STS-99 Mark C. Lee (born 1952) – mission specialist on STS-30, STS-64, and STS-82; payload commander of STS-47 Kjell N. Lindgren (born 1973) – flight engineer and mission specialist on International Space Station Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 Steven W. Lindsey (born 1960) – pilot of STS-87 and STS-95; commander of STS-104 and STS-121 John M. Lounge (1946–2011) – mission specialist on STS-51-I, STS-26, and STS-35 Bruce McCandless II (1937 - 2017) Donald R. McMonagle (born 1952) – mission specialist on STS-39; pilot of STS-54; commander of STS-66 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (born 1975) – mission specialist on STS-131 George Nelson (born 1950) – mission specialist on STS-41-C, STS-61-C, and STS-26 Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986) – mission specialist on STS-51-C and STS-51-L; killed on January 28, 1986, on the ascent of the Space Shuttle Challenger William A. Pailes (born 1952) – payload specialist on STS-51-J Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961) – payload specialist on STS-66; mission specialist on STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, and STS-120 Charles J. Precourt (born 1955) – mission specialist on STS-55; pilot of STS-71; commander of STS-84 and STS-91 Kent Rominger (born 1956) – pilot of STS-73, STS-80, and STS-85; commander of STS-96 and STS-100 Stuart Roosa (1933–1994) – command module pilot on Apollo 14; eleventh human to orbit the moon (1971) Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018) – pilot of STS-58 and STS-76; commander of STS-90 Ronald M. Sega (born 1952) – mission specialist on STS-60 and STS-76 Loren Shriver (born 1944) – pilot of STS-41-B; commander of STS-31 and STS-46 Robert L. Stewart (born 1942) – mission specialist on STS-41-C and STS-51-J Steven Swanson (born 1960) – mission specialist on STS-117 and STS-119, International Space Station expeditions 39 and 40 Jack Swigert (1931–1982) – command module pilot on Apollo 13 mission; orbited the moon; elected to the United States Congress, but died before taking office Joseph R. Tanner (born 1950) – mission specialist on STS-66, STS-82, STS-97, and STS-115 James van Hoften (born 1944) – mission specialist on STS-41-C and STS-51-I Charles L. Veach (1944–1995) – mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-52 Terry W. Virts (born 1967) – pilot of STS-130 James Voss (born 1949) – mission specialist on STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102, and STS-105; flight engineer of International Space Station Expedition 2 (2001) Athletes David Aardsma (lived in Greenwood Village; alumnus of Cherry Creek High School) – Major League Baseball pitcher Max Aaron (born in Arizona, lives in Colorado