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
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.
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Class year
Notability
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Frank Borman
1950
Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 ; first to orbit Moon and to see far side of the Moon
[1] [2]
Buzz Aldrin
1951
Pilot of Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 ; 2nd person to walk on the Moon
[3] [4]
Michael Collins
1952
Pilot of Gemini 10 and Command Module Pilot on Apollo 11
[5] [6]
Ed White
1952
Pilot of Gemini 4 , died in the Apollo 1 fire; first American to perform a spacewalk ; buried at West Point
[4] [7]
David Scott
1954
Pilot of Gemini 8 , Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9 , and Commander of Apollo 15 ; walked on the Moon
[4] [8]
Donald H. Peterson
1955
Mission Specialist on STS-6
[9] [10]
Alfred Worden
1955
Command Module Pilot of Apollo 15
[10] [11]
Richard M. Mullane
1967
Mission Specialist on STS-41-D , STS-27 , and STS-36
[4] [12]
Sherwood C. Spring
1967
Mission Specialist on STS-61-B
[4] [13]
James C. Adamson
1969
Mission Specialist on STS-28 and STS-43
[4] [14]
William S. McArthur
1973
Mission Specialist on STS-58 , STS-74 , and STS-92 ; commanded International Space Station Expedition 12
[4] [15]
Michael R. Clifford
1974
Mission Specialist on STS-53 , STS-59 , and STS-76
[4] [16]
Charles D. Gemar
1979
Mission Specialist on STS-38 , STS-48 , and STS-62
[10] [17]
Patrick G. Forrester
1979
Mission Specialist on STS-105 , STS-117 , and STS-128
[4] [18]
Jeffrey Williams
1980
Mission Specialist on STS-101 ; Flight Engineer of ISS Expeditions 13 and 21 , Commander of Expedition 22
[4] [19]
Douglas H. Wheelock
1983
Mission Specialist on STS-120 ; Flight Engineer of ISS Expedition 24 and Commander of Expedition 25
[20] [21]
Timothy L. Kopra
1985
Flight Engineer of International Space Station Expeditions 19 and 20
[4] [22]
Robert S. Kimbrough
1989
Mission Specialist on STS-126
[23] [24]
Francisco Rubio
1998
Soyuz MS-22 /Soyuz MS-23 (Expedition 67 /68 /69 )
[25]
Andrew R. Morgan
1998
Soyuz MS-13 /Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 60 /61 /62 )
[26]
Anne McClain
2002
Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58 /59 )
[27]
Ed White Alfred Worden Shane Kimbrough
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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.
Inline citations
"Frank Borman" . National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). December 1993. Retrieved 2009-02-15 .