As of 2009 there are 22 astronauts who have attended Purdue University they include.

1.) Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11

2.) John E Blaha of STS-26, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-78, MIR-22 and STS-81

3.) Mark N. Brown of STS-28 AND STS-48

4.) John Casper of STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77

5.) Eugene Cernan of Gemini 9A, Apollo 10 and Apollo 17

6.) Roger B. Chaffee of Apollo 1

7.) Richard D. Covey of STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61

8.) Andrew J. Feustel of STS-125

9.) Guy Spence Gardner of STS-27 and STS-35

10.) Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom of Mercury Redstone 4. Gemini 3 and Apollo 1

11.) Gregory J. Harbaugh of STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82

12.) Fredrick W. Leslie of STS-73

13.) Michael James McCulley 0f STS-34

14.) Gary Payton of STS-51-C

15.) Mark L. Polansky of STS-98, STS-116 and STS-127

16.) Jerry L. Ross of STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88 and STS-110

17.) Loren Shriver of STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46

18.) Janice E. Voss of STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, and STS-99

19.) Charles D. Walker of STS-41-D, STS-51-D, and STS-61-B

20.) Mary E. Weber of STS-70 and STS-101

21.) Donald Edward Williams of STS-51-D and STS-34

22.) David Wolf of STS-58, STS-86, MIR-24, STS-89, STS-112 and STS-127

Challenger was destroyed during takeoff on STS-51-L. (January 28, 1986)

• May 16, 2011 Last Endeavour launch; STS-134
• June 28, 2011 Last planned Atlantis flight and last Space Shuttle flight; STS-135

The next shuttle to launch is Discovery, flying mission STS-133.

The final missions scheduled for the space shuttle program are:

- Endeavor on STS-134, slated for launch 27 February 2011

- Atlantis on STS-135, slated for launch no earlier than 28 June 2011, but funding is pending the passage of an appropriations bill.

Ansaldo STS's population is 2,010.