Man in Space Soonest
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Man In Space Soonest (MISS) was a
X-15 rocket plane tests in 1963. The other, Neil Armstrong, became a NASA astronaut in 1962, flew on Gemini 8 in 1966, and in 1969 on Apollo 11 becoming the first person to walk on the Moon
.
Astronaut candidates
MISS would have used a
Atlas, to launch a single-man spacecraft into orbit. On June 25, 1958, the Air Force announced the following nine men selected to be astronauts for the program:[1]
- NACA. The only member of the group to join the NASA Astronaut Corps. Flew on Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions; performed the first docking of two spacecraft, was the first—along with Buzz Aldrin—to land on the Moon, and was the first person to set foot on the Moon.
- William B. Bridgeman (1916–1968), 42, Douglas Aircraft Company
- A. Scott Crossfield (1921–2006), 36, North American Aviation (NAA)
- Iven C. Kincheloe(1928–1958), 29, USAF
- John B. McKay (1922–1975), 35, NACA
- Robert A. Rushworth (1924–1993), 33, USAF
- X-15test flights.
- Alvin S. White (1918–2006), 39, NAA
- Robert M. White (1924–2010), 33, USAF. The first member of the group to achieve outer space according to the USAF.
See also
- List of astronauts by selection
- Project Mercury
- Vostok Program
References
- ^ MISS' selection date Archived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Man in Space Soonest.
- Encyclopedia Astronautica entry.
- Reichhardt, Tony (September 2000). "First Up?". Air & Space/Smithsonian. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- Man In Space Soonest? (NASA History)
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