Name
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Alan Shepard
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1945
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Rear admiral, World War II veteran, Navy test pilot, first U.S. Astronaut in space onboard Mercury-Redstone 3 and only Mercury Seven astronaut to walk on the Moon while commanding Apollo 14
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[a][4][5][6]
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Wally Schirra
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1946
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Only astronaut to fly in America's first three space programs: Project Mercury (Mercury 8), Project Gemini (Gemini 6A), and Project Apollo (Apollo 7 Commander)
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[a][7][8][9]
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James Irwin
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1951
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Served as an SR-71 Blackbird pilot and became a NASA astronaut, serving as the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 15, on which the first lunar rover was used; walked on the Moon
|
[a][10][11][12]
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Donn F. Eisele
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1952
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Test pilot, CMP on Apollo 7, the first Apollo program crewed mission
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[a][13][14][15]
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Edward Givens
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1952
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Test pilot, died in an automobile crash before making a spaceflight
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[a][16][17][18]
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Jim Lovell
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1952
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Served in the Korean War, Navy test pilot, astronaut participating in Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and commanding the ill-fated Apollo 13, which he brought back safely
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[a][19][20][21]
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Thomas P. Stafford
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1952
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Pilot, Gemini 6A, commanded Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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[a][22][23][24]
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Theodore Freeman
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1953
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Test pilot, died in a plane crash before making a spaceflight
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[a][25][26][27]
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William Anders
|
1955
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Astronaut, flew on Apollo 8; ambassador to Norway (1975–1977)
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[a][c][28][29]
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Charles Duke
|
1957
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Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 16; walked on the Moon
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[a][30][31]
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Bruce McCandless II
|
1958
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Performed the first un-tethered spacewalk on STS-41-B and also flew on STS-31; son of Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, Medal of Honor recipient of World War II, class of 1932
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[a][32][33]
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S. David Griggs
|
1962
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Performed an unscheduled spacewalk during STS-51-D
|
[a][34][35]
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Robert C. Springer
|
1964
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Mission specialist on STS-29 and STS-38
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[a][36][37]
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John Oliver Creighton
|
1966
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Pilot of STS-51-G, commanded STS-36 and STS-48
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[a][38][39]
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David Walker
|
1966
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Pilot of STS-51-A, commanded STS-30, STS-53 and STS-69
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[a][40][41]
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James Buchli
|
1967
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Mission specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29 and STS-48
|
[a][42][43]
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Michael J. Smith
|
1967
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Pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during STS-51-L
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[a][44][45]
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Charles Bolden
|
1968
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Major General; United States Marine Corps test pilot; pilot of STS-61-C and STS-31; commanded STS-45 and STS-60; nominated in 2009 to be NASA Administrator
|
[a][46][47]
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Michael Coats
|
1968
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Pilot of STS-41-D, and commanded STS-29 and STS-39
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[a][48][49]
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Bryan D. O'Connor
|
1968
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Pilot of STS-61-B, and commanded STS-40
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[a][50][51]
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John M. Lounge
|
1969
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Mission specialist on STS-51-I, STS-26 and STS-35
|
[a][52][53]
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Robert D. Cabana
|
1971
|
Pilot of STS-41 and STS-53, commanded STS-65 and STS-88
|
[a][54][55]
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Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
|
1971
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Pilot of STS-38, commanded STS-51 and International Space Station Expedition 3
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[a][56][57]
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David Leestma
|
1971
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Mission specialist on STS-41-G, STS-28 and STS-45
|
[a][58][59]
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William Shepherd
|
1971
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Mission specialist on STS-27, STS-41 and STS-52; commanded International Space Station Expedition 1
|
[a][60][61]
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John L. Phillips
|
1972
|
Mission specialist on STS-100 and STS-119; flight engineer of International Space Station Expedition 11
|
[a][62][63]
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Stephen S. Oswald
|
1973
|
Pilot of STS-42 and STS-56, commanded STS-67
|
[a][64][65]
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Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
|
1973
|
Pilot of STS-48 and STS-60
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[a][66][67]
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William F. Readdy
|
1974
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Mission specialist on STS-42, pilot of STS-51 and commanded STS-79
|
[a][68][69]
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Stephen Thorne
|
1975
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Test pilot and Space Shuttle program trainee, died in a plane crash before making a spaceflight
|
[a][70][71]
|
Jerry M. Linenger
|
1977
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Mission specialist on STS-64, and long-duration spaceflight on the Mir space station
|
[a][72][73]
|
Pierre J. Thuot
|
1977
|
Mission specialist on STS-36, STS-49 and STS-62
|
[a][74][75]
|
Ken Bowersox
|
1978
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Pilot of STS-50, commanded STS-61, STS-73, STS-82 and International Space Station Expedition 6
|
[a][76][77]
|
Daniel W. Bursch
|
1979
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Mission specialist on STS-51, STS-68 and STS-77; flight engineer of International Space Station Expedition 4
|
[a][78][79]
|
Michael Foreman
|
1979
|
Mission specialist on STS-123
|
[a][80][81]
|
Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
|
1979
|
Pilot of STS-91 and STS-99; commanded STS-108 and STS-123
|
[a][82][83]
|
Joe F. Edwards Jr.
|
1980
|
United States Navy test pilot, pilot of STS-89
|
[a][84][85]
|
Michael López-Alegría
|
1980
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Mission specialist for STS-73, STS-92, and STS-113; commanded International Space Station Expedition 14. American record holder for space walks, with 10
|
[a][86][87]
|
Kathryn P. Hire
|
1981
|
Mission specialist on STS-90 and STS-130
|
[a][88][89]
|
Brent W. Jett Jr.
|
1981
|
Pilot of STS-72 and STS-81; commanded STS-97 and STS-115
|
[a][90][91]
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Wendy B. Lawrence
|
1981
|
Navy helicopter pilot and mission specialist for STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, and STS-114; daughter of William P. Lawrence, Superintendent of the Academy while she was a Midshipman
|
[a][92][93]
|
Christopher Loria
|
1983
|
Assigned as the pilot of STS-113, but an injury resulted in medical disqualification from spaceflight
|
[a][94][95]
|
William C. McCool
|
1983
|
Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia, killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry at the conclusion of STS-107
|
[a][96][97][98]
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Robert Curbeam
|
1984
|
Mission specialist on STS-85, STS-98 and STS-116
|
[a][99][100]
|
Charles O. Hobaugh
|
1984
|
Pilot of STS-104 and STS-118; Commander of STS-129
|
[a][101][102]
|
George D. Zamka
|
1984
|
Pilot of STS-120; Commander of STS-130
|
[a][103][104]
|
Lisa Nowak
|
1985
|
Mission specialist on STS-121, terminated by NASA after arrest on an attempted kidnapping charge
|
[105]
|
Stephen Frick
|
1986
|
Pilot of STS-110 and commanded STS-122
|
[a][106][107]
|
Stephen Bowen
|
1986
|
Mission specialist on STS-126
|
[a][108][109]
|
Sunita Williams
|
1987
|
Mission specialist on STS-116 and STS-117, flight engineer for Expeditions 14 and 15; Commander of Expedition 33
|
[a][110][111]
|
Kenneth Ham
|
1987
|
Pilot of STS-124
|
[a][112][113]
|
Christopher Cassidy
|
1993
|
Mission specialist on STS-127, Commander of Expedition 63
|
[a][114][115]
|
Nicole Aunapu Mann
|
1999
|
Selected in 2013 and completed astronaut training in 2015, commanded SpaceX Crew-5, first Native American woman in space
|
[116]
|
Kayla Barron
|
2010
|
Selected in 2017, spent 177 days on the ISS as a member of NASA SpaceX Crew-3
|
[117]
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