At NASAspaceflight.com a member has drawn a short list of the surviving astronauts from the early days
Thomas Stafford has died
forum.nasaspaceflight.com
Between April 12, 1961 (Vostok 1) and July 15, 1975 (ASTP) 78 different human beings passed the Karman line and traveled into space.
As of 03/18/2024, these 17 are the only ones living (only 5 of them Russian):
12 Valentina Tereshkova (First woman in space) - June 16, 1963
23 Jim Lovell (Lunar Orbit, Lunar Flyby)- December 4, 1965 ------------------
(Apollo 8, Apollo 13)
26 David Scott (Lunar Surface) - March 16, 1966 -----------------------------
-(Apollo 9, Apollo 15)
31 Buzz Aldrin (Lunar Surface) - November 11, 1966--------------------------
(Apollo 11)
35 William Anders (Lunar Orbit) - December 21 ,1968------------------------
(Apollo 8)
37 Boris Volynov - January 15, 1969
37 Aleksei Yeliseyev - January 15, 1969
40 Rusty Schweickart - March 3, 1969------------------------------------------
(Apollo 9)
47 Fred Haise (Lunar Flyby) - April 11, 1970-----------------------------------
(Apollo 13)
57 Charles Duke (Lunar Surface) - April 16, 1972------------------------------
(Apollo 16)
59 Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Surface) - December 7, 1972---------------------
(Apollo 17)
61 Joseph P. Kerwin - May 25, 1973----------SKYLAB
63 Jack R. Lousma - July 28, 1973 ------------SKYLAB
67 Edward Gibson - November 16, 1973 ----SKYLAB
70 Pyotr Klimuk - December 18, 1973
70 Valentin Lebedev - December 18, 1973
77 Vance D. Brand - July 15, 1975 (Apollo-Soyuz)
Apollo 7, Apollo 10, Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 crews have now entirely passed away.
Glad to see Volynov is still alive, kind of revenge against freakkin' Soyuz trying to kill him the most terrifying way, ever.
http://www.jamesoberg.com/062002flightjournalsoyuz5.html
(and yes,
Gravity Shenzhou horrifying reentry drew inspiration from Volynov's)
