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 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.Lopez-Alegria 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.Chretien 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 S.Kelly M.Kelly J.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.Hernandez 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 Payload Specialists
These individuals are not members of any particular "group" per se, but individually chosen by NASA as Payload Specialists.
L.Acton E.Aldridge J.Bartoe J.Buckey R.Cenker R.Crouch L.DeLucas S.Durrance M.Fettman F.Gaffney E.Garn T.Hennen M.Hughes-Fulford G.Jarvis L.Kadenyuk F.Leslie B.Lichtenberg G.Linteris C.Nelson R.Parise J.Pawelczyk A.Sacco P.Scully-Power E.Trinh L.van den Berg S.Walker T.Wang
Other Payload Specialists
S.Al-Saud P.Baudry J.Favier D.Frimout R.Furrer F.Malerba E.Messerschmid R.Neri Vela I.Ramon
X-15 Pilots
M.Adams N.Armstrong A.Crossfield W.Dana J.Engle I.Kincheloe W.Knight J.McKay F.Peterson R.Rushworth M.Thompson 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.
Allison Cagle Cobb J. Dietrich M. Dietrich Funk Gorelick Hart Hixson Leverton Sloan Steadman Stumbough
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)
B.Binnie M.Melvill D.Shane P.Siebold
SpaceShipTwo
(28 September 2006)
M.Alsbury B.Binnie K.Colmer P.Kalogiannis D.Mackay M.Masucci C.Nichols W.Persall D.Shane P.Siebold M.Stucky F.Sturckow J.Tighe
