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[[File:William Lundigan Men into Space 1959.JPG|thumb|Actor [[William Lundigan]] as Col. Edward McCauley, ''[[Men into Space]]'' (TV series)]]
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These are a series of incomplete '''lists of fictional astronauts''' appearing in various media, including books, film, television shows (live or animated), radio shows, records, and comic books.

To be included in these lists, a fictional [[astronaut]] must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world [[space programs]], as they have actually existed since the beginning of the [[Space Age]], or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age. Criteria include:
# A fictional astronaut must be human (not an alien, robot, or animal).
# A fictional astronaut must be on a flight originating from the Earth; space travellers engaging in casual voyages between other planets (as in ''[[Star Wars]]'' or ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'') are not eligible.
# A fictional astronaut must be presented as living in the period of the early [[space exploration|exploration]] of space, 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 1960–2060.
# A fictional astronaut is preferably part of a real space program, like [[NASA]] or the [[Soviet space program|Soviet]]/[[Russian space program]], or fictional knockoffs of the same (e.g. ANSA, IASA).
# A fictional astronaut preferably uses [[space technology|space travel technology]] within the realm of the possible. Preference should be given to astronauts depicted using real technology (e.g. [[Apollo program|Apollo]], [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]], [[Space Shuttle]]) or close fictional knockoffs of the same.

==Fictional astronauts==
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Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:

===Early period===
* [[List of fictional astronauts (early period)]]

===Classic period===
* [[List of fictional astronauts (Project Mercury era)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (Project Gemini era)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (Project Apollo era)]]

===Modern period===
* [[List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 1975–1989)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 1990–1999)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2000–2009)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2010–2029)]]

===Futuristic===
* [[List of fictional astronauts (futuristic exploration of Moon)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (exploration of inner Solar System)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (exploration of outer Solar System)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (miscellaneous futuristic activities)]]
* [[List of fictional astronauts (beyond near-future capabilities)]]

==Astronauts in other media==
Several toy astronaut dolls and action figures were produced in response to the popularity of astronauts in the 1960s. Most of them had no associated storylines. They included:
* Johnny and Jane Apollo, 1968 plastic toys with accessories including a "Moon Rover".
* [[Barbie]], the world's most popular doll, was released with a variant space suit costume in the 1960s.
* [[Billy Blastoff]], an apparently juvenile astronaut of the 1960s.
* The [[Major Matt Mason]] line of toys from 1968, including Major Mason himself, Lt. Jeff Long, Sgt. Storm, and Doug Davis.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pyle |first=Rod |authorlink=Rod Pyle |title=Amazing Stories of the Space Age |chapter=Major Matt Mason: A Man for the New Space Age |pages=291–297 |publisher=[[Prometheus Books]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-63388-221-8}}</ref>
* [[Moon McDare]], a generic astronaut figure from 1965, packaged with various accessories.
* [[Blackstar (TV series)|John Blackstar]], Earth astronaut who crashes on planet Sagar.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/blackstar/ Blackstar], TV.com</ref>
*[[Kaito Momota]], from ''[[Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony]]'', called "the Ultimate Astronaut".

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.biblioinfo.com/moon/sf_moon.html |title=The Moon in Science Fiction |last=Altner |first=Patricia |date=March 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307030717/http://www.biblioinfo.com/moon/sf_moon.html |archive-date=2012-03-07 |access-date=2017-01-12}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.outofthecradle.net/archives/2008/01/the-bicentilune/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117063853/http://www.outofthecradle.net/archives/2008/01/the-bicentilune/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 17, 2008 |last=Murphy |first=Ken |date=January 8, 2008 |title=The Bicentilune (or 200 tales of Lunar Adventure) |publisher=Out of the Cradle |access-date=2017-11-23}}
* {{cite journal |url=http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3027/1 |title=Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 1) |last=Murphy |first=Ken |date=July 18, 2016 |journal=[[The Space Review]] |access-date=2017-10-30}}
* {{cite journal |url=http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3032/1 |title=Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 2) |last=Murphy |first=Ken |date=July 25, 2016 |journal=The Space Review |access-date=2017-10-30}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.moriareviews.com/films-depicting-nasa-and-the-space-program |title=Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program |last=Scheib |first=Richard |work=Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review |date= |access-date=March 9, 2025}}

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