U.S. Astronaut Selection Drafts Index

NASA Group 1 (Mercury Astronauts) April, 1959

NASA Group 2 (Pilot Astronauts) September, 1962

Air Force X-20 “Dyna-Soar” Program (Pilot Astronauts) September, 1962

NASA Group 3 (Pilot Astronauts) October, 1963

NASA Group 4 (Scientist Astronauts) June, 1965

Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 1 (Pilot Astronauts) November, 1965

NASA Group 5 (Pilot Astronauts) April, 1966

Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 2 (Pilot Astronauts) June, 1966

Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 3 (Pilot Astronauts) June, 1967

NASA Group 6 (Scientist Astronauts) August, 1967

NASA Group 7 (MOL Pilot Astronaut Transfers) August, 1969

Space Shuttle Astronaut Qualifications

NASA Group 8 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) January, 1978

NASA Group 9 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) January, 1980

NASA Group 10 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) May, 1984

NASA Group 11 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) June, 1985

NASA Group 12 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) August, 1987

NASA Group 13 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) January, 1990

NASA Group 14 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) March, 1992

NASA Group 15 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) January, 1995

NASA Group 16 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) April, 1996

NASA Group 17 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) June, 1998

NASA Group 18 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) August, 2000

NASA Group 19 (Pilots and Mission Specialists) May, 2004

Post Space Shuttle Astronaut Qualifications

NASA Group 20 (Astronauts) August, 2009

NASA Group 21 (Astronauts) June, 2013

NASA Group 22 (Astronauts) June, 2017

Appendix: Space Shuttle Payload Specialists Not Drafted By NASA

Appendix: The X-15 Astronauts

Appendix: First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLAT) “Mercury 13”