Jump to content

List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 1975–1989)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lists of fictional astronauts
Early period Project Mercury Project Gemini
Project Apollo 1975–1989 1990–1999
2000–2009 2010–2029 Moon
Inner Solar System Outer Solar System Other
Far future

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle, as depicted in works released between 1975 and 1989.

1975–1979

[edit]
Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
(1975–1979)
Spacelab Dynostar:
Eddie Van Buren, Cmdr.
Russ Walters (US)
Bob Townsend
Phillip Lyall
Richard Hart (UK)
Rene Lasalle
Jean Lucas (France)
Theodore Neumann
Otto Sigmund (Germany)
Will Patterson (Australia)
Mel Freeman

Orbiter Four:
John Hayward, Cmdr.
Eric Fischer
Daniel Sicura, Maj.
The Dynostar Menace (1975), novel Space Station
Spacelab Dynostar

Space Shuttle
Orbiter Four
Near Future
A multinational team of astronauts working under the auspices of the United States Space Authority (USSA) to carry out the first test of a nuclear fusion reactor in Earth orbit.[1][2]
Ed Tyler Phoenix (1975), comic book series Space Station
Threshold I

Escape pod
1977
Astronaut becomes the superhero Phoenix the Protector after crashing in the Arctic.[3]
Prometheus:
Patrick Winter, Maj.
Ely Bron, Dr.
Coretta Samuel, Dr. (Medic)
(US)
Nadya Kalinina, Maj.
Vladimir Kuznekov, Col.
Gregor Salnikov (USSR)

Orbiter:
Cooke, Maj. (CDR)
Decosta, Capt. (PLT)
Skyfall (1976), novel Orbital Power Station
Prometheus

USAF Space Shuttle
Orbiter
Near Future
A series of malfunctions turn an attempt to launch an orbital solar power station into disaster, trapping the payload in a decaying orbit and forcing the use of a military space shuttle to rescue the crew, even as the race to prevent it crashing into a populated area continues.[4]
Olaf Carlsen

Tom Carlsen, Col. (Commander)
Eight others
The Space Vampires (1976), novel

Lifeforce (1985), film
Hermes

ESA Space Shuttle
HMS Churchill, rescue shuttle
Early 21st century

Near Future
Hermes crew finds alien craft adrift in open space;

While investigating Halley's Comet an ESA/NASA crew of nine aboard the Churchill find an alien craft. Rescue shuttle returns aliens and Carlsen to Earth.[5]
Yamaguchi (personal name not given) "Agoraphobia, A.D. 2000" (1977), short story Space Agency[a] 2000?
Japanese astronaut sent into the last open space in the Tokyo Megalopolis to see how he responds.[6][7]
Shuttle 7:
Unnamed CDR
Unnamed PLT

Skylab:
Unnamed commander
Unnamed astronaut
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Space Emergency (1977), TV
USA:
Space Shuttle
Shuttle 7

Skylab
Contemporary/Near Future
After a docking malfunction cripples the shuttle and Skylab, Wonder Woman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl must save the imperiled astronauts.
Three unnamed astronaut-scientists The All-New Super Friends Hour
Planet of the Neanderthals (1977), TV
Skylab 2[b] Contemporary/Near Future
Astronauts assist Super Friends when Earth's civilization is regressed to a primitive state.
Valery Adanin, Col. The Dragon (1977), novel Svoboda Contemporary/Near Future
Cosmonaut dispatched on a solo orbital reconnaissance mission over China. Killed when his capsule is struck by the beam from a prototype Chinese ASAT/ABM laser.[8]
Holly Goodhead, Dr. (NASA/CIA)

Numerous unnamed US Marine astronauts
Moonraker (1979), film/novel Space Shuttle Moonraker 1–6

Military Space Shuttle
Marines
Contemporary
James Bond and Goodhead launch to Hugo Drax's space station to thwart his plans. Six shuttles carrying several dozen men and women are also mentioned.[9][10][11]
Unnamed astronauts Poseidon's Shadow (1979), novel Space Shuttle[c] Contemporary/Near Future
Astronauts launched to upgrade a military communications satellite.[12]
Spacelab 10:
Unnamed US astronauts and unnamed cosmonauts

Space Shuttle:
Chuck Marshall (US)
Giorgi (Last name not given) (USSR)
Quatermass (TV serial) (1979), TV/novel Space Station
Spacelab 10

Space Shuttle
Not named, call-sign is Mother Bird
Near Future
Spacelab Ten is a joint US/Soviet space project.[13]
Addison "Skip" Carmichael
Melanie Slozar
Salvage 1 (1979), TV SSTO
Vulture
Early 1980s
Privately built rocket/spacecraft constructed by a scrapyard dealer. Used for lunar mission with the goal of salvaging Apollo hardware left on the Moon.[14]
Mike Bailey
Stacey Macklin
Wonder Woman (1979), comic books NASA:
Skylab
Space Shuttle
Contemporary/Near Future
Astronaut trainees working with Diana Prince. Bailey turns out to be the Ten of Spades, a member of the Royal Flush Gang; Macklin later becomes the super-villain Lady Lunar.[15]

1980–1989

[edit]
Name(s) Appeared in Program / Mission / Spacecraft Fictional date
(1980–1989)
Erhardt (CDR)
Jensen (Co-pilot)
Halverson
Garcia
(First names not given)
A Cold Wind From Orion (1980), novel Space Shuttle Contemporary
Astronauts of the United States Space Agency (USSA) on a mission to prevent the uncontrolled re-entry of an orbiting bioweapons laboratory.[d][16]
Steven Bancroft (CDR)
Lewis "Lew" Price (PLT)
John Gates,[e] Col. (USAF)
Hangar 18 (a.k.a. The Hangar 18 Cover-Up, Invasion Force) (1980), film Space Shuttle Contemporary (from October 25)[f]
Launch of the first satellite by a Shuttle crew strikes a nearby UFO, killing Gates, who is conducting an EVA in the cargo bay.[17][18]
Three unnamed cosmonauts Death Beam (1981), novel Soviet Space Shuttle
Space Station
Near Future
Cosmonauts assigned to assist the assembly of an orbital particle beam weapon aboard the Soviet Union's new permanently crewed space station.[19]
Soyuz 47
Valentin Karpov (Flight Cmdr.)
Boris Tsiolkovsky (Flight Engineer)
Shabir Al'Timimi (Pilot)

Orbiter 102
Michael Allon, Col.
Peter Peabody, Col.
David Browne, Col.
The Hunting of Salyut 7 (1981), novel Soyuz
Soyuz 47

Salyut
Salyut 7

Space Shuttle
Orbiter 102
Near Future
Palestinian Guest Cosmonaut hijacks an armed Soviet space-station.[20]
Unnamed American astronauts The Mahdi (1981), novel Space Shuttle
Atlantis
Contemporary/Near Future (Alternate 1980s)
Astronauts on a mission to place a satellite in geosynchronous orbit over the city of Mecca.[21]
Columbia:
Unnamed pilot
Unnamed copilot

Unnamed shuttle:
Tom Queensbury (CDR)
George Wyatt (PLT)
Rob Edwards (Backup PLT)

Salyut-8:
Mendenovich, Maj. (Commander)
Petrov
Chan (Mongolia) (no first names given)

Soyuz-T3 assigned crew:
Zolotov (no first name given)
Unnamed cosmonaut

Soyuz-T3:
Nick Carter [Nicholas J. Huntington Carter] (AXE)
Martina Ludonova Dubrovnik (AXE)

Soyuz:
Gregor Kolakovich, Col. (KGB)
Pietr (no last name given)
Unnamed cosmonaut
Nick Carter
The Solar Menace (1981), novel
Space Shuttles:
Columbia
Unnamed shuttle

Salyut-8
Soyuz-T3
Soyuz
Contemporary (Midwinter)
Space Shuttle launches are sabotaged by Kolakovich. Carter and Dubrovnik commandeer Soyuz-T3 to fly to Salyut-8, which is equipped with solar mirror used by Soviets to destroy US listening posts. Kolakovich made four previous spaceflights. Delta wing Soviet space shuttle under development is mentioned.[22]
Vince Torino, Lt. Col
William Cranston

Columbia:
Christopher "Rusty" Bishop III, Col. (CDR)
Richard Merriman, Lt. Col. (PLT)

Enterprise:
Austin "Tex" Harwood, Col. (CDR)
Adrienne Brooks, Dr. (PLT)

Atlantis:
Lionel Gerber
Gordon Alexander

Yorktown:
Jack Lewis, Jr., Lt. Cmdr. (USN)
Robert D. Clark, Lt. Col. (USAF)

Hornet:
Noonan
Schacter (First names not given)
Shuttle (1981), novel Space Shuttles:
Columbia
Enterprise
Atlantis

Hypersonic Boosters:
Yorktown
Hornet
Late 20th Century
The first attempt to launch a space shuttle using a crewed booster fails, leaving both craft stranded in orbit.[23]
Joe Marvin

Atlantis:
Frank King, Col. (USAF), Pilot
Lew Clay, Cmdr. (USN), Co-Pilot
George "Hap" Hazard, P/S
Jacqueline Hart, M/S
Shuttle Down (1980/81), magazine serial, (1981), novel Space Shuttle
Atlantis
Near Future
Space Shuttle Atlantis is forced to make an emergency landing on Easter Island after launching from Vandenberg, causing an international crisis.[24][25][26][27][28]
Nikolai Federenko, Maj. (USSR)
Keith Stoner, Dr. (NASA)
Voyagers (1981), novel Soyuz July 1984
Soviet cosmonaut and American astronaut who rendezvous with an alien spacecraft some 1 million miles from Earth. Craft is a standard Soyuz docked to three other larger modules assembled at Salyut 6 along with a fourth "tanker" module.
Roger Canfield, Capt.
Jennifer Tate
David Ackroyd
The Astronauts (1982), TV NASA:
Scilab (space station)
Near Future
Unsold pilot for American remake of British sitcom about astronauts on space station.[29][30]
Alvin Hyer, Capt.
Dale Wilson, Capt.
The Greatest American Hero
The Shock Will Kill You (1982), TV
Space Shuttle
Columbia
Contemporary
Shuttle on a mission to rendezvous with uncrewed Venus probe (Eagle Scoop Explorer) is disabled by electric charge. Ralph Hinkley lands the shuttle safely, but both astronauts are dead.[31]
Alan Shepley (Pilot)
Hinton (Co-Pilot) (no first name given)
Unnamed payload specialist
"Memories of the Space Age" (1982), short story Space Shuttle Near Future
Hinton murders former Apollo astronaut Shepley in orbit, causing time to slow in Florida.[32][33][34]
Alvin Kingsbury (CDR)
Randy Hull (Co-Pilot)
Orbit (1982), novel Space Shuttle
02
Near Future
When a hypersonic airliner suffers a malfunction that results in it being trapped in orbit NASA prepares a space shuttle for a rescue mission.[g][35]
Dove:
Oleg Sedrov, Cmdr.
Nicolay Talin (Co-Pilot)
Genin (Meteorologist)
Vinnikov (First names not given for the last two crew)
The Red Dove (1982), novel Soviet Space Shuttle
Dove
Near Future

May 1983 – January 1984
Co-pilot of the first Soviet Space Shuttle decides to defect to the United States along with his spacecraft after he discovers that the shuttle is carrying a thermonuclear weapon.[36]
Unnamed pilot
Unnamed replacement pilot (M.A.D.)
Inspector Gadget
Launch Time (1983), TV
Space shuttle (Single-stage-to-orbit) Contemporary
M.A.D. agent replaces astronaut pilot for satellite repair mission.
Columbia:
Chuck (Surname not given)
Unnamed astronaut
Invasion 1984! (1983), comic book[h] Space Shuttle
Columbia
1984
Astronauts sent to make first contact with a fleet of alien spacecraft.[37]
Excalibur:
White
Hess
Frisch
Carroll
(First names not given)

Soyuz:
Vladimir Sergeevich Danilov
Yuriy Ivanovich Zhukov
Kiev Footprint (1983), novel Space Shuttle
Excalibur

Soyuz
Alternate 1980s
After the space shuttle Excalibur loses contact with Earth while on a military mission, the Soviet Union sends a Soyuz to investigate.[38]
Kennedy (CDR)
Goode (PLT)
Jonathan Jaspar, Dr. (Astronomer)
Governor (Unnamed) (Passenger)
Mayor of Square Toe City (Unnamed) (Passenger)
Lavinia Pickerell (Passenger)
Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales (1983), novel Space Agency (NASA?):
Space Shuttle
Near Future (Early October)
Miss Pickerell travels aboard space shuttle to investigate declining blue whale population. Sequel to Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, Miss Pickerell on the Moon and Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite (q.v.).[39]
Christopher Leyland, Lt. Col.
William Cooke, Maj.
Wren T. Packard, Capt.
Janet Caulden, Capt.
Blind Prophet (1984), novel Space Shuttles:
Constitution
Independence
Contemporary/Near Future
Crews of armed space shuttles sent to destroy Soviet military satellites. The satellites are launched under the guise of the double launch of the space stations Salyut 9 and Salyut 10.[40]
NASA astronauts:
Neil O'Hara
Al Benyon
Jim Bayliss
Mike Pepper

Non-NASA payload specialists:
Kellinah Assad
David Heinlein
Dominator (1984), novel Space Shuttle
Dominator (OV-141)
Near Future
NASA astronauts assigned to fly the Space Shuttle Dominator.[41]
Florida Arklab:
Billy Hayes
Max Marek

Maryland:
Eva Thompson
Gregor Vandenburg
The Noah's Ark Principle (1984), film Space Station
Florida Arklab

Space Shuttle
Maryland
Near Future

10 November 1997 – 13 November 1997
Astronauts of the United States/European Space Agency (USESA) who find themselves caught up in a murderous conspiracy.[42]
Ellen Vale, Dr.
John Fitch
Robert Malfi
The Sheriff and the Astronaut (1984), TV NASA Contemporary
Unsold crime drama pilot about Vale's romance with sheriff of Carrow County.[43][44]
Anna Firdova, Maj.
Sergi Bustovsky, Maj.
Two unnamed cosmonauts
Black Alert (1985), novel Soviet Space Station
Medusa

Soyuz?
Minotaur
Contemporary?
Cosmonauts assigned to crew a nuclear armed space station.[45]
Yurii Ryumin
Vladimir Malyshev
Cold Sea Rising (1985), novel Soyuz?
Soyuz P7
1999
Cosmonauts on an Earth-sciences mission similar to that of Soyuz 22 who observe a volcanic eruption separate the Ross ice shelf from the Antarctic continent.[46]
Cecil Howe, Cmdr.
Eva Jordan, Dr.
Walker (First name not given)
Def-Con 4 (a.k.a. Ground Zero) (1985), film Space Station
Nemesis
Near Future ("The day after tomorrow")
Military astronauts who become trapped in orbit when World War III breaks out.[47]
Rick Halman, Maj. (CDR)
Jeff Cooper, Capt. (PLT)
Brett Hilton (Mission Specialist)
Nat Cramer (Project Specialist)
Frank Hardy (passenger)
Joe Hardy (passenger)
Chet Morton [Chester "Chet" Morton Jr.] (passenger)
The Hardy Boys
The Skyfire Puzzle (1985), novel
Space Shuttle
Skyfire
Spacelab
Contemporary (Summer)
The Hardys and their friend Chet Morton participate in shuttle mission linked to an industrial espionage case.[48]
Alexis Gnutov Silent Warriors (1985), novel Soyuz

Salyut
Salyut 27, "Lenin"
Near Future
Cosmonaut on a solo mission to a Salyut. Killed when the experimental laser weapon he is testing explodes on the first firing attempt.[49]
Steve Trevor [Steven Rockwell Trevor], Col. (USAF) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
The Darkseid Deception (1985), TV
Space Shuttle Contemporary/Near Future
Wonder Woman's boyfriend on solo Earth orbital mission to retrieve damaged TC-7 defense satellite. He is kidnapped and impersonated by Darkseid.
Orbit One:
Unnamed astronauts

Rescue One:
Phillip O'Toole, Capt. (CDR)
Elizabeth Billings, Capt. (PLT)
Daniel Track, Maj. (United States Army/The Consortium) (Mission Specialist)
Track
Revenge of the Master (1985), novel
Space Shuttles:
Orbit One
Rescue One
Contemporary
NASA mission to launch four satellites and simulate rescue of Orbit One crew is targeted by criminal organization D.E.A.T.H. (Directorate for Espionage, Assassination, Terrorism and Harassment).[50]
Becky
Don
Gary (no last names given)
The Twilight Zone
Chameleon (1985), TV
Space Shuttle
Discovery
Contemporary
NASA astronauts performing EVA when alien intelligence hitches ride on shuttle.
Digger Reed The Disney Sunday Movie
Hero in the Family (1986), TV
NASA Contemporary
Astronaut who switches minds with chimpanzee during spaceflight.[51]
Edward Jupp, Maj.
Larry Wahlquist
Newman, Col. (First name not given)
The Krone Experiment (1986), novel Space Shuttle Contemporary
Crew of a Space Shuttle on a military mission to capture a Soviet military satellite.[52]
Morrow (Commander)
West
Calahan
Lois Joanne Lane (Journalist)
Unnamed astronaut[i]
The Man of Steel #1 (1986), comic book NASA:
Constitution (spaceplane)
Contemporary/Near Future
Superman's rescue of crashing spaceplane leads to his first meeting with Lois Lane in post-Crisis reality.[53]
First shuttle mission:
Paul Hawkins, Cmdr. (USN) (CDR)
Tom Young, Maj. (Ph.D.) (USAF) (PLT)
Lisa Morrell, Dr. (Mission Specialist)
John Richardson, Maj. (USAF) (Payload Specialist)

Second shuttle mission:
Paul Hawkins (CDR)
Tom Young (PLT)
Lisa Morrell (Mission Specialist)
Nick Carter [Nicholas J. Huntington Carter] (AXE) (impersonating Richard Chappell, Lt. Col., USAF) (Payload Specialist)

Salyut:
Sergei (no last name given)
Unnamed cosmonaut
Nick Carter-Killmaster
Death Orbit (1986), novel
Space Shuttle
Two shuttle missions

Soyuz-Salyut
Contemporary/Near Future (September – October)
Secret USAF shuttle missions, the first to launch an Air Force satellite, the second to investigate Richardson's murder during EVA. Salyut is stealth-capable and armed with six nuclear missiles.[54]
Zach Bergstrom

Atlantis:
Andie Bergstrom
SpaceCamp (1986), film Space Shuttle
Atlantis

Space Station
Daedalus
Contemporary
Astronaut camp instructor Andie Bergstrom is accidentally launched into space with a bunch of teenagers.[55][56][57]
Jim Hollis, Cdr. (USN) (CDR)
Rachel "Rocky" Garvey, Lt. Col. (USAF) (PLT)
The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force (1986), novel Space Shuttle
Constitution (simulator)
Contemporary
Epilogue features astronauts on simulated Space Shuttle mission.[58]
Antares:
Blacky Moran, Cmdr. (USN) (CDR)
Susan York (Co-Pilot)
Adrienne Cortez, MS (Brazil)
Georgi Mikoyan (USSR)
Unnamed Japanese astronaut
Unnamed Swedish astronaut
Unnamed New Zealander astronaut
Zoboa (1986), novel Space Shuttle
Antares

Space Station
Olympus
Near Future
Islamic extremists try to use stolen nuclear weapons to destroy Cape Canaveral.[59]
NASA
Chuck Samson

Valley Forge:
Joe Dover, Cmdr.
Bob Ortega, Maj.
Brian MacFay, Capt.
Unnamed pilot

Kosmolyot II (1):
Andrian E. Bykovsky, Maj.

Kosmolyot II (2):
Vladimir M. Koidunov, Col.
Alpha Bug (1987), novel Space Shuttle
Valley Forge

Kosmolyot II
Near Future
When a Soviet military spaceplane gets into trouble in orbit the United States sends up a shuttle to investigate. The novel also contains reference to Salyut 9 and an aborted joint US/Soviet space project called Spacelab 5.[60]
Gordon McAfee, Col.
Unnamed astronauts
Cthulhu Now
"The Killer Out of Space" (1987), role playing game
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
Contemporary/Near Future[j]
While on a two-week mission Atlantis encounters something strange in space forcing an emergency landing in Kansas.[62]
Ben Woods, Adm. (USN)
Richard Seedeck, Cmdr. (USN)[k]
Jerrod Bates
Connors
Matsumo (First names not provided for the last two crew)
Flight of the Old Dog (1987), novel Space Shuttle
Atlantis
1988[l]
Crew of a military mission to deploy SDI satellites.[64]
Space Shuttle:
Peter Venkman, Dr.
Raymond Stantz, Dr.
Egon Spengler, Dr.
Winston Zeddemore

Galileo:
Kirov, Capt.
Irahqua, Lt.
McTavish, Lt.
Sato, Lt.
Whitney, Yeoman
The Real Ghostbusters
Ain't NASA-sarily So (1987), TV
Space Shuttle
Experimental Space Platform Galileo
Contemporary/Near Future
The Ghostbusters investigate a haunted space station.[65]
Misha
Two other cosmonauts
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), film Soyuz
Salyut?
Contemporary
Cosmonauts rescued by Superman.
Atlantis:
Wakeman (CDR)
Unnamed American astronauts

Kutuzov:
Three unnamed cosmonauts
Winter Hawk (1987), novel Space Shuttle
Atlantis

Raketoplan*
Kutuzov
Contemporary/Near Future
Atlantis is in orbit to rendezvous with a Soviet space shuttle, while the Kutuzov deploys a Soviet laser weapon to destroy Atlantis.[66]
Bob Campbell

Victory:
Lawrence Joshua "Law" Kincaid, Col. (USN)
Unnamed astronauts
Long Time Coming (1988), novel Space Shuttle
Victory
Contemporary
Kincaid, who signed a peace treaty with Russia in space, discovers he has a teenage son.[67]
Enterprise:
Jerrod Will, Col. (USAF) (CDR)
Richard Sontag, Col. (USMC) (PLT)
Kevin Baker, Dr. (Mission Specialist)
Marty Schultz, Capt. (Space Command) (Payload Specialist)
Ann Page, Dr. (Mission Specialist)

Armstrong Space Station:
Jason "Jas" Saint-Michael, Brig Gen (Commander)
Jim Walker, Col. (Vice-commander/deputy commander for operations)
Wayne Marks, Col. (Deputy commander for engineering)
Jake Jefferson, CMSgt (Chief sensor technician)
Bayles (Technician)
Davis (Technician)
Sean Kelly (Technician)
John Montgomery, Amn (Technician)
Ted Moyer, Amn (Electronics Technician)
Wallis
Yemana

America:
Jason Saint-Michael, Brig Gen (Pilot)
Jonathan Hampton, Col. (Co-pilot)
Ken Horvath, Maj. (First officer)
Marty Schultz, Capt. (Payload Specialist)
Ann Page, Dr. (Payload Specialist)

Elektron One:
Alesander Govorov, General Lieutenant (promoted to Marshal)

Elektron Two:
Ivan Voloshin, Col.

Elektron Two:
Andrei Kozhedub, Col.

Elektron Three:
Yuri Litvyak, Col.
Silver Tower (1988), novel Space Shuttles:
Enterprise
Atlantis

United States Space Command:
Armstrong Space Station (aka "Silver Tower")
Hypersonic Transportation System America (spaceplane)

Soviet Space Defense Command:
Three Elektron spaceplanes
February 1992 – January 1993
American personnel aboard military space station during Soviet invasion of Iran. Enterprise was refitted for spaceflight after Challenger disaster. Govorov was the first Soviet space shuttle cosmonaut.[68]
Discovery:
Smokey (CDR)
Bob (PLT)
Chico (Mission Specialist)
Ann (Mission Specialist) (no last names given)
Mary Two Hawks [O'Sullivan] (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship)
William Wong (Canada) (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship)
Wayne Morrison (Doctoral candidate) (Passenger to Friendship)

Friendship:
Stu Robinson (USAF) (Station Commander)
Beth "Dr. T." Tippett, Dr. (Lead life sciences)
Dave (Life sciences) (no last name given)
Barnaby "Barney"[m] Caldwell, Col. (Earth sciences)
Edie White, Ph.D. (Materials processing)
David Bishop, Dr. (Astrophysics officer)
Sean Finnegan, Dr. (Manager of orbital medicine [MOM])
Mitsue (Japan)
Shoji (Japan)
Unnamed astronauts

Homer:
Bobby Dalton
Barney Caldwell

Mir:
Vladimir (no last name given)
Unnamed cosmonauts
Space Station Friendship: A Visit with the Crew in 2007 (1988), novel Space Shuttle
Discovery

Space Station Friendship

Homer (Orbital transfer vehicle [OTV])

Mir
2007 (Autumn)[n]

July 20, 2019
Two Hawks, Wong and Morrison are the first doctoral candidates to visit the space station as part of their thesis work. Robinson is a three-time shuttle veteran. Dalton and Caldwell traveled up to GEO platform aboard OTV. Hermes and HOTOL are also operational in this era. Two Hawks later becomes the first human to give birth on the Moon.[69]
Unnamed astronaut "Astronauts" (1989), short story Space Shuttle Late 1980s (September – Summer)
Astronaut speaks to high school assembly "in the wake of the Challenger disaster".[70][71]
Roger Houston (Commander)
Buzz Airfields (Pilot)
Joy Rider (Scientist)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Out to Launch (1989), TV
Spaceplane (Single-stage-to-orbit) Contemporary/Near Future
The Rescue Rangers must save an experimental spaceplane after a meteor strike.[72]
Lowell Crawford, Col. (USAF) (CDR)
Henry "Hank" Doherty, Lt. Cmdr. (USN) (PLT)
Alan Cresottie (PS)
Minh Tran, Dr. (PS)
Ward Culdrew, Maj. (USMC) (MS)
Defcon One (1989), novel Space Shuttle
Columbia
Contemporary/Near Future
Astronauts assigned to launch SDI satellites.[73]
Jason "Einstein" Grant, Col.
Ray "The Penetrator" Tanner (Co-pilot)
Moontrap (1989), film Apollo

Space Shuttles:
Camelot
Intrepid
Contemporary
Astronauts using remnant Apollo hardware for a trip to the Moon.[74][75]
Discovery:
Conrad Williams III (CDR)
Joey Wells (United States) (PLT)
George Evans (UK)
Aelita Zakharov
Vladimir Turnov (USSR)
Alex Vonberger (GDR)

OV-105:
Gerald Bingham (CDR)
Brad Parker (PLT)
Russell Madlinger[o]
Night Launch (1989), novel Space Shuttles:
Discovery
OV-105
c. 1990
A sleeper agent for a Neo-Nazi organization hijacks the space shuttle carrying out the first joint US/USSR space mission since the ASTP, forcing NASA to launch the untested replacement for Challenger on a desperate rescue mission.[76]
Tucker Wilson, Col. (USAF) (CDR)
Fred Hagen (USAF) (PLT)
Conners, Capt. (USAF) (Mission Specialist)
Miller (USAF) (Mission Specialist)
Holmquist (USAF) (Payload Specialist) (First names not given for last three)
Phases of Gravity (1989), novel Space Shuttle November 1988
Classified Space Shuttle mission carrying Department of Defense payload, possibly based on STS-27. Wilson is an Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle veteran.[77]
Space Shuttle
Five unnamed military astronauts

Soyuz 881
Nikolai Sitnikov
Three unnamed cosmonauts
Star Shot (1989), novel
(First published as Enemy Territory)
Space Shuttle

Soviet Space Shuttle?
Soyuz 881
Contemporary
The Soviet Union attempts to destroy, or if that fails, to steal an experimental SDI satellite.[78][79]
Mikhail Suslov:
Dmitri Bulganin, Lt. Col.
Unnamed co-pilot

Intrepid:
Frank Mulchahey, Maj.
Julian Kapuscinski, Col.
Jerry Rodriquez, Dr.

Constellation:
Philip Heitmann, Lt. Col. (USMC)
Jack Townsend, Maj. (USAF)
Sandford Watkins, Maj. (United States Army)

Soyuz:
Vasili Lubinin
Sergi Yemitov

Kestrel:
Leroy "Mad Dog" Monaghan, Cmdr. (USN)
Peter "Hot Rod" Lamborghini, Col.
Storming Intrepid (1989), novel Soviet Space Shuttle
Mikhail Suslov

Space Shuttles:
Intrepid
Constellation

Soyuz

Spaceplane
Kestrel
Contemporary
The Soviet Union tries to hijack a Space Shuttle.[80][81]
Scott Cartwright, Gen. (USAF) Target Stealth (1989), novel X-15

Space Shuttle
Atlantis[p]
Contemporary/Near future
Iran tries to steal a prototype stealth bomber.[82]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ The opening of the story implies that this is a test run for a crewed Mars mission.
  2. ^ Although called "Skylab", the space station in this episode does not resemble the real Skylab, as does the one in "Space Emergency".
  3. ^ Operated by the United States Air Force.
  4. ^ One crewmember, Erhardt, is described as a veteran of the Apollo Program.
  5. ^ Listed as Judd Gates in closing credits.
  6. ^ According to theatrical release poster.
  7. ^ The novel may have been the inspiration for the film Starflight One.
  8. ^ First published in Battle Picture Weekly between March and December of 1983.
  9. ^ A mission patch appears with the names of all five crewmembers, but the fifth name is cut off by the edge of the panel.
  10. ^ The mission is described as "...the most ambitious of shuttle missions since the disastrous Challenger flight of 1986."[61]
  11. ^ Seedeck is described as having been a crewmember on a previous shuttle mission.
  12. ^ The 1990 edition of the novel does not contain any specific dating information. The later novel Night of the Hawk has an opening chapter revealing the earlier novel is set in 1988.[63]
  13. ^ Also known as "Barn".
  14. ^ Includes 50th anniversary of Sputnik 1 on October 4.
  15. ^ NASA administrator and former Apollo/Skylab astronaut.
  16. ^ Cartwright is stated to have been oldest person to fly into space on his shuttle mission which landed at Edwards Air Force Base.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pedler, Kit; Davis, Gerry (1975). The Dynostar Menace. Souvenir Press. ISBN 0-285-62180-7.
  2. ^ Pedler, Kit; Davis, Gerry (1976). The Dynostar Menace. Pan. ISBN 0-330-24812-X.
  3. ^ Morris, Jon (2015). The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Quirk Books. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-1-59474-763-2.
  4. ^ Harrison, Harry (1986). Skyfall. Grafton (Panther). ISBN 0-586-06241-6.
  5. ^ Scheib, Richard (May 25, 2003). "Lifeforce (1985)". Moria-The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Watson, Ian (1979). The Very Slow Time Machine. Granada. pp. 79–84. ISBN 0-586-05064-7.
  7. ^ Boaz, Joachim (June 6, 2014). "Book Review: The Very Slow Time Machine, Ian Watson (1979)". Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Coppel, Alfred (1978). The Dragon. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-25534-7.
  9. ^ Hardy, Phil, ed. (1984). The Film Encyclopedia. Vol. Science Fiction. William Morrow and Company. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-688-00842-9.
  10. ^ Wood, Christopher (1979). James Bond & Moonraker. Jove. ISBN 0-515-05344-9.
  11. ^ "Moonraker". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Kobryn, A.P. (1979). Poseidon's Shadow. New English Library. ISBN 0-450-051145.
  13. ^ Kneale, Nigel (1979). Quatermass. Arrow. ISBN 0-09-920770-2.
  14. ^ Scheib, Richard. "Salvage (1979)". Moria – The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  15. ^ Jimenez, Phil; Wells, John (2010). The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia. Del Rey Books. pp. 53–54, 237–238, 256, 287–288. ISBN 978-0-345-50107-3.
  16. ^ Asnin, Scott (1980). A Cold Wind From Orion. Del Rey Books. ISBN 0-345-28498-4.
  17. ^ Scheib, Richard (June 11, 2012). "Hangar 18 (1980)". Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  18. ^ "Hangar 18". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  19. ^ Moss, Robert (1981). Death Beam. Granada. ISBN 0-586-05527-4.
  20. ^ Alimo, Guy (January 1981). The Hunting of Salyut 7. Corgi. ISBN 0-552-11620-3.
  21. ^ Quinnell, A. J. (1981). The Mahdi. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-32671-7.
  22. ^ Carter, Nick (1981). The Solar Menace. Nick Carter-Killmaster. Written by Robert E. Vardeman. Ace Charter. ISBN 0-441-77413-X.
  23. ^ Onley, David C. (1981). Shuttle. Futura. ISBN 0-7088-2087-5.
  24. ^ Correy, Lee (December 1980). "Shuttle Down (Pt 1)". Analog Magazine. Vol. 100, no. 12.
  25. ^ Correy, Lee (January 1981). "Shuttle Down (Pt 2)". Analog Magazine. Vol. 101, no. 1.
  26. ^ Correy, Lee (February 1981). "Shuttle Down (Pt 3)". Analog Magazine. Vol. 101, no. 2.
  27. ^ Correy, Lee (March 1981). "Shuttle Down (Pt 4)". Analog Magazine. Vol. 101, no. 3.
  28. ^ Correy, Lee (1981). Shuttle Down. Del Rey Books. ISBN 0-345-29262-6.
  29. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. Vol. 2. VNR AG. p. 23. ISBN 0918432618.
  30. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 61. ISBN 978-0786486410.
  31. ^ Eddy, Cheryl (May 22, 2018). "The 8 Most Ridiculous Episodes of The Greatest American Hero". Gizmodo. G/O Media Inc. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  32. ^ Ballard, J. G. (1982). "Memories of the Space Age". Interzone.
  33. ^ Ballard, J. G. (2009). The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 1037–1060. ISBN 978-0-393-07262-4.
  34. ^ Rossi, Umberto (March 2009). "A Little Something About Dead Astronauts". Science Fiction Studies (107). Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  35. ^ Block, Thomas (1982). Orbit. New English Library. ISBN 0-450-04916-7.
  36. ^ Lambert, Derek (1983). The Red Dove. Sphere. ISBN 0-7221-5348-1.
  37. ^ Eric, Bradbury; Alan, Grant; John, Wagner (2019). Invasion 1984!. Rebellion. ISBN 9-781-78108-675-9.
  38. ^ Posey, Carl A. (1988). Kiev Footprint. Gold Eagle. ISBN 0-373-62103-5.
  39. ^ MacGregor, Ellen; Pantell, Dora (1983). Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales. Illustrated by Charles Geer. McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0-07-044592-3.
  40. ^ Davis, Bart (1984). Blind Prophet. Fontana. ISBN 0-00-616949-X.
  41. ^ Follett, James (1989). Dominator. Methuen. ISBN 0-413-58680-4.
  42. ^ Scheib, Richard (December 3, 2003). "The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)". Moria-The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  43. ^ Terrace 1985, p. 375
  44. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 960
  45. ^ White, Alan (1986). Black Alert. Grafton. ISBN 0-583-13296-0.
  46. ^ Moran, Richard (1987). Cold Sea Rising. Fontana Books. ISBN 0-00-617349-7.
  47. ^ Scheib, Richard (13 October 2001). "Def-Con 4 (1985) aka Ground Zero". Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  48. ^ Dixon, Franklin W. (1985). The Skyfire Puzzle. The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. Vol. 85. Wanderer Books. ISBN 0-671-49731-6.
  49. ^ Henrick, Richard P. (1985). Silent Warriors. Zebra Books. ISBN 0-8217-1675-1.
  50. ^ Ahern, Jerry (1985). Revenge of the Master. Track. Vol. 8. Gold Eagle. ISBN 0-373-62008-X.
  51. ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Disney Editions. pp. 119, 530. ISBN 9780786863594.
  52. ^ Wheeler, J. Craig (1989). The Krone Experiment. Grafton. ISBN 0-586-20446-6.
  53. ^ Byrne, John (2003). "The Exposure". Book One. Superman: The Man of Steel. Vol. 1. Inks by Dick Giordano. DC Comics. ISBN 0-930289-28-5.
  54. ^ Carter, Nick (1986). Death Orbit. Nick Carter-Killmaster. Vol. 217. Written by David Hagberg. Charter Books. ISBN 0-441-57286-3.
  55. ^ Neufeld, Michael J., ed. (2013). Spacefarers: Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. pp. 50, 225. ISBN 978-1-935623-19-9.
  56. ^ Scheib, Richard (December 16, 2009). "Spacecamp (1986)". Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  57. ^ "Spacecamp". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  58. ^ Boyne, Walter J.; Thompson, Steven L. (1986). The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-517-56285-5.
  59. ^ Caidin, Martin (1986). Zoboa. Baen. ISBN 0-671-65588-4.
  60. ^ Morris, M. E. (1988). Alpha Bug. Grafton. ISBN 0-586-07329-9.
  61. ^ Barton, William A. (1987). Cthulhu Now. Chaosium. p. 84.
  62. ^ Barton, William A.; Herber, Keith; Petersen, Sandy; Szymanski, Michael; Thomas, G. W.; Workman, William W.; Willis, Lynn (1987). Cthulhu Now. Chaosium. ISBN 0-933635-47-8.
  63. ^ Brown, Dale (1992). Night of the Hawk. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-586-20821-6.
  64. ^ Brown, Dale (1990). Flight of the Old Dog. Berkeley.
  65. ^ Miller, Craig; Nelson, Mark (November 17, 1987). "Ain't NASA-sarily So". The Real Ghostbusters. Episode 76011. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  66. ^ Thomas, Craig (1996). All The Grey Cats/Winter Hawk. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-261-66916-8.
  67. ^ Brown, Sandra (2006). Long Time Coming. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-80409-6.
  68. ^ Brown, Dale (1988). Silver Tower. Donald I. Fine. ISBN 1-55611-060-X.
  69. ^ Lattimer, Dick (1988). Space Station Friendship: A Visit with the Crew in 2007. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-1683-X.
  70. ^ Lamb, Wally (1989). "Astronauts". The Missouri Review. 12 (2): 7–24. doi:10.1353/mis.1989.0068. S2CID 246236605.
  71. ^ Lamb, Wally (1995). "Astronauts". In Chipps, Genie D.; Henderson, Bill (eds.). Love Stories For The Rest Of Us. Pushcart Press. pp. 270–288. ISBN 0-916366-90-1.
  72. ^ Cotter 1997, pp. 252, 565–566
  73. ^ Weber, Joe (1991). Defcon One. Grafton. ISBN 0-586-20982-4.
  74. ^ Honeybone, Nigel (June 7, 2011). "Film Review: Moontrap (1989)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  75. ^ Bailey, Keith. "Moontrap - review". Radio Times. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  76. ^ Cohen, Stephen Paul; Garn, Jake (1989). Night Launch. William Morrow & Company. ISBN 0-688-06717-4.
  77. ^ Simmons, Dan (2011). Phases of Gravity. Subterranean Press. ISBN 978-1-59606-416-4.
  78. ^ Terman, Douglas (1990). Star Shot. Collins. ISBN 0-00-223563-3.
  79. ^ Terman, Douglas (1990). Star Shot. Fontana. ISBN 0-00-617809-X.
  80. ^ Harrison, Payne (1989). Storming Intrepid. Guild Publishing.
  81. ^ Harrison, Payne (1990). Storming Intrepid. Coronet. ISBN 0-340-53057-X.
  82. ^ Merek, Jack (1989). Target Stealth. Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-34843-0.