[So Cal Rocket]

Original Mercury 7:
Alan Shepard
Scott Carpenter
John Glenn
Gordon Cooper
Gus Grissom
Wally Schirra
Deke Slatyon

Next 9 (added for Gemini Program):
Neil Armstrong
Frank Borman
Pete Conrad
Jim Lovell
James McDivett
Elliot See
Tom Stafford
Ed White
John Young

[Rummyfan]

Interesting that neither Aldrin nor Collins were among the Next Nine.

[So Cal Rocket]

The Third Group:
Buzz Aldrin Jr
William Anders
Charles Bassett
Alan Bean
Gene Cernan
Roger Chaffee
Michael Collins
Walt Cunningham
Donn Eisele
Ted Freeman
Richard Gordon
Russ Schweikart
David Scott
Clifton Williams

[dglang]

I am fortunate to have personally autographed photograph of the earth taken by James Lovell from Apollo eight on 12/24/68. It is hanging in a promenent position on my office wall. He carefully restricts the number of copies of that photograph that are released to keeps it's value high.

Mr. Lovell also served as the command pilot on Apollo Thirteen that was featured in the film starring Tom Hanks. Mr.Lovell made an appearance in that film as an Admiral on the aircraft carrier that that welcomed the space capsule after it landed.

I was fortunate in that I worked at Centel in Chicago while Mr. Lovell was a board member there.