NASA Astronaut Group 3
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NASA Astronaut Group 3 was a group of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA for the Gemini and Apollo programs. The Apollo spacecraft had a crew of three, so more astronauts were required. Their select
Group 3 astronauts Back row, left to right: Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Richard Gordon, Rusty Schweickart, David Scott, Clifton Williams Front row, left to right: Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Charles Bassett, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan, Roger Chaffee
U.S. Survey Geologist E. Dale Jackson (left), with astronauts (left to right) Bill Anders, Richard Gordon, Neil Armstrong and Donn Eisele during geological training in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Astronaut Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr
William Anders
Clifton Williams
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Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went
NASA Astronaut Group 3
…Their selection was announced in October 1963. Four died in training accidents before they could fly in space: Theodore Freeman, Charles Bassett and C. C. Williams in air crashes, and Roger Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire. All of the surviving ten flew Apollo missions. Five also flew Gemini missions: David Scott…
Williams c. 1964
Williams training as Gemini 10 backup pilot aboard a KC-135 reduced-gravity aircraft
Williams at the consoles in Mission Control in 1965 during the Gemini 3 mission
Space Mirror Memorial C.C. Williams