List of lunar craters named for space explorers
Fourteen craters on the Moon have been named after astronauts and cosmonauts who have died as part of a space mission. Most craters are on the far side of the Moon.
Four craters were named after the Apollo 1 astronauts and a Soviet cosmonaut of the Soyuz 1 mission, all four of whom died in 1967:
Subsequently, three craters were named after the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts, who died June 30, 1971:
Since then, seven craters have been named after the Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts who died on the January 28, 1986 launch of that orbiter.
- Dick Scobee
- Gregory Jarvis
- Ronald McNair
- Ellison Onizuka
- Judith Resnik
- Michael J. Smith
- Christa McAuliffe
Several of the internal craters in the Apollo crater have been named after the crew.