The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts : expanding the space frontier in the late sixties / David J. Shayler and Colin Burgess.
Shayler, David, 1955- author.; Burgess, Colin, author.
2017
TL789.8.U6
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Title The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts : expanding the space frontier in the late sixties / David J. Shayler and Colin Burgess.
Author Shayler, David, 1955- author.
ISBN 9783319510149 (electronic book)
3319510142 (electronic book)
9783319510125
3319510126
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51014-9
Published Cham : Springer, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-51014-9 doi
Call Number TL789.8.U6
Dewey Decimal Classification 629.450092/273
Summary Resulting from the authors' deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA's exploration and knowledge of the space frontier, are also examined. In April 1966 NASA selected 19 pilot astronauts whose training was specifically targeted to the Apollo lunar landing missions and the Earth-orbiting Skylab space station. Three years later, following the sudden cancellation of the USAF's highly classified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, seven military astronauts were also co-opted into NASA's space program. This book represents the final chapter by the authors in the story of American astronaut selections prior to the era of the Space Shuttle. Through personal interviews and original NASA documentation, readers will also gain a true insight into a remarkable age of space travel as it unfolded in the late 1960s, and the men who flew those historic missions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 22, 2017).
Added Author Burgess, Colin, author.
Series Pioneers in early spaceflight.
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Available in Other Form Last of NASA's original pilot astronauts.
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Authors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1: The selections; SELECTING THE RIGHT MEN WITH THE "RIGHT STUFF"; Men for MOL; Selection Criteria; The First Selection; Truly explains the background to the first MOL selection; The unidentified 'ninth candidate'; Changing the rules; Nasa Calls For New Astronauts; MAKING THE CUT; Pleasant, enlightening, and exciting times at Brooks AFB; "As many qualified guys as you find"; And 19 make 50; That fateful phone call; MORE FOR MOL; MOL-II selection; The first USAFA graduate astronaut.

The MOL contingency selections The final selection; A fourth astronaut class for MOL?; END OF AN ERA; References; 2: The nineteen; VANCE D. BRAND; JOHN S. BULL; GERALD P. CARR; CHARLES M. DUKE, JR.; JOE H. ENGLE; RONALD E. EVANS; EDWARD G. GIVENS, JR.; FRED W. HAISE, JR.; JAMES B. IRWIN; DON L. LIND; JACK R. LOUSMA; THOMAS K. MATTINGLY II; BRUCE McCANDLESS II; EDGAR D. MITCHELL; WILLIAM R. POGUE; STUART A. ROOSA; JOHN L. SWIGERT, JR.; PAUL J. WEITZ; ALFRED M. WORDEN; CLASS OF '66; References; 3: The 'almost' astronauts; DESPITE THE ODDS; Lieutenant Frank K. Ellis, USN.

THE TWENTY-FIVE UNSUCCESSFUL GROUP 5 APPLICANTS Lieutenant Milton ('Milt' or 'Doc') Harold Bank II, USN; Lieutenant Commander Peter A. Banks, USN; Lieutenant Harry Lee Blackburn, Jr., USN; Captain John David Carlton, USMC; Captain Richard E. Cherry, Jr., USAF; M.P. ('Pete') Frank III; George Furlong, Jr.; Major John A. ('Jack') Graff, USAF; Darryl George Greenamyer; Major Ernest Leon Hatchell, Jr., USAF; Captain George F. Heinrich, USAF; John W. Holtzclaw, USN; Charles J. Howard, M.D.; Hugh M. Jackson; Thomas R. Kloves; Richard Allen Laidley, PhD (Geology).

Lieutenant Richard L. Martin, USN Milton Matter, Jr.; Captain John J. Metzko, USMC; Captain Jack Franklin O'Hara, USN; Captain Ernest Arthur Olds, USAF; Lieutenant Dwight Curtis Owings, USN; Lieutenant Robert V. Sallada, USN; Norman P. Shyken; Lieutenant Dwight Dorwan Timm, USN; AMERICA'S UNSUCCESSFUL SECRET ASTRONAUTS; Spence M. ('Sam') Armstrong [MOL II/III]; Alfred Lemont ('Al') Atwell (MOL I); Robert S. Beale (MOL I); Tommy I. Bell (MOL I); Charles Pearre Cabell, Jr. (MOL II/III); Thomas J. Davey, Jr. (MOL II/III); John W. Dettmer (MOL II/III).

Alan L. Devereaux (MOL II/III) Brendan ('Bren') Patrick Foley (MOL II/III); Patrick Henry, Jr. (MOL I); James F. Humphries, Jr. (MOL II/III); Wendell R. Hull (MOL II/III); Jimmy D. Kempton (MOL II/III); William J. ('Pete') Knight (MOL I); Eldred D. ('Don') Merkl (MOL II/III); Gerald T. Morris (MOL II/III); Leslie J. Pruitt (MOL II/III); Alexander Kraz Rupp (MOL I); Gary T. Smith (MOL II/III); James R. Stanley (MOL II/III); Gervasio ('Jerry') Tonini (MOL II/III); Joseph P. Waters (MOL II/III); OTHER POSSIBLE APPLICANTS; Frederick Rodgers Dent, III; Stanley P. Lewis; SUMMARY.

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