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Naval Postgraduate School Alumni

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a Naval command with a graduate university mission, operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. The NPS mission is to provide "defense-focused graduate education, including classified studies and interdisciplinary research, to advance the operational effectiveness, technological leadership and warfighting advantage of the Naval service." It offers master's and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces,

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Jasmin Moghbeli

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~2005 (est.)

Other

US astronaut

Victor J. Glover

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1998 (est.)

Other

American astronaut

Bujar Nishani

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1988 (est.)

Politics

Albanian politician (1966–2022)

Mark Kelly

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1986 (est.)

Politics

American politician, astronaut, and naval officer (born 1964)

Lisa Nowak

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1985 (est.)

Military

American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut

Marcos Pontes

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1985 (est.)

Technology

NASA astronaut, 22nd Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil (2019–2022) and Senator of the Federative Republic of Brazil since 2023

Alan G. Poindexter

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1983 (est.)

Other

American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012)

William C. McCool

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1983 (est.)

Other

U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003

Christopher Ferguson

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1983 (est.)

Other

American astronaut

Scott Altman

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1981 (est.)

Other

American astronaut, aviator and test pilot

Michael LΓ³pez-AlegrΓ­a

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1980 (est.)

Other

American astronaut

Jeffrey Williams

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1980 (est.)

Other

American astronaut

Michael J. Smith

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1967 (est.)

Other

American astronaut (1945-1986)

Jack R. Lousma

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1958 (est.)

Politics

American astronaut and politician

Eugene Cernan

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1956 (est.)

Technology

NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)

Ronald Evans

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1955 (est.)

Other

NASA astronaut (1933-1990)

Paul J. Weitz

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1954 (est.)

Other

American astronaut (1932–2017)

Gerald Carr

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1954 (est.)

Other

American astronaut (1932–2020)

Edgar Mitchell

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1952 (est.)

Other

American astronaut (1930-2016)

Richard F. Gordon

Naval Postgraduate School β€” Class of ~1951 (est.)

Other

American astronaut (1929–2017)