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List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) North American X-15 Pilots Group (USA) 1958. 1959. 1960. 1962. 1963. 1964. 1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1976. 1977. 1978. 1979. 1980. 1982. 1983. 1984. 1985. 1986. 1987. 1988. 1989. 1990. 1992. 1994. 1996. 1997. 1998.
NASA Astronaut Group 8 was a group of 35 astronauts announced on January 16, 1978. It was the first NASA selection since Group 6 in 1967, and was the largest group to that date.
NameBornDiedWatertown, Wisconsin, U.S. January 17, ...Brandenstein graduated from Watertown ...Sacramento, California, U.S. January 16, ...Coats graduated from Ramona High School ...Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. August 1, ...Covey graduated from Choctawhatchee High ...Orange, Texas, U.S. April 28, 1943Creighton graduated from Ballard High ...Jan 13, 2023 · On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA announced the selection of 35 new astronauts, the first time in more than eight years that the agency had admitted new astronauts.
Vladimir Aksyonov — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2. Buzz Aldrin — Gemini 12, Apollo 11. Second person to walk on the Moon. Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5. Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3. Ali AlQarni — Axiom Mission 2. Andrew M. Allen — STS-46, STS-62, STS-75. Joseph P. Allen — STS-5, STS-51-A.
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Introduction List of astronauts by year of selection; North American X-15 Pilots Group (USA) 1958; 1959; 1960; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1992; 1994; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2009 ...
Apollo astronauts by their dates of selection by NASA 1959 Mercury Seven astronauts (L to R): Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and Slayton. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom began his career at NASA in 1959. In 1966, he was selected as Command Pilot for the first crewed Apollo mission, a low Earth orbit test.
