pilot of STS-36; commander of STS-54, STS-62, and STS-77 Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003) – mission specialist on STS-87 and STS-107; killed on February 1, 2003, on the reentry of the Space Shuttle Columbia Kevin P. Chilton (born 1954) – pilot of STS-49 and STS-59; commander of STS-76 Mary L. Cleave (born 1947) – mission specialist on STS-61-B and STS-30 Gordon Cooper (1927–2004) – pilot of Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7); command pilot of Gemini V Richard O. Covey (born 1946) – pilot of STS-51-I and STS-26; commander of STS-38 and STS-61 Takao Doi (born 1954) – mission specialist on STS-87 B. Alvin Drew (born 1962) – mission specialist on STS-118 Brian Duffy (born 1953) – pilot of STS-45 and STS-57; commander of STS-72 and STS-92 Samuel T. Durrance (born 1943) – payload specialist on STS-35 and STS-67 James Dutton (born 1968) – pilot of STS-131 Martin J. Fettman (born 1956) – payload specialist on STS-58 Dale Gardner (1948–2014) – mission specialist on STS-8 and STS-51-A Guy Gardner (born 1948) – pilot of STS-27 and STS-35 Ronald J. Grabe (born 1945) – pilot of STS-51-J and STS-30; commander of STS-42 and STS-57 Frederick D. Gregory (born 1941) – pilot of STS-51-B; commander of STS-33 and STS-44 William G. Gregory (born 1957) – pilot of STS-67 Sidney M. Gutierrez (born 1951) – pilot of STS-40; commander of STS-59 James D. Halsell (born 1956) – pilot of STS-65 and STS-74; commander of STS-83, STS-94, and STS-101 L. Blaine Hammond (born 1952) – pilot of STS-39 and STS-64 Susan J. Helms (born 1958) – mission specialist on STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101, STS-102, and STS-105; flight engineer of International Space Station Expedition 2 (2001) Terence T. Henricks (born 1952) – pilot of STS-44 and STS-55; commander of STS-70 and STS-78 John Herrington (born 1958) – mission specialist on STS-113 Richard Hieb (born 1955) – mission specialist on STS-39, STS-49, and STS-65 James Irwin (1930–1991) – lunar module pilot on Apollo 15; eighth human to walk on the moon (1971) Marsha Ivins (born 1951) – mission specialist on STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, and STS-98 Gregory H. Johnson (born 1962) – pilot of STS-123 and STS-134 Thomas D. Jones (born 1955) – mission specialist on STS-59, STS-80, and STS-98; payload commander on STS-68 James M. Kelly (born 1964) – pilot of STS-102 and STS-114 Kevin R. Kregel (born 1956) – pilot of STS-70 and STS-78; commander of STS-87 and