Astronaut birthplaces by US state

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This article lists the birthplaces of astronauts from the United States' space program and other space travelers born in the United States or holding American citizenship. Space travelers who did not work for NASA are indicated in italics.

American astronauts born in the United States[]

Astronauts who were born in 46 states, Guam, and the District of Columbia have flown in space. No astronauts have yet flown in space who were born in Alaska, Nevada, Vermont or Wyoming.

Alabama[]

  • Birmingham: Henry Hartsfield — STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A
  • Cordova: James Voss — STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102/105
  • Decatur: Mae Jemison♀, first African-American woman in space — STS-47
  • Mobile: Kathryn P. Hire♀ — STS-90, STS-130
  • Mobile: Clifton Williams (1932–1967) — No spaceflights
  • Montgomery: Kathryn C. Thornton♀, first woman to make multiple EVAs — STS-33, STS-49, STS-61, STS-73

Arizona[]

Arkansas[]

California[]

  • Arcadia: Tracy Caldwell♀ — STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18
  • Arcadia: Steven W. Lindsey — STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133
  • French Camp: José M. Hernández — STS-128
  • Fresno: Barbara Morgan♀ — STS-118
  • Fresno: James van Hoften — STS-41-C, STS-51-I
  • Inglewood: Joseph M. Acaba — STS-119, Soyuz TMA-04M
  • La Mesa: Frederick Sturckow — STS-88, STS-105, STS-117, STS-128
  • Long Beach: Frederick Hauck — STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26
  • Los Angeles: Kevin P. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76
  • Los Angeles: Ellen Ochoa♀, first Hispanic woman in space — STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110
  • Los Angeles: Sally Ride♀ (1951–2012), first American woman in space — STS-7, STS-41-G
  • North Hollywood: John D. Olivas — STS-117, STS-128
  • Orange: Bryan D. O'Connor — STS-61-B, STS-40
  • Palo Alto: Pamela Melroy♀ — STS-92, STS-112, STS-120
  • Pasadena: Alan G. Poindexter (1961–2012) — STS-122, STS-131
  • Redwood City: Rex J. Walheim — STS-110, STS-122, STS-135
  • Sacramento: Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39
  • Sacramento: Stephen Robinson — STS-85, STS-95, STS-114, STS-130
  • San Bernardino: Michael Clifford — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76
  • San Diego: Stanley G. Love — STS-122
  • San Diego: William C. McCool (1961–2003), died on the Columbia — STS-107
  • San Diego: Michael J. McCulley — STS-34
  • San Francisco: John Young (1930–2018), first NASA astronaut to fly five and six times, first man to orbit the moon twice — Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9
  • Pomona: Victor J. Glover — first African American astronaut to go to the ISS on a long-duration flight — Crew Dragon Resilience

Colorado[]

  • Boulder: Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7
  • Colorado Springs: Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger♀ — STS-131
  • Del Norte: Kent Rominger — STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100
  • Denver: Gerald P. Carr — Skylab 4
  • Denver: John M. Lounge — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35
  • Denver: John "Jack" Swigert (1931–1982) — Apollo 13
  • Durango: Stuart Roosa (1933–1994) — Apollo 14
  • Longmont: Vance D. Brand — Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
  • Louisville: Jack D. Fischer — Soyuz MS-04

Connecticut[]

Delaware[]

District of Columbia[]

  • Washington: B. Alvin Drew — STS-118, STS-133
  • Washington: Frederick D. Gregory — STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44
  • Washington: Lisa Nowak♀ — STS-121
  • Washington: Robert L. Stewart — STS-41-B, STS-51-J

Florida[]

Georgia[]

Guam[]

Hawaii[]

  • Honolulu: K. Megan McArthur♀ — STS-125
  • Kealakekua: Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), died on the Challenger — STS-51-C, STS-51-L

Idaho[]

Illinois[]

Indiana[]

Iowa[]

  • Ames: Laurel Clark♀ (1961–2003), died on the Columbia — STS-107
  • Burlington: James M. Kelly — STS-102, STS-114
  • Charles City: George Nelson — STS-41-C, STS-61-C, STS-26
  • Clinton: David C. Hilmers — STS-51-J, STS-26, STS-36, STS-42
  • Creston: Walter Cunningham — Apollo 7
  • Jefferson: Loren Shriver — STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46
  • Mount Ayr: Peggy Whitson♀ — STS-111/113, Soyuz TMA-11

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

  • Fort Knox: Randolph Bresnik — STS-129
  • Russellville: Terrence Wilcutt — STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

Maryland[]

Massachusetts[]

Michigan[]

Minnesota[]

Mississippi[]

Missouri[]

Montana[]

Nebraska[]

  • Omaha: Clayton Anderson — STS-117/120, STS-131

New Hampshire[]

  • Derry: Alan Shepard (1923–1998), first American in space — Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14
  • Manchester: Lee M.E. Morin — STS-110

New Jersey[]

  • Bernards Township: Jared Isaacman – Inspiration4
  • Englewood: Gregory Linteris — STS-83, STS-94
  • Glen Ridge: Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon — Gemini 12, Apollo 11
  • Hackensack: William Pailes — STS-51-J
  • Hackensack: Wally Schirra (1923–2007), first NASA astronaut to fly three times — Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
  • Jersey City: George D. Zamka — STS-120, STS-130
  • Morristown: Garrett Reisman — STS-123/124, STS-132
  • Neptune: Rusty Schweickart — Apollo 9
  • Orange: Mark E. Kelly — STS-108, STS-121, STS-124, STS-134
  • Orange: Scott J. Kelly — STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-01M, Soyuz TMA-17M
  • Paterson: Mark L. Polansky — STS-98, STS-116, STS-127
  • Paterson: Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan♀, first American woman to walk in space — STS-41-G, STS-31, STS-45
  • Plainfield: Kenneth Ham — STS-124, STS-132

New Mexico[]

  • Albuquerque: Sidney M. Gutierrez — STS-40, STS-59
  • Carlsbad: F. Drew Gaffney — STS-40
  • Santa Rita: Harrison Schmitt — Apollo 17

New York[]

  • Albany: Nicole P. Stott♀ — STS-128, STS-133
  • Amityville: Kevin R. Kregel — STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99
  • Binghamton: Douglas H. Wheelock — STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19
  • Buffalo: Edward Gibson — Skylab 4
  • Buffalo: James Pawelczyk — STS-90
  • Cooperstown: Robert L. Gibson — STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71
  • Elmira: Eileen Collins♀, first female Shuttle Commander — STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114
  • Endicott: Douglas G. Hurley — STS-127, STS-135, SpX-DM2
  • Lockport: William G. Gregory — STS-67
  • New York: Karol J. Bobko, first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to become an astronaut — STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J
  • New York: Jay C. Buckey — STS-90
  • New York (Queens): Charles Camarda — STS-114
  • New York (Brooklyn): Martin J. Fettman — STS-58
  • New York: Anna Lee Fisher♀ — STS-51-A
  • New York: Ronald J. Grabe — STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57
  • New York (Brooklyn): Jeffrey A. Hoffman — STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75
  • New York: Bruce E. Melnick — STS-41, STS-49
  • New York (Brooklyn): Gregory Olsen, third space tourist — Soyuz TMA-7/6
  • New York: Robert A. Parker — STS-9, STS-35
  • New York (Bronx): Mario Runco, Jr. — STS-44, STS-54, STS-77
  • New York (Queens): Dennis Tito, first space tourist — Soyuz TM-32/31
  • New York (Queens): Jim Wetherbee — STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113
  • Oceanside: Michael Massimino — STS-109, STS-125
  • Plattsburgh: Michael P. Anderson, (1959–2003), died on the Columbia — STS-89, STS-107
  • Rochester: C. Gordon Fullerton (1936–2013) — STS-3, STS-51-F
  • Southampton: Mary L. Cleave♀ — STS-61-B, STS-30
  • Syracuse: Lawrence J. DeLucas — STS-50
  • Syracuse: Jeanette J. Epps♀ — No spaceflights.
  • Syracuse: Steven Swanson — STS-117, STS-119
  • Warsaw: James C. Adamson — STS-28, STS-43
  • Yonkers: Ronald J. Garan, Jr. — STS-124

North Carolina[]

  • Beaufort: Michael J. Smith (1945–1986) — No spaceflights; died on the Challenger
  • Charlotte: Charles Moss Duke, Jr. — Apollo 16
  • Charlotte: Susan J. Helms♀ — STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101, STS-102/105
  • Elizabethtown: Curtis Brown — STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103
  • Faison: William E. Thornton — STS-8, STS-51-B
  • Fayetteville: Ellen S. Baker♀ — STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
  • Laurinburg: William S. McArthur — STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7
  • Pinehurst: Charles E. Brady, Jr. (1951–2006) — STS-78
  • Statesville: Thomas Marshburn — STS-127, Soyuz TMA-07M, SpaceX Crew-2

North Dakota[]

Ohio[]

  • Akron: Judith Resnik♀ (1949–1986), died on the Challenger — STS-41-D
  • Bryan: Terence T. Henricks — STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78
  • Cambridge: John Glenn (1921–2016), first American in Earth orbit, U.S. Senator, and oldest person to make a spaceflight — Mercury 6, STS-95
  • Cincinnati: Karl Gordon Henize (1926–1993) — STS-51-F
  • Cleveland: Kenneth D. Cameron — STS-37, STS-56, STS-74
  • Cleveland: Gregory J. Harbaugh — STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82
  • Cleveland: Jim Lovell, first NASA astronaut to fly four times, first man to fly to the moon twice — Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13
  • Cleveland: G. David Low (1956–2008) — STS-32, STS-43, STS-57
  • Cleveland: Donald A. Thomas — STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94
  • Cleveland: Carl Walz — STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108/111
  • Cleveland: Mary E. Weber♀ — STS-70, STS-101
  • Columbus: Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987) — Apollo 7
  • Columbus: Michael Foreman — STS-123, STS-129
  • Dayton: Charles Bassett (1931–1966) — No spaceflights
  • Euclid: Sunita Williams♀ — STS-116/117, Soyuz TMA-05M
  • Lorain: Robert F. Overmyer (1936–1996) — STS-5, STS-51-B
  • Macedonia: Ronald Sega — STS-60, STS-76
  • Mansfield: Michael L. Gernhardt — STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104
  • Parma: Michael T. Good — STS-125, STS-132
  • Wapakoneta: Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), piloted first docking in space, first person to land a spacecraft on the Moon, first person to walk on the Moon — Gemini 8, Apollo 11
  • Warren: Ronald A. Parise (1951–2008) — STS-35, STS-67

Oklahoma[]

  • Enid: Owen K. Garriott — Skylab 3, STS-9
  • Okemah: William R. Pogue — Skylab 4
  • Shawnee: Gordon Cooper (1927–2004), the first American to fly in space for a day — Mercury 9, Gemini 5
  • Weatherford: Thomas Patten Stafford, only person to fly twice in 6 months — Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  • Wetumka: John Herrington, first Native American in space — STS-113

Oregon[]

Pennsylvania[]

  • Abington: John-David F. Bartoe — STS-51-F
  • Bristol: Daniel W. Bursch — STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, STS-108, STS-111
  • Erie: Paul J. Weitz — Skylab 2, STS-6
  • Haverford: Theodore Freeman (1930–1964) — No spaceflights
  • Indiana: Patricia Robertson (1963–2001) — No spaceflights
  • Lancaster: Andrew J. Feustel — STS-125, STS-134
  • Philadelphia: Andrew M. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75
  • Philadelphia: James P. Bagian — STS-29, STS-40
  • Philadelphia: Guion Bluford, first African-American in space — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53
  • Philadelphia: Pete Conrad (1930–1999), commanded first precision landing on the moon — Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2
  • Philadelphia: Christopher Ferguson — STS-115, STS-126, STS-135
  • Philadelphia: Scott J. Horowitz — STS-75, STS-82, STS-101, STS-105
  • Pittsburgh: Michael Fincke — Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-13, STS-134
  • Pittsburgh: Stephen Frick — STS-110, STS-122
  • Pittsburgh: Terry Jonathan Hart — STS-41-C
  • Pittsburgh: James Irwin (1930–1991) — Apollo 15
  • Ridley Park: Daniel Tani — STS-108, STS-120/122
  • Scranton: Paul W. Richards — STS-102
  • Stroudsburg: Byron Lichtenberg, first NASA payload specialist — STS-9, STS-45
  • Uniontown: Robert J. Cenker — STS-61-C

Rhode Island[]

South Carolina[]

South Dakota[]

Tennessee[]

Texas[]

  • Amarillo: Rick Husband (1957–2003), died on the Columbia — STS-96, STS-107
  • Amarillo: Paul Lockhart — STS-111, STS-113
  • Austin: Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111
  • Austin: Timothy L. Kopra — STS-127/128
  • Beaumont: Robert Crippen, flew on first Space Shuttle mission — STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G
  • Dallas: Jeffrey Ashby — STS-93, STS-100, STS-112
  • Dallas: William Frederick Fisher — STS-51-I
  • Dallas: Donald Holmquest — No spaceflights
  • Dallas: Elliot See (1927–1966) — No spaceflights
  • El Paso: Patrick G. Forrester — STS-105, STS-117, STS-128
  • Goose Creek: John M. Fabian — STS-7, STS-51-G
  • Hereford: Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016) — Apollo 14
  • Houston: Shannon Walker — Soyuz TMA-19
  • Killeen: Robert S. Kimbrough — STS-126
  • Mineral Wells: Millie Hughes-Fulford♀, first female Payload Specialist — STS-40
  • Orange: John Oliver Creighton — STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
  • Quanah: Edward Givens (1930–1967) — No spaceflights
  • Randolph Air Force Base: David Scott, first to drive a wheeled vehicle on the moon — Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
  • San Antonio: John E. Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81
  • San Antonio: Ed White (1930–1967), first American to perform an EVA. Died in the Apollo 1 disaster — Gemini 4
  • Temple: Bernard A. Harris Jr., first African-American to walk in space. — STS-55, STS-63
  • Wheeler: Alan Bean — Apollo 12, Skylab 3
  • Wichita Falls: Richard Mullane — STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36

Utah[]

  • Midvale: Don L. Lind — STS-51-B
  • Richfield: Jake Garn, ex-U. S. Senator, first politician in space — STS-51-D

Vermont[]

  • Newport: Duane Graveline — No spaceflights

Virginia[]

Washington[]

  • Cle Elum: Dick Scobee (1939–1986), died on the Challenger — STS-41-C
  • Seattle: Richard F. Gordon, Jr. — Gemini 11, Apollo 12
  • Seattle: Gregory C. Johnson — STS-125
  • Seattle: Stephen S. Oswald — STS-42, STS-56, STS-67
  • Spokane: Anne C. McClain♀ — Soyuz MS-11
  • Sunnyside: Bonnie J. Dunbar♀ — STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89
  • Vancouver: Michael R. Barratt — Soyuz TMA-14, STS-133
  • Seattle: Christopher Sembroski — Inspiration4

West Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

American astronauts born in other countries[]

Australia[]

Canada[]

  • Montreal: Gregory Chamitoff — STS-124/126, STS-134

Costa Rica[]

China[]

  • Shanghai: Shannon Lucid. An American born in China to missionaries, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. — STS-51-G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, STS-76//STS-79

Hungary[]

  • Budapest: Charles Simonyi. Fifth space tourist — Soyuz TMA-10/9, Soyuz TMA-14/13

India[]

  • Karnal: Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003), first Indian-American in space. Died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster — STS-87, STS-107

Iran[]

  • Mashhad: Anousheh Ansari♀, first Iranian-American in space. Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist. — Soyuz TMA-9/8

Peru[]

The Netherlands[]

  • Sluiskil: Lodewijk van den Berg — STS-51-B

Spain[]

United Kingdom[]

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