cost previously flew on STS-109.NASA:Unnamed astronaut candidatesAtlantis:Unnamed American astronautsEndeavor:Unnamed astronautsAlpha:Lawton, Col. (Station Commander) (no first name given)Heather Charney, Lt.Unnamed cosmonauts and taikonautsThe Orion Protocol (2003), novelSpace ShuttleAtlantisSpace ShuttleEndeavor (sic)International Space Station AlphaNear Future (January 27 – February 21)Testing and deployment missions for space weapons system known as Project Orion.Jeff Hale, Cmdr. (USAF)Scotty (no last name given)Riverworld (2003), TV movieSpace ShuttleFrontier2009When meteors strike Frontier during reentry, Hale finds himself in the bizarre afterlife known as Riverworld.Marina PotaskiВоры и проститутки (Vory i prostitutki) (2003), Russian filmSoyuz TM1999TV reporter Marina Potaski travels to Mir to persuade a cosmonaut to return to Earth when he is unwilling to abandon the space station.Robert Parker (NASA)Yuri Andropov (FKA)Hideki Kawahara (JAXA)The Day After Tomorrow (2004), film/novelInternational Space Station2007ISS crew observes Earth entering an Ice Age.Rick MonroeBrian Poole"Falling Star" (2004), short storyInternational Space Station2050s (July)Decades after computer virus devastates human civilization, Monroe reminisces about being one of the last astronauts aboard ISS.Rose Siciliano, CMDR (USN)Force Protection (2004), novelSpace ShuttleAugust 1999US Navy pilot, who has just completed the NASA training program and finds herself under threat of assassination following a terrorist attack in Kenya.Musa Khiromanovich Ivanov, Cmdr. (FKA)Anatole Konstantinovich Krivalapov, Flight Engineer (FKA)Sable Jones (NASA)Time's Eye (2004), novelSoyuz-TMA2037Personnel returning from the International Space Station pass through a temporal discontinuity shortly after undocking.Jonas Venture, Dr.Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, Dr.Dean VentureHenry Allen "Hank" VentureBrock SamsonAnna Baldavich, Lt.Bud Manstrong, Col.The Venture Bros.Careers in Science (2004), TVGargantua-1 (Space station)Shuttle 21971 / ContemporaryDecades after Jonas Venture builds space station, his son and teenage grandsons are called in when a malfunction occurs.Ron Scott (Flight Commander) Kate Daniels, Ph.D. (Copilot) Al Murphy Robert Paxton (Mission Specialist) Terri Schmidt (Mission Specialist) Leo SmithThe Korean Intercept (2005), novelSpace ShuttleLiberty (Shuttle Flight 72-L)Near Future (November)Shuttle crash-lands near North Korean/Chinese border.Jo Rodriguez, Dr. (Payload Specialist)Maya & MiguelCareer Day (2005), TVSpace ShuttleContemporaryMiguel Santos spends Career Week with aerospace engineer Rodriguez.Viktor ZinchenkoMonarch of the GlenSeries 7, Episode 3 (2005), TVSoviet Union/Russia2005Former cosmonaut, a veteran of six spaceflights, is potential investor for turning Scottish estate into luxury resort.Lei Dongjin, Lt. Col.Lin Xi, Maj.Shenzhou (spacecraft) (2005), Chinese TVShenzhou200330-part TV dramatisation about the events leading up to China's first human spaceflight, Shenzhou V, in 2003. Two PLAAF pilots, a man and a woman, are the leading contenders to become the first Chinese nationals to be sent into space.Unnamed pilot"Toy Planes" (2005), short storyUnknown (Caribbean island nation):SpaceplaneNear FutureCaribbean island nation launches spaceplane using balloon platform.International Spac

List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2000–2009)

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