APOLLO CREWS 1967 - 1975


APOLLO-1


These 2 photo's of the Apollo-1 crew were taken on September 23, 1966 during the official crew photo sitting. The "Praying hands photo was given to Joe Shea by Gus Grissom and signed by all three crewmembers with the phrase; "It isn't that we don't trust you, Joe, but this time we've decided to go over your head".


prime  -  VIRGIL I.GRISSOM         (Mercury-4,Gemini-3)
          EDWARD H. WHITE          (Gemini-4)  
          ROGER B. CHAFFEE


back-up - James A. McDivitt         (Gemini-4)      
          Davit R. Scott            (Gemini-8)
          Russell L. Schweickart

APOLLO-2



The Apollo-2 crew

prime  -  WALTER M. SCHIRRA           (Mercury-8,Gemini-6)
          DONN F. EISELE 
          WALTER CUNNINGHAM


back-up - Thomas P. Stafford          (Gemini-6,9)
          John W. Young               (Gemini-3,10)
          Eugene A. Cernan            (Gemini-9)


(Apollo-2 mission cancelled after Apollo-1 fire)
APOLLO-7


prime  -  WALTER M. SCHIRRA            (Mercury-8,Gemini-6)
          DONN F. EISELE 
          WALTER CUNNINGHAM 


back-up - Thomas P. Stafford           (Gemini-6,9)
          John W. Young                (Gemini-3,10)
          Eugene A. Cernan             (Gemini-9)

APOLLO-8


prime  -  FRANK BORMAN                  (Gemini-7)         
          JAMES A. LOVELL               (Gemini-7,12)
          WILLIAM A. ANDERS 


back-up - Neil A. Armstrong             (Gemini-8)
          Buzz Aldrin                   (Gemini-12)
          Fred W. Haise
Micheal Collins was originaly a member of the prime crew, but he had to undergo surgery and was replaced by Jim Lovell, Haise took the place of Lovell on the back-up crew.

APOLLO-9


prime  -  JAMES A. McDIVITT            (Gemini-4)
          DAVID R. SCOTT               (Gemini-8)
          RUSSELL L. SCHWEICKART


back-up - Charles Conrad               (Gemini-5,11)
          Richard F. Gordon            (Gemini-11)  
          Alan L Bean
Clifton C. Williams was originaly on the back up crew but he died on October 05, 1967 in a plain crash.

APOLLO-10


prime  -  THOMAS P. STAFFORD           (Gemini-6,9)
          JOHN W. YOUNG                (Gemini-3,10)
          EUGENE A. CERNAN             (Gemini-9)


back-up - L. Gordon Cooper             (Mercury-9,Gemini-5)
          Donn F. Eisele               (Apollo-7)
          Edgar D. Mitchell

the back-up crew for Apollo-10 takes a break from training.

APOLLO-11


The alternate crewphoto of Apollo-11, this photo was rejected as official photo because Collins does not look so happy...



prime  -  NEIL A. ARMSTRONG            (Gemini-8)
          BUZZ ALDRIN                  (Gemini-12)        
          MICHAEL COLLINS              (Gemini-10)


back-up - James A. Lovell              (Gemini7,12,Apollo-8)
          William A. Anders            (Apollo-8)         
          Fred W. Haise

APOLLO-12


prime  -  CHARLES CONRAD               (Gemini-5,11)
          RICHARD F. GORDON            (Gemini-11)
          ALAN L. BEAN


back-up - David R. Scott               (Gemini-8,Apollo-9)
          Alfred M. Worden
          James B. Irwin
APOLLO-13


The original Apollo-13 crew: Lovell, Mattingly and Haise

prime  -  JAMES A. LOVELL              (Gemini-7,12,Apollo-8)
          JOHN L. SWIGERT 
          FRED W. HAISE 
              
                      
back-up - John W. Young               (Gemini-3,10,Apollo-10)
          Charles M. Duke
About a week before launch Mattingly was replaced by Swigert on the prime crew.

APOLLO-14



The Apollo-14 crew in front of the Lunar Module



prime  - ALAN B. SHEPARD               (Mercury-3)
         STUART A. ROOSA
         EDGAR D. MITCHELL






The back-up crew of Apollo-14




back-up - Eugene A. Cernan             (Gemini-9,Apollo-10)
          Ronald E. Evans
          Joe H. Engle                 





APOLLO-15




The Apollo-15 alternate crewphoto





prime  -  DAVID R. SCOTT              (Gemini-8,Apollo-9)
          ALFRED M. WORDEN
          JAMES B. IRWIN


back-up - Richard F. Gordon           (Gemini-11,Apollo-12)     
          Harrison H. Schmitt
          Vance D. Brand






APOLLO-16




The Apollo-16 crew






prime  -  JOHN W. YOUNG               (Gemini-3,10,Apollo-10)
          CHARLES M. DUKE
          THOMAS K. MATTINGLY





The Apollo-16 back-up crew




back-up - Fred W. Haise               (Apollo-13)
          Edgar D. Mitchell           (Apollo-14)
          Stuart A. Roosa             (Apollo-14)






APOLLO-17


The Apollo-17 prime, back-up and support crew.




prime  -  EUGENE A. CERNAN            (Gemini-9,Apollo-10)
          RONALD E. EVANS
          HARRISON H. SCHMITT


back-up - John W. Young              (Gemini-3,10,Apollo-10,16)
          Charles M. Duke            (Apollo-16)
          Stuart A. Roosa            (Apollo-14)
                   


Original Apollo 17 crew were to be: Cernan, Evans and Engle.  NASA, bowing to pressures to have a geologist make a lunar landing mission, inserted Harrison Schmitt into the flight. 

 


Cancelled lunar mission crews:


Apollo 18:    Gordon, Brand, Schmitt (Engle)


Apollo 19:    Haise, Pogue, Carr


Apollo 20:    Conrad, Weitz, Lousma (???)








SKYLAB-I


Prime   - CHARLES CONRAD
          JOSEPH P. KERWIN
          PAUL J. WEITZ


back-up - Russel L. Schweickart
          Bruce McCandless
          Story Musgrave







SKYLAB-II


Prime   - ALAN L. BEAN
          OWEN K. GARRIOT
          JACK R. LOUSMA

back-up - Vance D. Brand              
          William B. Lenoir           
          Don L. Lind







SKYLAB-III


Prime   - GERALD P. GARR
          EDWARD GIBSON               
          WILLIAM R. POGUE

back-up - Vance D. Brand              
          William B. Lenoir           
          Don L. Lind








APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT


The American prime, back-up and support crew for the ASTP mission






Prime   - THOMAS P. STAFFORD
          DONALD K. SLAYTON
          VANCE D. BRAND


back-up - Alan L. Bean
          Ronald E. Evans
          Jack R. Lousma






Apollo Soyuz Test Project backup crew members Alan Bean [front], Ronald Evans [center], and Jack Lousma [rear] are suited-up and ready for an altitude test run in the ASTP Apollo spacecraft. The tests are part of the preparations for the joint US/USSR space mission. 










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