http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/l_astro.aspComplete List of Dead Astronauts
Last updated: 23 July 2012
This is a complete list of U.S. career astronauts who are deceased. Private contractors and civilians who flew on the Shuttle under the classification "payload specialist" - sometimes called "payload specialist astronaut" by NASA - are not included.
Mercury through Skylab
Name Program & Flight DOD Cause of Death
Charles Bassett Gemini program (no flights) 2/28/1966 training mission plane crash
Roger Chaffee Apollo 1 1/27/1967 Apollo 1 fire
Charles 'Pete' Conrad Gemini 5 & 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 7/7/1999 motorcycle accident
Gordon Cooper Mercury 9, Gemini 5 10/4/2004 natural causes
Donn Eisele Apollo 7 12/2/1987 heart attack
Ronald Evans Apollo 17 4/6/1990 heart attack
Theodore Freeman Gemini program (no flights) 10/31/1964 training mission plane crash
Edward Givens Apollo program (no flights) 6/6/1967 automobile accident
Virgil 'Gus' Grissom Mercury 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 1/27/1967 Apollo 1 fire
Jim Irwin Apollo 15 8/8/1991 heart attack
Stuart Roosa Apollo 14 12/12/1994 pancreatitis
Wally Schirra Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7 5/3/2007 heart attack
Alan Shepard Mercury 3, Apollo 14 7/21/1998 leukemia
Donald 'Deke' Slayton Mercury program (no flights), Apollo-Soyuz 6/13/1993 brain tumor
Elliot See Gemini program (no flights) 2/28/1966 training mission plane crash
John Swigert Apollo 13 12/27/1982 cancer
Edward White Gemini 4, Apollo 1 1/27/1967 Apollo 1 fire
Clifton Williams Gemini program (no flights) 10/5/1967 training mission plane crash
Shuttle
Name DOD Cause of Death
Michael Anderson 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
Charles Brady 7/23/2006 prolonged illness
David Brown 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
'Sonny' Carter 4/05/1991 commercial plane crash
Kalpana Chawla 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
Laurel Clark 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
David Griggs 6/17/1989 training mission plane crash
Karl Henize 10/5/1993 heart attack while climbing Mt. Everest
Rick Husband 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
Bill Lenoir 8/26/2010 bicycle accident
G. David Low 3/16/2008 colon cancer
William McCool 2/1/2003 Columbia accident
Ronald McNair 1/28/1986 Challenger explosion
Ellison Onizuka 1/28/1986 Challenger explosion
Robert Overmyer 3/22/1996 test aircraft crash
Alan Poindexter 7/1/2012 boating accident
Judith Resnik 1/28/1986 Challenger explosion
Sally Ride 7/23/2012 pancreatic cancer
Francis Scobee 1/28/1986 Challenger explosion
Michael Smith 1/28/1986 Challenger explosion
Stephen Thorne 5/24/1986 private plane crash
Charles Veach 10/3/1995 prolonged illness
Janice Voss 2/6/2012 cancer
David Walker 04/23/2001 cancer
Also killed in the Challenger explosion were payload specialists Christa McAuliffe and Gregory Jarvis.
Also killed in the Columbia accident was Israeli payload specialist Ilan Ramon.
Space Station
Name DOD Cause of Death
Frank Caldeiro 10/3/2009 brain tumor
Patricia Robertson 5/24/2001 private plane crash