Purdue in Space

Astronauts

Purdue grads in space

These are Purdue University graduates who have gone on to become astronauts and who have flown in space. IN addition, Scott Tingle, who earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1988, is in training to become an astronaut.

Name	Degree and Year	School	Space mission # or name
Neil A. Armstrong	BS ‘55	Aeronautical Engineering	Gemini-Titan VIII, Apollo 11
John E. Blaha	MS '66	Astronautics	STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79, 81
Roy D. Bridges Jr.	MS '66	Astronautics	STS 51-F
Mark N. Brown	BS '73	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	STS 28, 48
John J. Casper	MS '67	Astronautics	STS 36, 54, 62, 77
Eugene A. Cernan	BS '56	Electrical Engineering	Gemini-Titan IX-A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
Roger B. Chaffee	BS '57	Aeronautical Engineering
Richard O. Covey	MS '69	Aeronautics and Astronautics	STS 51-I, 26, 38, 61
Andrew J. Feustel	BS '89 MS '91	Solid Earth Sciences Earth & Atmospheric Sciences	STS 125, 134
Guy S. Gardner	MS '70	Aeronautics and Astronautics	STS 27, 35
Virgil I. Grissom	BS '50	Mechanical Engineering	Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini-Titan III
Gregory J. Harbaugh	BS '78	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	STS 39, 54, 71, 82
Michael J. McCulley	BS '70 MS '70	Metallurgical Engineering	STS 34
Gary E. Payton	MS '72	Aeronautics and Astronautics	STS 51-C
Mark L. Polansky	BS '78, MS '78	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	STS-98, 116, 127
Jerry Ross	BS '70, MS '72	Mechanical Engineering	STS 61-B, 27, 37, 55, 74, 88, STS-110
Loren J. Shriver	MS '68	Astronautics	STS 51-C, 31, 46
Scott D. Tingle	MS '88	Mechanical Engineering	NASA missions pending
Janice E. Voss	BS '75	Engineering Science	STS 57, 63, 83, 94, 99
Charles D. Walker	BS '71	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	STS 41-D, 51-D, 61-B
Mary E. Weber	BS '84	Chemical Engineering	STS 70; STS-101
Donald E. Williams	BS'64	Mechanical Engineering	STS 51-D, 34
David A. Wolf	BS '78	Electrical Engineering	STS 58, 86, 89, 127