NASA-3 astronaut group, 1963
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Requirement: crew members for planned Apollo missions (then planned as 4 Saturn I missions in 1965, 2-4 Saturn IB missions in 1966, 6 Saturn V missions from 1967). Nickname: The Fourteen.
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Gordon American test pilot astronaut 1963-1972.
Aldrin American test pilot astronaut 1963-1971. Second person on the moon.
Freeman American test pilot astronaut, 1963-1964. Died in crash of T-38 trainer after bird strike on windshield.
Eisele American test pilot astronaut 1963-1972. Died of a heart attack.
Collins American test pilot astronaut 1963-1970. First space walk from one spacecraft to another.
Bassett American test pilot astronaut, 1963-1966. Died in crash of T-38 trainer into the McDonnell Aircraft plant.
Bean American test pilot astronaut 1963-1981. Fourth person to walk on the moon.
Cunningham American pilot astronaut 1963-1971.
Scott American test pilot astronaut 1963-1977. Seventh person to walk on the moon. First to drive a lunar wheeled vehicle. Member of first crew to dock in space.
Williams, Clifton American test pilot astronaut, 1963-1967. US Marine Corps aviator. Died in crash of his T-38 trainer aircraft.
Anders American pilot astronaut 1963-1969. Member of first crew to orbit the moon.
Cernan American test pilot astronaut 1963-1976. Eleventh person to walk on the moon and last person to step off of the moon. Space speed record (11,107 m/s).
Chaffee American pilot astronaut, 1963-1967. Killed in Apollo 1 fire on launch pad.
Schweickart American pilot astronaut 1963-1979.
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