UCLA physics alumn and the first Bruin to travel to space, Walt Cunningham dressed in astronaut uniform in a shuttle setting.NASA

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(1960) Walt Cunningham earns his undergraduate degree in physics from UCLA, going on to get his master’s one year later. Chosen to train as an astronaut by NASA in 1963, he became the first Bruin in space in 1968.

 

Many other UCLA alumni have followed in Walt Cunningham’s footsteps, including Megan McArthur, a 1993 engineering alumna. UCLA College Bruins who have gone to space include:

– Taylor Wang

– Anna Lee Fisher

– John Phillips

– Jessica Watkins