NASA's Astronaut Group 5 (the 'Original 19') selected by NASA in April 1966. NASA Insignia Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... NASA Insignia Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Main article: List of astronauts by selection

• Vance Brand

First joint US-USSR mission. Flew on Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35.

• John S. Bull
• Gerald Carr
• Charles Duke

Lunar Module Pilot, fifth manned lunar landing. Tenth man to walk on the moon. Flew on Apollo 16.

• Joseph Engle
• Ronald Evans

Command Module Pilot, last manned lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 17.

• Edward Givens
• Fred Haise

Lunar Module Pilot, aborted lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 13 and Shuttle Enterprise for Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT)

• James Irwin

Lunar Module Pilot, fourth manned lunar landing. Eighth man to walk on the moon. Flew on Apollo 15.

• Don Lind
• Jack Lousma
• Thomas Mattingly

Command Module Pilot, fifth manned lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 16.

• Bruce McCandless II

First untethered EVA.

• Edgar Mitchell

Lunar Module Pilot, third manned lunar landing. Sixth man to walk on the moon. Flew on Apollo 14.

• William Pogue
• Stuart Roosa

Command Module Pilot, third manned lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 14.

• John Swigert

Command Module Pilot, aborted lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 13.

• Paul Weitz
• Alfred Worden

Command Module Pilot, fourth manned lunar landing. Flew on Apollo 15.

1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Vance DeVoe Brand is a former NASA astronaut. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ... STS-5 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched November 11, 1982. ... // Crew Vance Brand (flew on Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B & STS-35), Commander Robert L. Gibson (flew on STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47 & STS-71), Pilot Bruce McCandless II (flew on STS-41-B & STS-31), Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair (flew on... // (total flights to date in parentheses) Vance D. Brand (4), Commander Guy S. Gardner (2), Pilot Jeffrey A. Hoffman (2), Mission Specialist 1 John M. Lounge (3), Mission Specialist 2 Robert A. Parker (2), Mission Specialist 3 Samuel T. Durrance (1), Payload Specialist 1 Ronald A. Parise (1), Payload Specialist... John S. Bull Dr. John Sumpter Bull (Ph. ... Gerald P. Carr is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. ... Charles Moss Duke, Jr. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Joseph Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Dickinson County, Kansas) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. ...  Ronald Evans (right) poses with Harrison Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan (seated) for an Apollo 17 publicity photo Ronald E. Evans (November 10, 1933 - April 7, 1990) (Captain, USN Ret. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ... Edward Givens Edward Galen (Ed) Givens Jr (January 5, 1930 - June 6, 1967) was a NASA astronaut selected in the 1966 Original 19 group. ... Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. ... Apollo 13 was the third American-manned lunar-landing mission, part of the Apollo program. ... The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle built for NASA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield and was therefore not capable of space operations; her purpose was to perform test flights in the atmosphere. ... Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin James Irwins Apollo 15 space suit James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... Don Leslie Lind is a former NASA astronaut who was born in Midvale, Utah on May 18, 1930. ... Jack Robert Lousma [Colonel, USMC, Ret. ... Thomas Kenneth (Ken) Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C missions. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... McCandless helped develop the MMU and was first to test it on STS-41-B in 1984 Captain Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former naval aviator with the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. ... Astronaut Bruce McCandless on an untethered EVA Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. ... Edgar Mitchell (right) poses with Stuart Roosa (left) and Alan Shepard (center) Edgar D. Mitchell, Sc. ... Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon. ... William Reid Pogue (born January 23, 1930) was an American astronaut. ... Stuart Roosa (left) poses with Alan Shepard (middle) and Edgar Mitchell (right) Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 - December 12, 1994) was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. ... Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon. ... John Leonard Jack Swigert, Jr. ... Apollo 13 was the third American-manned lunar-landing mission, part of the Apollo program. ... Astronaut Paul J. Weitz Paul J. Weitz (pronounced WHITES) (born July 25, 1932) was an American astronaut who flew in space twice. ... Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July_August 1971. ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ...

See also

• Astronaut Group 1
• Astronaut Group 2
• Astronaut Group 3
• Astronaut Group 4

Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter) The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. ... NASAs Astronaut Group 2, also known as The New Nine, was the second group of astronauts selected by NASA in September 1962. ... Astronaut Group 3 was the third group of Astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. ... NASAs Astronaut Group 4 was the first group of Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA in June 1965. ...

External links

• Encyclopedia Astronautica entry for NASA Group 5
• Spaceline article on NASA Group 5
• Space Cowboy Saloon entry with group photo