Can you name the first three astronaut groups selected by NASA?

created by HCAlum2009
  • Enter an astronaut in the box below
  • Correctly named astronauts will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: NASA
  • Between 1959 and 1963, NASA selected 30 men to fly space missions in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. While 8 of them walked on the moon, 5 died tragically before they ever flew in space.
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Mercury Seven (1959)
MR-3, Apollo 14 
MR-4, Gemini III, Apollo 1 
MA-6, STS-95 
MA-7 
MA-8, Gemini VI-A, Apollo 7 
MA-9, Gemini V 
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 
New Nine (1962)
Gemini VIII, Apollo 11 
Gemini VII, Apollo 8 
Gemini V, Gemini XI, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 
Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8, Apollo 13 
Gemini IV, Apollo 9 
None 
Gemini VI-A, Gemini IX-A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 
Gemini IV, Apollo 1 
Gemini III, Gemini X, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9 
Astronaut Group 3 (1963)
Gemini XII, Apollo 11 
Apollo 8 
None 
Apollo 12, Skylab 3 
Gemini IX-A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 
Apollo 1 
Gemini X, Apollo 11 
Apollo 7 
Apollo 7 
None 
Gemini XI, Apollo 12 
Apollo 9 
Gemini VIII, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 
None 
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First Three NASA Astronaut Groups Quiz

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  • Created May 1, 2010 in History
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