List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 1990–1999)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle, as depicted in works released between 1990 and 1999.

1990–1999 Name(s)Appeared inProgram / Mission / SpacecraftFictional date (1990–1999)Steven Bishop (CDR)James Dobbins (PLT)Henry "Hank" Henshaw, Dr.Terri HenshawDC Comics (1990– )Space ShuttleExcaliburContemporaryExcalibur is blasted by solar flare on reentry, beginning Hank Henshaw's transformation into Cyborg Superman.General YogureTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSpace ShuttleUSAEarly 1990sAssists the Turtles to prevent Krang and Shredder from heating up the Earth.Matt Gosling (CDR)Paul Balchin (PLT)Stella Richards (Payload Manager)Torus (1990), novelSpace ShuttleColoradoEarly 2000sCrew of Space Shuttle on a mission to retrieve derelict satellites from geosynchronous orbit.(US) Hes AdamsHeinemannO'GradyMarshallWilson(First names not provided for the last four US crew)(UK) Michael Dreyfuss, Maj.Westwind (1990), novelSpace Shuttle ArgosContemporary/Near FutureAnglo-American crew of a routine shuttle mission that ends disastrously when the shuttle's systems fail on final approach.Shuttle-C:Chuck Conard, Maj.Coates, Capt.Byron, Col.Gibbons, Col.Unnamed Marine colonelNomad:Donald J. Pollock, Col.Chuck Conard, Maj.Hawkeye (1991), novelSpace ShuttleShuttle-CNomad SpaceplaneContemporary/Near FutureSpy satellites belonging to the major powers are destroyed by an unknown foe.Freedom:Tom Jenkins, Cmdr. (US)Julia Magriffe, MS (Canada)Di Lella, Dr. (Italy)Detrich (Germany)Two unnamed astronautsEdo:Sekigawa, Cmdr. (Japan)Kroeger (MS) (Germany) Unnamed crewmanNomad (1): Jefferson "Sonny" Cleary, Capt. Frank RowanNomad (2):Frank RowanGates, Capt.Nomad (3):Jefferson "Sonny" Cleary, Capt.James Henry Mackenzie, Maj.Cobra (1991), novel Space StationFreedomSpace Shuttle (Japanese)Edo Nomad SpaceplaneContemporary/Near FutureA multi-national conspiracy threatens Space Station Freedom and its crew in an attempt to gain control of space.Bégonhès (Flight Commander) (no first name given)DeMilo (Pilot) (no first name given)Lucie Blanche, Dr. (Biologist)Louis Meyer (Scientist)Molino (Politician) (no first name given)Nous trois (aka We Three) (1992), novelUnnamed space agency (France):Space ShuttleContemporary (Summer)French crew on satellite launch-and-repair mission aboard borrowed American orbiter. Launch from Guiana Space Centre., cited in Calvin Carlton, Col.NursesMoon over Miami (1992), TVNASAContemporaryAstronaut who visits Community Medical Center.Trikon:Daniel Tighe, Cmdr.Lorraine Renoir, Dr.Freddie AvilesLance MuncieKurt JaeckleCarla Sue GambleRussell CramerJeffriesStanley (first names not given for the last two)Also scientists and technicians from Japan, United Europe and the United StatesConstellation:N. J. Wiliamson, Cmdr.Williams DuncanYeager:Unnamed pilot and co-pilotThe Trikon Deception (1992), novelSpace StationTrikonSpace ShuttleConstellationSpaceplaneYeagerNear Future 15 August 1998 – 7 December 1998Personnel who work aboard and support the world's first commercial space-station.Natasha "Tasha" TeranovaWonder Woman (1992), comic booksRussian/Israeli expeditionContemporaryCosmonaut rescued by Wonder Woman.Youri Souzof, Lt.Le Cosmonaute oublié (1993), chapter bookMir 92Contemporary/Near FutureAfter being stranded on space station for a year and a half, cosmonaut receives extraterrestrial visitor.Steve Thomas (Pilot)Dark Universe (1993), filmKendrick Aerospace Industries:Nautilus (space shuttle)ContemporaryAstronaut is transformed into monster when alien spores infest spacecraft prior to reentry.Freedom:Alex Seerey, Col.John Quanty, Maj.Hugh LyghtsonScott DawkinsJoseph KingCelia HeresonLee WynnJudith CiantaLincoln:Two unnamed astronauts (Commander and Co-Pilot)Ghost Beyond Earth (1993), novelSpace StationFreedomSpace ShuttleLincolnContemporary/Near FutureSpace station crew is attacked by a diabolical entity in orbit. The survivors are rescued by the space shuttle Lincoln.Peter Carter (US)Barbara Stockton Urie, Dr. (Canada)Four unnamed astronautsMinus Time (1993), novelSpace ShuttleSpace stationJanuary 1989Carter and Urie undertake long-duration mission aboard space station. Space Shuttle Victory is mentioned as having exploded.Vladimir Rostov, Col.TarzanTarzan and the Russian Invasion (1993/1994), TVSoviet UnionContemporary ("Thursday the 23rd")Cosmonaut lost in jungle for three years is unaware that Cold War has ended.Steve Swain, Capt. (USAF)Perry Housman, Col. (USAF)The Hardy Boys CasefilesMission: Mayhem, A Taste for Terror (1994), novelsSpace ShuttleContemporaryFormer astronauts instruct Frank and Joe Hardy's team at Space Academy in Huntsville, Alabama. Later, Housman invites the Hardys to explorers' conference in Tunisia.Himeko Nayotake (Japan)Sailor Moon S: The Movie (1994), TV, and Volume 11 "Lover of Princess Kaguya", mangaSpace ShuttleLuna FrontierContemporary Nayotake is selected to travel on an American space expedition just before Princess Kaguya attacks the Earth, although she is oblivious to the Princess's existence and disregards it as a myth. Buzz AldrinHomer SimpsonRace BanyonThe SimpsonsDeep Space Homer (1994), TVSpace ShuttleCorvairContemporarySimpson is drafted as a NASA astronaut for publicity purposes.Starcore:Peter Corbeau, Dr.Five unnamed astronautsEagle One:Five unnamed astronautsX-MenThe Phoenix Saga - Part I: Sacrifice (1994), TVSpace ShuttleStarcoreEagle One (space station)ContemporaryFive of the X-Men — the Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Jean Grey and Wolverine — replace Starcore'''s crew to fly to Eagle One, which has been taken over by Erik the Red. Starcore is carrying a "manned close orbital solar probe". Adaptation of the X-Men comics "Dark Phoenix Saga" story arc. |- |rowspan="2"|OliverBob (USMC?) (PLT)Sylvie (no last names given) |The Blue Ball (1995), play |NASA:ApolloSpace Shuttle |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Playwright Paul researches play about astronauts in Houston and Florida and attends Bob's space shuttle launch. Bob has flown in space twice before; Sylvie is a member of the standby crew for Bob's mission. Oliver was one of the original group of astronauts but did not fly in space until later; he walked on the Moon in the Sea of Clouds. |- |rowspan="2"|David Kennedy |High Flight (1995), novel |Space Shuttle |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Former shuttle pilot who now heads a major aeronautics firm. |- |rowspan="2"|Unnamed astronautsSpace Shuttle:EmersonJensenIrina (sp.?) (no first names given) |Highlander: The Animated SeriesThe Survivors from Outer Space (1995), TV |Space Shuttle (Uxus Mission) |Contemporary/Near FutureFuture (c. 2700) |- |colspan="3"|Space shuttle returns to Earth after 700 years in space with crew in hibernation. Emerson is an Immortal. |- |rowspan="2"|James Monroe |The Monroes (1995), TV |Space Shuttle |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Former astronaut, member of powerful Kennedy-like family. |- |rowspan="2"|Phillips (CDR)O'Brien (PLT)Lambert, Dr. (Mission Specialist)Meyer (Payload Specialist)(No first names given) |My Life as an Afterthought Astronaut (1995), chapter book |Space ShuttleEncounterSpace Station One (International Space Station?) |Contemporary/Near Future |- |colspan="3"|13-year-old Wally McDoogle accidentally stows away aboard shuttle on space station assembly mission. The description of Space Station One seems to imply that it is the ISS. |- |rowspan="2"|Sergei Orlov, Gen. |Op Center: Mirror Image (1995), novel |Soyuz |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Veteran cosmonaut (one of whose missions seems to have been based on Soyuz 33), assigned to command Russia's new Combined Operations Center located beneath the Hermitage Museum. |- |rowspan="2"|Mark FortunatoUnnamed astronauts |The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Up In Space (1995), chapter book |Space ShuttleSpacelab |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Animate plant flies aboard shuttle on Spacelab mission. |- |rowspan="2"|Atlantis:Rick SpencerPierre Renaud (Canada) (Payload Specialist)Three unnamed astronautsDiscovery:Tessa "Tess" McClainYoshiko Sugano (Japan) (Payload Specialist)Four unnamed astronautsApollo:Rick Spencer (CDR)Yoshiko Sugano (CMP)Tessa McClain (LMP) |Abandon in Place (1996), novella |Space ShuttleAtlantisDiscoverySpacelabApolloThe Spirit of Hope (CSM)/Faith (LM)|Near Future (2000s) |- |colspan="3"|Shortly after Neil Armstrong's death, ghostly Saturn Vs begin launching from Kennedy Space Center. Faith lands at edge of Aitken Basin. Expanded into novel in 2000. |- |rowspan="2"|Henry J. "Bull" Eckert, Col. (Chief of the Astronaut Office)Ezekiel "Zeke" Beaumont, Capt.Barbara DeSantos, Lt. Cmdr.Jack Riles, Maj.Tamara St. James (Mission Specialist)Reginald Warren, Maj. |The Cape (1996–7), TV |Space Shuttle |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|NASA career astronauts. |- |rowspan="2"|Monte Beaman (CDR)Victor Lutz (PLT)Shannon Thorpe (Mission Specialist)RoxeAnn Karch (Payload Specialist)Tod Cochran (Payload Specialist)Elliot Andrew Schroeder (Junior Astronaut/Payload Specialist) |Countdown (1996), novel |Space ShuttleEndeavour (STS-97) |Contemporary/Near Future |- |colspan="3"|14-year-old Elliot Schroeder flies aboard Endeavour on Mission to Planet Earth flight as NASA's first Junior Astronaut. |- |rowspan="2"|Aquarius II mission:Nicholas T. Saxon, Capt. (USAF)"Murph" MurphyThompsonUnnamed personnelAquarius VII:Joseph Shay, Cmdr.Bill PowellRiceZimmermanJacksonDeborah Saxon |Dark Breed (1996), film |Aquarius II (space station)Space ShuttleAquarius VII (Omega Forces mission) |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Aquarius VII astronauts return from secret military mission infested by parasitic aliens. Nick Saxon was the first Aquarius mission commander and led disastrous special forces mission to secret Aquarius II space station four years earlier. |- |rowspan="2"|Endeavour:Lori Kirsten (CDR)Henry Janesh (PLT)Chris Terence, Dr. (Mission Specialist #1)Dirk Rodriguez (Mission Specialist #2)Sharon Goldman (Mission Specialist)Harold Spearman (Mission Specialist)J. T. Murphy (Mission Specialist)Apollo II:Lori Kirsten (Pilot)Chris TerenceInternational Space Station:Tatiana Haldin (Russia) (Commander)Peter Mikhailovich Denisov (Russia) (Engineer)François Raymond (France) (Mission Specialist)Jiro Kawaguchi (Japan) (Mission Specialist) |Encounter with Tiber (1996), novel |Space ShuttleEndeavourApollo IIInternational Space Station |20022006 |- |colspan="3"|Shuttle carrying Habitation Module to the ISS experiences engine failure and crashes in Atlantic Ocean. Four years later, Kirsten and Terence arrive on ISS as Earth receives alien signal from Alpha Centauri. |- |rowspan="2"|Adam Freis, Col.Atlantis:NASA, Marc Franklin, Dr. (CDR)Vic Green, Lt. Col. (PLT)Arlan Burns, Maj.Frank PurvisFKA, Alexandra Koslovsky (MS)OrlovNichi(First names not given for the last two crew members) |Ignition (1996), novel |Space ShuttleAtlantis|Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|As the Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to lift off on a resupply mission to Mir, extortionists take over Cape Kennedy and threaten to blow up the shuttle and its crew on the launch pad unless a ransom is paid. |- |rowspan="2"|Atkins, Lt. Cmdr. (USN)Recovery One:Russell, Maj. (CDR)Mark Lowrey, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (PLT)Mission Specialists 1 and 2 (unnamed) |JAGRecovery (1996), TV |Space ShuttleAtlantis (Recovery One) |1996 |- |colspan="3"|Atkins is killed while training as pilot of shuttle mission to be launched from Vandenberg AFB. JAG investigators Harmon Rabb and Meg Austin try to determine who is responsible so that the shuttle can launch to place a spy satellite in its proper orbit. |- |rowspan="2"|DimitriIgor (no last names given) |Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) (1996), short film |Soyuz 27 |Contemporary |- |colspan="3"|Cosmonauts in space without condoms. |- |rowspan="2"|John Randall GriswoldRobert Merchan |The Mystery Files of Shelby WooThe Missing Astronaut (1996), TV |NASA:Alpha 7Space Shuttle:Universe 3Encounter|Contemporary |-