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Featured articleNASA Astronaut Group 2 is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Featured topic starNASA Astronaut Group 2 is the main article in the NASA Astronaut Group 2 series, a featured topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 18, 2019.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that six of the Next Nine astronauts flew to the Moon, and three walked on it?
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Unluckiest group?

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Can anyone verify the statement that four of the nine died in training accidents? It doesn't seem to match up. - JM

The following text has been deleted, since it is incorrect; of Group 2, only Elliott See died in a training accident. White died in the Apollo 1 fire; Pete Conrad died a few years back following a motorcycle accident. The other six are, at the time of this writing (27.7.05) still alive. I believe the reference is to Astronaut Group 3. In any case, references to "luck" or the lack thereof seem out of place in this type of article. - RandomCritic 

The Next Nine was a notoriously unlucky group, as four of the
nine recruits died in training accidents.

Thanks for the fix, RandomCritic. - JM

Merge

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There has been no comments on whether or not to merge these pages, so unless someone has some objection I will redirect the New Nine article to this one. JM 23:11, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes re-direct. I never heard use of the 'New Nine' tag for Group 2 any way.

There is some evidence referenced in A. Smith's 'Moondust' and depicted in the series 'From the Earth to the Moon' that the reason group 2 stands out by comparison to group 1 was that a number of the group had passed on the first NASA call as they did not want to be just 'spam in the can' so arguably this group really was 'the best of the best'.

I have merged the topics, but the format (by which I mean appearance) of the page isn't very easy to read (for me at least). Can anyone suggest a better way to organize the information? -Jokermage 19:25, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Best class opinion?

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There is a quote by Michael Collins in his book that this was, in his opinion, the best astronaut class, better than the original 7 or the ones that followed (including his own class, the third picked). Worth including?DrBear (talk) 15:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, this is now included. Kees08 (Talk) 08:15, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

First to exchange crews?

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I removed: "Commander, first mission to dock two manned spacecraft in Earth orbit and exchange crews. " from Jim McDivitt. Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 did it a couple of months earlier. Might could say something else, such as commanded the first mission to test the Lunar Module. Bubba73 (talk), 02:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, they were docked, but did an EVA to transfer to the other spacecraft. Apollo 9 was the first to do it without going outside. Perhaps it could be phrased that way?? Bubba73 (talk), 02:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Astronaut Chart

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The chart linked on this page (and other pages) is the most convoluted thing I've ever seen. A chart should be easy to understand and you shouldn't put every tiny piece of information you can think of in it. It clutters it up and makes people not want to use it at all. The small preview pic will dissuade people from wanting to find out more except as a curiosity: "Why would someone make a chart like this, I've got to check this out". 72.177.54.190 (talk) 05:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Kees08 (talk · contribs) 05:26, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]


  • I don't really care at all, but what do you think about the first astronaut group article being named Mercury Seven, and the rest are NASA Astronaut Group N? Should this be moved to Next Nine or equivalent? I again don't care, at least wanted to document that it was thought about.
    I think it is fairly regular. While nearly every group has a name, only the Mercury Seven are generally known by it. So it conforms to WP:COMMONNAME. Indeed, they are the only group that is generally known at all, despite the greater fame today of Armstrong and Aldrin. On the one hand, the Mercury Seven were selected only for Project Mercury, and it was known even then that subsequent programs would require more astronauts. On the other, Project Apollo was not authorised until 1961, and there is no evidence of the Mercury astronauts being referred to as the first group until the selection process for the Next Nine got underway. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:40, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Did some minor improvements like adding ID number templates, and slightly larger edits like this one. Faster than telling you to do it I think.
  • I suppose the portraits should have personality rights warnings on them
    Not for US Federal government images. Hawkeye7 (discuss)
    See fourth and fifth bullet points. Astronauts have sued over it in the past. Kees08 (Talk) 17:56, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Hawkeye7: Pinging in case you missed my response. Kees08 (Talk) 07:01, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Very well, added, but I don't normally make changes on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can you upload this higher res version of Stafford?
    Uploaded. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:40, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Would an image of Sputnik and/or an image of Kennedy giving his famous speech be appropriate for the background section? Seems like we could put something there.
    Added a pic of JFK. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:40, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image portion of review complete Kees08 (Talk) 22:21, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Should be it for source review Kees08 (Talk) 16:46, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New Nine picture in the training segment

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Someone seems to have replaced the original picture with a picture of 11 middle eastern men. I doubt the astronauts would have included the crossed blades in their time in Nevada. Would someone more knowledgeable about what belongs there please take a look and correct it? Teseractime (talk) 13:50, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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