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Back row, left to right: See, McDivitt, Lovell, White, Stafford. Front row: Conrad, Borman, Armstrong, Young. Before them are models of the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercury spacecraft">Mercury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apollo_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo spacecraft">Apollo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gemini_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini spacecraft">Gemini spacecraft</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Year selected</th><td class="infobox-data">1962</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number selected</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid"><div style="float: left;">&#8592;&#160;<a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">1 (1959)</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_3" title="NASA Astronaut Group 3">3 (1963)</a>&#160;&#8594;</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>NASA Astronaut Group 2</b> (nicknamed the "<b>Next Nine</b>" and the "<b>New Nine</b>") was the second group of <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronauts</a> selected by the <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA). Their selection was announced on September 17, 1962. The group augmented the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a>. President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> had announced <a href="/wiki/Project_Apollo" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Apollo">Project Apollo</a>, on May 25, 1961, with the ambitious goal of putting a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, and more astronauts were required to fly the two-man <a href="/wiki/Gemini_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini spacecraft">Gemini spacecraft</a> and three-man <a href="/wiki/Apollo_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo spacecraft">Apollo spacecraft</a> then under development. The Mercury Seven had been selected to accomplish the simpler task of orbital flight, but the new challenges of <a href="/wiki/Space_rendezvous" title="Space rendezvous">space rendezvous</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lunar_landing" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar landing">lunar landing</a> led to the selection of candidates with advanced engineering degrees (for four of the nine) as well as <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a> experience. </p><p>The nine astronauts were <a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Borman" title="Frank Borman">Frank Borman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Conrad" title="Pete Conrad">Pete Conrad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lovell" title="Jim Lovell">Jim Lovell</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_McDivitt" title="James McDivitt">James McDivitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elliot_See" title="Elliot See">Elliot See</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford" title="Thomas P. Stafford">Tom Stafford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_White_(astronaut)" title="Ed White (astronaut)">Ed White</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)" title="John Young (astronaut)">John Young</a>. The Next Nine were the first astronaut group to include civilian test pilots: See had flown for <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, and Armstrong had flown the <a href="/wiki/X-15" class="mw-redirect" title="X-15">X-15</a> <a href="/wiki/Rocket-powered_aircraft" title="Rocket-powered aircraft">rocket-powered aircraft</a> for NASA. Six of the nine flew to the Moon (Lovell and Young twice), and Armstrong, Conrad, and Young walked on it as well. Seven of the nine were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor" title="Congressional Space Medal of Honor">Congressional Space Medal of Honor</a>. As of October 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the last surviving member of the group is Lovell. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg/220px-JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg/330px-JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg/440px-JFK_at_Rice_University.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2922" /></a><figcaption>"<a href="/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon" title="We choose to go to the Moon">We choose to go to the Moon</a>": President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> speaks on the nation's space effort at <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, on September 12, 1962</figcaption></figure> <p>The launch of the <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik 1</a> satellite by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> on October 4, 1957, started a <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> technological and ideological competition with the United States known as the <a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a>. The demonstration of American technological inferiority came as a profound shock to the American public.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196628–29,_37_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196628–29,_37-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response to the <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_crisis" title="Sputnik crisis">Sputnik crisis</a>, a new civilian agency, the <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA), was <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Act" title="National Aeronautics and Space Act">created</a> to oversee an American space program.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196682_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196682-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Space_Task_Group" title="Space Task Group">Space Task Group</a> (STG) at the NASA <a href="/wiki/Langley_Research_Center" title="Langley Research Center">Langley Research Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a>, created an American crewed spaceflight project called <a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201129–30_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201129–30-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander1966131–132_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander1966131–132-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The selection of the first astronauts, known as the "Original Seven" or "<a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was announced on April 9, 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1961, although it was yet to launch a person into space, the STG was confident that Project Mercury had overcome its initial setbacks, and that the United States had overtaken the Soviet Union as the most advanced nation in space technology. The STG began considering Mercury Mark II, a two-person successor to the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercury spacecraft">Mercury spacecraft</a>. This confidence was shattered on April 12, 1961, when the Soviet Union launched <a href="/wiki/Vostok_1" title="Vostok 1">Vostok 1</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cosmonaut" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmonaut">cosmonaut</a> <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin">Yuri Gagarin</a> became the first person to orbit the Earth. In response, President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> announced a far more ambitious goal on May 25, 1961: to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess20133–4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess20133–4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The effort to land a man on the Moon already had a name: <a href="/wiki/Project_Apollo" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Apollo">Project Apollo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrooksGrimwoodSwenson197915_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrooksGrimwoodSwenson197915-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two-person Mercury II spacecraft concept was formally announced by the STG head, <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Gilruth" title="Robert R. Gilruth">Robert R. Gilruth</a>, on December 7, 1961, and on January 3, 1962, it was officially named <a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Project Gemini</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHackerGrimwood20101–5_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHackerGrimwood20101–5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 18, 1962, NASA formally announced that it was accepting applications for a new group of astronauts who would assist the Mercury astronauts with Project Mercury, and join them in flying Project Gemini missions. It was anticipated that they might go on to command Project Apollo missions. Unlike the selection process for the Mercury Seven, which was carried out in secret, this selection was widely advertised; public announcements and the minimum standards were communicated to aircraft companies, government agencies and the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Experimental_Test_Pilots" title="Society of Experimental Test Pilots">Society of Experimental Test Pilots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess20135–6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess20135–6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_criteria">Selection criteria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Selection criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Right now, in the beginning, we are picking experienced test pilots, not because they are fighter pilots, but because they have experience in dealing with new machines, unusual situations, being scared to death yet reacting properly. We're not saying for a minute that no one except test pilots has this experience. But this group also has the engineering background that we're looking for to get our programs started.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><a href="/wiki/Gus_Grissom" title="Gus Grissom">Gus Grissom</a>, February 1963<sup id="cite_ref-grissom196302_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grissom196302-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The five minimum selection criteria were that an applicant:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess20135–6_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess20135–6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinsonShafritz198510_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinsonShafritz198510-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>was an experienced <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a>, with 1,500 hours test pilot flying time, who had graduated from a military test pilot school, or had test pilot experience with NASA or the aircraft industry;</li> <li>had flown high-performance jet aircraft;</li> <li>had earned a degree in engineering or the physical or biological sciences;</li> <li>was a <a href="/wiki/U.S._citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. citizen">U.S. citizen</a>, under 35 years of age, and 6&#160;feet 0&#160;inches (1.83&#160;m) or less in height; and</li> <li>was recommended by his employer.</li></ul> <p>The criteria differed from those of the Mercury Seven selection in several ways. The <a href="/wiki/Gemini_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini spacecraft">Gemini spacecraft</a> was expected to be roomier than the Mercury one, so the height requirement was relaxed slightly. This made <a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford" title="Thomas P. Stafford">Thomas P. Stafford</a> eligible. A college degree was now required, but could be in the biological sciences. Civilian test pilots were now eligible, but the requirement for experience in high-performance jets favored those with recent experience, and fighter pilots over those with multi-engine experience such as <a href="/wiki/Scott_Carpenter" title="Scott Carpenter">Scott Carpenter</a> of the Mercury Seven. The age limit was lowered from 40 to 35 because whereas Mercury was a short-term project, Project Apollo was going to run until the end of the decade at least. The changed selection criteria meant that the selection panel could not simply select another group from the Mercury Seven finalists.<sup id="cite_ref-grissom196302_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grissom196302-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinsonShafritz198510_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinsonShafritz198510-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994118–119_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994118–119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At this time, <a href="/wiki/Jerrie_Cobb" title="Jerrie Cobb">Jerrie Cobb</a>, a female award-winning pilot, was pressing for women to be allowed to become astronauts. In 1961 she was one of thirteen women known as the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_13" title="Mercury 13">Mercury 13</a> who had passed the same medical evaluation tests given to the Mercury Seven astronauts as part of a USAF project that assessed the capability of women for spaceflight.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although women were not prevented from applying to become NASA astronauts in 1962, the requirement for jet test pilot experience effectively excluded them. <a href="/wiki/NASA_Administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA Administrator">NASA Administrator</a> <a href="/wiki/James_E._Webb" title="James E. Webb">James E. Webb</a> made this point in a statement to the press in spring 1962, adding: "I do not think we shall be anxious to put a woman or any other person of particular race or creed into orbit just for the purpose of putting them there."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process">Selection process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Selection process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> (USN) and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> (USMC) submitted the names of all their applicants who met the selection criteria, but the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> (USAF) conducted its own internal selection process, and it only submitted the names of eleven candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201310–11_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201310–11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Air Force ran them through a brief training course in May 1962 on how to speak and conduct themselves during the NASA selection process. The candidates called it a "charm school".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaffordCassutt200236_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaffordCassutt200236-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a> told them: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>There are a lot of people who'll say you're deserting the Air Force if you're accepted into NASA. Well, I'm the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of the Air Force</a>, and I want you to know I want you in this program. I want you to succeed in it, and that's your Air Force mission. I can't think of anything more important.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBormanSerling198887–88_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBormanSerling198887–88-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>In all, 253 applications were received by the June 1, 1962, deadline.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994118–119_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994118–119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil Armstrong</a> submitted his application a week after the deadline, but <a href="/wiki/Walter_C._Williams" title="Walter C. Williams">Walter C. Williams</a>, the associate director of the Space Task Group, wanted Armstrong for the space program, so he had Richard Day, who acted as secretary of the selection panel, add it to the pile of applications when it arrived. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bikle" title="Paul Bikle">Paul Bikle</a>, the director of the NASA's <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center" title="Armstrong Flight Research Center">Flight Research Center</a>, and therefore Armstrong's boss, declined to recommend Armstrong for astronaut selection because he had misgivings about his performance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHansen2012195–197_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHansen2012195–197-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg/330px-Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg/495px-Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg/660px-Astronaut_Groups_1_and_2_-_S63-01419.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5942" data-file-height="2678" /></a><figcaption>The first two groups of astronauts selected by NASA. The Mercury Seven are seated at the front, with the Next Nine standing behind them.</figcaption></figure> <p>The three-person selection panel consisted of Mercury Seven astronauts <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shepard" title="Alan Shepard">Alan Shepard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton">Deke Slayton</a>, and NASA test pilot <a href="/wiki/Warren_J._North" title="Warren J. North">Warren J. North</a>, although Williams sat in on some sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess20137_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess20137-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They reduced the candidates to 32 finalists,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201332–33_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201332–33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from whom they hoped to select between five and ten new astronauts. Nine of the USAF's eleven candidates were chosen as finalists, and one of those rejected, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Engle" title="Joe Engle">Joe Engle</a>, was selected with <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_5" title="NASA Astronaut Group 5">NASA Astronaut Group 5</a> in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201310–11_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201310–11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Of the rest, thirteen were from the Navy, four were Marines, and six were civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201332–33_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201332–33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Four had been finalists in the Mercury Seven selection: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Conrad" title="Pete Conrad">Pete Conrad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lovell" title="Jim Lovell">Jim Lovell</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_R._C._Mitchell&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="John R. C. Mitchell (page does not exist)">John Mitchell</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Solliday&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Solliday (page does not exist)">Robert Solliday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013343_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013343-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lovell had not been selected for the Mercury Seven due to a high <a href="/wiki/Bilirubin" title="Bilirubin">bilirubin</a> blood count.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlugerLovell1995180–183_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlugerLovell1995180–183-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The finalists were sent to <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Air_Force_Base" title="Brooks Air Force Base">Brooks Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a> for medical examinations. The tests there were much the same as those employed to select the Mercury Seven.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201337–40_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201337–40-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One candidate was found to be 2 inches (5&#160;cm) too tall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201343_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201343-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another four were eliminated on the basis of ear, nose and throat examinations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201347–48_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201347–48-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The remaining 27 then went to <a href="/wiki/Ellington_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellington Air Force Base">Ellington Air Force Base</a> near Houston, where the <a href="/wiki/Manned_Spacecraft_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Manned Spacecraft Center">Manned Spacecraft Center</a> (MSC) was being established. They were individually interviewed by the selection panel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201350–52_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201350–52-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nine candidates were selected, and their names forwarded to Gilruth for approval. Slayton informed each of them by phone on September 14.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994120_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994120-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The nine were Neil Armstrong, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Borman" title="Frank Borman">Frank Borman</a>, Pete Conrad, Jim Lovell, <a href="/wiki/James_McDivitt" title="James McDivitt">James McDivitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elliot_See" title="Elliot See">Elliot See</a>, Tom Stafford, <a href="/wiki/Ed_White_(astronaut)" title="Ed White (astronaut)">Ed White</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)" title="John Young (astronaut)">John Young</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–67_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–67-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They arrived in Houston on September 15. To avoid tipping off the media, all checked into the <a href="/wiki/Rice_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Rice Hotel">Rice Hotel</a> in Houston under the name of Max Peck, its general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201362–63_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201362–63-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 17, the media crowded into the 1800-seat Cullen Auditorium at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> for the official announcement, but it was a more low-key event than the unveiling of the Mercury Seven three years before.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–66_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–66-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with those who had been passed over in the Mercury Seven selection, most of the rejected finalists went on to have distinguished careers. Three achieved <a href="/wiki/Flag_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag rank">flag rank</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_E._Ramsey&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="William E. Ramsey (page does not exist)">William E. Ramsey</a> became a <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">vice admiral</a> in the Navy, <a href="/wiki/William_H._Fitch" title="William H. Fitch">William H. Fitch</a> a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">lieutenant general</a> in the Marine Corps and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Weir&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenneth Weir (page does not exist)">Kenneth Weir</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> in the Marine Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013343_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013343-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Four would become NASA astronauts in later selections: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bean" title="Alan Bean">Alan Bean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)" title="Michael Collins (astronaut)">Michael Collins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Gordon_Jr." title="Richard F. Gordon Jr.">Richard Gordon</a> in 1963, and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Swigert" title="Jack Swigert">Jack Swigert</a> in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201367_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201367-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Francis_G._Neubeck" title="Francis G. Neubeck">Francis G. Neubeck</a> was selected as an astronaut for the <a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">Manned Orbiting Laboratory</a> program, but never flew in space.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013117–120_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013117–120-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the Mercury Seven, all of the Next Nine were male and white, and all were married, with an average of two children.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unlike the Mercury Seven, not all were <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestants</a>; McDivitt was the first <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> chosen as an astronaut.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrenchBurgess200726_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrenchBurgess200726-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Catholic_Advocate_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Catholic_Advocate-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Conrad, Lovell and Young were from the Navy; Borman, McDivitt, Stafford and White from the Air Force; and Armstrong and See were civilians,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–67_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess201364–67-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> although both had served in the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013145–147_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013145–147-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013154–155_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013154–155-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All were test pilots, and Borman and McDivitt were also early graduates of the USAF <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Research_Pilot_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Research Pilot School">Aerospace Research Pilot School</a> (ARPS).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994120_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994120-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their average age at the time of selection was 33 years and one month, compared to 34 years and ten months for the Mercury Seven when they were selected in April 1959. They had an average of 2,800 flying hours each, 1,900 of them in jets. This was 700 fewer flying hours than the Mercury Seven, but 200 more hours in jets. Their average weight was slightly higher – 161.5 pounds (73.3&#160;kg) compared to 159 pounds (72&#160;kg).<sup id="cite_ref-Time_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their mean IQ was 132 on the <a href="/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale" title="Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale">Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECollins200142_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECollins200142-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All had earned Bachelor of Science degrees. 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height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Astronaut_Neil_A._Armstrong_%281964%29.jpg/180px-Astronaut_Neil_A._Armstrong_%281964%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Astronaut_Neil_A._Armstrong_%281964%29.jpg/240px-Astronaut_Neil_A._Armstrong_%281964%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5876" data-file-height="7345" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Armstrong"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil A. Armstrong</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001930-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wapakoneta,_Ohio" title="Wapakoneta, Ohio">Wapakoneta, Ohio</a>,<br />August 5, 1930 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-08-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 25, 2012</span> </td> <td>Armstrong graduated from <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a> with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. He flew 78 combat missions in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval aviator">naval aviator</a>, and then became a test pilot for the <a href="/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics" title="National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics">National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics</a> (the forerunner of NASA) at the <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center" title="Armstrong Flight Research Center">High-Speed Flight Station</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, where he flew the <a href="/wiki/X-15" class="mw-redirect" title="X-15">X-15</a> <a href="/wiki/Rocket-powered_aircraft" title="Rocket-powered aircraft">rocket-powered aircraft</a>. He made his first spaceflight as commander of <a href="/wiki/Gemini_8" title="Gemini 8">Gemini 8</a> in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission with pilot <a href="/wiki/David_Scott" title="David Scott">David Scott</a>, he performed the first <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft_docking_and_berthing_mechanisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacecraft docking and berthing mechanisms">docking</a> of two <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a>, but the mission was aborted after Armstrong was compelled to use some of his re-entry control fuel to address a dangerous roll caused by a stuck <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft_propulsion" title="Spacecraft propulsion">thruster</a>. During training for his second and last spaceflight, as commander of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a>, he ejected from the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle" title="Lunar Landing Research Vehicle">Lunar Landing Research Vehicle</a> moments before a crash. In July 1969, he and his <a href="/wiki/Lunar_module_pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar module pilot">lunar module pilot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin" title="Buzz Aldrin">Buzz Aldrin</a>, became the first people to <a href="/wiki/Moon_landing" title="Moon landing">land on the Moon</a>. Armstrong was the first person to step onto its surface, and he spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft. He earned a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> in 1970. He resigned from NASA in 1971, and taught aerospace engineering at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a> until 1979. He served on the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a> accident investigation, and on the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">Rogers Commission</a>, which investigated the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">Space Shuttle <i>Challenger</i> disaster</a>. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013145–147_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013145–147-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_(S64-31455).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg/120px-Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg/180px-Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg/240px-Frank_Borman_NASA_Portrait_%28S64-31455%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3636" data-file-height="4541" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Borman"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Borman" title="Frank Borman">Frank F. Borman II</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001928-03-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary, Indiana</a>,<br />March 14, 1928 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-11-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 7, 2023</span> </td> <td>Borman received a Bachelor of Science degree from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point</a>, in 1950. He joined the USAF and became a <a href="/wiki/Fighter_pilot" title="Fighter pilot">fighter pilot</a>. He earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1957. He was an assistant professor of <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamics" title="Thermodynamics">thermodynamics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fluid_mechanics" title="Fluid mechanics">fluid mechanics</a> at West Point from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">USAF Experimental Test Pilot School</a> with Class 60-C, and from the ARPS with Class I. He was initially selected for <a href="/wiki/Gemini_5" title="Gemini 5">Gemini 5</a> with Mercury astronaut <a href="/wiki/Gus_Grissom" title="Gus Grissom">Gus Grissom</a>, but Grissom was moved to Gemini 3, with Young as his pilot. Borman commanded the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_7" title="Gemini 7">Gemini 7</a> mission in December 1965. On this mission he and Lovell spent two weeks in space, during which they performed the first <a href="/wiki/Space_rendezvous" title="Space rendezvous">space rendezvous</a> with <a href="/wiki/Gemini_6A" title="Gemini 6A">Gemini 6A</a>. After the January 1967 <a href="/wiki/Apollo_1" title="Apollo 1">Apollo 1</a> fire in which astronauts Grissom, White, and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Chaffee" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Chaffee">Roger Chaffee</a> died, he was the astronaut representative on the accident investigation board. In December 1968, he commanded <a href="/wiki/Apollo_8" title="Apollo 8">Apollo 8</a>, the first crewed circumlunar mission. He retired from NASA and the USAF in 1970 and joined <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Airlines">Eastern Airlines</a>, eventually becoming its <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Board">Chairman of the Board</a> in December 1976. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013147–149_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013147–149-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBormanSerling1988102_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBormanSerling1988102-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994136–138_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994136–138-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg/120px-Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg/180px-Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg/240px-Pete_Conrad_in_1964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="1321" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Conrad"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Conrad" title="Pete Conrad">Charles (Pete) Conrad Jr.</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001930-06-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania,<br />June 2, 1930 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-07-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 8, 1999</span> </td> <td>Conrad graduated from <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering. He joined the Navy and became a naval aviator. In 1958, he graduated from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Test_Pilot_School" title="United States Naval Test Pilot School">United States Naval Test Pilot School</a> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">Naval Air Station Patuxent River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patuxent,_Maryland" title="Patuxent, Maryland">Patuxent, Maryland</a> as part of Class 20. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with his command pilot, Mercury astronaut <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cooper" title="Gordon Cooper">Gordon Cooper</a>, on his first spaceflight, the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_5" title="Gemini 5">Gemini 5</a> mission in August 1965. The following year he commanded the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_11" title="Gemini 11">Gemini 11</a> mission, on which he and pilot Dick Gordon set an altitude record of 850 miles (1,370&#160;km). He became the third person to walk on the Moon as commander of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_12" title="Apollo 12">Apollo 12</a> in 1969 after landing the lunar module <i>Intrepid</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Ocean_of_Storms" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean of Storms">Ocean of Storms</a>. He and pilot Alan Bean made two moonwalks, recovering components from the <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_3" title="Surveyor 3">Surveyor 3</a> probe, which had landed there two years before. In 1973 he commanded <a href="/wiki/Skylab_2" title="Skylab 2">Skylab 2</a>, the first crewed Skylab mission, and spent 28 more days in space. On this mission, he and his crewmates repaired significant launch damage to the <a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_station" title="Space station">space station</a>. He retired from NASA and the Navy in 1973. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013147–149_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013147–149-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConradKlausner2005113–118_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConradKlausner2005113–118-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg/120px-Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg/180px-Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg/240px-Jim_Lovell_official_1964_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3322" data-file-height="4152" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Lovell"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lovell" title="Jim Lovell">James A. Lovell Jr.</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001928-03-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio,<br />March 25, 1928 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002100-12-31-0000"></span> </td> <td>Lovell graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>, with the Class of 1952, and became a naval aviator. In 1958, he graduated from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Test_Pilot_School" title="United States Naval Test Pilot School">United States Naval Test Pilot School</a> with Class 20. He flew as the pilot of the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_7" title="Gemini 7">Gemini 7</a> mission in December 1965 during which he and Borman spent two weeks in space and conducted the first space rendezvous with <a href="/wiki/Gemini_6A" title="Gemini 6A">Gemini 6A</a>. In November 1966 he commanded the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_12" title="Gemini 12">Gemini 12</a> mission with <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin" title="Buzz Aldrin">Buzz Aldrin</a> as his pilot. He was the <a href="/wiki/Command_module_pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Command module pilot">command module pilot</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_8" title="Apollo 8">Apollo 8</a> mission in December 1968, during which he, Borman and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Anders" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Anders">Bill Anders</a> conducted the first crewed circumlunar mission. In April 1970, he became the first person to fly in space four times, and the first to travel to the Moon twice, when he commanded the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a> mission. He resigned from NASA and the Navy on March 1, 1973. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013150–152_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013150–152-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg/120px-James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg/180px-James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg/240px-James_A._McDivitt_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3599" data-file-height="4562" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="McDivett"><a href="/wiki/James_McDivitt" title="James McDivitt">James A. McDivitt</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001929-06-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Chicago, Illinois,<br />June 10, 1929 </td> <td data-sort-value="000000002022-10-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Tucson, Arizona,<br />October 13, 2022 </td> <td>McDivitt joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan, graduating first in the class in 1959. That year he also graduated from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">USAF Experimental Test Pilot School</a> with Class 59-C, and he graduated from the ARPS with Class I in 1960. He commanded the <a href="/wiki/Gemini_4" title="Gemini 4">Gemini 4</a> mission, during which White performed the first U.S. <a href="/wiki/Extravehicular_activity" title="Extravehicular activity">spacewalk</a>. He was the first astronaut to command his first space mission. In March 1969, he commanded the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_9" title="Apollo 9">Apollo 9</a> flight, which was the first crewed flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972. In February 1972, he was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a>, becoming the first astronaut to reach that rank. He retired from NASA and the USAF later that year to pursue a career in the aviation industry, and became a senior vice president at <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_International" title="Rockwell International">Rockwell International</a>. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013152–153_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013152–153-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrenchBurgess200726_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrenchBurgess200726-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Catholic_Advocate_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Catholic_Advocate-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg/120px-Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg/180px-Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg/240px-Elliot_See_-_S64-29933.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="See"><a href="/wiki/Elliot_See" title="Elliot See">Elliot M. See, Jr.</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001927-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, Texas,<br />July 23, 1927 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-02-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 28, 1966</span> </td> <td>See graduated from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">United States Merchant Marine Academy</a> in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in <a href="/wiki/Marine_engineering" title="Marine engineering">marine engineering</a> and a commission in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Reserve">United States Naval Reserve</a>. That year he joined <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>. He served on active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1956, then rejoined General Electric, becoming a test pilot. He earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1962. See was chosen as the command pilot of <a href="/wiki/Gemini_9" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini 9">Gemini 9</a>, but died in a <a href="/wiki/1966_NASA_T-38_crash" title="1966 NASA T-38 crash">T-38 plane crash</a> less than four months before launch. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013154–155_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013154–155-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Stafford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Thomas_Stafford.jpg/120px-Thomas_Stafford.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Thomas_Stafford.jpg/180px-Thomas_Stafford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Thomas_Stafford.jpg/240px-Thomas_Stafford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="5120" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford" title="Thomas P. Stafford">Thomas P. Stafford</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001930-09-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Weatherford,_Oklahoma" title="Weatherford, Oklahoma">Weatherford, Oklahoma</a>,<br />September 17, 1930 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-03-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 18, 2024</span> </td> <td>Stafford graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a> with the Class of 1952 and joined the USAF. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">USAF Experimental Test Pilot School</a> with Class 58-C. He made his first spaceflight in December 1965 as the pilot of <a href="/wiki/Gemini_6A" title="Gemini 6A">Gemini 6A</a>, which made the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. In June of the following year he commanded <a href="/wiki/Gemini_9A" title="Gemini 9A">Gemini 9A</a>. In 1969, Stafford was the commander of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_10" title="Apollo 10">Apollo 10</a>, the second crewed mission to orbit the Moon and the first to fly a Lunar Module in lunar orbit, descending to an altitude of 9 miles (14&#160;km) above its surface. On the return to Earth, the Apollo 10 spacecraft achieved a speed of 24,791 miles per hour (39,897&#160;km/h), setting the record for the fastest speed achieved by human beings. In 1975, Stafford was the commander of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo-Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo-Soyuz Test Project">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project</a> flight, the first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission. He was a brigadier general at the time of the mission, becoming the first general officer to fly in space, as well as the first member of his Naval Academy class to pin on the first, second, and third stars of a general officer. He retired from the USAF in 1979. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Apollo_10_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apollo_10-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013155–156_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013155–156-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg/120px-Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg/180px-Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg/240px-Edward_H._White_II_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2402" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="White"><a href="/wiki/Ed_White_(astronaut)" title="Ed White (astronaut)">Edward H. White II</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001930-11-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, Texas,<br />November 14, 1930 </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001967-01-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Cape Canaveral, Florida,<br />January 27, 1967 </td> <td>White received a Bachelor of Science degree from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point</a>, graduating with the Class of 1952. He joined the USAF and became a <a href="/wiki/Fighter_pilot" title="Fighter pilot">fighter pilot</a>. He earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">USAF Experimental Test Pilot School</a> with Class 59-C. In June 1965, he flew on <a href="/wiki/Gemini_4" title="Gemini 4">Gemini 4</a> as its pilot, during which he conducted the first American <a href="/wiki/Spacewalk" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacewalk">spacewalk</a>. He was selected as the Senior Pilot of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_1" title="Apollo 1">Apollo 1</a>, the inaugural flight of the Apollo spacecraft. White was killed in the fire on the launch pad test in January 1967, a month before the scheduled liftoff. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013156–158_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013156–158-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg/120px-John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg/180px-John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg/240px-John_Young_in_a_business_suit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Young"><a href="/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)" title="John Young (astronaut)">John W. Young</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="000000001930-09-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">San Francisco, California,<br />September 24, 1930 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-01-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 5, 2018</span> </td> <td>Young graduated from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Institute of Technology</a> with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1952 and joined the Navy. He set world time-to-climb records for 3,000 metres (9,800&#160;ft) and 25,000 metres (82,000&#160;ft). His first space mission was as pilot of <a href="/wiki/Gemini_3" title="Gemini 3">Gemini 3</a>, the first crewed Gemini mission, in March 1965. He went on to command <a href="/wiki/Gemini_10" title="Gemini 10">Gemini 10</a> in July 1966. In May 1969, he was Command Module pilot of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_10" title="Apollo 10">Apollo 10</a>, the "dress rehearsal" for the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a> Moon landing. On the way back to Earth, the Apollo 10 crew reached a speed of 24,791 miles per hour (39,897&#160;km/h), the highest speed attained by a crewed vehicle. He returned to the Moon in April 1972 as commander of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_16" title="Apollo 16">Apollo 16</a>, the fifth crewed lunar landing, becoming the ninth person to walk on the Moon and the second to fly to it twice. He served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Astronaut_Office" title="Chief of the Astronaut Office">Chief of the Astronaut Office</a> from 1974 to 1987. In April 1981, he commanded the <a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a> mission, the maiden flight of the <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></span>&#32;<a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia"><i>Columbia</i></a>. When he commanded <a href="/wiki/STS-9" title="STS-9">STS-9</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Spacelab" title="Spacelab">Spacelab</a> mission, in November 1983, he became the first person to travel into space six times. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bios_39-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bios-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Apollo_10_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apollo_10-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013158–159_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013158–159-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assimilation">Assimilation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Assimilation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new astronauts became known as the Next Nine,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979392–393_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979392–393-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or the New Nine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013x_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013x-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They moved to the Houston area in October 1962. Most of them bought lots and built houses in <a href="/wiki/Nassau_Bay,_Texas" title="Nassau Bay, Texas">Nassau Bay</a>, a new development to the east of the MSC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Conrad and Lovell built houses in <a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake_City_(Greater_Houston)" title="Clear Lake City (Greater Houston)">Timber Cove</a>, south of the MSC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013103–104_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013103–104-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Developers in Timber Cove and Nassau Bay offered astronauts mortgages with small down payments and low interest rates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979396_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979396-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The MSC complex was not yet complete, so NASA temporarily leased office space in Houston.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013163_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013163-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Slayton's wife Marge and Borman's wife Susan organized an Astronauts' Wives Club along the lines of the Officers' Wives Clubs that were a feature of military bases. As Slayton was in charge of astronaut activities, Marge was considered to be the equivalent of the <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a>'s wife.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979396–398_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfe1979396–398-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The nine were honored guests at Houston society parties, such as those thrown by socialite <a href="/wiki/Joanne_Herring" title="Joanne Herring">Joanne Herring</a>, and their wives received $1,000 <a href="/wiki/Neiman_Marcus" title="Neiman Marcus">Neiman Marcus</a> gift vouchers (equivalent to $10,000&#32;in 2023) from an anonymous source.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013110–111_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKoppel2013110–111-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A lawyer, Henry Batten, agreed to negotiate a deal with <a href="/wiki/Field_Enterprises" title="Field Enterprises">Field Enterprises</a> for their personal stories, along the lines of the <i><a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life</a></i> magazine deal enjoyed by the Mercury Seven, for no fee. As with the <i>Life</i> deal, there was some disquiet about the propriety of astronauts cashing in on government-created fame, but Mercury Seven astronaut <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">John Glenn</a> intervened, and personally raised the matter with Kennedy, who approved the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The deals with Field and <a href="/wiki/Time-Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Time-Life">Time-Life</a> (which owned <i>Life</i> magazine) earned each of the Next Nine astronauts $16,250 (equivalent to $164,000&#32;in 2023) per annum over the next four years, and provided them with $100,000 <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a> policies (equivalent to $1,007,000&#32;in 2023). Due to the dangerous nature of an astronaut's job, insurance companies would have charged them unaffordably high premiums.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013164_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013164-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training">Training</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg/220px-Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg/330px-Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg/440px-Next_Nine_Desert_Survival_Training.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1084" /></a><figcaption>The Next Nine during desert survival training in Nevada in August 1963. Front row, left to right: Borman, Lovell, Young, Conrad, McDivitt, White. Back row, left to right: Raymond Zedehar, Stafford, Slayton, Armstrong and See</figcaption></figure> <p>Astronaut training was supervised by Raymond Zedehar, who reported to Warren North, the Director of Flight Crew Operations at the MSC. Initially, each of the astronauts was given four months' of classroom instruction on subjects such as <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft_propulsion" title="Spacecraft propulsion">spacecraft propulsion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orbital_mechanics" title="Orbital mechanics">orbital mechanics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Computing" title="Computing">computing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Space_medicine" title="Space medicine">space medicine</a>. Classes were for six hours a day, two days a week. There was also familiarization with the Gemini spacecraft, <a href="/wiki/LGM-25C_Titan_II" title="LGM-25C Titan II">Titan II</a> and <a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">Atlas</a> boosters, and the <a href="/wiki/Agena_target_vehicle" title="Agena target vehicle">Agena target vehicle</a>. After classroom training was completed, there was a series of seminars on space science. The astronaut's lack of scientific training was recognized, but it was hoped that this would bring their knowledge up to a level where they could communicate with scientists. The first was delivered by <a href="/wiki/Homer_E._Newell_Jr." title="Homer E. Newell Jr.">Homer E. Newell Jr.</a>, NASA's Director of Space Sciences. Subsequent seminars covered topics such as the USAF's X-15 and <a href="/wiki/X-20_Dyna-Soar" class="mw-redirect" title="X-20 Dyna-Soar">X-20 Dyna-Soar</a> programs, and the development of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_rocket_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear rocket engines">nuclear rocket engines</a>. Geologist <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Shoemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene Shoemaker">Eugene Shoemaker</a> developed a training plan to teach the astronauts the fundamentals of selenology, the <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Moon" title="Geology of the Moon">geology of the Moon</a>. In January 1963 they went to <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona" title="Flagstaff, Arizona">Flagstaff, Arizona</a>, where they studied the <a href="/wiki/Meteor_Crater" title="Meteor Crater">Meteor Crater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lava" title="Lava">lava</a> flows, and observed the Moon through the telescope at the <a href="/wiki/Lowell_Observatory" title="Lowell Observatory">Lowell Observatory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Training_of_Astronaut_candidates_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Training_of_Astronaut_candidates-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013165–169_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013165–169-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Zero-G training at <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson Air Force Base</a> in Ohio on May 20, 1963, each the Next Nine astronauts flew two flights in a <a href="/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft" title="Reduced-gravity aircraft">reduced-gravity aircraft</a>, a modified <a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> aircraft. Each flight flew 20 <a href="/wiki/Parabola" title="Parabola">parabolas</a> that gave them between 20 and 30 seconds of weightlessness. Jungle survival training was conducted for all sixteen Mercury Seven and Next Nine astronauts at the USAF Tropic Survival School at <a href="/wiki/Albrook_Air_Force_Station" title="Albrook Air Force Station">Albrook Air Force Station</a> in Panama in June. This was the first time that the two groups had trained together. This was followed in August by desert survival training at Stead Air Force Base in <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, and field exercises at <a href="/wiki/Carson_Sink" title="Carson Sink">Carson Sink</a>. Each astronaut had to survive on four liters (ten U.S. pints) of water and the food in their spacecraft survival packs. In September, all sixteen were given instruction in parachute landings on land and water, but only the Next Nine attended the second phase of the program, water survival training on the <a href="/wiki/Dilbert_Dunker" title="Dilbert Dunker">Dilbert Dunker</a> at the USN school at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a> in Florida and on <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013170–174_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013170–174-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the precedent set by the Mercury Seven, each of the Next Nine was assigned a special area in which to develop expertise that could be shared with the others, and to provide astronaut input to designers and engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994123-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Armstrong was responsible for trainers and simulators; Borman for boosters, with special responsibility for abort systems; Conrad for cockpit layout, pilot controls and systems integration; Lovell for recovery systems, including the parachutes, <a href="/wiki/Paraglider" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraglider">paraglider</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lunar_module" title="Lunar module">lunar module</a>; McDivitt for guidance and navigation systems; See for electrical systems and coordination of mission planning; Stafford for communications systems, mission control and the ground support network; White for flight control systems, and Young for environmental control systems, survival gear, personal equipment and <a href="/wiki/Space_suit" title="Space suit">space suits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013166–167_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess2013166–167-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg/220px-President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg/330px-President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg/440px-President_Reagan_Presents_Medals_-_GPN-2000-001679.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2935" data-file-height="2319" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> presents John Young with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor as well as NASA's Distinguished Service Medal.</figcaption></figure> <p>Collins wrote that in his opinion "this group of nine was the best NASA ever picked, better than the seven that preceded it, or the fourteen, five, nineteen, eleven and seven that followed."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECollins200132_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECollins200132-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Slayton felt so too, describing them as "probably the best all-round group ever put together."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994119_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994119-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Looking over the tentative schedule of Apollo missions, Slayton calculated that up to 14 three-person crews might be required, but the 16 astronauts on hand could fill just five. Though he considered the schedule to be optimistic, he did not want a shortage of astronauts to be the reason the schedule could not be met, and he therefore proposed another round of recruiting.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994132_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESlaytonCassutt1994132-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 5, 1963, NASA announced that it was seeking another ten to fifteen new astronauts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorseBays197361_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorseBays197361-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Next Nine went on to illustrious careers as astronauts. Apart from See and White, who were killed in a T-38 crash and in the Apollo fire, respectively, all went on to command Gemini and Apollo missions. Six of the nine flew to the Moon (Lovell and Young twice), and Armstrong, Conrad and Young walked on it as well.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seven of the nine received the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor" title="Congressional Space Medal of Honor">Congressional Space Medal of Honor</a> for their service, valor, and sacrifice:<sup id="cite_ref-nasa_list_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa_list-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Armstrong, for commanding <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a>, the first lunar landing;<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Borman, for commanding <a href="/wiki/Apollo_8" title="Apollo 8">Apollo 8</a>, the first crewed mission to the Moon;<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Conrad, for commanding <a href="/wiki/Skylab_2" title="Skylab 2">Skylab 2</a>, and saving the damaged station;<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lovell, for commanding the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stafford, for commanding the international Cold War <a href="/wiki/Apollo-Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo-Soyuz Test Project">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>White, posthumously, killed in the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_1" title="Apollo 1">Apollo 1</a> fire;<sup id="cite_ref-Clinton_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clinton-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and</li> <li>Young, for commanding the first Space Shuttle mission, <a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a>, in the &#32;<a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia"><i>Columbia</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NASA_Astronaut_Group_2&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196628–29,_37-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwensonGrimwoodAlexander196628–29,_37_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSwensonGrimwoodAlexander1966">Swenson, Grimwood &amp; 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New York: Silver Arrow. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-07929-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-07929-6"><bdi>0-688-07929-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/17983615">17983615</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Countdown%3A+An+Autobiography&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Silver+Arrow&amp;rft.date=1988&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F17983615&amp;rft.isbn=0-688-07929-6&amp;rft.aulast=Borman&amp;rft.aufirst=Frank&amp;rft.au=Serling%2C+Robert+J.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcountdownautobio0000borm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANASA+Astronaut+Group+2" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrooksGrimwoodSwenson1979" class="citation book cs1">Brooks, Courtney G.; Grimwood, James M. &amp; Swenson, Loyd S. 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New York; London: Springer. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4419-8405-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4419-8405-0"><bdi>978-1-4419-8405-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/747105631">747105631</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Selecting+the+Mercury+Seven%3A+The+Search+for+America%27s+First+Astronauts&amp;rft.place=New+York%3B+London&amp;rft.series=Springer-Praxis+books+in+space+exploration&amp;rft.pub=Springer&amp;rft.date=2011&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F747105631&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-4419-8405-0&amp;rft.aulast=Burgess&amp;rft.aufirst=Colin&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANASA+Astronaut+Group+2" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurgess2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Burgess_(author)" title="Colin Burgess (author)">Burgess, Colin</a> (2013). <i>Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts</i>. 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New York: Cooper Square Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8154-1028-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8154-1028-7"><bdi>978-0-8154-1028-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/45755963">45755963</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Carrying+the+Fire%3A+An+Astronaut%27s+Journeys&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Cooper+Square+Press&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F45755963&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8154-1028-7&amp;rft.aulast=Collins&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANASA+Astronaut+Group+2" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConradKlausner2005" class="citation book cs1">Conrad, Nancy &amp; Klausner, Howard (May 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rocketmanastrona00conr"><i>Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond</i></a>. New York: New American Library. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-451-21509-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-451-21509-5"><bdi>0-451-21509-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/57311427">57311427</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rocketman%3A+Astronaut+Pete+Conrad%27s+Incredible+Ride+to+the+Moon+and+Beyond&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=New+American+Library&amp;rft.date=2005-05&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F57311427&amp;rft.isbn=0-451-21509-5&amp;rft.aulast=Conrad&amp;rft.aufirst=Nancy&amp;rft.au=Klausner%2C+Howard&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frocketmanastrona00conr&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANASA+Astronaut+Group+2" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrenchBurgess2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Francis_French_(author)" title="Francis French (author)">French, Francis</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Colin_Burgess_(author)" title="Colin Burgess (author)">Burgess, Colin</a> (2007). <a href="/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon_(book)" title="In the Shadow of the Moon (book)"><i>In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility</i></a>. 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