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 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, Gene Cernan, Michael Collins, Richard Gordon and Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin, Alan Bean, Cernan and Scott walked on the Moon, and Bill Anders, Collins and Gordon orbited the Moon but did not land.
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William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Bassett, Clifton Williams, David Scott, Donn F. Eisele, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Richard F. Gordon, Roger Bruce Chaffee, Rusty Schweickart, Walter Cunningham,
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