Talk:Lists of fictional astronauts

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Limitations

If this list were to include all fictional space travelers, it could go well beyond the category "astronaut" and include almost all characters from hundreds of science fiction novels, television shows, comics and movies.

I suggest the following limitations which would keep characters that are close to "real-world" astronauts and exclude many of the more "science-fictiony" candidates for this list:

A fictional astronaut must be:

1. Human
2. On a flight originating from Earth
3. Living during the early Space Age, i.e. between the beginnings of real space travel and the near future (say c. 1960-2020). So no Star Trek characters. Pre-space age travelers to be examined on a case-by-case basis -- probably none of the characters before the travellers on Verne's Columbiad qualify (they usually took off using feathered wings, flying carpets, and so on, without any consideration of the airlessness of space), and the latter possibly fails on the grounds of unrealistic technology.

A fictional astronaut should preferably be:

1. Part of a real space program (like NASA) or a fictional knockoff of the same.
2. Preferably using space travel technology within the realm of the possible. Preference should be given to astronauts depicted using real technology (e.g. Apollo, Soyuz, Space Shuttle) or close fictional knockoffs of the same.

Dubious inclusions are:

• Fantastic Four -- unrealistic technology, non-program
• Planet of the Apes characters -- unrealistic technology
• Red Dwarf -- every possible reason—Preceding unsigned comment added by RandomCritic (talk • contribs) 20:25, 6 July 2006

I can agree with most of these points. For the most part, the word "astronaut" acquires a vague definition when applied to certain subgenres of science fiction. I would say that some Star Trek characters (and similar from other shows) could be included if they fit the other criteria - such characters are already in the list, in fact. Another inclusion could be Zephram Cochrane, who is the last true astronaut in the Star Trek continuity, according to the first set of criteria. --Roland 21:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I wanted to chime in on this. I strongly think that Planet of the Apes should stay. Sure it was way out there in the sense of being interstellar travel, but I think it shows a very optimistic view of the progress of human spaceflight in a very short time: 1968's depiction of the big one of 1972.

I have thought about adding the crew from Silent Running, but I just don't see it. It was 1972's view of 2008, so pretty far ahead. But they were park rangers, not astronauts. And they flew via American Airlines. Just as the Nostromo crew in Alien were basically truck drivers. (I've got a list someplace of things I wanted to add to this article.) Thanks. --EarthPerson 01:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

As it now stands, we have this restriction: "i.e. from the beginning of the Space Age to the present, and for a few decades into the future; currently, in the period of about 1960-2050. " What about astronauts (sic) from before 1957? Jules Verne's story seems to take place before 1957, yet doesn't it qualify?Kdammers (talk) 04:24, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletions

I removed Stephen Taylor from Doctor Who, and Lister, Rimmer and Kochanski of Red Dwarf, because although the characters are space travellers, none of them really fits the definition of "astronaut" -- they all exist in some distant future in which interstellar space travel is, apparently, common, and their inclusion could open up the list to all of the Star Trek and Star Wars characters and the like.—Preceding unsigned comment added by RandomCritic (talk • contribs) 19:35, 7 July 2006

Real world connections

I notice that there are several of these entries that have crews composed of fictional and actual astronauts. Is this a help to this article? I think so. When I first created the article for Voyagers, I had this line as part of a rather lengthy description: "Stoner's ride, as the first American on a Soyuz, predates Norm Thagard's actual trip on Soyuz TM-21 by 14 years." Any thoughts on putting this back in and finding similar items? Thanks. --EarthPerson 01:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I made a command decision and put it back in.  :) --EarthPerson 16:16, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Sourcing Problems

I've noticed that there is no way to 'positively' source entries that come from less well known or common books/films/comics. An attempt to add material derived from watching a film that I purchased from a discount retailer was knocked back on the grounds of 'hearsay'(eg the information could not be confirmed online). A procedure needs to be worked out to resolve this sourcing issue. Graham1973 (talk) 01:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Additions

I'm almost through my collection of techno-thrillers, I have one more book to do The Trikon Deception (Finally completed this) and I've found a copy of Kiev Footprint (Carl A. Posey, 1983), which I've now added to the list. The novel is a standard Post-Watergate piece in which a reporter uncovers a conspiracy and has both to prevent it and flee for his life. Author appears to have been inspired in part by the Skylab re-entry fiasco and the prologue is an inversion of Death of a Cosmonaut with a Soviet crew being sent to investigate a failed American space mission.

Alpha Bug is up. Silver Tower is the only item remaining to do from my current collection.

I still have one more book on my list as a possible, which I still have to find, Cold Wind From Orion (Space shuttle to Skylab), If anyone has this feel free to add it here. Latest additions, Night Launch, the third techno-thriller I've read with a "Let's hijack a space shuttle plot-line", but the only one in which the rescue mission is not only possible, it succeeds. Also added the somewhat curious The Olympus Gambit which dating from 1983 seems to contain the earliest reference I've seen to digital television.

The astronauts from Lucifer's Hammer have been added, thanks to the unknown person who pointed them out. Now that I've read it I plan not to do so again, it gives me the same 'unclean' feeling I got after reading Oath of Fealty.

BTW the space-station is not the second Skylab. It's called Spacelab 2 and joins Spacelab 10 (Quatermass, 1979) and Spacelab 5 (Alpha Bug, 1987) in the list of fictional joint US/Soviet space projects.

Having found a copy I've added ISS crew from the novel of the film The Day After Tomorrow to the article. I don't know if these characters are named in the film, can anyone confirm this? And if they are not does this make the entry problematic?

I've completed entries to the list for The Trikon Deception and Reach. Graham1973 (talk) 02:01, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Latest addition is a short story from 1967, Pioneer Trip by Joe Poyer, in case anyone is wondering how I can be so confident the story is set in 1976 one of the characters makes mention of 15 years of space exploration. So assuming that is 15 years of manned space exploration then 1961+15=1976 Graham1973 (talk) 12:11, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Lucifer's Hammer (Niven/Pournelle) includes a subplot about a fictional Apollo/Soyuz/Skylab mission in orbit during the cometfall. At least some of the astronauts/cosmonauts return to the devastated Earth afterward. Unfortunately I can't provide names for the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.225.50.162 (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Would the crew of Space: 1999 count? Bizarre as it developed, it started with a believable lunar base and associated technology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.225.50.162 (talk) 22:04, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I could have sworn the crew of Space: 1999 was in there already, but it's quite possible someone removed them for the criteria of the time. I think they probably fit very well in the "Futuristic" section. --Roland (talk) 19:05, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

I've added crew from another techno-thriller, Ignition by Kevin Anderson & Doug Beason, Silver Tower still awaits, though I think I may have figured this one out.

I located a copy of the Ben Bova novel and the details have been added to the article. However it appears to be an expanded/revised version of an earlier book When the Sky Burned which was published some time in 1973. A copy of this would be useful for comparison purposes. (talk) 13:05, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Entries completed for two 'biggies' Class G-Zero by W. B Hendrickson Jr & Cyclops by Clive Cussler. Both involve moonbases so I thought I'd include relevant links. Working on Shiva Descending which is also a fairly complicated novel in terms of who does what and where.Graham1973 (talk) 02:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

I've just added the novelization of what may have been the original script for The Incredible Melting Man. Some surprising differences. Firstly the spacecraft is going to Mars and the plot seems to be even more heavily influenced by the Quatermass Experiment than the film was.Graham1973 (talk) 07:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

How about every character in Moon Zero Two? Or just the ones who fly ships rather than passengers. It is set in 2021 with Apollo-style kit for the eponymous ship. Simon Marchese (talk) 16:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Still trying to sort out Shiva Descending. I now have a copy of A Cold Wind from Orion. It turns out my memory failed me, the novel does not involve a shuttle flight to Skylab, but does involve a shuttle mission to dispose of a dangerous experiment carried out in secret aboard Skylab. It also turned out to be like Impact! and Lucifer's Hammer where the author(s) believe that the mass slaughter of humanity will allow the creation of 'paradise', in this case referred to as the Aquarian Age. I've also picked up James Hogan's Endgame Enigma which seems to be a first. A space oriented novel with no named astronaut characters, but a lot of space based action.Graham1973 (talk) 06:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

The following books have been added, The Long Twilight, Dr Bloodmoney, The Quiet Place, All Judgement Fled & A Cold Wind From Orion. Still have Shiva Descending and Earthwreck! to sort out.Graham1973 (talk) 14:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

My Current To-Do List:

• Earthwreck!, 1974 novel by Thomas N. Scorita (Earth Devastated by Nuclear War, orbital survivors must pool resources to ensure the survival of humanity.)
• Shiva Descending, 1979 novel by Gregory Benford & William Rotsler (Earth threatened by asteroid impact.)
• The Big Wheel, 1984 novel by William Rollo (Earth devastated by Global Warming, orbital survivors must pool resources to ensure the survival of humanity.)
• Murder by Moonlight, 1989 murder mystery set on a moonbase in 2015.
• End in Fire, 2005 novel by Syne Mitchell (Earth Devastated by Nuclear War, orbital survivors must pool resources to return home.)
• Orbit, 2006 novel by John Nance (Space tourism vessel hit by debris, race to rescue occupants.)
• Red Star, Winter Orbit, 1983 short story by Bruce Stirling *& William Gibson - Early 21st C story set onboard the last Soviet Space Station.

Graham1973 (talk) 07:43, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Graham -- I've added an entry for John Nance's Orbit (probably incomplete, since I've read only the first few chapters yet). I had it on my to-do list because I didn't notice it on yours -- sorry about that. I'm still working through my own (huge) to-do list, and would appreciate anyone else adding some of the items on it. Gildir (talk) 18:52, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

I really will have to get back to this list of books, just have to relocate them at home. In the mean time I've added Gordon R. Dicksons 1961 short story Whatever Gods There Be from his collection The Star Road.Graham1973 (talk) 15:10, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Good to see you back, Graham! :-) Gildir (talk) 16:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Good to be back, started work on Murder in Space, currently trying to run down a copy of the film version since it may answer some questions I'd rather not trust to Wikipedia.Graham1973 (talk) 12:22, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Added Murder in Space to the list. Now going to try and tackle The Moonlovers. Found another 1980s film that might be worth adding.Graham1973 (talk) 07:06, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

I've added an entry for Tess Gerritsen's Gravity. It may not be complete yet, since I'm only a quarter of the way through the book. Gildir (talk) 15:48, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

I've added an entry for Philip McCutchan's Skyprobe. It is not complete yet, the entry will be updated when I have finished the book. Main spacecraft appears to be a three man version of Gemini...Graham1973 (talk) 09:09, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Must they be Earthers?

I think Shirostugh Lhadatt from Wings of Honneamise does qualify. Most people watching the movie don't exactly pick up on the fact that it's not Earth and it's easy to miss. For all purposes, it looks like one of those alternate past worlds of Hayao Miyazaki.206.192.18.14 (talk) 19:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Project Gutenberg

Over the last few months Project Gutenberg has been uploading stories from 50's and 60's issues of the classic SF magazines, I've added those I have that contain fictional astronauts that fit the criteria. I cannot find them all however, if anyone else spots one that fits the criteria, feel free.Graham1973 (talk) 00:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Special Report, U.F.O.

There was a TV-movie in the late 1990s starring Dean Jones as the billionaire financer of a private voyage to Mars, being covered by a live television broadcast as it nears its landing; there is a technical crisis aboard blamed on protesters on Earth who oppose the Mars voyage. This surely is worthy of being listed.

How about U.F.O.? It does have some oddities, such as implying that, by the 1980s, the moon's mineral wealth is already depleted. The technology is necessarily leading-edge adaptations of 1970s Earth technology, though another oddity is that they can build an automated probe capable of catching the FTL wave of an alien craft, or of exceeding light speed to follow such an alien craft. GBC (talk) 14:23, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Clarification - Fictional Date

As the person who has contributed most to this article in the recent past I thought I'd put here my understanding of what is meant by the 'Fictional Date' entry in the table. As I understand it the entry refers to the date the story is set at relative to the date the story is published. In some cases the story has a specific date (Example: 'The Trikon Deception' takes place between the months of August and December 1998), in other cases internal evidence in the story itself can be used to figure it out roughly (Example: The film version of 'Marooned' is probably set in 1970 based on internal evidence, similarly 'A Flight of Chariots' opens with a Mercury launch in February 1963 a date determined again by internal references.). Finally of course there are those stories such as 'Hunter-Killer' for which no firm date can be assigned and so it has to be approximated. If any of the people who originally set up the article are still around your assistance in clearing up this point would be greatly appreciatedGraham1973 (talk) 18:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

That's correct. If an explicit date is given in the original work, it should be provided in the "fictional date" column. However, very often no date is given, but internal evidence suggests that the story either occurs at about the same year as the date of publication ("contemporary") or a few years after the date of publication, with small technological advances ("near future"). In all cases it's desirable to maintain the distinction between dates which are explicitly referenced in text or dialogue, and those which are uncertain or are inferred from context. RandomCritic (talk) 13:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

In case anyone wonders why I changed the 'Fictional Date' of The Long Twilight" from c.2006 to c.1996 here is the relevant dialog:

"The old fellow said that Grayle was one of the prisoners transferred from Kansas along with him, back in seventy-one. And that he had known him before that."

"How long before that?"

"For over ten years...And that Govenor was over thirty-five years ago."

Thus the character Grayle has been in the federal prison system since at least 1961 (Ten years before 1971, and in fact much longer than that.). 1961+35 is 1996 so an approximate time of c.1996 is appropriate...Graham1973 (talk) 14:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed modification to Futuristic Category - Asteroid Deflection

I'm beginning to think that it might be worthwhile separating out all the fictional Asteroid Deflection stories and moving them into a sub category of their own as there is a wider diversity of hardware used than normal.Graham1973 (talk) 16:25, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

I have belatedly carried out this suggestion. The change can always be undone if desired. Gildir (talk) 04:41, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Additional Doctor Who entries

Where should Dan Schultz, Glyn Williams and Terry Cutler from "The Tenth Planet" be on this list? The story is set in 1986 (or 2000, according to some sources), but aired in 1966; the Zeus IV and Zeus V spacecraft operate in Earth orbit and are very similar to Gemini spacecraft. (I should also add characters from The Dying Days, "Red Dawn" and "The Waters of Mars".) Gildir (talk) 18:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

I have now added the characters from "Red Dawn" and "The Waters of Mars" (although the latter is arguably set about as far in the future as this list should go -- 2059). Still not sure where "The Tenth Planet" should go. Gildir (talk) 19:11, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Following Graham1973's suggestion on my talk page, I have now added "The Tenth Planet" to the Futuristic: Other section. Gildir (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Possible additions

Three characters in William Tenn's "Project Hush". I don't know when it was written, but it has an Apollo-type mission in Cold War times. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 17:20, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

I've now found and read http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32654/32654-h/32654-h.htm. The recommendation still holds, but I was thinking of a shorter treatment of essentially the same story. Can that be located? 94.30.84.71 (talk) 17:43, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Characters in Niven & Pournelle, "Footfall". Crew of Soviet space station, crew launched to it in Shuttle, crew of Michael? 94.30.84.71 (talk) 17:20, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know how to add to a chart/list like the article presents, but I think Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory (television show) should be included in the 2010-2019 era. Jnmwiki (talk) 13:56, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Done, a few days ago now. Gildir (talk) 16:22, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

First Boy on the Moon

Please note that I have not listed the stowaways in First Boy on the Moon (Mike McRoberts and Melvin "Mud" Maxwell) on the precedent of the entries for Stowaway to the Moon and SpaceCamp, which do not list the children in those stories. Gildir (talk) 21:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

A similar case: the space shuttle passengers in Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales include two children, Elizabeth Jaspar and Euphus Pickerell, whom I have omitted from the book's entry. Gildir (talk) 13:48, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Angel Eyes's astronauts

Viktor Shevchenko (Soviet).
Gregory Nunn (American) |Angel Eyes (1991), novel by Eric Van Lustbader|aborted first manned flight to Mars |Contemporary / near future Kdammers (talk) 01:18, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

I have belatedly added an entry for this book to the "Mars" section of the list. Gildir (talk) 13:32, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Additional entries

The astronaut characters from the following items are still unrepresented on these lists:

("Early period" items transferred to Talk:List of fictional astronauts (early period).) Gildir (talk) 16:47, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

• Barrier Unknown, 1960 novel by A. J. Merak (pseudonym for John Glasby).
• "Night Dive", 1960 episode of The Aquanauts.
• Spacehive, 1960 novel by Jeff Sutton.
• "Countdown At Woomera", 1961 episode of ITV Play of the Week.
• "Death and the Senator", 1961 short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
• Bill Gibson, Supercar, 1961-1962 TV series.
• The Planet Strappers, 1961 novel by Raymond Z. Gallun.
• Astronaftes (aka Stark Mad Astronauts), 1962 Greek comedy film.
• Colomb de la lune, 1962 French novel by René Barjavel.
• Countdown for Cindy, 1962 children's novel by Eloise Engle.
• "Escape from Orbit", 1962 novelet by Poul Anderson.
• Gorath, 1962 Japanese film (The Spacesuit Film, Westfahl, pp. 282-284).
• "Man on the Moon" (Space Adventures, Volume 3 Number 46), 1962 comic book story.
• Mouse into Space, 1962 animated short film.
• The Mouse on the Moon, 1962 novel by Leonard Wibberley (adapted into 1963 film, already on list).
• My Son the Astronaut (aka Pie in the Sky), 1962 musical comedy.
• Os Cosmonautas, 1962 Brazilian comedy film.
• The Road to Hong Kong, 1962 comedy film (Westfahl, pp. 153-155).
• "Testing Ground", 1962 episode of The Lloyd Bridges Show.
• "Apollo at Go", 1963 short story by Raymond Z. Gallun.
• "The Counterfeit Man", 1963 short story by Alan E. Nourse (adapted into 1965 episode of Out of the Unknown).
• Heavens Above!, 1963 comedy film.
• "The Phantom Avenger", 1963 episode of The Adventures of the Spirit (amateur film serial).
• "The Astronaut", 1964 episode of R3.
• John Leonard and Charles Milford, "Requiem on the Moon", 1964 short story by David Duncan.
• Rendezvous in Space, 1964 documentary film.
• Campaign for One, 1965 Australian TV movie (remake of The Wednesday Play episode).
• "Maelstrom II", 1965 short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
• "Night Dweller", 1965 short story by Terry Pratchett.
• Spaceflight IC-1, 1965 film.
• "Test in Orbit" (1965), "Fifteen Miles" (1967), "Zero Gee" (1972), short stories by Ben Bova featuring USAF/civilian astronaut Kinsman.
• Wild, Wild Planet (1965), War of the Planets (1966), Il Pianeta Errante (1966), La Morte Viene dal Pianeta Aytin (1967), "Gamma Quadrilogy" of Italian films (Westfahl, pp. 258-265; Miller, pp. 165-167).
• Beyond Apollo, 1966 young adult novel by Jeff Sutton.
• "Cog", 1966 short story by Kenneth Harker.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon, 1966 novel by Lois C. Philmus.
• I Dream of Jeannie, 1966 novel by Dennis Brewster (based on TV series of same name, already on list).
• Moonbeam finds a Moonstone, 1966 children's book by Selma and Jack Wasserman.
• Yasha Nudnik, Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966 comedy film).
• O'Brien, "No Guarantee", 1966 short story by Gordon Walters.
• "The Poets of Millgrove, Iowa", 1966 short story by John Sladek.
• Puss 'n' Boats, 1966 animated short film.
• Star Pilot, 1966 Italian film (Westfahl, pp. 266-268).
• "The Weathermakers", 1966 short story by Ben Bova.
• Chand Par Chadayee (a.k.a. Trip to Moon), 1967 Indian film.
• A Far Sunset, 1967 novel by Edmund Cooper.
• Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn (aka Glorious Times in the Spessart), 1967 West German comedy film.
• In Like Flint, 1967 film (Westfahl, pp. 123-125).
• The Perils of Pauline, 1967 comedy film.
• The Shadow: Destination: Moon, 1967 novel by Maxwell Grant.
• Tales of the Unexpected #98, 1967 comic book.
• The Weathermakers, 1967 Chet Kinsman novel by Ben Bova.
• Captain John Henry Carter and Ivan Genrikhovich Yashvili, "Here Comes John Henry!", 1968 short story by Ray Russell.
• Cosmodrome Y 1999, 1968 Czech animated short film.
• Land of the Giants, 1968-1970 TV series.
• Erica Lane, Fantastic Voyage (1968-1969 animated TV series).
• Marooned in Orbit (1968) and Bound for Mars (1970), young adult novels by Arthur W. Ballou.
• Col. S. Newman, The Final Programme (1968 novel by Michael Moorcock).
• Vance Astro, Marvel Comics superhero (1969-present).
• "Gravity", 1969 short story by Harvey Jacobs.
• The Illustrated Man, 1969 film ("The Long Rain" segment).
• "Salve Regina", 1969 episode of ITV Saturday Night Theatre.
• Star Man, 1969 novel by Stuart J. Byrne.
• The Oversexed Astronauts, 1970 novel by Mr. Coxe.
• UFO, 1970-1971 TV series.
• The Cape, 1971 novel by Martin Caidin.
• Der große Verhau (aka The Big Mess), 1971 West German film.
• Project Jove, 1971 novel by John Glasby.
• Universe Day, 1971 novel by Barry N. Malzberg.
• "Abdication", 1973 short story by Charles L. Grant.
• Moonbase 3, 1973 TV series.
• Operation Nuke (1973), High Crystal (1974) and Cyborg IV (1975), novels by Martin Caidin (sequels to Cyborg, already on list).
• Antonio Smith, "Notes Leading Down to the Conquest", 1973 short story by Barry N. Malzberg.
• City in the Sky, 1974 novel by Curt Siodmak.
• Earthwreck!, 1974 novel by Thomas N. Scortia.
• "Hot Spot", 1974 novelette by Brenda Pearce.
• Liberty Two, 1974 novel by Robert Lipsyte.
• "Out of Sight", 1974 episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
• "The Animators", 1975 short story by Sydney James Bounds (adapted into the film The Last Days on Mars, already on list).
• The Big Space Travel, 1975 Soviet science fiction film.
• Dostat do neba (aka To Reach the Sky), 1975 Soviet animated short film.
• Footprints on the Moon (aka Le orme, Primal Impulse), 1975 Italian horror film.
• Man on the Moon, 1975 musical.
• Satellite City, 1975 novel by Mack Reynolds.
• Strange New World, 1975 TV movie.
• "'39", 1975 song by Queen.
• Millennium, 1976 Chet Kinsman novel by Ben Bova (reworked as part of The Kinsman Saga, 1987).
• ’’The Rescue of Athena One’’, 1976 novel by Michael Jahn, based on The Six Million Dollar Man episodes ‘’The Rescue of Athena One’’ and ‘’Staight On ‘Til Morning’’. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.99.61 (talk) 00:08, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
• Storm, 1976–present comic book series created by Don Lawrence.
• Thin Ice, 1976 novel by Gary Cartwright.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1976-1977 comic book series by Jack Kirby (spinoff of the film of the same name, already on list).
• In the Hall of the Martian Kings, 1977 novella by John Varley.
• The Jupiter Theft, 1977 novel by Donald Moffitt.
• Michaelmas, 1977 novel by Algis Budrys.
• Scott Saunders Space Adventure, 1977-1980 series of young adult novels by Patrick Moore.
• Alien Worlds, 1978-1980 radio series.
• Colony, 1978 Chet Kinsman novel by Ben Bova.
• "Found!", 1978 short story by Isaac Asimov.
• Moon Rainbow, 1978 novel by Sergei I. Pavlov (adapted into 1983 film).
• "The Golden Orbit", 1979 two-part episode of Salvage 1.
• Jesus on Mars, 1979 novel by Philip José Farmer.
• Kinsman, 1979 Chet Kinsman novel by Ben Bova (reworked as part of The Kinsman Saga, 1987).
• Men in Orbit, 1979 comedy featurette.
• The Moon Goddess and the Son, 1979 novella by Donald Kingsbury (expanded into 1986 novel).
• War of the Empires, 1979 The Tomorrow People serial.
• Dragon's Egg, 1980 novel by Robert L. Forward.
• The Man Who Corrupted Earth, 1980 novel by G. C. Edmondson.
• The Orion Loop, 1980 science fiction film.
• Astronauts, 1981-1983 British TV sitcom.
• "Hinterlands", 1981 short story by William Gibson.
• "It Isn't Love That Makes the World Go 'Round", 1981 short story by Reg Bretnor.
• Space Doctor, 1981 novel by Lee Correy.
• "Space Shark", 1981 episode of Richie Rich.
• Warp Speed, 1981 film.
• A Woman in Space, 1981 romance novel by Sara Cavanaugh.
• Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982 comedy film.
• Code of the Lifemaker, 1983 novel by James P. Hogan.
• Gremlins Go Home, 1983 novel by Gordon R. Dickson and Ben Bova.
• Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (aka Starflight One, Airport 85), 1983 TV movie.
• "36 Hours", 1983 episode of The Powers of Matthew Star.
• Boy Meets Girl, 1984 film.
• Earthlings, 1984 unsold TV pilot.
• Killer Station, 1984 novel by Martin Caidin.
• Lunacy, 1984 play by Patricia Weaver Francisco.
• The Next One (aka The Time Traveler), 1984 film.
• Panther Squad, 1984 West German film.
• Return from Orbit, 1984 Soviet film.
• The Sky’s No Limit, 1984 TV movie— Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.99.61 (talk) 21:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
• Space Force (1984) and Space Force II (1985), BBC Radio serials.
• "Stoney End", 1984 comic book story (Alien Worlds #8) by Jan Strnad and Rand Holmes.
• Tranquility Base, 1984 video game.
• You Only Live Twice, 1984 Jame Bond 007 role-playing adventure (adaptation of film, already on list).
• Electric Blue 26, 1985 adult film.
• Fright Show ("Illegal Alien" segment), 1985 horror anthology film.
• George and the Christmas Star, 1985 animated TV special.
• I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later, 1985 TV movie.
• Lace II, 1985 TV miniseries.
• "Lost and Found in Space" and "Close Encounters", 1985 episodes of St. Elsewhere.
• Masters of the Universe: New Champions of Eternia, 1985 picture book by Jack C. Harris.
• "The Pyramid of Darkness" and "The Wrong Stuff", 1985 episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
• Real Genius, 1985 science fiction comedy film.
• Super Powers: Darkseid... of the Moon!, 1985 read-along video.
• "The Wrong Stuff", 1985 episode of The Littles.
• "ABCs in Zero G", 1986 short story by Elizabeth Moon.
• M*E*D*U*S*A, 1986 novel by Janet Morris and Chris Morris.
• Northstar, 1986 TV movie.
• Portal, 1986 interactive novel by Rob Swigart.
• Wild Pigeon, 1986 Soviet film.
• "The Wrong Stuff", 1986 episode of Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.
• "Blonde on Blonde", "Sam & Dave", "Maddie's Turn to Cry", "I Am Curious... Maddie", 1987 episodes of Moonlighting (Sam Crawford story arc).
• Comet Man, Marvel Comics superhero (1987-present).
• Earthdoom!, 1987 novel by David Langford and John Grant.
• Endgame Enigma, 1987 novel by James P. Hogan.
• Fortress, 1987 alternate history novel by David Drake.
• Kill Ratio, 1987 novel by David Drake and Janet Morris.
• Making Mr. Right, 1987 comedy film.
• Orbital Decay, 1987 novel by Allen Steele.
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, 1987 animated alternate history film.
• Star Cops, 1987 TV series.
• Starcom: The U.S. Space Force, 1987 animated TV series.
• Survivor, 1987 film.
• Walking on Air, 1987 TV movie.
• Mesícní noc, 1988 Czech TV movie.
• Harry Trent, Mutant War, 1988 film.
• Able Team: Kill Orbit, 1989 novel by Dick Stivers.
• "All the Beer on Mars", 1989 short story by Gregory Benford.
• Murder by Moonlight (aka Murder on the Moon), 1989 TV movie.
• "The Return of William Proxmire", 1989 alternate history short story by Larry Niven.
• "Fireworks in Orbit", 1990 short story by Marianne J. Dyson.
• The Guardians: Death from Above, 1990 novel by Richard Austin (pseudonym for Victor Milan).
• Lifeline, 1990 novel by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason.
• Solar Crisis, 1990 novel by Takeshi Kawata (adapted into 1992 film, already on list).
• "Spacebusters", 1990 episode of Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters.
• Super Force, 1990-1992 TV series.
• A World of Difference, 1990 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove.
• Ever Since Adam, 1991 or 1992 romance novel by Terry Lawrence.
• Fallen Angels, 1991 novel by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn.
• Fellow Traveler, 1991 novel by William Barton and Michael Capobianco.
• Lunar Descent, 1991 novel by Allen Steele.
• Mutineers' Moon (1991), The Armageddon Inheritance (1994) and Heirs of Empire (1996), Dahak Trilogy novels by David Weber.
• Plymouth, 1991 TV movie (intended as a pilot for a TV show, not picked up for a full season) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.98.9 (talk) 17:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
• Russian Spring, 1991 novel by Norman Spinrad.
• The Steel Albatross (1991) and Deep Flight (1994), novels by Scott Carpenter.
• Claire Tourneur, Until the End of the World, 1991 film.
• Blue Sky Guy, 1992 romance novel by Carole Buck.
• "Danny Goes to Mars", 1992 short story by Pamela Sargent.
• Enak, 1992 Polish film.
• "Final Flight", 1992 episode of Beyond Reality.
• In the Wrong Hands, 1992 novel by Edward Gibson.
• Mikhail Rasputin, Marvel Comics supervillain (1992-present).
• Ultraman: Towards the Future, 1992 animated TV series.
• Assemblers of Infinity, 1993 novel by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason.
• Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun, 1993 video.
• Red Sky, 1993 novel by Mike Mullane.
• Star Brigade, 1993-1994 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters.
• "Blinker", 1994 short story by Jack McDevitt.
• Der letzte Kosmonaut, 1994 German TV movie.
• Policenauts, 1994 Japanese video game.
• Terminal Voyage (aka Star Quest), 1994 film.
• Impact, 1995 novel by Gregory A. Rogers.
• Project Shadowchaser III, 1995 film.
• Trapped in Space, 1995 TV movie.
• Bad Trip to Mars, 1996 Swiss short film.
• The Destroyer: Scorched Earth, 1996 novel by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.
• Firestar (1996), Rogue Star (1998), Lodestar (2000) and Falling Stars (2001), Firestar series novels by Michael F. Flynn.
• Honor Bound, Honor Born, 1996 novel by S.D. Howe.
• Jurassic Women, 1996 TV movie.
• Lethal Orbit, 1996 TV movie.
• Solarstation, 1996 novel by Andreas Eschbach.
• Special Report: Journey to Mars, 1996 TV movie.
• Superman #112, 1996 comic book.
• The Transmigration of Souls, 1996 novel by William Barton.
• "Weightless", 1996 episode of Red Shoe Diaries.
• "Worlds Apart", 1996 episode of The Outer Limits.
• A Cold Dry Cradle, 1997 novella by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre.
• Gattaca, 1997 film.
• GURPS Reign of Steel, 1997 RPG sourcebook.
• How Like a God (1997) and Doors of Death and Life (2000), novels by Brenda Clough.
• Lightpaths, 1997 novel by Howard V. Hendrix.
• Rock, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #8 (1997 comic book).
• Sirota kazanskaya (aka Sympathy Seeker), 1997 Russian romantic comedy film.
• "The Starchild", 1997 episode of The Secret World of Santa Claus.
• Titan (1997) and Moonseed (1998), NASA Trilogy alternate history novels by Stephen Baxter.
• Wingman: Death Orbit, 1997 novel by Mack Maloney.
• "Again with the Astronaut" and "Again with the White House", 1998 episodes of Alright Already.
• Airboss II: Preemptive Strike, 1998 film.
• "Austin Space", 1998 episode of Chicago Hope.
• Body Harvest, 1998 video game.
• La femme du cosmonaute (aka The Cosmonaut's Wife), 1998 French film.
• Heaven's Time, 1998 romance novel by Susan Plunkett.
• Kings of the High Frontier, 1998 novel by Victor Koman.
• Max Q (aka Max Q: Emergency Landing), 1998 TV movie.
• Moonfall, 1998 novel by Jack McDevitt.
• Photopia, 1998 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre.
• Project Avalon, 1998 novel by B. Alexander Howerton.
• Scorpio One, 1998 film.
• Semper Mars (1998), Luna Marine (1999) and Europa Strike (2000), Heritage Trilogy novels by Ian Douglas (pseudonym for William H. Keith Jr.).
• Space Island One, 1998 TV series.
• Steve Urkel, "Lost in Space" (1998 two-part episode of Family Matters).
• The Astronaut from Wyoming, 1999 novella by Jerry Oltion and Adam-Troy Castro.
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999 comedy film.
• "La base des cosmonautes", 1999 episode of Fly Tales.
• "Bravo 13", 1999 episode of Johnny Bravo.
• Fall Out (aka Fallout), 1999 film.
• Hitman #34 ("Of Thee I Sing"), 1999 comic book.
• Horsemen of Mars, 1999 novel by Codex Regius.
• Ich hab einen Freund, der ist Astronaut, 1999 children's book by Ralf Butschkow.
• Last Breath: Space Station Rescue, 1999 novel by S.P. Cammick.
• NOMAD/Y: The Moon Base Project, 1999 novel by Noah Bond.
• Powerdown, 1999 novel by Peter Tonkin.
• Virus, 1999 science fiction horror film.
• Abandon in Place, 2000 novel by Jerry Oltion (expansion of 1996 novella, already on list).
• Aeon - Countdown in All, 2000-2001 German TV miniseries.
• Ascension, 2000 short film (set in 2057, relatively late for inclusion).
• Blood Red Planet: Orbit into Terror, 2000 film.
• Nikilia Bresnev, TimeQuest, 2000 film.
• Chopper Ops: Shuttle Down, 2000 novel by Mack Maloney.
• Debris, 2000 novel by Richard Reid.
• Hugh Klein, JLA Giant Size Special #3, 2000 comic book.
• Kotohogi tsuzukeru uchuu, 2000 Japanese animated short film.
• The Lonely Astronaut, 2000-2014 animated web series.
• Lunar Encounter, 2000 novel by Harold W.G. Allen.
• Mars and Beyond, 2000 short film.
• Martian Gothic: Unification, 2000 video game.
• Max Steel, 2000-2002 animated TV series.
• "Oops!... I Did It Again", 2000 music video for Britney Spears song.
• Red Moon, 2000 novel by David S. Michaels and Daniel Brenton.
• Rocket's Red Glare (aka The Mercury Project), 2000 TV movie.
• Spiders, 2000 horror film.
• Stony Man: Star Venture, 2000 novel.
• Today's Life, 2000 short film.
• Vital Space, 2000 interactive museum film.
• The Wandering Earth, 2000 novella by Liu Cixin (adapted into 2019 film with 2023 sequel).
• Area 7, 2001 novel by Matthew Reilly.
• Ignition, 2001 film.
• Ministry of Space, 2001-2004 alternate history comics miniseries by Warren Ellis.
• Mutant Aliens, 2001 animated film.
• Red Moon, 2001 novel by Michael Cassutt (already included in List of fictional astronauts (Project Mercury era), but needs an additional entry).
• Shakara, 2001 comic strip in 2000 AD.
• Space Oddity, 2001 short film.
• Irina Tereshkova, Vintergatan 5b, 2001 Swedish children's television series.
• Twin Spica, 2001-2009 manga (adapted into 2003-2004 anime and 2009 TV miniseries).
• Astronauts, 2002 TV movie.
• Bites: The Werewolf Chronicles, 2002 horror film.
• Der Brief des Kosmonauten (aka The Cosmonaut's Letter), 2002 German film.
• An Enraged New World, 2002 film featurette.
• First Landing, 2002 novel by Robert Zubrin.
• Little Girl with Blue Eyes, 2002 animated short film.
• Lost on Mars (2002 film) and Empire of Danger (2004 film) (Miller, pp. 229-230).
• Moongate, 2002 Christian novel by William Proctor and David Weldon.
• My Mistress, Humanity, 2002 novel by Chuck Rosenthal.
• "Not On This Planet", 2002 episode of Rescue Heroes.
• "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars", 2002 short story by Ian McDonald.
• Stranded (aka Black Horizon), 2002 film.
• Thunderpants, 2002 film.
• Children of Apollo, 2003 alternate history novel by Mark R. Whittington.
• Cosmonaut, 2003 novel by Peter McAllister.
• Dai roku tairiku (aka The Next Continent), 2003 novel by Issui Ogawa.
• Damned to Heaven, 2003 novel by Bob Mahoney.
• Day 37, 2003 short film.
• Killer Dust, 2003 novel by Sarah Andrews.
• Launch Out, 2003 novel by Philip R. Harris.
• The Low Budget Time Machine (aka Spacebabes Meet the Monsters), 2003 comedy film.
• Verna Mitrios, first human on Mars according to Star Trek novels Serpents Among the Ruins (2003) and Ascendance (2015) by David R. George III.
• Phase Space, 2003 story collection by Stephen Baxter, including short stories "The Fubar Suit" (1997), "Poyekhali 3201" (1997), "War Birds" (1997), "Marginalia" (1999) and "Tracks" (2001).
• Red Thunder (2003), Red Lightning (2006), Rolling Thunder (2008) and Dark Lightning (2014), "Thunder and Lightning" series novels by John Varley.
• Tango Midnight, 2003 novel by Michael Cassutt (sequel to Missing Man, already on list).
• Terrarium, 2003 film.
• Threshold, 2003 TV movie.
• Bird of Prey, 2004 novel by Tom Grace.
• Fantasia, 2004 Hong Kong comedy film.
• InvaXön - Alieni in Liguria, 2004 Italian satirical science fiction film, and InvaXön - Alieni nello spazio, 2007 follow-up TV series.
• "Lockdown", 2004 episode of Stargate SG-1.
• Metal Gear Solid 3, 2004 video game.
• Never By Blood, 2004 novel by Noel Carroll.
• Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (aka Voyage to the Planets and Beyond), 2004 fictional documentary television series.
• Warp Speed, 2004 novel by Travis S. Taylor.
• All-Star Superman, 2005-2008 comic book series and 2011 film.
• Biff Buzzard and Buzz Blister, Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars, 2005 animated film.
• Crimson Force (aka Graveland), 2005 TV movie (Miller, pp. 113-114).
• Dead Rising, 2005 novel by Jeff Rovin.
• Deep Rescue, 2005 film.
• First on the Moon, 2005 Russian mockumentary film.
• Freefall, 2005 novel by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
• The Galilean Satellites, 2005 post-metal album by Rosetta.
• Lords of Dogtown, 2005 film.
• Moonstruck, 2005 novel by Edward M. Lerner.
• Negadon: The Monster from Mars, 2005 Japanese computer animated short film.
• Parker's Paradox (2005) and The Expedition (2007), novels by Loren Robinson.
• Space Cadets, 2005 reality TV series.
• The Sunborn, 2005 novel by Gregory Benford (sequel to The Martian Race, already on list).
• Maxwell Tennyson, Ben 10 franchise (2005-present).
• "The Ticket", 2005 episode of The West Wing.
• Apollo 21, 2006 novel by Frank Hogan.
• Boundary (2006), Threshold (2010) and Portal (2013), Boundary Series novels by Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor.
• Delta-V, 2006 short film.
• Essaye-moi (aka Try Me), 2006 French comedy film.
• Final Days of Planet Earth, 2006 TV miniseries.
• Gingerbreed, unreleased 2006 film.
• "Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?" (2006) and "The Venture Bros. Special" (aka "All This and Gargantua-2") (2015), episodes of The Venture Bros.
• Highschool of the Dead, 2006-2011 manga series.
• Historias secretas del espacio, 2006 children's novel by Joan Manuel Gisbert.
• Interkosmos, 2006 film.
• Jaan-E-Mann (aka Jaan-E-Mann: Let's Fall In Love), 2006 Bollywood film.
• Jul i verdensrummet, 2006 Danish TV series.
• Moon Blog, 2006 young adult novel by Gary Gahan.
• Rocketboy, 2006 short film.
• Solar Attack, 2006 TV movie.
• Un ticket pour l'espace (aka A Ticket to Space), 2006 French comedy film.
• World War Z, 2006 novel by Max Brooks.
• John Bruce, Shift, 2007 novel by Chris Dolley.
• Cosmos, 2007 short film.
• Dark Side, 2007 short film.
• The Evidence, The Proof and The Return, 2007 "Mars Hill Classified Series" Christian science fiction novels by Austin Boyd.
• First World, 2007 short film.
• Food for the Gods, 2007 short film (adaptation of short story by Patricia C. Hughes).
• Impact Day, 2007 comedy film.
• The Invasion, 2007 science fiction horror film.
• Luna, 2007 novel by Garon Whited.
• Moonquake, 2007 novel by Alan Binder.
• Murder in Space, 2007 novel by Sydney J. Bounds.
• Postcards from the Future, 2007 short film.
• Space Brothers, 2007-present manga. (Adapted into 2012-2014 anime series, already on list, and 2012 film.)
• Surrogate, 2007 short film.
• Cave Women on Mars, 2008 film.
• Chile puede, 2008 Chilean comedy film.
• Christmas on Mars, 2008 film/video album (Miller, pp. 231-232).
• The Mean Time, 2008 short film.
• NASA Seals, 2008 animated short film.
• Rejsen til Saturn (aka Journey to Saturn), 2008 Danish animated film.
• Stony Man: Dark Star, 2008 novel.
• Storm Killer, 2008 novel by Benjamin Blue.
• Tumbler, 2008 short film.
• Vacuum, 2008 short film.
• After Dust, 2009 short film.
• Blood of the Moon, 2009 novel by Richard Gazala.
• Chronic City, 2009 novel by Jonathan Lethem.
• Le dernier monde, 2009 novel by Céline Minard.
• Elli and the Astronaut, 2009 short film.
• Ghost of Marx, 2009 short film.
• Happy Rabbit, 2009 short film.
• How Deaf, How Blind, 2009 short film.
• I, Hero: Space Rescue, 2009 gamebook by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore.
• Impact, 2009 TV miniseries.
• Maltageddon, 2009 film.
• A Meteorite for the Mantlepiece, 2009 comedy-drama film.
• MoonBase V, 2009 short film.
• "Moontaker", 2009 episode of M.I. High.
• A Space Exodus, 2009 video artwork by Larissa Sansour.
• The Strain, 2009 novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.
• Tangle, TV series (Season 1, 2009).
• Voids of Eternity (aka Alien Encounter), 2009 novel by Dirk Schulze-Makuch.
• You Are the First Kid on Mars, 2009 picture book by Patrick O'Brien.
• Alien Tango, 2010 novel by Gini Koch.
• The Astronaut on the Roof, 2010 short film.
• The Boss in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, 2010 video game.
• Cosmonaut, two 2010 short films with this title.
• Cosmonaut Claire, fictional book and movie character in Wingin' It episodes "Cheer Me Up" (2010), "Reel Trouble" (2011) and "Cosmonaut Claire 3-D" (2012).
• Dead Astronauts, 2010 novel by Woodrow Wilson.
• The Eternal Void, 2010 short film.
• 5 Pictures of a Father, 2010 short film.
• Fly Me to the Moon, 2010 novelette by Marianne J. Dyson.
• The Incident, 2010 short film.
• Launch on Need: The Quest to Save Columbia's Crew, 2010 novel by Daniel Guiteras.
• Meta 4, 2010 comic book series by Ted McKeever.
• Moonbase Crisis (2010) and Space Station Crisis (2011), Star Challengers children's books by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson.
• Pioneer One, 2010 web series.
• Platinum Moon, 2010 novel by Bill White.
• Red Moon, 2010 novel by Chris Berman.
• Reformasi Luar Angkasa, 2010 Indonesian animated short film.
• Return, 2010 short film.
• The Second Best Science Fiction Movie Ever Made, 2010 film.
• Test Pilot's Daughter II: Dead Reckoning, 2010 novel by Steve Ward.
• Uranus, 2010 short film.
• Another Earth, 2011 film.
• The Archivist (aka The Archiver), 2011 French short film.
• Baikonur, 2011 Russian-language German film.
• Beneath, 2011 novel by Jeremy Robinson.
• Decapoda Shock, 2011 Spanish short film.
• Departure, 2011 short film.
• Dust, 2011 short film.
• De elfenheuvel, Episodes #1.40 and #1.41, 2011 TV episodes.
• Eureka, TV series (2011 and 2012 episodes).
• The Field of Vision, 2011 short film (based on short story by Ursula K. Le Guin).
• Fluffy, 2011 short film.
• Heaven's Shadow (2011), Heaven's War (2012) and Heaven's Fall (2013), Heaven's Shadow Trilogy novels by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt.
• Love in Space, 2011 Hong Kong film.
• MindSpace, 2011 short film.
• Moon Hoax (2011), Space Hoax (2014) and USSR Hoax (2016), Hoax Trilogy novels by Paul Gillebaard.
• Mystic, 2011 TV movie.
• "No estamos solos", 2011 episode of The Boat.
• Orbite, 2011 French short film.
• Phobos, 2011 short film.
• Rat Scratch Fever, 2011 science fiction horror film.
• "Rocket Man", 2011 episode of Retired at 35.
• Space Invaders, 2011 animated short film.
• Colton Steel and Pvt. Lippy, Crash Canyon (2011-2013 animated TV series).
• Terms of Surrender, 2011 romance novel by Leslie Kelly.
• The 13th Day of Christmas, 2011 novel by Robert Blevins.
• "Tijuana, We've Got a Problem", 2011 episode of NTSF:SD:SUV::.
• Trip to the Planetarium, 2011 short film.
• Zymotic Amaurosis, 2011 short film.
• All Things Shining, 2012 short film.
• El astronauta, 2012 short film.
• Beyond the New Frontier, 2012 alternate history novel by Cliff Ball.
• Broken Orbit, 2012 film.
• Capsule, 2012 short film.
• Flight of the Cosmonaut, 2012 novel by David Wright.
• From Blue to Red, 2012 children's book/audio.
• A Girl, a Guy, a Space Helmet, 2012 film.
• The Greenhouse, 2012 Israeli TV series.
• Hollywood: A New York Love Story, 2012 novel by Marc Séguin.
• The Honeycomb Trilogy (Advance Man, Blast Radius, Sovereign), 2012 plays by Mac Rogers.
• Lichtjahre, 2012 German short film.
• "Little Green Men", 2012 episode of The Finder.
• Mi mamá es astronauta, 2012 children's book by Hyug-Gyeon Kim.
• Occupy Space, 2012 novella by Grady Hendrix (revised and republished as BadAsstronauts in 2022).
• On Astronaut Wings, 2012 novel by Amy Stapleton.
• The Orphan Master's Son, 2012 novel by Adam Johnson.
• Paradox Alice, 2012 film.
• Perigee (2012) and Farside (2015), novels by Patrick Chiles.
• She, Who Excels in Solitude, 2012 short film.
• 31⁄2, 2012 short film.
• To Touch the Stars, 2012 romance novel by Jeremy Pack.
• 2013 the Year Jesus (Yeshua) Finally Came Back to Earth, 2012 novel by Dante P. Chelossi Jr.
• Up and Down, 2012 novel by Terry Fallis.
• Velocity (2012) and Combustion (2013), novels by Steve Worland.
• Action Comics #14, 2013 comic book.
• After Mars, 2013 short film.
• Al final todos mueren, 2013 Spanish film.
• Alien Dawn, 2013-2014 TV series.
• Artifact, 2013 TV miniseries.
• Ash, 2013 short film.
• Back on Earth?, 2013 short film.
• Call of Duty: Ghosts, 2013 video game.
• Dark Biology, 2013 Christian science fiction novel by Bonnie Doran.
• Dinosaur Thunder, 2013 novel by James F. David.
• Earthshine, 2013 animated short film.
• Exploding Sun, 2013 TV movie.
• G, 2013 short film.
• The House at the Edge of the Galaxy, 2013 short film.
• Islands, 2013 Philippine film.
• Man on Mars, 2013 short film.
• Mars Man, 2013 short film.
• MARS-II, 2013 short film.
• 113 Degrees, 2013 short film.
• The Stars Overhead: An Erotic Romance, 2013 novel by Irma Marazza.
• Who Is Chang'e - A Lady on the Moon (aka A Touch of Heart: Chang'e), 2013 short film.
• Wild Domestic, 2013 film.
• Amrutham Chandamama Lo, 2014 Indian film (spinoff of sitcom Amrutham).
• The Answer?, 2014 novel by Don Edwards and Donna Edwards.
• Area 51, 2014 novel series by Vincent Pet.
• The Astronaut, 2014 rock opera by Wax Fang.
• The Astronaut from Bear Creek, 2014 novel by Nick Allen Brown.
• Base 05, 2014 short film.
• Steve Cory, "Lost Apollo", 2014 Star Trek comic book story.
• Cosmonauts, 2014 short film.
• Iskushenie-10, 2014 short film.
• Kairos, 2014 short film.
• Last Flight of the Cosmonaut, 2014 film.
• Lift Off to Danger, Moonquake, Shuttle Burn, Space Crash and Comet Chase, 2014 "'Spacers' - Space Rescue Service" picture books by Roy Bentley.
• The Man Who Walked on the Moon, 2014 short film (inspired by J. G. Ballard short story ineligible for inclusion).
• "Mega Toby in de Ruimte", 2014 episode of Mega Mindy.
• Mission Control, 2014 TV sitcom (canceled before airing).
• Mission to Mars, 2014 novel by Stephen James Jackson.
• Moonquake, 2014 Japanese film.
• My Real Children, 2014 alternate history novel by Jo Walton.
• New Year Part 1, 2014 animated short film.
• Planet Terra, 2014 short film.
• Please Advise, 2014 short film.
• Predestination, 2014 film.
• Prime Circle: Doors, 2014 short film.
• Red Hope, 2014 novel by John Dreese.
• The Sea of Tranquility, 2014 South Korean short film.
• Shooting Stars, 2014 children's novel by Christopher Watson.
• "Space Age", 2014 episode of Playhouse Presents.
• Space Case (2014), Spaced Out (2016) and Waste of Space (2018), Moon Base Alpha children's novels by Stuart Gibbs.
• Space Touch, 2014 animated short film.
• Speedwagon, 2014 film.
• Star Bound, 2014 short film.
• "Tarzan in Space", 2014 short story by Anthony Malone.
• After the World Ended, 2015 film.
• All That Outer Space Allows, 2015 Apollo Quartet novel by Ian Sales.
• Apocryphal Weeks, 2015 short film.
• Ash in Space!, 2015 Army of Darkness comic book story.
• The Astronaut, 2015 short film.
• The Astronaut: A science fiction romance suspense thriller, 2015 erotic novel by Alvin Slater.
• The Centre, 2015 Belgian animated short film.
• Cosmodrama, 2015 French film.
• Echoes of Apollo, 2015 novel by G.A. Thompson.
• The First Man on Mars, 2015 album by Kenny Hoffman.
• "4,722 Hours" and "Maveth", 2015 episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• "Game Over, Man", 2015 episode of Inspector Gadget.
• Grotesk, 2015 Danish horror film.
• I Think My Babysitter's an Alien, 2015 film.
• In Search of the Ultra-Sex, 2015 French adult comedy film.
• Infinite, 2015 short film.
• The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve, 2015 picture book by Tom DeLonge.
• Lust in Space (aka Naked in Space), 2015 adult film.
• Macadam Stories (aka Asphalte), 2015 French film.
• Mars Journey: Call to Action, 2015-2016 series of novellas by Bill Hargenrader.
• Mars Mission One, 2015 novel by J.S. Wolfrey.
• Martian Land, 2015 film (Miller, pp. 215-217).
• Odyssey, 2015 short film.
• Saturn Run, 2015 novel by John Sandford and Ctein.
• Seclusion, 2015 short film.
• Seveneves, 2015 novel by Neal Stephenson.
• The 7th Astronaut, 2015 novel by Skip Della Maggiore.
• A Space Program, 2015 documentary film.
• Star Dust (2015), A Midnight Clear (2015), Earth Bound (2016), A Midnight Kiss (2016), Star Crossed (2017), Free Fall (2017) and Midnight Feast (2017), Fly Me to the Moon romance novels by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner.
• Suddenly Real, 2015 film.
• Tormenta (aka Storm), 2015 short film.
• Vtoraya Zemlya, 2015 Russian film.
• We Can't Live Without Cosmos, 2015 Russian animated short film.
• Adrift, 2016 short film.
• Adrift, 2016 video game.
• Astral Migrant, 2016 short film.
• The Astronaut Dreamer, 2016 short film.
• The Astronauts, 2016 South Korean short film.
• The Astronaut's Son, 2016 short film.
• Astronette, 2016 short film.
• The Bargain, 2016 TV miniseries.
• "Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem", 2016 episode of Pure Genius.
• Czern (aka Black), 2016 Japanese-language animated short film.
• Drivved, 2016 Swedish short film.
• Freefall (2016), Lifeboat (2016), Shiplord (2017) and Killshot (forthcoming), Earth's Last Gambit novels by Felix R. Savage.
• Goldilocks, 2016 short film.
• I Almost Forgot About You, 2016 novel by Terry McMillan.
• Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016 film.
• Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, 2016 Japanese light novel series (adapted into 2021 anime TV series).
• Kosmo, 2016 Czech TV miniseries.
• Legendy Polskie Twardowsky 2.0, 2016 short film.
• The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve, 2016 picture book by Tom DeLonge.
• Manifest, 2016 short film.
• "Mars Abides", 2016 alternate history short story by Stephen Baxter.
• Miles Away, 2016 short film.
• Moonshot, 2016 short film.
• No Limits and Pushing the Limits, 2016 "Space Cowboys" romance novels by Katherine Garbera.
• On to the Asteroid, 2016 novel by Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson.
• Once Upon a Time in Space, 2016 short film.
• Project D: Classified, 2016 horror film.
• Remanence, 2016 novel by Jennifer Foehner Wells (sequel to Fluency, already on list).
• Seat 25, 2016 film.
• Seeds, 2016 short film.
• Solitude (2016), Multitude (2018) and Amplitude (2019), Dimension Space novels by Dean M. Cole.
• Somnus, 2016 film.
• SpaceMan (2016), Descent (2017) and Retrograde (2017), The SpaceMan Chronicles novels by Tom Abrahams.
• Sputnik, 2016 short film.
• Star Shroud (2016), Star Divide (2016), Star Alliance (2016), Infinity's Edge (2017) and Rising Force (2017), Ascension Series novels by Ken Lozito.
• Dr. Jacob Thorn, Hope, 2016 short film.
• Unbelievable!!!!!, 2016 film.
• Zero-G (2016) and Zero-G: Green Space (2017), novels by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin.
• Abram Adams, Divinity III: Stalinverse, 2017 alternate history comic books from Valiant Comics.
• After the Flare, 2017 novel by Deji Bryce Olukotun.
• Apollo 21: Riding the Hound, 2017 novel by Charles Bowen.
• "The Astronaut: Tales From Pussy Willow", 2017 comedy sketch.
• Calling Major Tom, 2017 novel by David M. Barnett.
• "Children of Wrath", 2017 episode of Fear the Walking Dead.
• Contact, 2017 animated short film.
• The Countdown Conspiracy, 2017 children's novel by Katie Slivensky.
• Earthrise - Stranded on the Moon: Astronaut Rescue Space Mission, 2017 novel by Gabriel Namara.
• The First, 2017 short film.
• G Constant Escape Velocity, 2017 novel by D. A. Williams.
• Elena Gabriel, "The Oath", 2017 episode of Billions.
• Greenhouse Academy, 2017 TV series (adaptation of 2012 TV series Greenhouse).
• IN/FINITE, 2017 short film.
• Kessler Syndrome, 2017 short film.
• Last Light of Orion, 2017 film.
• Mars One, 2017 novel by Jonathan Maberry.
• Kurt Mayron, Daddy's Home 2, 2017 comedy film.
• Military Romance: In the Place We Both Love, 2017 romance novel by Kathleen Hope.
• Mission Control, 2017 TV movie.
• Mission One, 2017 novel by Samuel Best.
• Missions, 2017 French TV series.
• NASA's 1st Mission to Mars - For What?!!!, 2017 novel by Michael and Danny D'Agostino.
• Paradox - On the Brink of Eternity (2017), Paradox² - Beyond Eternity (2018), and Paradox³: Eternity (2019), novels by Phillip P. Peterson.
• Quantum Space, 2017 novel by Douglas Phillips.
• The Recall, 2017 science fiction horror film.
• Retrograde (2017) and Reentry (2019), novels by Peter Cawdron.
• Sergio and Sergei, 2017 Cuban film.
• "Seven Ways to Fall in Love with an Astronaut", 2017 short story by Dominica Phetteplace.
• The Space Between Us, 2017 film (Miller, p. 241).
• Spaceman. [sic], 2017 short film.
• Splinter, 2017 romance novel by E. Davies.
• Stella Erratica, 2017 short film.
• The Tank, 2017 film.
• Traum, 2017 French short film.
• Alex The Aspiring Astronaut: Amazing Adventure In Space, 2018 children's novel by Carl D. Nuttall.
• Astro, 2018 film.
• Astronaut, 2018 film.
• Butterflies (aka Kelebekler), 2018 Turkish film.
• The Calculating Stars (2018), The Fated Sky (2018), The Relentless Moon (2020), The Martian Contingency (2025) and Silent Spaces (2025), alternate history books by Mary Robinette Kowal (set in same timeline as "Rockets Red" and The Lady Astronaut of Mars, already on list).
• "Caught Somewhere in Time", 2018 episode of Grey's Anatomy.
• Chanda Mama Door Ke, 2018 Indian film.
• Chastit︠s︡a vselennoĭ, 2018 Russian television series.
• The Death of Superman, 2018 animated film.
• Earth to Dad, 2018 children's novel by Krista Van Dolzer.
• "The Final Frontier", 2018 episode of Designated Survivor.
• The Final Six (2018) and The Life Below (2020), young adult novels by Alexandra Monir; film adaptation of The Final Six announced.
• Final Space, 2018 animated TV series.
• The First, 2018 TV series.
• The Gone World, 2018 novel by Tom Sweterlitsch.
• High Life, 2018 film.
• High Risk and High Reward, 2018 Point of No Return romance novels by Brenna Aubrey.
• Horizon, 2018 short film.
• Hyperlight, 2018 short film.
• Incoming, 2018 film.
• Infinity 7: What Do You Hear When Aliens Call?, 2018 novel by Charles R Hinckley.
• Kalewa, 2018 short film.
• Kid Astronaut: Space Adventure, 2018 plot-your-own children's book by Laura Knight.
• Lajko: Cigány az ürben, 2018 Hungarian film.
• Leningrad: Tsoi, 2018 music video.
• The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Astronaut, 2018 children's novel by Tim Collins.
• The Lost Astronaut: Search for the Golden Thread, 2018 Christian science fiction novel by D. J. Coning.
• Lunar Discovery: Let the Space Race Begin, 2018 novel by Salvador Mercer.
• Mangalyaan, 2018 Indian film.
• Mars Mellow, 2018 TV series.
• Mbyja rapégüyto (aka Map to the Stars), 2018 short film.
• Mission to Methonē, 2018 novel by Les Johnson. (Set in 2065, at outer edge of chronological eligibility for list.)
• "Naco, tenemos un problema", 2018 episode of Run Coyote Run.
• One Way (2018) and No Way (2019), novels by S. J. Morden.
• Orbital Redux, 2018 interactive TV series.
• "The Phobos Experience", 2018 alternate history short story by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Xander Pine, The Hollow World, 2018 science fiction horror film.
• Show Me, 2018 romance novel by Abigail Strom.
• Tik Tik Tik, 2018 Indian film.
• The Titan, 2018 film.
• To Plant a Flag, 2018 short film.
• Trash on Mars, 2018 Czech comedy film.
• The Universe Between Us, 2018 romance novel by Jane C. Esther.
• Zero, 2018 Indian film.
• Alone in Space, 2019 short film.
• America Was Hard to Find, 2019 novel by Kathleen Alcott.
• Another Life, 2019 TV series.
• The Apollo Deception, 2019 novel by Mitch Silver.
• Astronaut, 2019 film.
• "Bald Boyz", 2019 episode of Momma Named Me Sheriff.
• The Big Step (aka Il grande passo), 2019 Italian film.
• Cosmonaut's Selfie Snacks, 2019 animated short film.
• Delta-V, 2019 novel by Daniel Suarez.
• Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, 2019 novel by Temi Oh.
• First Cosmic Velocity, 2019 novel by Zach Powers.
• "Helping Hand", 2019 episode of Love, Death & Robots.
• Iron Sky: The Coming Race, 2019 film (sequel to Iron Sky, already on list).
• "The Karman Line", 2019 episode of New Amsterdam.
• Keeper of the Flame, 2019 novel by JoAnn Petrie Carr.
• The Last Astronaut, 2019 novel by David Wellington.
• Last Day, 2019 novel by Domenica Ruta.
• The Last Second, 2019 novel by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison.
• Light From Other Stars, 2019 novel by Erika Swyler.
• Longer, 2019 novella by Michael Blumlein.
• Looking Up, 2019 Chinese film.
• Lucy in the Sky (aka Pale Blue Dot, Life on Earth), 2019 film.
• Mankind, 2019 short film.
• No Turning Back, 2019 film.
• Proxima, 2019 French film.
• The Quiet, 2019 animated short film.
• Return to Enceladus (2019) and The Jupiter Catastrophe (2020), Ice Moon series novels by Brandon Q. Morris.
• Rim of the World, 2019 film.
• Rocca verändert die Welt (aka Rocca Changes the World), 2019 German film.
• Shine!, 2019 children's novel by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein.
• Space Buddies, 2019 animated short film.
• Space to Roam, 2019 short film.
• Stars on Fire (2019), Love on Fire (2019) and Fate on Fire (2020), Stars romance novels by E. L. Todd.
• Suzy Orbit, Astronaut, 2019 picture book by Ruth Quayle and Jez Tuya.
• T-POT, 2019 animated short film.
• The Tree House, 2019 documentary film (framing sequences).
• Vessel, 2019 novel by Lisa A. Nichols.
• Walking to Aldebaran, 2019 novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
• The Weight of the Stars, 2019 young adult novel by K. Ancrum.
• The Worst Planet on Earth, 2019 short film.
• Aphelion, 2020 short film.
• The Astronauts, 2020 TV series.
• The Astronaut's Cat, 2020 picture book by Tohby Riddle.
• "Austin, We Have a Problem", 2020 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star.
• Away, 2020 TV series.
• Bubblegum, 2020 alternate history novel by Adam Levin.
• Dragon on the Far Side of the Moon, 2020 novel by Douglas J. Wood.
• Frozen Orbit, 2020 novel by Patrick Chiles.
• The Gravity of Us, 2020 young adult novel by Phil Stamper.
• Mars Mission I: Surviving the Kessler Effect, 2020 novel by Christopher Lee Jones.
• Meteor Moon, 2020 film.
• The Midnight Sky, 2020 film (adaptation of Good Morning, Midnight, already on list).
• Moon Landing, 2020 film.
• Moonbase 8, 2020 TV series.
• Red Rover, 2020 film.
• The Sea in the Sky, 2020 podcast by Jackson Musker.
• Seed, 2020 novel by Matthew G. Dick.
• Space, 2020 film.
• Space Age: Houston, Prepare for Launch (2020), Space Junk: Houston, We Have a Hottie (2020), Space Cowgirl: Houston, All Systems GO (2020) and Space Balls: Houston, We Have Liftoff (2021), Space Series romance novels by Sara L. Hudson.
• Space Force, 2020 TV series.
• Space Station Down, 2020 novel by Ben Bova and Doug Beason.
• "Space Station Scooby!", 2020 episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
• Sputnik, 2020 Russian science fiction horror film.
• Step, 2020 animated short film.
• The Apollo Murders (2021) and The Defector (2023), novels by Chris Hadfield.
• Astronaut: Lost in Mind, 2021 short film.
• The Astronaut's Whale, 2021 picture book by Joey Barro.
• Autopsy, 2021 Kay Scarpetta novel by Patricia Cornwell.
• Bastille Day, 2021 short film.
• Bhoomi, 2021 Indian film.
• Blackout, 2021 short film.
• Commander Jessica Caldwell, Keep the Music Going, 2021 short film.
• Celestina the Astronaut Ballerina, 2021 picture book by Donald Jacobsen.
• The Fossil, The Fossil 2 and The Fossil 3, 2021 Secrets of Mars novels by Joshua T. Calvert.
• Ryland Grace, Project Hail Mary, 2021 novel by Andy Weir; film adaptation in development.
• Holdout, 2021 novel by Jeffrey Kluger.
• In the Quick, 2021 novel by Kate Hope Day.
• Invasion, 2021 TV series.
• Lucicreide Vai pra Marte (aka Lucicreide Goes to Mars), 2021 Brazilian comedy film.
• Over the Moon (aka Beyond the Moon), 2021 film.
• Pokój, 2021 Polish short film (set in 2055).
• Red Light, 2021 Argentine science fiction short film.
• "The Right Snuff", 2021 episode of Creepshow.
• The Secret Lives of Gamers and Dead Astronauts, 2021 play by Briandaniel Oglesby.
• The Silent Sea, 2021 South Korean TV series.
• Space Quest, 2021 short film.
• The Spacewalk, 2021 short film.
• Spørre, 2021 film.
• Stowaway, 2021 film.
• The Suicide Squad, 2021 film.
• Three Thousand Miles: A Space Coast Mystery, 2021 novel by Meg Perry.
• Trilogía de la guerra (a.k.a. The Things We've Seen), 2021 novel by Agustín Fernández Mallo.
• Warning, 2021 science fiction thriller film.
• The Water Cure, The Crystalline Clarity and The Aqueous Solution, 2021 "People of the Water" novels by W. Keith Brenton.
• The Astronaut and His Parrot, 2022 film.
• The Astronaut and the Star, 2022 romance novel by Jen Comfort.
• Ballistic, 2022 novel by Travis S. Taylor.
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, 2022 adult animated comedy film.
• Beneath the Green, 2022 film.
• The Challenge (aka Doctor's House Call), 2022 Russian film.
• A Cosmic Kind of Love, 2022 romance novel by Samantha Young.
• Critical Mass, 2022 novel by Daniel Suarez.
• Darkside, 2022 short film.
• Deus (aka Deus: The Dark Sphere), 2022 film.
• Earthrise, 2022 short film.
• Escape from Mercury, 2022 The Apollo Project alternate history novel by Kelly Bulkeley and T.A. Reilly.
• Hiraeth, 2022 short film.
• Infiniti, 2022 French TV miniseries.
• "July 13th, 1985" and "Atlantis", 2022 episodes of Quantum Leap.
• Kharon, 2022 short film.
• "The Last Astronaut", 2022 short story by James White.
• Lightyear, 2022 computer animated film.
• Linoleum, 2022 film.
• Mira, 2022 Russian film.
• Moon Man, 2022 Chinese science fiction comedy film.
• Moonfall, 2022 science fiction action film.
• Moonshot, 2022 science fiction romantic comedy film.
• The Orbital Children, 2022 Japanese anime series.
• Renée Picard, "Watcher", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Two of One" and "Farewell", 2022 episodes of Star Trek: Picard.
• Rubikon, 2022 science fiction thriller film (set in 2056).
• Shark Side of the Moon, 2022 film.
• Soft Landing, 2022 short film.
• Solus, 2022 short film.
• The Time Capsule, 2022 film.
• Tropic, 2022 French film.
• Viking, 2022 comedy film.
• Ask the Stars (aka When the Stars Gossip), 2023 South Korean TV series.
• "An Astronaut and a Doctor", 2023 short story by Peter Schinkel.
• "Beyond the Sea", 2023 episode of Black Mirror (plot details to be confirmed).
• Cosmic Chaos, 2023 anthology film.
• Escape Pod, 2023 science fiction horror film.
• A Girl and an Astronaut, 2023 Polish TV series.
• Girlfriend on Mars, 2023 novel by Deborah Willis.
• Hemisphere, 2023 film.
• Human, 2023 film.
• If You Were the Last, 2023 romantic comedy film.
• I.S.S., 2023 science fiction thriller film.
• Lifeforms, 2023 film.
• Max Thrust, 2023 novel by James Walker.
• A Million Days, 2023 film.
• The Moon, 2023 South Korean film.
• Orbital, 2023 novel by Samantha Harvey.
• Return to Earth, 2023 Chinese film.
• 65, 2023 science fiction thriller film.
• Ultra Red, 2023 science fiction thriller film.
• Van Helsing, 2023 computer-animated science fiction horror film.
• Veracity of Failure: The Race to Mars, 2023 novel by Craig Martelle and Scott Sakatch.
• Beyond the Unknown, 2024 anthology film.
• Constellation, 2024 TV series.
• Escape Room Puzzles: Escape the Space Station!, 2024 children's book by Em Bruce.
• Meanwhile on Earth (aka Pendant ce temps sur terre), 2024 French film.
• Slingshot, 2024 science fiction thriller film.
• Space Cadet, 2024 comedy film.
• Spaceman, 2024 film (adaptation of Spaceman of Bohemia, already on list).
• The Austronauts, comedy TV movie.
• Blood of the Werewolf II: Wolves & Zombies, horror anthology film.
• Astro Loco, comedy film (in post-production).
• The Astronaut, film (in post-production).
• Katherine Barnes, Silhouettes, science fiction film (in post-production).
• Hello, TV miniseries (in post-production).
• Into the Mystic, short film (in post-production).
• Orbit, short film (in post-production).
• Seed of Hope, Luxembourg animated short film (in post-production).
• Voyager, short film (in post-production).
• Capsule, comedy-drama short film (completed).
• Centauri, science fiction fantasy film (in production).
• Aurora, science fiction thriller film (in pre-production).
• Lost in Starlight, South Korean animated film (in pre-production).
• Memories of Manuel, science fiction film (in pre-production).
• Phon.Y, comedy film (in pre-production).
• Serenity Springs, film (in pre-production).
• All Families Are Psychotic, comedy drama film (announced) (adaptation of All Families Are Psychotic, already on list).
• Alone, science fiction film (announced).
• Ares, science fiction drama film (announced).
• The Astronaut's Wife, drama film (announced).
• Black Hole, science fiction action film (announced).
• Capsule, science fiction thriller film (announced).
• Children of Mars, science fiction film (announced).
• Deeper, film (announced).
• The $40,000 Man, science fiction comedy film (announced).
• From Now, science fiction film (announced).
• Helios, science fiction film (announced).
• The Metamorph, animated film (announced).
• Mooned, animated film (announced).
• The Time That Time Forgot, animated science fiction horror film (announced).
• 260 Days, science fiction comedy film (announced).
• 2491, science fiction film (announced).
• Lost Cosmonaut, short horror film (in development).
• Para La Paz: For Peace..., film (in development).
• The Something, comedy horror film (in development).
• LightSpeed Pioneers: Stranded on Mars, animated short film (status unknown).
• Mars Paradisio, comedy film (animated?) (status unknown).
• Rocket Man, short film (status unknown).
• Multiple novels by Dale Brown (Flight of the Old Dog, Silver Tower and Shadow Command already on lists).
• Adam Lang, "Praxeus", 2020 episode of Doctor Who.
• The following Doctor Who novels:
  • Eternity Weeps (Jim Mortimore, 1997)
  • Father Time (Lance Parkin, 2001)
  • Escape Velocity (Colin Brake, 2001)
  • Trading Futures (Lance Parkin, 2002)
• Lethbridge-Stewart: Moon Blink, 2016 novel by Sadie Miller.
• The following Doctor Who audio dramas from Big Finish Productions:
  • Ferril's Folly (Peter Anghelides, 2011)
  • 1963: The Space Race (Jonathan Morris, 2013)
  • Red Planets (Una McCormack, 2018)
• Lords of the Ether (aka Moon Exploration), 1974 TV Comic Doctor Who comic strip.
• "Rennigan's Record", 1993 Doctor Who Magazine short story by David Whitaker.
• The Lunar Strangers, 1994 Doctor Who Magazine comic strip by Gareth Roberts.
• "Observer Effect", 2004 Doctor Who short story by Lance Parkin.
• Death Among the Stars, 2017 Doctor Who audiobook by Steve Lyons. (Set in 2060, at outer edge of chronological eligibility for list.)
• Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland, 2006 Big Finish Productions audio drama by David Bishop.
• Fall to Earth (James Goss, 2015), Zone 10 (David Llewellyn, 2016) and Red Base (James Goss, 2020), Torchwood audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.

There are also some items I saw years ago and haven't been able to identify again, not remembering the titles:

• A science fiction thriller novel (published in the 1960s?) in which a cosmonaut exploring the Moon in a mini-tank rolls over and has to be rescued by an American astronaut.

That's Operation Columbus (AKA First on the Moon) by Hugh Walters - see Pornokitsch: 5 Trips to the MoonTanzeelat (talk) 09:23, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for identifying the novel, Tanzeelat -- it's been nagging at me for a long time. Since it's included in the existing overall entry for the Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series, it doesn't need a separate entry. I have deleted the Apollo Quartet from the list on this page now that you've added it to the main list, and added some of the other books in the article to which you linked. Once again, thanks. :-) Gildir (talk) 14:08, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

• A supernatural novella in which a fictional astronaut dreams of the Apollo 1 fire before it happens and unsuccessfully tries to prevent it.
• A story serialized in Discover or Omni magazine (I forget which, but more likely Omni) in which a fictional Apollo crew crashes into a solid barrier in lunar orbit.
• Episode of The Monroes in which a family member takes part in a dangerous shuttle mission.

I'll continue plugging away at reading/viewing/searching for these and adding the astronaut characters to the list, but others might also like to have a go. Gildir (talk) 14:46, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

I have added and deleted entries from the above list based on what I've added to the main list so far. Does anyone have any ideas about the unidentified items? Gildir (talk) 14:27, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

I may have another one you might want to look into, a French comic book series "The Adventures of Buck Danny", looks like some of the issues featured the Mercury program see: The Adventures of Buck Danny The 60s and 70s. Graham1973 (talk) 11:17, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion, Graham; I'll look into it. I've also added only the film version of The Medusa Touch to the main list, since I haven't had a chance to look at the book (which might name the other two astronauts). Also, the D-prime mission CMP is omitted from the entry for Voyage in the Mars section because it's Bob Crippen, a real, historical astronaut and thus ineligible for this list (as with some of the crew members in Shane Johnson's Ice). Gildir (talk) 14:10, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I was just looking though the second volume of the Film Encyclopedia and found an entry for a 1967 film called Dos Cosmonautas a la Fureza which appears to be a Spanish remake of 002 Operazione Luna. You might have better luck hunting this one down than I.Graham1973 (talk) 16:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

I have added multiple entries for stories listed in the two-part Ken Murphy Space Review article I have added to the external links section of the main list. Gildir (talk) 05:39, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Stowaway to the Moon: Updates

Not about the unidentified items, but, the current "Stowaway to the Moon" entry is based on the 1975 TV movie, which was itself based off a 1973 novel "Stowaway to the moon: The Camelot odyssey" by William R Sheldon, I've never seen a copy of either, though I think that the 1975 film was shown on Australian television at some point. I've been trying to locate both, if only to confirm what the LM was called. Graham1973 (talk) 03:35, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

I just ordered "Stowaway to the Moon" (the novel) from my library, so I'll be able to read it soon and answer that question. I've also identified the TV series about a Kennedy-like family as The Monroes, but I still don't have details on the specific episode about a shuttle mission. Gildir (talk) 13:56, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

I've found what may the entire film on youtube Youtube:Stowaway to the Moon (1975) Graham1973 (talk) 18:06, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Planning to sit down and watch the film later in the week. Still working on the books I have (Lots of characters...) Graham1973 (talk) 04:12, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Watched the first half hour of the film during lunch if the book confirms it we might have to change the entry for the following reasons: 1) The opening dialog refers to "...the Camelot launch...". 2) The mission insignia has the words "Camelot Odyssey" instead of "Apollo ??" (For some reason I was expecting this to be Apollo 20.) at the top. 3) Mission control uses "Camelot:..." rather than "Apollo ??:..." when contacting the spacecraft. I'm now thinking that rather than the CSM being named "Camelot", the program the mission is part of is "The Camelot Program". Something else that should be confirmed, does the book describe the mission as the first moonflight? Film gives that impression without explicitly saying so. Graham1973 (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

The book just came in at my library. An initial skim of the first few chapters shows that Apollo 11 is referred to at least twice (Eagle is called "the first spacecraft to land on the moon"), and Camelot is referred to as "the real spaceship now being readied for its moon flight". I can't tell yet if Camelot is an Apollo spacecraft or not -- I'll let you know. I have made an initial expansion of the "Stowaway to the Moon" entry based on skimming the book. Gildir (talk) 18:43, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Saw that, tweaked a few of the Apollo entries where it's clear that it was a full lunar mission to have "Unidentified CSM/LM". One thing to watch for is divergences between book and film. The novelization and film versions of "The Incredible Melting Man" got separate entries because of the radical changes in background between them. I also added a brief note to the talk page of the film article about having someone create an artists impression of the films Mission patch. From what you are saying about the book, then the author could be referring to a fictional J-mission, I've not gotten far enough into the film to see just what footage they use for the moon landing. Graham1973 (talk) 05:28, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Gotten a little further into the film, LM is called "Little Dipper" (Added to the list). Footage used for the landing is a mix of NASA animation and actual Apollo footage.Graham1973 (talk) 06:52, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Finished what I'd call a skim watch of the film. Updated the page to include proper Apollo-style crew designations. From context within the film 'Captain' was being used instead of 'Commander'. Gildir when you get to the section in the novel describing the landing site can you let me know the craters mentioned. The dialog in the film is at about 1:07:38 to 1:07:48 and goes "...on the bright ray from Tycho, halfway between the crater Pons D and (Seabrook(?))...", I'm not sure that I heard the second one correctly, but it does put the films landing to the south of the Apollo 16 landing site. Footage used for the "on-the-moon" sequences seems to be a mix of Apollo 11/16 (landing), 15/16/17 (exploring the surface) and 17 (LM ascent), mission seems to have been an H-Mission (20 orbits of the moon, 40hrs on the surface, no LRV, though the film seems to be making use of footage from the J missions to represent surface activities.).Graham1973 (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Will do. Today I'm adding entries for various shorter items that I've recently read or seen. Gildir (talk) 13:53, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Finished a more careful go through of the film (Listening rather than watching) Have added the "planned" target to the entry (From dialog at 0:37:37). Trying to make sense of the dialog from 0:47:47 to about 0:56:50 to see if I can "constrain" things further. At 1:06:17-1:06:27 there is a reference to Apollo 12 confirming this is not the first Moon landing mission. I'd also like to ask if you could make note of the craters mentioned in the novel when the "planned" target is mentioned, I think I've misheard another crater name. Graham1973 (talk) 17:11, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm over a third of the way through the book now, and have made some additions to the entry based on what I've read. I haven't read far enough to find out about the craters, though. Other points of note: the mission in the book is definitely an Apollo mission; Lawrence previously flew on a Gemini mission, and Anderson on a lunar orbit/LM test flight (i.e. a mission similar to Apollo 10); and the story is set after Apollo 14. Gildir (talk) 13:56, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

After Apollo 14 sounds about right, the primary mission objective mentioned in the film is finding a Genesis Rock. I've also added a footnote to the name of the backup astronaut to make it clear he does not appear in the film.Graham1973 (talk) 21:52, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I finished the book. The dialogue about the craters in the book (amazingly close to that in the film) reads, "...on that bright ray from Tycho, halfway between the small craters Pons D and the Seabrook Group." (p. 241) I've added the CAPCOMs, Tom Estes (a former crewmate of Anderson, presumably from his previous Apollo mission) and Flip Crowell, to the entry. Could you add a note if they're not in the film, like Irv Sellers? Thanks. More points of note: the LM name in the book is indeed "Little Dipper", as in the film; there are repeated references to three more scheduled manned Apollo missions; and Lawrence is a veteran of Mercury as well as Gemini. Gildir (talk) 14:02, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually, checking IMDb, I see that Tom Estes **is** in the film. (Flip Crowell is only mentioned once in the book.) Gildir (talk) 15:19, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

DARLAH

Mia, Midori and Antoine, the three main characters of this book, are 16, 16 and 17 years old respectively, and are variously referred to in the book as "civilians" and, more loosely, as "astronauts". For both reasons they're on the borderline of whether they should be included on this list. Gildir (talk) 14:47, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Extant and Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

I have moved the entry for Extant from the "Modern period" section to the "Futuristic - Other" section because Seraphim does not appear to be in Earth orbit, and because of the vague reference to the "quadrant" in which Seraphim is located. This may be clarified in future episodes. Also, I have listed the fictional date for Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? simply as "Contemporary", but in fact the book contradicts itself about the precise year it's set. According to p. 12, the book begins on the day Neil Armstrong died (August 25, 2012), but according to pp. 177 and 187 it's been "Two years" since 2012. Gildir (talk) 13:56, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above

Tanzeelat, I've removed the entry you added for Ian Sales' Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above (as shown below) because the Mercury 13 were real people, and therefore not eligible for this list even though they never served as astronauts in real life. In the entries for other books which use real astronauts fictionally (e.g. The Tranquillity Alternative, Ice and Voyage), the real astronauts are not included in the character listing, although they are sometimes mentioned in the summaries for clarity.

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Myrtle Cagle Jerrie Cobb Janet Dietrich Marion Dietrich Wally Funk Sarah Gorelick Janey Hart Jean Hixson Rhea Hurrle Gene Nora Stumbough Irene Leverton Jerri Sloan Bernice Steadman	Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above (2013), novella	Mercury	1962 to 1969 (Alternate History)
	An extended Korean War results in NASA using the Mercury 13 for its space program.

Gildir (talk) 17:38, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Seems fairTanzeelat (talk) 20:05, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Space Warriors

According to the "making of" DVD feature for this film, the Roy Manley character was a trainee astronaut who was decommissioned after the Columbia disaster. This element of the back-story is not explained in the film itself, which never makes clear whether or not Manley served as an astronaut, although the DVD case refers to him as "former astronaut, Captain Buck [sic] Manley". Since explaining all this in a footnote would be too much like original research, I have simply included Manley in the listing, from which other editors are free to remove him. Gildir (talk) 14:39, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Missing Man

The new entry I added today for Missing Man (Michael Cassutt, 1998) is by far the longest entry on the list. I have tried to compress it as much as possible, but can't see how to do so any further without sacrificing relevant detail. I'd appreciate any suggestions or edits to the entry. Gildir (talk) 18:15, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Men into Space

With the addition of information from the book about this series by John C. Fredriksen, the entry for Men into Space is now longer than that for Missing Man (see previous section; the same comments apply). Gildir (talk) 15:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I have now ameliorated this problem by splitting the Men into Space entry into three entries, in the "Moon", "Mars" and "Other" sections. The "Moon" and "Other" entries are still extremely long. Gildir (talk) 14:45, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

"A Day Called 4 Jaguar"

I have deleted the I Spy episode "A Day Called 4 Jaguar" from the list of items to be added because, contrary to various episode descriptions and summaries, Col. Balin is never explicitly stated in the episode to be a cosmonaut, only a prominent Soviet Air Force pilot. Below is the entry that would appear if Balin and Kirov are assumed to be cosmonauts, as may be vaguely implied by a couple of lines of dialogue.

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Dimitri "Dimi" Balin, Col. Nicolai "Kolya" Kirov, Col.	I Spy A Day Called 4 Jaguar (1966), TV	Soviet Air Force	Contemporary
	Cosmonaut Balin rescues young Mexican woman who mistakes him for Quetzalcoatl.

Gildir (talk) 16:06, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

References

Television commercials

I feel a bit guilty about the frivolousness of the entries for TV commercials that I recently added to the "2010–2019" section. Also, they are an example of WP:Recentism, since there must have been many earlier commercials with astronaut characters that are not listed. Does anyone think they should be moved to a separate "TV commercials" section at the end of the list? Gildir (talk) 13:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I would like to say I agree with this proposal.Graham1973 (talk) 11:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

I have now created the "TV commercials" section. At the same time I changed the hierarchy of sections so that "Modern period", "Futuristic" and "To Infinity and Beyond" are on the same level as "Early period", "Classic period" and "TV commercials". Thanks, Graham. Gildir (talk) 13:56, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Looking at the Audi 2016 ad noticed that the astronauts are wearing mission patches. Going to try and see if they are readable. Graham1973 (talk) 16:55, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Graham. The astronauts in the 2016 Hyundai commercial are also wearing mission patches, but I doubt that they're readable. Gildir (talk) 17:13, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

I just tried the Hyundai 2016 commercial, I think it may turn out to be a case of needing a bigger monitor. Graham1973 (talk) 03:17, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Request for help

Due to the recent significant expansion of my to-do list in the "Additional entries" section of this page (caused by my accidentally discovering a new way to search IMDb), I want to emphasize again that I would appreciate it if other editors could add entries for some of the items on the list -- I never intended to imply that I was hogging all of them to do myself. Also, I'd be thrilled if anyone had any ideas about the two unidentified items I mentioned above -- the magazine serial about Apollo astronauts crashing into a barrier in lunar orbit and the novella about an astronaut dreaming of the Apollo 1 fire in advance. I've been searching for evidence of them on the Internet for several years now and have found nothing. Thanks! Gildir (talk) 15:14, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Yulia - Lost Cosmonaut themed song, worth including

According to the review of into the silent sea this 2010 song by the band Wolf Parade was one of the inspirations. According to an interview with the band, they were as the clip shows drawing on the Lost Cosmonaut lore for inspiration themselves. Does anyone think the unnamed protagonist should be added? Graham1973 (talk) 14:16, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLGs2H3gDJw

I have added "Yulia" to the list. Thanks, Graham. Gildir (talk) 14:36, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

"The Moonlovers"

Finally got to the end of the book and the last chapter reveals that the whole thing may have been a dream. I'd like others opinions before adding this one to the list.

If it is proceeded with the entry will look like this:

That looks good, Graham. I would suggest adding a sentence to the summary to the effect that "The ending hints that the story may be a dream." I included similar statements in the entries for Nebo Zovyot (1959) / Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) (where only the original Soviet version turns out to be a dream) and the short film Capsule (2011). Also, I phrased the summary for The Four Fingers of Death (2010) to make clear that the main story of the book, including the Mars mission, is fictional within the book's framing device. Gildir (talk) 14:18, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I've added it to the list in the 'Others'. If you wish to move it somewhere else feel free.Graham1973 (talk) 16:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Siren II: Stan Bailey Miroslava Space Detachment: Natasha Olga Lyudmilla Tanya Unnamed Female Cosmonauts Two Unnamed Male Cosmonauts	The Moonlovers: An Erotic Space Odyssey (1975) novel	Unknown Siren II Soviet Lunar Colony	Near future
	NASA astronaut whose long duration Earth orbital mission is suddenly endangered when a mysterious force pulls his spacecraft towards the moon. The ending hints that the story may be a dream.

Graham1973 (talk) 16:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

References

Fifth Planet et al

I realize that Fifth Planet, like The Voyage and some other items, takes place farther in the future than is usual for this list. As always, I don't mind if someone else deletes the entries. Gildir (talk) 14:30, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Another Space/Cosmonaut themed music video

Spotted this pop clip on YouTube, Ich Dreh Mich Um Dich by Herbert Grönemeyer, the protagonist is either a washed-up or washed-out cosmonaut, footage used includes shots of Mir. Might be worth including.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KT7yzkhFmE

Graham1973 (talk) 12:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I finally got around to adding "Ich Dreh Mich Um Dich" to the list (borrowing your phrase "washed-up cosmonaut"). Sorry for the delay, Graham. (I especially liked the key change at the moment of liftoff.) Gildir (talk) 15:25, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Perry Rhodan has LOTS more of "proper" Astronauts...

Classical Novels (1961) Besides the crew of STARDUST (Mike Bull is the name for the same character called Reginald Bell in the novel in the german-italian movie production "S.O.S. aus dem Weltraum" (Mission Stardust in english) not an extra passenger aboard the nuclear Rocket they use to land on the moon...) There are also two other sisterships called STARDUST II (Crew: Michael Freyt, Lt Col; Rod Nyssen, Capt.; Lt. Recert and an unnamed "Weapons specialist from the US Department of Space" for their nuclear bomb they drop on the moon on the crashed alien vessel.) and GREYHOUND (Crew: Michael Freyt, Lt Col; Conrad Deringhouse, Lt; Rod Nyssen, Capt and William Sheldon, Maj.) which lands on the moon to investigate the destroyed alien ship and salvage its superior technology. STARDUST II is accompanied by a chinese and a russian rocket but of the four and six respective astronauts only Gleb Jakunin is named, another russian rocket exploded during pre-launch tests just before STARDUST itself had launched, again no names given. and all three powers had manned orbital stations, the US/western Block one was called FREEDOM-1 (the station comes from the 2 stage moon shot concept out of Disney's "Man and the Moon" documentary, the rocket is more shaped like a hybrid between the russian N1 and the XR1 moon-shuttle from "Man in Space" also a von Braun presented Spacetravel movie from Disney's tomorrowland and uses nuclear motors for the two upper stages, one rocket stage and one the vertical moonlander / return-plane)

And then there was a massive expedition of the Russians to Venus. A first wave of 500 ships (simply numbered starting with C-1 etc, definitely named were C-103 and C-145) under General Tomisenkov and Major-General Lemonowitsch landed without larger problems, a second wave of 200 russian rockets under commander MajGen Pjotkin (Flagship WLADISLAW KOSSYGIN) and Colonel Raskujan is started, but due to an attack with nuclear rockets on Rhodans new ship (technology of alien origin therefore out of the scope of this list) the first wave's camp is devastated by an overpass with the superior ship and 80 rockets destroyed with 2000 dead and 5000 heavily injured (out of 10,000 soldiers aboard the fleet). Some rockets are allowed to evacuate the injured, but then counterattacks demolish most of the remaining ships on the ground. The return voyage of Rhodan's ship leads to a midway collission with the second wave, destroying the flagship and damaging many more, causing a loss of 77 rockets during landing. Again follow-up attacks disable all russian rockets and the crews that survived (roughly 5000 heads strong) forms a first human colony under the new global government... A third wave of 1000 ships delivering amongst other things extra fuel to return with the first two fleets was planned but due to the fate of the first two expeditions and a political coup never started.

Perry Rhodan NEO (2011) A retelling of the original Series with backdated / modernized mission parameters... now in 2036 STARDUST lands on the moon, the second rocketship STARCHILD (again both on top of a NOVA rocket, but more in line with the "post Saturn" design from the sixties, like a slightly oversized CONSTELLATION derivative as again the third stage is a shuttle like plane-design for landing and return-trip to Earth), reusing the crew names from STARDUST and GREYHOUND in the original series. --5.146.47.75 (talk) 03:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

A film you might want to look at Operation Ganymed

Just found on YouTube a 1970s film from Germany called Operation Ganymed which involves Astronauts sent to land on Jupiter(!) returning to Earth to find things have changed rather a lot.

The English version is about one and a half hours long:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWq1vPKQ83I

The German version is about two hours long:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YKk0-ffo5M

Graham1973 (talk) 14:37, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Clarification

Just to make clear, in listing all those titles in the "Additional entries" section above, I didn't intend to call dibs on all of them to do myself. I often end up adding titles faster than I remove them, and it would probably take the rest of my life to get through them all. I would greatly appreciate anyone else adding any of them to the list, although of course I'll continue to work on them also. Gildir (talk) 00:25, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

I started this page years ago, in response to an itch I had. As a nerd, I was a huge fan of astronauts, and was passionately interested in the fictional variety; there was already a lot of information about real-life astronauts (heroes, every one), but vanishingly little about fictional ones that also inspired a love of science and a thrill to space exploration. Unfortunately, I lacked the willpower to finish the project; I was too easily daunted by the sheer amount of fiction that would need to be filtered to find them all. So, I lost the drive and left for a few years. I came back, and my little page of Wikipedia mushroomed, with editors just as passionate as myself contributing volumes of additional citations and references. I am humbled and ecstatic, and proud to be associated with this bunch. Thank you. --Roland 15:15, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Roland. Working on this list has given me great joy over the last few years, and none of it would have been possible without you. Gildir (talk) 20:44, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Just added - Control Somnambule

I've just added a short story I learned about in an online article. The article by Chris Peebles appeared in issue 91 of Magonia Magazine (Feb 2006) and discussed two science fiction stories describing phenomenon similar to the standard 'Alien Abduction' narrative and the first story he discussed was one ("Control Somnambule" by William Sambrot, published in the May 1962 issue of Playboy Magazine.) which had aliens abducting an astronaut on a solo Apollo mission experimenting on him and then returning him and his spacecraft to orbit as if nothing had happened. I've just added it to the list based on the details in the online article. However it is possible that the original magazine publication may have additional details not included in the article I read. The author is incredibly obscure, but a check of the ISFDb shows that the story has been reprinted in a short story collection called "Island of Fear" (in the 1960s) and in two Playboy short story collections "From the "S" File" and "Transit of Earth" (Both in the 1970s) which might be easier to locate than the original magazine publication.

Graham1973 (talk) 11:17, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

I've managed to find a copy "From the "S" File" which dated from 1971 and added the publication details. There was an editorial introduction but it was simply from "The Editors of Playboy Magazine' and did not credit an individual. The story didn't add any additional information to what was summarised in the article linked. Graham1973 (talk) 05:53, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

"The Parallel"

I have moved the Twilight Zone episode "The Parallel" from the "Counter-Earth" section back to the "Classic period" - "Mercury" section (where it originally was) because of the literal meaning of the tern "Counter-Earth". ("The Parallel" takes place in an alternate dimension, not on a parallel Earth on the far side of the sun.) Gildir (talk) 05:58, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Major Tom

Why no mention of David Bowie's Major Tom? --2003:71:4E07:BB09:FC3A:9551:4E36:AD36 (talk) 12:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

He is on the list, in the "Gemini" section under Space Oddity. I was never satisfied with the only citation for him being a link to a YouTube video, but couldn't find a more satisfying reference (e.g. published sheet music of the song). Gildir (talk) 15:26, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Too long?

User:jd22292 has tagged the article as "very long"/"too long". (If all of my proposed "Additional entries" above were added, it would probably be twice as long as it is now!) Should we split the list into sub-articles? Perhaps make separate articles out of the main sections: "Early period", "Classic period", "Modern period" and "Futuristic"/"To infinity and beyond"? One problem with doing so is that some novels, such as Encounter with Tiber, Voyage and Mars Crossing, would be split between articles. Also, how could the article be condensed? Can some extremely long entries (e.g. Men into Space, Missing Man) be reduced in length? Should we drop the "TV commercials" section, which is subject to WP:Recentism anyway? What do others think? Gildir (talk) 16:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

• Support. Once split, each section can then be summarized on this page. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 17:02, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

I have now carried out the split, as can be seen from the "Copied" templates at the top of this page. I want to thank User: Diannaa for pointing out that I needed to maintain attribution to the original contributors on the new pages. Gildir (talk) 17:06, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Another fictional American astronaut from a music clip

Just found this music video One Hundred Hunters by Nigel John Stanford. Has an unnamed US Astronaut sent to investigate an alien item found on the Moon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2rtCpbn7k

Unfortunately the maker mixed up Apollo and Gemini stock footage when he made the video.

Graham1973 (talk) 10:20, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Graham, I'll look into it. Gildir (talk) 17:55, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

I have now added the video to List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era). Gildir (talk) 13:54, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

The Cape

I have stumbled across a YouTube Channel that has uploaded what appears to be the full season run of 'The Cape' including the Lost Cosmonauts episode "Buried in Peace", if I can find an online source for the names of the Cosmonauts (They are given in full in the episode) I will add them to the list.

The youtube channel is linked below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP644s4WLcSZLoAVtfrlfw/videos

Graham1973 (talk) 04:05, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Here is the planned entry resulting from attempting to transcribe the episode "Buried in Peace", I need to find a source for the scriptwiter(s) (The YouTube copy cuts off the end credits.) and the original airing network. The two names of the 'Lost Cosmonauts' are transcribed from the copy of the episode available on YouTube, a written source would be much better. The same applies for Andrei Mikoyan, the cosmonaut aboard Atlantis when the discovery is made.

Graham1973 (talk) 03:47, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Name(s)	Appeared in	Program / Mission / Spacecraft	Fictional date
Nikolai Gushkov, Alexander Brinkov	The Cape, Buried in Peace (1996), TV	Soviet Manned Lunar Programme, Soyuz	1968
	Cosmonauts launched on December 5 1968 in an attempt to beat Apollo 11 to the moon with a planned landing in the Sea of Crises. The mission fails when contact with the spacecraft is lost. The launch is covered up by the Soviet authorities as an unmanned launch in the Zond program until the spacecraft is re-discovered by the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis. Brinkov is described as a veteran of 6 previous missions and second only to Gagarin in the Soviet space program.

Thanks, Graham. I appreciate your adding this. It's always good to see more stuff added to these lists. Gildir (talk) 13:41, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

References

Perry Mason and Coronet Blue episodes

I have deleted Coronet Blue: "Six Months to Mars" (1967) from my "Additional entries" to-do list without adding it to the main list for the same reason I did so with Perry Mason: "The Case of the Angry Astronaut" (1962) a few years ago. Both episodes involve "test astronauts" (i.e. bioastronautical test subjects), whom I don't consider eligible for inclusion, as opposed to "real" fictional astronauts. If the lists were expanded to include test astronauts, they would also have to include characters from Gog (1954 film) and at least one episode of The Man and the Challenge. Gildir (talk) 14:31, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

For All Mankind - Alt-History Web Series.

Apple is launching a new streaming webseries devoted to the idea that the Soviets got to the Moon first and so the space race continues further on. Looks to be a lot of fictional astronauts. Here is their teaser trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZS9M52Bd_w

Graham1973 (talk) 05:30, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you -- help needed

As shown in the summary for my previous edit, for the first time in a few years, someone other than me has added one of the items from my humongous to-do list to the main list (the Twilight Zone episode "Six Degrees of Freedom"). I am extremely pleased about this. As I've mentioned a few times before, I never meant to hog all those items for myself; in fact, it's unlikely I could ever get to them all in my lifetime. With prominent new and upcoming productions such as Ad Astra and For All Mankind featuring fictional astronauts, these lists need the assistance of lots of editors to reach a more nearly complete form. Gildir (talk) 13:39, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Further to the above comment, an IP address editor has now added For All Mankind to the main list. Gildir (talk) 04:44, 18 August 2020 (UTC)