NASA Astronaut Group 8 was a group of 35 astronauts announced on January 16, 1978. It was the first NASA selection since Group 6 in 1967, and was the largest group to that date.

NASA's Astronaut Group 8 was the first selection in nine years of astronaut candidates since Group 7 in August 1969. Due to the long delay between the last Apollo lunar mission in 1972 and the first flight of the Space Shuttle in 1981, few astronauts from …

2015年1月14日 · On January 13, 1978, Astronaut Group 8 was announced. This group would form the core team to fly in the STS program in its first decade of life.

NASA Astronaut Group 8 was a group of 35 astronauts announced on January 16, 1978. It was the first NASA selection since Group 6 in 1967, and was the largest group to that date.

NASA Group 8 Pilots and Mission Specialists. January, 1978. Bluford, Guion S., Jr. (Air Force) Brandenstein, Daniel C. (Navy) Buchli, James F. (Marine Corps)

Requirement: pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights. Recruit women and minorities to introduce diversity into the astronaut corps. Nickname: TFNG - Thirty-Five New Guys, also an obscene military phrase. AKA: TFNG. …

2023年11月13日 · Credit: NASA. Top row: Guion S. Bluford Jr, Daniel C. Brandenstein, James F. Buchli, Michael L. Coats, Richard O. Covey, John O. Creighton, John M. Fabian

NASA group 8 (1978) Achille, Franklin Almojuela, Thomas Anderson, David Anderson, Leslie Atwood, William

NASA astronaut group 8 includes a selection of astronauts chosen for space missions.

Welcome to the biographies of the NASAgroup 8 candidates. Click the name in the left hand side to get the biography you search for. Note: All calendar data are given in the following style: dd.mm.yyyy.