Navy's helmet will feature handcrafted paintings of McCandless' space walk with Earth in the background. Fellow graduate Bruce McCandless II was the first astronaut to go on an untethered space walk in 1985. He also landed on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 crew in 1971. You can even buy them here.Īlan Shepard, a 1944 graduate of the Naval Academy, was the first American in space in 1961 and served as one of NASA's first seven astronauts. That is, according to the school, more astronauts than any other institution has produced.

The school released its uniforms for the showdown on Monday, and they are dedicated to the 54 Navy graduates who have gone on to become astronauts. Navy's 2022 threads are out of this world - pun very much intended. When the Black Knights and Midshipmen take the field on Saturday in Philadelphia for their annual showdown to close out the 2022 college football regular season, the threads sported by each team will again have the world buzzing. Navy rivalry has featured some memorable uniform combinations throughout the years, and this year will of course be no different.

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