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The
United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in
West Point, New York that educates and
commissions officers for the
United States Army . Twenty-one graduates of the Military Academy have been selected for astronaut training by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the third most out of any college in the United States. The first alumnus to graduate and go on to become an astronaut was
Frank Borman , class of 1950. As of August 2022, the most recent alumnus to become an astronaut was
Anne McClain , class of 2002. Five alumni were part of
Project Gemini , six part of the
Apollo program , two have
walked on the Moon , and twelve were part of the
Space Shuttle program .
Astronauts
Note: "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war, classes often graduate early.
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Frank Borman
1950
Commanded
Gemini 7 and
Apollo 8 ; first to orbit Moon and to see
far side of the Moon
[1]
[2]
Buzz Aldrin
1951
Pilot of
Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on
Apollo 11 ; 2nd person to walk on the Moon
[3]
[4]
Michael Collins
1952
Pilot of
Gemini 10 and Command Module Pilot on
Apollo 11
[5]
[6]
Ed White
1952
Pilot of
Gemini 4 , died in the
Apollo 1 fire; first American to perform a
spacewalk ; buried at West Point
[4]
[7]
David Scott
1954
Pilot of
Gemini 8 , Command Module Pilot of
Apollo 9 , and Commander of
Apollo 15 ; walked on the Moon
[4]
[8]
Donald H. Peterson
1955
Mission Specialist on
STS-6
[9]
[10]
Alfred Worden
1955
Command Module Pilot of
Apollo 15
[10]
[11]
Richard M. Mullane
1967
Mission Specialist on
STS-41-D ,
STS-27 , and
STS-36
[4]
[12]
Sherwood C. Spring
1967
Mission Specialist on
STS-61-B
[4]
[13]
James C. Adamson
1969
Mission Specialist on
STS-28 and
STS-43
[4]
[14]
William S. McArthur
1973
Mission Specialist on
STS-58 ,
STS-74 , and
STS-92 ; commanded
International Space Station
Expedition 12
[4]
[15]
Michael R. Clifford
1974
Mission Specialist on
STS-53 ,
STS-59 , and
STS-76
[4]
[16]
Charles D. Gemar
1979
Mission Specialist on
STS-38 ,
STS-48 , and
STS-62
[10]
[17]
Patrick G. Forrester
1979
Mission Specialist on
STS-105 ,
STS-117 , and
STS-128
[4]
[18]
Jeffrey Williams
1980
Mission Specialist on
STS-101 ; Flight Engineer of ISS Expeditions
13 and
21 , Commander of
Expedition 22
[4]
[19]
Douglas H. Wheelock
1983
Mission Specialist on
STS-120 ; Flight Engineer of ISS
Expedition 24 and Commander of
Expedition 25
[20]
[21]
Timothy L. Kopra
1985
Flight Engineer of International Space Station Expeditions
19 and
20
[4]
[22]
Robert S. Kimbrough
1989
Mission Specialist on
STS-126
[23]
[24]
Francisco Rubio
1998
Soyuz MS-22 /
Soyuz MS-23 (
Expedition 67 /
68 /
69 )
[25]
Andrew R. Morgan
1998
Soyuz MS-13 /
Soyuz MS-15 (
Expedition 60 /
61 /
62 )
[26]
Anne McClain
2002
Soyuz MS-11 (
Expedition 58 /
59 )
[27]
Ed White
Alfred Worden
Shane Kimbrough
References
General
^ a: Special Collections: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy . West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Library. 1950.
Inline citations
^
"Frank Borman" . National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). December 1993. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^ Borman, Frank; Serling, Robert J. (October 1988).
Countdown: An Autobiography . Silver Arrow. p.
13 .
ISBN
0-688-07929-6 .
^
"Buzz Aldrin, Ph.D. (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)" . NASA. January 1996. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
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"Astronauts and the BSA" .
Boy Scouts of America . Archived from
the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2006-03-20 .
^
"Michael Collins (Brigadier General, USAF, Ret.)" . NASA. December 1994. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^ Collins, Michael; Charles Lindbergh (2001).
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys . Cooper Square Press. pp.
8–14 .
ISBN
0-8154-1028-X .
^
"Edward H. White, II (Lieutenant Colonel)" . NASA. December 1997. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"David R. Scott (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)" . NASA. December 1975. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Donald H. Peterson (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)" . NASA. May 1994. Archived from
the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
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b
c
"Graduates and Former Cadets" . USMA. Archived from
the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-03-22 .
^
"Alfred Merrill Worden" . NASA. December 1993. Archived from
the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Richard M. Mullane (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)" . NASA. January 1996. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Sherwood C. (Woody) Spring (Colonel, USA, Ret.)" . NASA. December 1994. Archived from
the original on 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"James C. Adamson (Colonel, U.S. Army, Ret.)" . NASA. October 2002. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., (Colonel, USA, Ret.)" . NASA. March 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Michael Richard "Rich" Clifford (Lieutenant Colonel, USA)" . NASA. January 1997. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Charles D. (nickname Sam) Gemar (Lieutenant Colonel, USA)" . NASA. March 1997. Archived from
the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Patrick G. Forrester (Colonel, USA, Ret.)" . NASA. July 2008. Archived from
the original on 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Jeffrey N. Williams (Colonel, USA, Ret.)" . NASA. January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Douglas H. Wheelock (Colonel, USA)" . NASA. February 2009. Archived from
the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^ Schwartz, John (2008-07-20).
"Murcer's Jersey Made a Journey to Outer Space" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-03-22 .
^
"Timothy L. Kopra (Colonel, USA)" . NASA. March 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Robert S. Kimbrough (Lieutenant Colonel, USA)" . NASA. December 2008. Archived from
the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .
^
"Tech Alumnus Selected for NASA's Astronaut Class of 2004" .
Georgia Institute of Technology . 2004-05-07. Archived from
the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2009-03-22 .
^
"Astronaut Frank Rubio" . 5 June 2017.
^
"Andrew R. Morgan (M.D.) (Col., U.S. Army) NASA Astronaut" . 21 February 2016.
^ Whiting, Melanie (October 3, 2018).
"Anne C. McClain (Col, U.S. Army) NASA Astronaut" . nasa.gov .
NASA . Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
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