There have been many astronauts who have been to space apart from Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. Some notable examples include:

- Yuri Gagarin, the first person to travel into space

- Alan Shepard, the first American to travel into space

- Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel into space

- John Glenn, the oldest person to travel into space

-Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to spend more than 24 hours in space