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CU-Boulder Astronaut-Alums *

Flights to date:
Loren Acton
Ph.D., Astrogeophysics (now APAS), 1965
Challenger -- 7-29-85
1
 
Vance Brand
B.A. Bus., 1953, M.S., Aero. Eng., 1960
Apollo-Soyuz -- 7-15-75
Columbia -- 11-8-82
Challenger -- 2-3-84
Columbia -- 12-2-90
4
 
M. Scott Carpenter
B.S., Aero., 1949
Mercury/Aurora 7 -- 5-24-62
1
 
Kalpana Chawla
Ph.D. 1988, Aero
Columbia -- 11-19-97
Columbia -- 2-1-03 Chawla died in Columbia accident
2
 
Takao Doi
postdoctoral student, 1987-88
associate professor adjoint, 1991-95
Columbia -11-19-97
1
 
Sam T. Durrance
Ph.D., APS, 1980
Columbia -- 12-2-90
Endeavour -- 3-1-95
2
 
John Herrington
CU-Colorado Springs
BS Applied Math 1983
Endeavour, Nov. 2002
1
   
Richard Hieb
M.S., Aero., 1979
Discovery -- 4-28-91
Endeavour -- 5-7-92
Columbia -- 7-8-94
3
 
Marsha Ivins
B.S., Aero., 1973
Columbia -- 1-9-90
Atlantis -- 7-31-92
Columbia -- 3-4-94
Atlantis --1-7-97
Atlantis -- 2-7-2001
5
 
John M. Lounge
M.S., Aero., 1970
Discovery -- 8-4-85
Discovery -- 10-4-88
Columbia -- 12-2-90
3
 
Ed Lu
postdoctoral researcher, JILA
Atlantis, 1997
Atlantis to Russian Mir Space Station 2000
Soyuz Spacecraft to Space Station Mir 2003
3
 
George "Pinky" Nelson
Postdoctoral fellow, APS 1978
Challenger -- 4-6-84
Columbia -- 1-12-86
Discovery -- 10-4-88
3
 
Ellison Onizuka
B.S., Aero., M.S. Aero., 1969
Discovery -- 1-24-85
Challenger -- 1-28-86 Onizuka died in Challenger accident
2
 
Stuart Roosa
B.S., Aero., 1960
Apollo 14 -- 1-31-71
1
 
Ronald Sega
Ph.D., Electrical Eng., 1982*
Discovery -- 2-3-94
Discovery -- 2-22-96
2
 
Steve Swanson
1983 B.S. engineering physics
Atlantis, 6-8-07
1
 
John Swigert
B.S., Mech. Eng., 1953
Apollo 13 -- 4-11-70
1
 
James Voss
M.S., Aero., 1974
Atlantis -- 11-24-91
Columbia -- 10-22-92
Endeavour -- 9-7-95
Atlantis - 5-19-00
Space Station -- 3-8-01
5

# Including payload specialist astronauts who have flown in space but not gone through the official NASA training program to become career astronauts.

* Completed course work at CU-Colo. Spgs.; degree conferred by CU-Boulder.





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