The following is a list of fictional astronauts exploring the inner Solar System.
Sun
Name(s)Appeared inProgram / Mission / SpacecraftFictional dateNorman Paul "Dave" Davis, Maj. (Commander)Bernhard "Bud" Gierr, Capt.Orren "Doc" Lorimer, Dr. (Scientist)Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976), novellaNASASunbird OneNear Future (before 2000)Crew of first circumsolar mission travels forward to time when male humans no longer exist.Euclid Station:TakumiGeorgeLizzy (no last names given)Unnamed personnelSatellite tender:Max (Pilot) (no last name given)Travis "Trav" Hill, Ph.D.High-orbit shuttle:Six unnamed astronautsRobin Braide (CAPCOM)Starfire (test flight):Robin Braide (Commander)Leroy "Spin" Calder (Pilot)Melinda Wooster (Navigation and communication [NAVCOM])James Giles, Lt. Col. (USAF) (Mission Specialist)Linwood "Doc" Deveraux, Dr. (Propulsion control [PROP])Starfire (operational flight):Robin Braide (Commander)Spin Calder (Pilot)Melinda Wooster (NAVCOM)Travis Hill, Prof. (Ph.D.) (Mission Specialist)Linwood Deveraux, Dr. (PROP)Dick Crease (Alternate crew commander)Starfire (1988), novelNASA:Euclid Station (polar orbit space station)Satellite tender (call sign "Twinkletoes")High-orbit shuttleArchimedes Station (equatorial orbit space station)Starfire (fusion-powered spacecraft)c. 2015 (September) – August 2023Fusion-powered spacecraft Starfire flies operational mission to Apollo asteroid 2021 XA (a.k.a. Everest), which is falling into the Sun. Wooster and Hill are first humans on an asteroid.Skytown:"Skeet" Kelso, Adm.AveryUnnamed personnelHelios:Steve Kelso, Capt. (Commander)Borg, Capt. (Executive Officer)Alex Noffe (UK) (Project Officer)Harvard Clark Gordon, Lt.McBrideJensen Tracy "Bobby" Meeks, Lt. (Cryogenics and propulsion)Ken Minami, Dr. (Japan)LamareT.C. (France)Seven other astronautsSolar Crisis (1990), filmUnited Command:Skytown (space station)U.S.S. HeliosRa (probe)Chicago (cargo ship)2050Mission to deflect solar flare from destroying all life on Earth. Noffe is a "biogenetically enhanced human".Icarus I:Pinbacker (Captain)FischerNakazawaLinEstevesChowBoesWhite (no first names given)Icarus II:Kaneda (Captain)Harvey (Comms Officer/Second-in-command)"Cassie" Cassidy (Pilot)Mace (Engineer/Co-pilot)Trey (Navigator)"Cory" Corazon (Biologist/Life support)Robert Capa (Physicist)Searle, Dr. (Psych Officer)Sunshine (2007), filmIcarus Project:Icarus IIcarus II20502057Icarus I vanishes on mission to reignite dying Sun with nuclear device; seven years later, Icarus II crew attempt same mission.Anton HarkovIvan VankoUnnamed cosmonauts/scientistsIron Man: Armored Adventures"Iron Man vs. the Crimson Dynamo" (2009), TVProject Pegasus:Prometheus One (space station)Escape shuttleContemporaryRussian cosmonaut Vanko is caught in a solar flare while testing Crimson Dynamo armor on EVA from space station in solar orbit. Two years later, the Crimson Dynamo returns to Earth.Solar Explorer (NASA):Amy Michaels (NASA) Mission Commander/SurgeonCallis John (NASA) EngineerHeather Marshall (NASA)Astronomer/PhysicsAlain Petit (France) PhysicsSolar Yatch (RB Group):Artem (Ukraine) (no last names given)Silent Sun (2019), novelSolar ExplorerSolar Yatch2074A group of astronauts must investigate a strange extraterrestrial structure localized in solar orbit. Amy Michaels is a space veteran.
Mercury
Name(s)Appeared inProgram / Mission / SpacecraftFictional dateFirst mission:Pavlik (no first name given)Second mission:Hugh KellardBinetti (Communications Officer) (no first name given)Morse (no first name given)Y-90:Shay (Navigator) (no first name given)Two unnamed crewmenJohn HalfrichHugh KellardMorgenson (Biophysicist) (no first name given)"Sunfire!" (1962), short storySurvey:Y-90 (experimental cruiser)Future (Autumn)On second crewed mission to "Sunside" of Mercury, Kellard encounters intelligent photon-based lifeforms. Kellard was on the first mission to Ganymede.Willard "Will" Rowson (Captain)Camille Burkett, Ph.D. (Mineralogist)Eileen Harmon, Dr. (Stratigrapher)Joe Mardikian, Dr. (Geophysicist)Tom Marini, Dr. (Biologist)Milt Schlossberg, Dr. (Astronomer)Luigi AielloBabineau (Medic) (no first name given)Ren HargedonMary Spurr (Spacesuit technician)Eric Trackman (Nuclear engineer)Arnie Zaino (Communications specialist)"Hot Planet" (1963), short storyAlbireoFutureCrew investigating Mercury's development of a temporary atmosphere.Clifford Greenberg, Col.2061: Odyssey Three (1987), novelUnknown2030sFirst man on Mercury, who landed at the south pole, joins the complement of the luxury spaceliner Universe thirty years later for the first landing on Halley's Comet.Marshall Donnington (Commander)Lee Tahori (Pilot)Victoria PrestonCollision Earth (2011), TV movieSpace ShuttleUSS NautilusNear Future (Autumn)Astronauts preparing to orbit Mercury when solar event sets planet on collision course with Earth.John Russell, Capt.Give Me Space (2016), short filmUnknownFutureAstronaut stranded on inhabited Mercury by lack of fuel.
Venus