Astronaut Group 5

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NASA's Astronaut Group 5 (the 'Original 19') selected by NASA in April 1966.

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. Selected in 1973 to fly on Skylab Rescue if necessary; that mission was not flown.

• 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

Physicist. Most sources indicate he was a candidate for the cancelled Apollo 20. Selected in 1973 to fly on Skylab Rescue if necessary; the mission was never flown. Finally flew on STS-51-B in 1985, having waited 19 years, longer than any other American astronaut, to fly his first mission.

• 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.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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