| Name |
Class year |
Notability |
References |
| 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, STS-117 and SpaceX Crew-9, flight engineer for Expeditions 14, 15, 71 and 72; Commander of Expedition 33, Pilot of Starliner Crewed Flight Test. First female astronaut to fly on an 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] |