International Astronaut Corps

Flag of the IAC

World Trade Center, the headquarters of the IAC

### Agency ececutives

António Guterres - Administrator; Alessandro Pierozan - Chief Astronaut; Gene Kranz - Chief Flight Director

### Website

https://www.IAC.UN.org

> "*Spaceflight is for Everyone: for all Mankind*"
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> *—* S. Christa McAuliffe
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The **International Astronaut Corps** (**IAC**) is the multinational spaceflight participation organization created by the United Nations Space Development Committee, to promote international co-operation in peaceful spaceflight missions, utilizing Low Earth Orbit for space outposts, colonizing the moon and mars, and expanding humanity's reach for the heavens.

The IAC oversees all the world's space agencies that recruit astronauts, and provides $1 trillion of annual funding for science and technology dedicated to the exploration and benefits of space.

## Members

The IAC has pretty much all of the world's space agencies working together, and more are planning to join in the future. So far the IAC has the following members:

* **National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)** — United States
* **European Space Agency (ESA)** — Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
* **Canadian Space Agency (CSA),** Agence Spatiale Canadienne (ASC)— Canada
* **UK Space Agency (UKSA)** — United Kingdom
* **Australian Space Agency (ASA)** — Commonwealth of Australia
* **New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA)** — New Zealand
* **Israeli Space Agency (ISA)** — Israel
* **Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)** — Mexico
* **Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB)** — Brazil
* **Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing** (Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης) — Greece
* **Agencia Boliviana Espacial (ABE)** — Bolivia
* **JAXA** (国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構 - **Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency**) — Japan
* **Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales** (**CONAE**; - **National Space Activities Commission**) — Argentina
* **Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (**Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос») — Russia
* **Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (ABAE),** Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities — Venezuela
* **Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica y el Espacio (ACAE)***,* **Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space** — Costa Rica
* **Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)** *—* Italy
* **Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)** — the Philippines
* **Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (CCE)***,* Colombian Space Commission — Colombia
* **Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)** — Republic of India
* **United Arab Emirates Space Agency** **(UAESA)** — United Arab Emirates
* **China National Space Administration (国家航天局 — CNSA)** — China
* **South African National Space Agency (SANSA)** — South Africa
* **Korea Aerospace Research Institute** (**KARI**) — South Korea
* **KazCosmos** (National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan)— Kazakhstan
* **Antarctic Space and Astronautics Organization (ASAO)** — Antarctica

## Astronauts (by order of selection)

List of astronauts selected by the International Astronaut Corps on behalf of their native space agency.

#### IA Group 1 - 1974

1. Jedediah Kerman — *Kerbin*
2. Bob Kerman — *Kerbin*
3. Bill Kerman — *Kerbin*
4. Valentina Kerman — Russia
5. Gene Kranz — United States
6. Maxy Kerman — United States
7. Gwenthis Kerman — Greece
8. Lucy Kerman — United States

#### IA Group 2 - 1976

1. Thomlo Kerman — Brazil
2. Chris A. Hadfield — Canada
3. Gwen Kerman — United Kingdom
4. Raphael J. Chryslar — United States
5. Leland Melvin — United States
6. Lucine Kerman — France
7. Thomberry Kerman — United States
8. Jane Kerman — United States

#### IA Group 3 - 1977

1. Clare Kerman — United Kingdom
2. Reid Wiseman — United States
3. Buzz Aldrin — United States
4. John Glenn — United States
5. Danielle Dyson — United States
6. Michael Schumy — United States
7. Shay Kerman — United Kingdom
8. Franbie Kerman — United States
9. Estevan Kerman — Spain
10. Laurence O'Brien — United Kingdom
11. Drew Farr — United Kingdom
12. Mitchell Barton — United Kingdom
13. George Neal — United Kingdom
14. Ethan Crawford — United Kingdom
15. Emily O'Brien — United Kingdom
16. Lilly Mann — United Kingdom

#### IA Group 4 - 1980

1. Alessandro Pierozan — Brazil
2. Paul Falconer — United Kingdom
3. Darren Joyce — United Kingdom
4. Daniel Perotta — Brazil
5. Leandro Costa — Brazil
6. Jem Hill — United Kingdom

#### IA Group 5 - 1981

1. Gabriel Marinho — Brazil
2. Niels van Wilgenburg — Germany
3. Alessandro Bellio — Italy
4. Erik Hoiby
5. Felipe Pulgar — Chile
6. Todor Iliev
7. Jacob Neverhill
8. Pau Clairvoyant
9. Leonardo Thalles
10. Thiago Mourao — Brazil
11. Morton Thiokol — United States
12. Alessio Piccinelli
13. Vinicius Turetta
14. Zak Kerman
15. Jorge Tremont
16. Samuel Larsen
17. Madison Perrin — United States
18. Michael Langdon
19. Vasco DaGama
20. Luis Fernando Miranda — Brazil
21. Leandro Sucaiar
22. Mason Earls
23. Jorge Ivan
24. Vasili Silura
25. Vasily Stepanov — Russia
26. Slavo Mirzich
27. Sergio Gonzalez
28. Alejandro Lobo
29. Lyle Whittaker
30. Elienai Moreira
31. Eliezer Siqueira
32. Mike McDonald
33. Pedro Heifer
34. Hamid Naroueii
35. Jamieson Fitzpatrick
36. Jack Roth
37. Matheus Magotti
38. Siaha L. Kerman
39. Sondre T. Kerman
40. Christopher Ceriani
41. Mark Ludas
42. Aitor Marquez — Spain
43. Ben Loftin
44. Joe Struhs — Untied States
45. Guilherme Zanin
46. Nel Abir
47. Brandon East — United Kingdom
48. Bartek Borowiec
49. Bryce Jamison
50. Benito van Leeuwe
51. Edward Bess
52. Gabriel Reif
53. Avan Jogia — Canada
54. Erik Andersson
55. Eliott Margueron
56. Rico Suave — Brazil
57. Jose Vieira — Cape Verde
58. Maxim Stepanov — Russia
59. Brock O’Hurn — United States
60. Brandon Katz — United States
61. Ton Heukels — United States
62. Jack Pearce — United Kingdom
63. Horatiu Virlan — Romania
64. Odin Lapusneanu — Romania