United States Naval Aviators

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

American politician (1936–2018)

American politician and diplomat (1932–2021)

American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

American finance author and investor (born 1947)

Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)

American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)

American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

American astronaut (1930-2016)

American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

American astronaut (1923–2007)

United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)

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.

Gregory Reid Wiseman is an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. He served as the 17th chief of the Astronaut Office from 2020 to 2022.

23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut

Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

American astronaut

American astronaut (1937–2017)

American astronaut (1929–2017)

U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003

American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut

NASA astronaut (1933-1990)

American astronaut (1932–2023)

American astronaut (1956–2003)

American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)

American astronaut (1945-1986)

American astronaut

American astronaut

American astronaut

United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1878-1956)

United States admiral (1882–1959)

American astronaut and politician

American astronaut (1932–2017)

United States Navy officer and civil servant, Undersecretary of the Navy (1892-1949)

American astronaut, aviator and test pilot

American astronaut

American astronaut

American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)

American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012)

test pilot and NASA astronaut

American astronaut (1932–2020)

American astronaut

American politician (born 1939)

astronaut, Test Pilot

American astronaut

American astronaut

American astronaut and Captain in the United States Navy

American astronaut

American astronaut

American astronaut, fighter pilot

Astronaut, United States Navy captain

American astronaut

American physician, Navy SEAL, and NASA astronaut

Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill is an American politician, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor serving since 2026 as the 57th governor of New Jersey. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

American astronaut (1932–1967)