Astronaut Groups
M.Carpenter L.Cooper J.Glenn V.Grissom W.Schirra A.Shepard D.Slayton
NASA Group 2
(11 September 1962)
N.Armstrong F.Borman C.Conrad J.Lovell J.McDivitt E.See T.Stafford E.White J.Young
E.Aldrin W.Anders C.Bassett A.Bean E.Cernan R.Chaffee M.Collins R.Cunningham D.Eisele T.Freeman R.Gordon R.Schweickart D.Scott C.Williams
O.Garriott E.Gibson D.Graveline J.Kerwin F.Michel H.Schmitt
V.Brand J.Bull G.Carr C.Duke J.Engle R.Evans E.Givens F.Haise J.Irwin D.Lind J.Lousma T.Mattingly B.McCandless E.Mitchell W.Pogue S.Roosa J.Swigert P.Weitz A.Worden
J.Allen P.Chapman A.England K.Henize D.Holmquest W.Lenoir J.Llewellyn F.Musgrave B.O'Leary R.Parker W.Thornton
NASA Group 7 (MOL Pilot Astronaut Transfers)
(14 August 1969)
K.Bobko R.Crippen C.Fullerton H.Hartsfield R.Overmyer D.Peterson R.Truly
G.Bluford D.Brandenstein J.Buchli M.Coats R.Covey J.Creighton J.Fabian A.Fisher D.Gardner R.Gibson F.Gregory S.Griggs T.Hart F.Hauck S.Hawley J.Hoffman S.Lucid J.McBride R.McNair R.Mullane S.Nagel G.Nelson E.Onizuka J.Resnik S.Ride F.Scobee M.Seddon B.Shaw L.Shriver R.Stewart K.Sullivan N.Thagard J.van Hoften D.Walker D.Williams
J.Bagian J.Blaha C.Bolden R.Bridges F.Chang-Diaz M.Cleave B.Dunbar W.Fisher G.Gardner R.Grabe D.Hilmers D.Leestma J.Lounge B.O'Connor R.Richards J.Ross M.Smith S.Spring R.Springer
J.Adamson E.Baker M.Brown K.Cameron M.Carter J.Casper F.Culbertson S.Gutierrez L.Hammond M.Ivins M.Lee G.Low M.McCulley W.Shepherd K.Thornton C.Veach J.Wetherbee
J.Apt M.Baker R.Cabana B.Duffy C.Gemar L.Godwin T.Henricks R.Hieb T.Jernigan C.Meade S.Oswald S.Thorne P.Thuot
NASA Teacher In Space Program
(19 July 1985)
T.Akers A.Allen K.Bowersox C.Brown K.Chilton N.Davis C.Foale G.Harbaugh M.Jemison D.McMonagle B.Melnick W.Readdy K.Reightler M.Runco J.Voss
NASA Group 13
(17 January 1990)
D.Bursch L.Chiao M.Clifford K.Cockrell E.Collins N.Currie-Gregg W.Gregory J.Halsell B.Harris S.Helms T.Jones W.McArthur J.Newman E.Ochoa C.Precourt R.Searfoss R.Sega D.Thomas J.Voss C.Walz T.Wilcutt P.Wisoff D.Wolf
D.Barry C.Brady M.Cheli J.Clervoy C.Coleman M.Garneau M.Gernhardt J.Grunsfeld C.Hadfield S.Horowitz B.Jett K.Kregel W.Lawrence J.Linenger R.Linnehan M.López-Alegría S.Parazynski K.Rominger W.Scott S.Smith J.Tanner A.Thomas K.Wakata M.Weber
NASA Group 15
(8 December 1994)
S.Altman M.Anderson J.Ashby M.Bloomfield K.Chawla J.Chrétien R.Curbeam T.Doi J.Edwards D.Gorie K.Hire R.Husband J.Kavandi S.Lindsey E.Lu P.Melroy C.Noriega J.Reilly S.Robinson S.Still-Kilrain F.Sturckow D.Williams
D.Brown D.Burbank Y.Cagle F.Calderio C.Camarda D.Carey L.Clark P.Duque E.Fincke P.Forrester S.Frick A.Fuglesang U.Guidoni J.Herrington J.Higginbotham C.Hobaugh J.Kelly M.Kelly S.Kelly P.Lockhart C.Loria S.MacLean S.Magnus M.Massimino R.Mastracchio W.McCool M.Mohri L.Morin S.Noguchi L.Nowak J.Payette P.Perrin D.Pettit J.Phillips M.Polansky P.Richards P.Sellers H.Stefanyshyn-Piper D.Tani G.Thiele R.Walheim P.Whitson J.Williams S.Wilson
C.Anderson L.Archambault T.Caldwell-Dyson G.Chamitoff T.Creamer L.Eyharts C.Ferguson M.Foreman M.Fossum K.Ham G.Johnson G.Johnson S.Love L.Melvin B.Morgan P.Nespoli W.Oefelein J.Olivas N.Patrick A.Poindexter M.Pontes G.Reisman P.Robertson H.Schlegel S.Swanson B.Tryggvason R.Vittori D.Wheelock S.Williams N.Woodward G.Zamka
D.Antonelli M.Barratt R.Behnken E.Boe S.Bowen B.Drew A.Feustel K.Ford R.Garan M.Good D.Hurley T.Kopra K.McArthur K.Nyberg N.Stott T.Virts B.Wilmore
J.Acaba R.Arnold R.Bresnik C.Cassidy J.Dutton S.Furukawa J.Hernández A.Hoshide R.Kimbrough T.Marshburn D.Metcalf-Lindenburger R.Satcher S.Walker N.Yamazaki
S.Auñón-Chancellor J.Epps J.Fischer J.Hansen M.Hopkins N.Kanai K.Lindgren T.Onishi K.Rubins D.Saint-Jacques S.Tingle M.Vande Hei G.Wiseman K.Yui
J.Cassada V.Glover T.Hague C.Koch N.Mann A.McClain J.Meir A.Morgan
NASA Commercial Crew
(9 July 2015)
R.Behnken E.Boe D.Hurley S.Williams
K.Barron Z.Cardman R.Chari M.Dominick R.Hines W.Hoburg J.Kim R.Kulin J.Moghbeli L.O'Hara F.Rubio J.Watkins
NASA Artemis Group
(9 December 2020)
J.Acaba K.Barron R.Chari M.Dominick V.Glover W.Hoburg J.Kim C.Koch K.Lindgren N.Mann A.McClain J.Meir J.Moghbeli K.Rubins F.Rubio S.Tingle J.Watkins S.Wilson
NASA Group 23
(6 December 2021)
N.Ayers M.Berríos C.Birch D.Burnham L.Delaney A.Douglas J.Hathaway A.Menon C.Williams J.Wittner
NASA Payload Specialists
Spacelab-1 Payload Specialists
(18 May 1978)
Spacelab-2 Payload Specialists
(9 August 1978)
L.Acton J.Bartoe D.Prinz G.Simon
Spacelab-3 Payload Specialists
(5 June 1983)
M.Johnston E.Trinh L.van den Berg T.Wang
McDonnel Douglas Payload Specialists
(1 July 1983)
Spacelab-4 Payload Specialists
(9 January 1984)
F.Gaffney M.Hughes-Fulford R.Phillips B.Williams
ASTRO-1 Payload Specialists
(20 June 1984)
S.Durrance K.Nordsieck R.Parise
Hughes Payload Specialists
(5 July 1984)
L.Butterworth S.Cunningham G.Jarvis J.Konrad
RCA Payload Specialists
(8 April 1985)
WOSE-1 (Meteorology)
(November 1985)
G.Aufderhaar F.Lewis R.Townsend
American Satellite Payload Specialist
(November 1985)
WOSE-2 (Meteorology)
(February 1988)
Terra Scout (Army Intelligence)
(September 1988)
IML-1 Payload Specialists
(11 January 1989)
SLS-1 Payload Specialists
(24 February 1989)
F.Gaffney M.Hughes-Fulford R.Phillips
ATLAS Payload Specialists
(29 September 1989)
C.Chappell M.Lampton B.Lichtenberg
Spacelab-J Payload Specialist
(4 October 1989)
Terra Geode (Army Geologist)
(25 June 1990)
USML-1 Payload Specialists
(6 August 1990)
L.DeLucas J.Prahl A.Sacco E.Trinh
SLS-2 Payload Specialists
(6 December 1991)
ASTRO-2 Payload Specialists
(May 1993)
USML-2 Payload Specialists
(20 June 1994)
R.Holt F.Leslie D.Mattheisen A.Sacco
MSL-1 Payload Specialists
(February 1996)
Neurolab Payload Specialists
(4 April 1996)
NASA Observers
US Navy Civil Observer
(13 June 1984)
Congress Observer
(9 November 1984)
X-15 Pilots
N.Armstrong A.Crossfield I.Kincheloe J.McKay J.Walker A.White R.White
X-20 Dyna-Soar
Dyna-Soar Group 1
(1 April 1960)
N.Armstrong W.Dana H.Gordon W.Knight R.Rogers M.Thompson J.Wood
Dyna-Soar Group 2
(19 September 1962)
Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL)
Three groups of astronauts were selected by the Air Force for the MOL program. This would have been the first US space station. Like the X-20, the program was cancelled before it was ever flown. A number of the astronauts were subsequently selected by NASA in Group 7.
USAF MOL Group 1
(12 November 1965)
M.Adams A.Crews J.Finley R.Lawyer L.Macleay F.Neubeck J.Taylor R.Truly
USAF MOL Group 2
(30 June 1966)
K.Bobko R.Crippen C.Fullerton H.Hartsfield R.Overmyer
USAF MOL Group 3
(30 June 1967)
J.Abrahamson R.Herres R.Lawrence D.Peterson
DoD Manned Spaceflight Engineers
Thirty-two military Manned Spaceflight Engineers (MSE) were selected and trained to accompany Department of Defense satellites on shuttle missions. Several were selected for missions, but only two ever flew in space. The program was cancelled in 1988 following the Challenger disaster.
F.Casserino J.Detroye M.Hamel C.Hatlelid T.Higbee D.Joseph M.Lydon G.Payton J.Rij P.Schlein P.Sefchek E.Sundberg D.Vidrine J.Watterson K.Wright
J.Armor M.Booen L.Holder L.James C.Jones M.LaComb M.Mantz R.Odle W.Pailes C.Puz K.Roberts J.Sponable W.Thompson G.Yeakel
J.Carretto R.Crombie F.DeArmond D.Staib T.Tittle
NASA Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLAT) (1960/61)
(Mercury 13)
Thirteen women were selected and enrolled in unofficial astronaut training. They were never officially declared astronaut candidates nor assigned to any flights. Fearing negative publicity if a woman was killed or injured during training or an actual flight, NASA ended the program in 1963. The reason given was that the program would drain scarce resources from the male astronauts.
Cagle Cobb J. Dietrich M. Dietrich Funk Hart Hixson Jessen Leverton Ratley Steadman Truhill Woltman
Man In Space Soonest
(25 June 1958)
Nine USAF pilots were selected in this, the first selection of candidates to fly in space. The program was short-lived, as a mere five weeks later on August 1, the project was cancelled when the newly formed NASA assumed all responsibility for manned space flight. Two of the nine did eventually reach space. Walker made two X-15 flights above 100 km, and Armstrong joined NASA in 1962 and became the first man to walk on the moon.
N.Armstrong W.Bridgeman A.Crossfield I.Kincheloe J.McKay R.Rushworth J.Walker A.White R.White
Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic
SpaceShipOne
(11 September 2003)
W.Binnie M.Melvill D.Shane P.Siebold
SpaceShipTwo
(28 September 2006)
M.Alsbury W.Binnie K.Colmer P.Kalogiannis D.Mackay M.Masucci C.Nichols W.Persall D.Shane P.Siebold M.Stucky F.Sturckow J.Tighe
Virgin Galactic 2015
(26 August 2015)
Virgin Galactic 2020
(October 2020)
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