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Complete List of Dead Astronauts
Last updated: 17 March 2008
This is a complete list of U.S. astronauts who are deceased.
| Name | Program & Flight | DOD | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bassett | Gemini program (no flights) | 2/28/1966 | training mission plane crash |
| Roger Chaffee | Apollo 1 | 1/27/1967 | Apollo 1 fire |
| Charles 'Pete' Conrad | Gemini 5 & 6, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 | 7/7/1999 | motorcycle accident |
| Gordon Cooper | Mercury 9, Gemini 5 | 10/4/2004 | natural causes |
| Donn Eisele | Apollo 7 | 12/2/1987 | heart attack |
| Ronald Evans | Apollo 17 | 4/6/1990 | heart attack |
| Theodore Freeman | Gemini program (no flights) | 10/31/1964 | training mission plane crash |
| Edward Givens | Apollo program (no flights) | 6/6/1967 | automobile accident |
| Virgil 'Gus' Grissom | Mercury 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 | 1/27/1967 | Apollo 1 fire |
| Jim Irwin | Apollo 15 | 8/8/1991 | heart attack |
| Stuart Roosa | Apollo 14 | 12/12/1994 | pancreatitis |
| Wally Schirra | Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7 | 5/3/2007 | |
| Alan Shepard | Mercury 3, Apollo 14 | 7/21/1998 | leukemia |
| Donald 'Deke' Slayton | Mercury program (no flights), Apollo-Soyuz | 6/13/1993 | brain tumor |
| Elliot See | Gemini program (no flights) | 2/28/1966 | training mission plane crash |
| John Swigert | Apollo 13 | 12/27/1982 | cancer |
| Edward White | Gemini 4, Apollo 1 | 1/27/1967 | Apollo 1 fire |
| Clifton Williams | Gemini program (no flights) | 10/5/1967 | training mission plane crash |
| Name | DOD | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Anderson | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| Charles Brady | 7/23/2006 | prolonged illness |
| David Brown | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| 'Sonny' Carter | 4/05/1991 | commercial plane crash |
| Kalpana Chalwa | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| Laurel Clark | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| David Griggs | 6/17/1989 | training mission plane crash |
| Karl Henize | 10/5/1993 | heart attack while climbing Mt. Everest |
| Rick Husband | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| G. David Low | 3/16/2008 | colon cancer |
| William McCool | 2/1/2003 | Columbia accident |
| Ronald McNair | 1/28/1986 | Challenger explosion |
| Ellison Onizuka | 1/28/1986 | Challenger explosion |
| Robert Overmyer | 3/22/1996 | test aircraft crash |
| Judith Resnik | 1/28/1986 | Challenger explosion |
| Francis Scobee | 1/28/1986 | Challenger explosion |
| Michael Smith | 1/28/1986 | Challenger explosion |
| Stephen Thorne | 5/24/1986 | private plane crash |
| Charles Veach | 10/3/1995 | prolonged illness |
| David Walker | 04/23/2001 | cancer |
Also killed in the Challenger explosion were payload specialists Christa McAuliffe and Gregory Jarvis.
Also killed in the Columbia accident was Israeli payload specialist Ilan Ramon.
| Name | DOD | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|
| Patricia Robertson | 5/24/2001 | private plane crash |
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