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][1][2]
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Wally Schirra
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1946
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The 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][3][4]
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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.
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[a][5][6]
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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][7][8]
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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][9][10]
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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][11][12]
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Thomas Patten 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][13][14]
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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][15][16]
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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][g][17][18]
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Charles Duke
|
1957
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Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 16
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[a][19][20]
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Bruce McCandless II
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1958
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Performed the first un-thethered spacewalk on STS-41-B and also flew on STS-31
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[a][21][22]
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S. David Griggs
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1962
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Performed an unscheduled spacewalk during STS-51-D
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[a][23][24]
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Robert C. Springer
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1964
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Mission specialist on STS-29 and STS-38
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[a][25][26]
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John Oliver Creighton
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1966
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Pilot of STS-51-G, Commanded STS-36 and STS-48
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[a][27][28]
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David Walker
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1966
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Pilot of STS-51-A, Commanded STS-30, STS-53 and STS-69
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[a][29][30]
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James Buchli
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1967
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Mission specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29 and STS-48
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[a][31][32]
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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][33][34]
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Charles F. Bolden Jr.
|
1968
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United States Marine Corps test pilot; Pilot of STS-61-C and STS-31; Commanded STS-45 and STS-60.
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[a][35][36]
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Michael Coats
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1968
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Pilot of STS-41-D, and Commanded STS-29 and STS-39
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[a][37][38]
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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][39][40]
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John M. Lounge
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1969
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Mission specialist on STS-51-I, STS-26 and STS-35
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[a][41][42]
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Robert D. Cabana
|
1971
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Pilot of STS-41 and STS-53, Commanded STS-65 and STS-88
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[a][43][44]
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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][45][46]
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David Leestma
|
1971
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Mission specialist on STS-41-G, STS-28 and STS-45
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[a][47][48]
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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
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[a][49][50]
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John L. Phillips
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1972
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Mission specialist on STS-100 and STS-119; Flight Engineer of International Space Station Expedition 11
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[a][51][52]
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Stephen S. Oswald
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1973
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Pilot of STS-42 and STS-56, Commanded STS-67
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[a][53][54]
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Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
|
1973
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Pilot of STS-48 and STS-60
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[a][55][56]
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William F. Readdy
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1974
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Mission Specialist on STS-42, Pilot of STS-51 and Commanded STS-79
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[a][57][58]
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Stephen Thorne
|
1975
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Test pilot, died in a plane crash before making a spaceflight
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[a][59][60]
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Jerry M. Linenger
|
1977
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Mission Specialist on STS-64, and long-duration spaceflight on the Mir space station
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[a][61][62]
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Pierre J. Thuot
|
1977
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Mission Specialist on STS-36, STS-49 and STS-62
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[a][63][64]
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Ken Bowersox
|
1978
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Pilot of STS-50, Commanded STS-61, STS-73, STS-82 and International Space Station Expedition 6
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[a][65][66]
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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
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[a][67][68]
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Michael Foreman
|
1979
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Mission Specialist on STS-123
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[a][69][70]
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Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
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1979
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Pilot of STS-91 and STS-99; Commanded STS-108 and STS-123
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[a][71][72]
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Joe F. Edwards Jr.
|
1980
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United States Navy test pilot, Pilot of STS-89.
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[a][73][74]
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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.
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[a][75][76]
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Kathryn P. Hire
|
1981
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Mission Specialist on STS-90 and STS-130
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[a][77][78]
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Brent W. Jett Jr.
|
1981
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Pilot of STS-72 and STS-81; Commanded STS-97 and STS-115
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[a][79][80]
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Wendy B. Lawrence
|
1981
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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.
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[a][81][82]
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Christopher Loria
|
1983
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Assigned as the pilot of STS-113, but an injury resulted in medical disqualification from spaceflight.
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[a][83][84]
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William Cameron McCool
|
1983
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Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia, killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry at the conclusion of STS-107.
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[a][85][86]
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Robert Curbeam
|
1984
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Mission Specialist on STS-85, STS-98 and STS-116
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[a][87][88]
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Charles O. Hobaugh
|
1984
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Pilot of STS-104 and STS-118; Will Command STS-129
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[a][89][90]
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George D. Zamka
|
1984
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Pilot of STS-120; Will Command STS-130
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[a][91][92]
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Lisa Nowak
|
1985
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Former astronaut, Mission Specialist on STS-121.
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[93]
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Stephen Frick
|
1986
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Pilot of STS-110 and Commanded STS-122
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[a][94][95]
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Stephen G. Bowen
|
1986
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Mission Specialist on STS-126
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[a][96][97]
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Sunita Williams
|
1987
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Flight Engineer of International Space Station Expeditions 14 and 15
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[a][98][99]
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Kenneth Ham
|
1987
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Pilot of STS-124
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[a][100][101]
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Christopher Cassidy
|
1993
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Mission Specialist on STS-127
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[a][102][103]
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