page_title: Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
section_title: Astronauts with Purdue aerospace degrees
hierarchical_section_title: Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Distinguished alumni / Astronauts with Purdue aerospace degrees
caption_attribution_description: English: 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate - Loral O'Hara. Photo Date: June 6, 2017. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276, Tarmac.
context_page_description: The Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is Purdue University's school of aerospace engineering contained within the Purdue University College of Engineering. The school offers BS, M.S., and PhD degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and provides distance graduate education including online MS in Engineering with concentration in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a distance PhD. Its main office and some of its labs are located in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. As of 2010, the School has awarded an estimated 6% of BS degrees and 7% of PhDs in aerospace engineering in the United States.
context_section_description: Neil A. Armstrong, B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, 1955
  John E. Blaha, M.S. in Astronautics, 1966
  Roy D. Bridges, Jr., M.S. in Astronautics, 1966
  Mark N. Brown, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1973
  John H. Casper, M.S. in Astronautics, 1967
  Roger B. Chaffee, B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, 1957
  Richard O. Covey, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1969
  Guy S. Gardner, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1970
  Henry Charles Gordon, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1950
  Gregory J. Harbaugh, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1978
  Gary E. Payton, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1972
  Mark L. Polansky, B.S., M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1978
  Loren J. Shriver, M.S. in Astronautics, 1968
  Charles D. Walker, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1971
  Beth Moses, B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1992 and 1994
  Additionally, 
  Loral O'Hara, M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 2009 is a NASA astronaut candidate of the class of 2017
caption: Loral O'Hara MSAAE 2009
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