Space · astronaut
Norman E. Thagard
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
140 d 13 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
03 Jul 1943First flight
18 Jun 1983Most recent flight
14 Mar 1995Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943), (Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did on this on March 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-21 | 14 Mar 1995 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42 | 22 Jan 1992 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-30 | 04 May 1989 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B | 29 Apr 1985 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-7 | 18 Jun 1983 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026