NASA Astronaut Group 5

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NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a 1966 class of American astronauts that provided many of the crew members for later Apollo lunar missions and early Skylab flights.

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Label Occurrences
NASA Astronaut Group 5 canonical 13
1966 NASA Group 5 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut group
astronaut selection
alsoKnownAs The Original 19
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era Apollo era
early Skylab era
followedBy NASA Astronaut Group 6
languageOfWorkOrName English
member Alfred M. Worden
Bruce McCandless II
Charles M. Duke Jr.
Don L. Lind
Alan Shepard
surface form: Dr. Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Edgar D. Mitchell
surface form: Dr. Edgar D. Mitchell

Jack R. Lousma
surface form: Dr. Jack R. Lousma

Joseph P. Kerwin
surface form: Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin

Owen K. Garriott
surface form: Dr. Owen K. Garriott

Thomas K. Mattingly II
surface form: Dr. Thomas K. Mattingly II

Edward G. Givens Jr. NERFINISHED
F. Story Musgrave
Fred Haise
surface form: Fred W. Haise Jr.

Gerald P. Carr NERFINISHED
James B. Irwin
John S. Bull NERFINISHED
Paul J. Weitz
Ronald E. Evans
Stuart A. Roosa
Vance D. Brand
William R. Pogue
notableFor supplying many Apollo lunar mission crew members
supplying many early Skylab crew members
numberOfAstronautsSelected 19
operator NASA
partOf NASA Astronaut Corps
precededBy NASA Astronaut Group 4
providedCrewForMissionType Apollo program
surface form: Apollo lunar landing missions

Apollo program
surface form: Apollo lunar orbital missions

early Skylab flights
providedCrewForProgram Apollo program
Skylab program
NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
selectionAnnouncedBy James E. Webb
surface form: NASA Administrator James E. Webb
selectionAnnouncedOn April 4, 1966
selectionYear 1966

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Apollo astronauts selectionFrom NASA Astronaut Group 5
Fred Haise astronautSelection NASA Astronaut Group 5
Ken Mattingly selectedAsAstronautBy NASA Astronaut Group 5
Vance D. Brand selectedAsAstronautBy NASA Astronaut Group 5
Bruce McCandless II memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
Gordon Fullerton memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
Stuart A. Roosa memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
Charles M. Duke Jr. selectionAsAstronaut NASA Astronaut Group 5
this entity surface form: 1966 NASA Group 5
Alfred M. Worden memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
Ronald E. Evans selectedAsAstronautBy NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 6 predecessor NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 4 successor NASA Astronaut Group 5
Haise memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
subject surface form: Fred Haise
Swigert memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 5
subject surface form: Jack Swigert