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Michael Collins
American astronaut (1930–2021)
Frank Borman
American astronaut (1928–2023)
Chuck Yeager
American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967)
Edgar Mitchell
American astronaut (1930-2016)
Ed White
American astronaut (1930-1967)
David Scott
American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut (born 1932)
James Irwin
American astronaut (1930-1991)
Eileen Collins
Astronaut and United States Air Force pilot
Thomas P. Stafford
American astronaut (1930–2024)
Charles Duke
American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)
Victor Glover
Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in 2020, he piloted the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover served as a flight engineer on Expedition 64 and became the first Black American astronaut to live aboard the ISS. In April 2026, Glover piloted the Artemis II mission, during which he became the first person of color to travel to the vicinity of the Moon, and one of the four humans who have travelled the farthest from Earth.
Gordon Cooper
American astronaut (1927–2004)
Ken Mattingly
American astronaut
Deke Slayton
American astronaut (1924–1993)
Rick Husband
American astronaut (1957-2003)
Dick Scobee
American astronaut
Pamela Melroy
American astronaut
James McDivitt
American astronaut and test pilot (1929-2022)
Robert Crippen
American astronaut
Ellison Onizuka
American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident
Fred Haise
American astronaut
Alfred Worden
American astronaut (1932–2020)
Stuart Roosa
American astronaut (1933–1994)
Susan J. Helms
Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and NASA astronaut
Michael Fincke
American astronaut
Joe Engle
American astronaut (1932-2024)
Robert L. Behnken
American astronaut
Donn F. Eisele
American astronaut (1930–1987)
William R. Pogue
American astronaut (1930-2014)
Henry Hartsfield
American astronaut (1933–2014)
Steven Lindsey
American astronaut
Richard H. Truly
American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)
Lee Archambault
astronaut, test pilot
Dominic A. Antonelli
astronaut, Test Pilot
Michael S. Hopkins
NASA astronaut, and Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Michael E. Fossum
American astronaut
George D. Zamka
American astronaut
Eric Boe
American astronaut
C. Gordon Fullerton
American astronaut and test pilot (1936–2013)
Rex J. Walheim
American astronaut
Mark L. Polansky
American astronaut, pilot
Terry W. Virts
American astronaut
Curtis Brown
American Air Force pilot and astronaut
Karol J. Bobko
American astronaut (1937–2023)
Richard O. Covey
American astronaut
Thomas Akers
American astronaut
Jerry L. Ross
American astronaut
Theodore Freeman
American astronaut (1930-1964)
Jon McBride
American astronaut (1943–2024)
Donald H. Peterson
American astronaut (1933–2018)
Brewster H. Shaw
American astronaut
Kevin A. Ford
American astronaut
Gregory H. Johnson
American astronaut
Gregory C. Johnson
American astronaut
Scott J. Horowitz
American astronaut
Ken Bowersox
American astronaut
Loren Shriver
American astronaut
Nick Hague
American astronaut and space force officer
Michael T. Good
American astronaut