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NASA's first Space Shuttle astronaut selection : redefining the right stuff

David Shayler, Author ; Colin Burgess, Author | Cham : Springer | Space Exploration | 2020

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 sci[...]

Prepare for launch : the astronaut training process

Erik Seedhouse | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2010