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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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