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Topic: Astronaut selection board members
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 1063
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-18-2019 01:40 PM
   
Doing some research on who the astronauts were who were members of the selection boards for following groups after Group 1. There were no astronauts on the selection board for Group 1 as we all know. Below is my list of partial astronaut board members. - Group 2: Slayton,
- Group 3:
- Group 4: Shepard, Slayton, McDivitt-?, Borman-?
- Group 5: Young, Collins, Bean, C.Williams
- Group 6: Shepard, Slayton, Garriott
- Group 7:
- Group 8: Young, Brand
- Group 9: Brand
- Group 10:
- Group 11:
- Group 12: A. Fisher
- Group 13: Ross, R. Gibson, Buchli, Apt, Sullivan, Young
- Group 14:
- Group 15: Leestma
- Group 16: Young, Leestma, E. Baker, Wetherbee, Cabana
- Group 17: Leestma
- Group 18:
- Group 19:
- Group 20: Wilson
- Group 21: Wilson
- Group 22:
I also know that Paul Weitz served on three selection boards, but not sure which ones? Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1773
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-18-2019 06:11 PM
I think Joe Kerwin was on the Group 8 selection board. Rhea Seddon makes reference to that in her autobiography. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1842
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 06-18-2019 08:22 PM
Many years ago after an astronaut autograph show, Wally Schirra joined a bunch of us in the hotel bar. One of the stories he told was how he and Grissom interviewed Buzz Aldrin. So, Schirra and Grissom were likely on the Group 3 selection board. |
brianjbradley
Member Posts: 185
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 06-18-2019 09:19 PM
Rhea Seddon also wrote in her autobiography that she served on the boards for the NASA 13 and 14 classes before and after STS-40. |
MSS
Member Posts: 1090
From: Europe
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-19-2019 07:52 AM
Read at: Astronauts and the People Who Selected Them: A Compendium. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1770
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-19-2019 08:02 AM
Very odd that the entire Gemini 10 crew would be assigned to the Group 5 selection committee in the midst of training for their flight.
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1773
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-19-2019 01:21 PM
Mike Collins said pretty much the same thing in his autobiography "Carrying The Fire." |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3818
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-25-2019 11:20 AM
Gene Cernan noted in "The Last Man on the Moon" that Deke Slayton, Wally Schirra and Al Shepard were on his selection panel (Group 3). |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 1063
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-30-2025 03:22 PM
Here is some updated information that I have obtained on which astronauts have served on the selection boards. - Group-19/2004: Bob Cabana, Kent Rominger, Mike Bloomfield, Janet Kavandi, Mike Lopez-Alegria, Leland Melvin, Barbara Morgan, Carlos Noriega, Andy Thomas, Peggy Whitson and John Young.
- Group-20/2009: Peggy Whitson, Steve Lindsey, Ellen Baker, Janet Kavandi, Bob Behnken, Mike Lopez-Alegria, Dominic Gorie, Leland Melvin, Garrett Reisman, Karen Nyberg, Rex Walheim, Dan Tani, Stephanie Wilson and Sunita Williams.
- Group-21/2013: Janet Kavandi, Bob Behnken, Peggy Whitson, Megan McArthur-Behnken, Mike Fossum, Doug Hurley, Scott Kelly, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Nicole Stott and Stephanie Wilson.
- Group-22/2017: Chris Cassidy, Karen Nyberg, Reid Wiseman, Kjell Lindgren, Stephanie Wilson, Megan McArthur-Behnken, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Tim Kopra. Jim Kelly also served on the board but not sure if this is the astronaut or another Jim Kelly??
- Group-23/2021:Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir, Drew Morgan, Karen Nyberg, Sunita Williams and Mike Hopkins. Again, Jim Kelly served on the board but not sure if this is Astronaut Jim Kelly??
- Group-24/2025: Shannon Walker, Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney are the only names I have so far.
I think there is another Jim Kelly that works at JSC and not sure of which Jim Kelly served on the board?Anyone know of any other astronauts who might have served on the selection boards? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54327
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-30-2025 05:01 PM
I do not know if he is a member of the board or was assisting in some other fashion, but when Victor Glover was unable to attend this year's SXSW presentation with his Artemis II crewmates, it was said that it was because he was needed at Johnson Space Center to help select the next class of astronauts (Group 24). |
Bob M
Member Posts: 2021
From: Atlanta-area, GA USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-31-2025 07:16 AM
Those that have an interest in autographs, in this topic there is a cover that was autographed by 13 of the 15 astronaut selection board members that chose the 35 Group 8 space shuttle astronauts.The six astronauts on the board autographed the cover, including Deke Slayton and John Young. Not signing were Glenn Lunney and Duane Ross. | |
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