List of astronauts educated at the United States Military Academy

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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. Twenty-one graduates of the Military Academy have been selected for astronaut training by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the third most out of any college in the United States. The first alumnus to graduate and go on to become an astronaut was Frank Borman, class of 1950. As of August 2022, the most recent alumnus to become an astronaut was Anne McClain, class of 2002. Five alumni were part of Project Gemini, six part of the Apollo program, two have walked on the Moon, and twelve were part of the Space Shuttle program.

Buzz Aldrin

Astronauts

Note: "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war, classes often graduate early.
Name Class year Notability References
Frank Borman 1950 Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8; first to orbit Moon and to see far side of the Moon
Buzz Aldrin 1951 Pilot of Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11; 2nd person to walk on the Moon
Michael Collins 1952 Pilot of Gemini 10 and Command Module Pilot on Apollo 11
Ed White 1952 Pilot of Gemini 4, died in the Apollo 1 fire; first American to perform a spacewalk; buried at West Point
David Scott 1954 Pilot of Gemini 8, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, and Commander of Apollo 15; walked on the Moon
Donald H. Peterson 1955 Mission Specialist on STS-6
Alfred Worden 1955 Command Module Pilot of Apollo 15
Richard M. Mullane 1967 Mission Specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36
Sherwood C. Spring 1967 Mission Specialist on STS-61-B
James C. Adamson 1969 Mission Specialist on STS-28 and STS-43
William S. McArthur 1973 Mission Specialist on STS-58, STS-74, and STS-92; commanded International Space Station Expedition 12
Michael R. Clifford 1974 Mission Specialist on STS-53, STS-59, and STS-76
Charles D. Gemar 1979 Mission Specialist on STS-38, STS-48, and STS-62
Patrick G. Forrester 1979 Mission Specialist on STS-105, STS-117, and STS-128
Jeffrey Williams 1980 Mission Specialist on STS-101; Flight Engineer of ISS Expeditions 13 and 21, Commander of Expedition 22
Douglas H. Wheelock 1983 Mission Specialist on STS-120; Flight Engineer of ISS Expedition 24 and Commander of Expedition 25
Timothy L. Kopra 1985 Flight Engineer of International Space Station Expeditions 19 and 20
Robert S. Kimbrough 1989 Mission Specialist on STS-126
Francisco Rubio 1998 Soyuz MS-22/Soyuz MS-23 (Expedition 67/68/69)
Andrew R. Morgan 1998 Soyuz MS-13/Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 60/61/62)
Anne McClain 2002 Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59)
 
Ed White
 
Alfred Worden
 
Shane Kimbrough

References

General

^ a: Special Collections: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Library. 1950.

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