The Graduate Heritage Projects

Graduate Astronauts



Dates shown are mission launch dates. Astronaut photos courtesy of NASA.




Karol Bobko
Class of 1959
STS-6     4 April 1983
STS-51-D     12 April 1985
STS-51-J     3 October 1985
Frederick Gregory
Class of 1964
STS-51-B     29 April 1985
STS-33R     23 November 1989
STS-44     24 November 1991
John Blaha
Class of 1965
STS-29     13 March 1989
STS-33     22 November 1989
STS-43     2 August 1991
STS-58     18 October 1993
STS-79 (Up) 16 September 1996
STS-81 (Down)     12 January 1997



Roy Bridges
Class of 1965
STS-51-F     29 July 1985
STS-61-F     Never Flew
John Casper
Class of 1966
STS-36     28 February 1990
STS-54     13 January 1993
STS-62     4 March 1994
STS-77     19 May 1996
Ronald Grabe
Class of 1966
STS-51-J     3 October 1985
STS-30     4 May 1989
STS-42     22 January 1992
STS-57     21 June 1993



Charles Veach
Class of 1966
STS-39     28 April 1991
STS-52     22 October 1992
Loren Shriver
Class of 1967
STS-51-C     24 January 1985
STS-31     24 April 1990
STS-46     31 July 1992
Richard Covey
Class of 1968
STS-51-I     27 August 1985
STS-26     29 September 1988
STS-38     15 November 1990
STS-61     2 December 1993



Guy Gardner
Class of 1969
STS-27     2 December 1988
STS-35     2 December 1990
Gary Payton
Class of 1971
STS-51-C     24 January 1985
Sidney Gutierrez
Class of 1973
STS-40     5 June 1991
STS-59     9 April 1994



L. Blaine Hammond
Class of 1973
STS-39     28 April 1991
STS-64     9 September 1994
Terence Hendricks
Class of 1974
STS-44     24 November 1991
STS-55     26 April 1993
STS-70     13 July 1995
STS-78     20 June 1996
Mark Lee
Class of 1974
STS-30     4 May 1989
STS-47     12 September 1992
STS-64     9 September 1994
STS-82     11 February 1997



Donald McMonagle
Class of 1974
STS-39     28 April 1991
STS-54     13 January 1993
STS-66     3 November 1994
William Pailes
Class of 1974
STS-51-J     3 October 1985
Ronald Sega
Class of 1974
STS-60     3 February 1994
STS-76     22 March 1996



Brian Duffy
Class of 1975
STS-45     24 March 1992
STS-57     21 June 1993
STS-72     11 January 1996
STS-92     11 October 2000
Kevin Chilton
Class of 1976
STS-49     7 May 1992
STS-59     9 April 1994
STS-76     22 March 1996
Thomas Jones
Class of 1977
STS-59     9 April 1994
STS-68     30 September 1994
STS-80     19 November 1996
STS-98     7 February 2001



Charles Precourt
Class of 1977
STS-55     26 April 1993
STS-71     27 June 1995
STS-84     15 May 1997
STS-91     2 June 1998
Curtis Brown Jr.
Class of 1977
STS-47     12 September 1992
STS-66     3 November 1994
STS-77     19 May 1996
STS-85     7 August 1997
STS-95     29 October 1998
STS-103     19 December 1999
James Halsell
Class of 1978
STS-65     8 July 1994
STS-74     12 November 1995
STS-83     4 April 1997
STS-94     1 July 1997
STS-101     19 May 2000



Kevin Kregel
Class of 1978
STS-70     13 July 1995
STS-78     20 June 1996
STS-87     19 November 1997
STS-99     11 February 2000
Richard Searfoss
Class of 1978
STS-58     18 October 1993
STS-76     22 March 1996
STS-90     17 April 1998
William Gregory
Class of 1979
STS-67     2 March 1995



Susan Helms
Class of 1980
STS-54     13 January 1993
STS-64     9 September 1994
STS-78     20 June 1996
STS-101     19 May 2000
STS-102     8 March 2001
Expedition 2  (ISS EO-2)
STS-105     10 August 2001
Michael Bloomfield
Class of 1981
STS-86     26 September 1997
STS-97     1 December 2000
STS-110     8 April 2002
Steven Lindsey
Class of 1982
STS-87     19 November 1997
STS-95     29 October 1998
STS-104     12 July 2001
STS-121     4 July 2006
STS-133     24 February 2011



Benjamin Drew
Class of 1984
STS-118     8 August 2007
STS-133     24 February 2011
Gregory Johnson
Class of 1984
STS-123     11 March 2008
STS-134     16 May 2011
James Kelly
Class of 1986
STS-102     8 March 2001
STS-114     26 July 2005



Eric Boe
Class of 1987
STS-126     15 November 2008
STS-133     24 February 2011
Terry Virts
Class of 1989
STS-130     8 February 2010
Soyuz TMA-15M     23 November 2014
James Dutton Jr.
Class of 1991
STS-131     5 April 2010



Kjell Lindgren
Class of 1995
Soyuz TMA-17M     22 July 2015
SpaceX Crew-4     27 April 2022
Jack Fischer
Class of 1996
Soyuz MS-04     20 April 2017
Tyler Hague
Class of 1998
Soyuz MS-10     11 October 2018
Soyuz MS-12     14 March 2019



   

Raja Chari
Class of 1999
SpaceX Crew-3     10 November 2021

Nichole Ayers
Class of 2011