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Nasa's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff

Nasa's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff

Shayler, David J.
Burgess, Colin

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Technology & EngineeringAstronomy & SpacePhysics

Publisher Price: $44.99

ISBN10: 3030457419
ISBN13: 9783030457419
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jul 11 2020
Pages: 589
Weight: 2.16
Height: 1.26 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA's Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or scientists trained as pilots had been assigned to fly on America's spacecraft, but with the advent of the innovative winged spacecraft the door was finally opened to non-pilots, including women and minorities. In all, 15 of those selected were categorised as Pilot Astronauts, while the other 20 would train under the new designation of Mission Specialist. Altogether, the Group 8 astronauts would be launched on a total of 103 space missions; some flying only once, while others flew into orbit as many as five times. Sadly, four of their number would perish in the Challenger tragedy in January 1986.

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