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, Pilot of
Starliner Crewed Flight Test. First female astronaut to fly on a orbital spacecraft's maiden flight.
|
[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]
|