Name | Class year | Notability | References |
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Alan Shepard | 1945 | 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 | [a][4][5][6] |
Wally Schirra | 1946 | 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) | [a][7][8][9] |
James Irwin | 1951 | 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] |
Donn F. Eisele | 1952 | Test pilot, CMP on Apollo 7, the first Apollo program crewed mission | [a][13][14][15] |
Edward Givens | 1952 | Test pilot, died in an automobile crash before making a spaceflight | [a][16][17][18] |
Jim Lovell | 1952 | 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 | [a][19][20][21] |
Thomas P. Stafford | 1952 | Pilot, Gemini 6A, commanded Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project | [a][22][23][24] |
Theodore Freeman | 1953 | Test pilot, died in a plane crash before making a spaceflight | [a][25][26][27] |
William Anders | 1955 | Astronaut, flew on Apollo 8; ambassador to Norway (1975–1977) | [a][c][28][29] |
Charles Duke | 1957 | Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 16; walked on the Moon | [a][30][31] |
Bruce McCandless II | 1958 | 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 | [a][32][33] |
S. David Griggs | 1962 | Performed an unscheduled spacewalk during STS-51-D | [a][34][35] |
Robert C. Springer | 1964 | Mission specialist on STS-29 and STS-38 | [a][36][37] |
John Oliver Creighton | 1966 | Pilot of STS-51-G, commanded STS-36 and STS-48 | [a][38][39] |
David Walker | 1966 | Pilot of STS-51-A, commanded STS-30, STS-53 and STS-69 | [a][40][41] |
James Buchli | 1967 | Mission specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29 and STS-48 | [a][42][43] |
Michael J. Smith | 1967 | Pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during STS-51-L | [a][44][45] |
Charles Bolden | 1968 | 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] |
Michael Coats | 1968 | Pilot of STS-41-D, and commanded STS-29 and STS-39 | [a][48][49] |
Bryan D. O'Connor | 1968 | Pilot of STS-61-B, and commanded STS-40 | [a][50][51] |
John M. Lounge | 1969 | Mission specialist on STS-51-I, STS-26 and STS-35 | [a][52][53] |
Robert D. Cabana | 1971 | Pilot of STS-41 and STS-53, commanded STS-65 and STS-88 | [a][54][55] |
Frank L. Culbertson Jr. | 1971 | Pilot of STS-38, commanded STS-51 and International Space Station Expedition 3 | [a][56][57] |
David Leestma | 1971 | Mission specialist on STS-41-G, STS-28 and STS-45 | [a][58][59] |
William Shepherd | 1971 | Mission specialist on STS-27, STS-41 and STS-52; commanded International Space Station Expedition 1 | [a][60][61] |
John L. Phillips | 1972 | Mission specialist on STS-100 and STS-119; flight engineer of International Space Station Expedition 11 | [a][62][63] |
Stephen S. Oswald | 1973 | Pilot of STS-42 and STS-56, commanded STS-67 | [a][64][65] |
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. | 1973 | Pilot of STS-48 and STS-60 | [a][66][67] |
William F. Readdy | 1974 | Mission specialist on STS-42, pilot of STS-51 and commanded STS-79 | [a][68][69] |
Stephen Thorne | 1975 | Test pilot and Space Shuttle program trainee, died in a plane crash before making a spaceflight | [a][70][71] |
Jerry M. Linenger | 1977 | 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 | Pilot of STS-50, commanded STS-61, STS-73, STS-82 and International Space Station Expedition 6 | [a][76][77] |
Daniel W. Bursch | 1979 | 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 | 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] |
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] |
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] |