Thirty-Five New Guys

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Thirty-Five New Guys is the nickname for NASA Astronaut Group 8, the 1978 class that introduced the first American female and minority astronauts and marked a major expansion of the astronaut corps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut group ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
era late 1970s ⓘ
followedBy NASA Astronaut Group 9 ⓘ
hasNickname TFNG ⓘ
Thirty-Five New Guys ⓘ
hasOfficialName NASA Astronaut Group 8 ⓘ
includesAstronaut Anna Fisher ⓘ
Daniel Brandenstein ⓘ
Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
Frederick D. Gregory ⓘ
Guion Bluford ⓘ
H. Hartsfield ⓘ
James van Hoften ⓘ
John Fabian ⓘ
John Young ⓘ
Judith Resnik ⓘ
Karol J. Bobko ⓘ
Kathryn D. Sullivan ⓘ
Michael Coats ⓘ
Norman Thagard ⓘ
linked to: Norman E. Thagard

Rhea Seddon ⓘ
Richard Truly ⓘ
Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
Ronald McNair ⓘ
Sally Ride ⓘ
linked to: Sally K. Ride

Shannon Lucid ⓘ
Steven Hawley ⓘ
linked to: Steve Hawley
isFirstToInclude African-American astronauts ⓘ
American female astronauts ⓘ
American minority astronauts ⓘ
Asian-American astronauts ⓘ
Hispanic-American astronauts ⓘ
Jewish-American astronauts ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn Houston, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Houston
numberOfAstronauts 35 ⓘ
partOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
precededBy NASA Astronaut Group 7 ⓘ
primaryMissionType Space Shuttle missions ⓘ
programAssociatedWith Space Shuttle program ⓘ
selectedBy NASA ⓘ
selectionYear 1978 ⓘ
significance first major expansion of NASA astronaut corps since Apollo era ⓘ
introduced first racial and ethnic minorities into NASA astronaut corps ⓘ
introduced first women into NASA astronaut corps ⓘ
trainingLocation Johnson Space Center ⓘ

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NASA Astronaut Group 8 → alsoKnownAs → Thirty-Five New Guys ⓘ