Lets begin kind of not at the beginning because there is a beginning before this but april, 1959. It was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day that was congregated officially as the u. S. First Astronaut Group and previous that is the day we first showed up officially as the first astronauts in the United States at Langley Field, virginia. It had become nasa in a hurried turnaround as you recall and astronaut selection and training basically was run by the people that work from langley. We all reported under washington and that is where the initiation and the introduction, the preselection, all that sort of routine went on and then as you know, we had a physicals elsewhere in the country. But once the selection was made, of course we reported to those people at Langley Field which was kind of neat for me because i was already stationed in norfork in a job in which i didnt like in the first place. So it was an easy trip for us. Didnt even have to move. Your journey to get
Magnificent view, we are blacked out and i would thank you for letting us be here with you to do this. Lets began not at the beginning, because theres a beginning before this. But, does this particular day to mean anything to you . Of course, it was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day in which we all congregated, officially, as the u. S. First astronaut group. We had been through a selection process, obviously, previous to that time, but, that was the day that we first showed up, officially, as the first astronauts of the united states. Back at langley field, virginia. At langley. Willingly . Of course, and aca had become an asa, nasa, in a great hurried turnaround, as you may recall. So, the programs of astronauts selection, and training, basically, was run by the people who worked from langley. Originally, of course, we were all brought into washington. That is where the initiation, in the introduction, and the pre selection, and all of that routine went on. Then, as
Here with you to do this oral history. Its a pleasure, sir. Lets begin kind of not at the beginning because there is a beginning before this but april, 1959. It was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day that was congregated officially as the u. S. First Astronaut Group and previous that is the day we first showed up officially as the first astronauts in the United States at Langley Field, virginia. It had become nasa in a hurried turnaround as you recall and astronaut selection and training basically was run by the people that work from langley. We all reported under washington and that is where the initiation and the introduction, the preselection, all that sort of routine went on and then as you know, we had a physicals elsewhere in the country. But once the selection was made, of course we reported to those people at Langley Field which was kind of neat for me because i was already stationed in norfork in a job in which i didnt like in the first place. So it was an eas
History. Its a pleasure, sir. Lets begin kind of not at the beginning because there is a beginning before this but april, 1959. It was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day that was congregated officially as the u. S. First Astronaut Group and previous that is the day we first showed up officially as the first astronauts in the United States at Langley Field, virginia. It had become nasa in a hurried turnaround as you recall and astronaut selection and training basically was run by the people that work from langley. We all reported under washington and that is where the initiation and the introduction, the preselection, all that sort of routine went on and then as you know, we had a physicals elsewhere in the country. But once the selection was made, of course we reported to those people at Langley Field which was kind of neat for me because i was already stationed in norfork in a job in which i didnt like in the first place. So it was an easy trip for us. Didnt even have
U. S. First Astronaut Group and previous that is the day we first showed up officially as the first astronauts in the United States at Langley Field, virginia. It had become nasa in a hurried turnaround as you recall and astronaut selection and training basically was run by the people that work from langley. We all reported under washington and that is where the initiation and the introduction, the preselection, all that sort of routine went on and then as you know, we had a physicals elsewhere in the country. But once the selection was made, of course we reported to those people at Langley Field which was kind of neat for me because i was already stationed in norfork in a job in which i didnt like in the first place. So it was an easy trip for us. Didnt even have to move. Your journey to get there took you through combat experience. Why did they decide to pick test pilots to fly the First Space Mission . I think that it was a realization that we had essentially a new product. It didnt