Space Exploration
- Daniel Brandenstein (born 1943), astronaut (Watertown)
- Leroy Chiao (born 1960), astronaut (Milwaukee)
- Laurel Clark (1961–2003), astronaut (died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (Racine)
- Mark C. Lee (born 1952), astronaut (Viroqua)
- Nathan J. Lindsay (born 1936), astronaut (Monroe)
- Jim Lovell (born 1928), astronaut (Milwaukee)
- Deke Slayton (1924–1993), astronaut (Sparta)
- Eugene L. Tattini, Deputy Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Madison)
- Jeffrey Williams (born 1958), astronaut (Superior, Winter)
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