John S. Bull
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John Sumter Bull, was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, mechanical and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
Portrait of Bull
Bull (sitting row, 2nd from right), with his class of 19 astronauts selected in 1966
NASA Astronaut Group 5
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NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a group of nineteen astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. Of the six Lunar Module Pilots that walked on the Moon, three came from Group 5. The group as a whole is rough
John S. Bull
…He logged more than 2,100 hours flying time; 1,800 hours in jet aircraft. Bull was selected in 1966 as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 5. Together with Ken Mattingly and Gerald Carr, Bull was named on November 20, 1967, to the support crew for the second Apollo crewed flight of the Saturn…
Group 5 astronauts. Back row, left to right: Swigert, Pogue, Evans, Weitz, Irwin, Carr, Roosa, Worden, Mattingly, Lousma. Front row, from left to right: Givens, Mitchell, Duke, Lind, Haise, Engle, Brand, Bull, McCandless
Jim Irwin on the Moon on the Apollo 15 mission
Bruce McCandless II conducts an EVA during the STS-41-B mission
Vance D Brand