Then – February 12, 1984
Since 1962, when Scott Carpenter (Aero’49, HonDocSci’00) became the fourth American and first ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder graduate to fly in space, nearly 20 other ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä alumni, faculty and affiliates have followed him there.
This archival photo from shows astronaut Bruce McCandless, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, during a Challenger space shuttle mission led by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä alumnus Vance Brand (Fin’53, Aero’60).
Kjell Lindgren (MD’02), a member of NASA’s 2009 astronaut class, is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station this spring.
They go in peace for all humankind.
Photography by NASA
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