NASA Astronaut Group 6
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NASA Astronaut Group 6
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NASA Astronaut Group 6 was a group of eleven astronauts announced by NASA on August 11, 1967, the second group of scientist-astronauts.
Given the lack of post-Apollo program funding, with the Apollo Applications Program being absorbed into the Skylab program, and NASA's existing surplus of astronauts, they did not expect any of the group to fly in space. Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton had planned to hire 20 to 30 new scientist-astronauts, but NASA found that only 11 of the 923 a
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Group of eleven astronauts accepted by NASA in 1967
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_6
date created:
2007-09-23T16:13:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T16:32:49Z
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