NASA Astronaut Group 9 "The Dirty Dozen"-1974
NASA found itself in 1974 with to many pilots but not enough scientists with the planned Space Station missions. A request went out for more application of scientists. These scientist astronauts would be Mission specialists with non-flight roles. This was the most diverse group of astronaut candidates with 3 females and a Asian and African American.
Jeremy Thompson (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1945- ) Physicist Missions(0)=
Walter Yu (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1946- ) Physicist (First Asian American Selected as Astronaut) Missions(0)=
Amanda McNeal (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1947- ) Astronomer (Female Astronaut) Missions(0)=
Matthew Garneau (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1942- ) Physician Missions(0)=
Nick Kuntz (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1940- ) Physician Missions(0)=
Timothy Schafer (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1941- ) Physician (Afrian American) Missions(0)=
Chad Martin (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1945- ) Engineer Missions(0)=
Todd Riley (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1946- ) Engineer Missions(0)=
Robin Felix (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1946- ) Engineer (Female) Missions(0)=
Matt Murphy (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1947- ) Geo-Chemist Missions(0)=
Diana Wedel (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1947- ) Geologist (Female) Missions(0)=
Darren Wott (Status=Astronaut Training)
(1940- ) Geologist Missions(0)=