Appendix 6
CREWS AND SUPPORT FOR MANNED APOLLO FLIGHTS
[Compiled by Sally D, Gates, History Office, JSC, with Cyril E. Baker,
Astronaut Office, JSC.]
Apollo 7:
- Primecrew:
- Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham
- Backup:
- Stafford, Young, Cernan
- Support:
- Evans, Swigert, Pogue
- CapComs:
- Stafford, Evans, Pogue, Swigert, Young, Cernan
Apollo 8:
- Primecrew:
- Borman, Lovell, Anders
- Backup:
- Armstrong, Aldrin, Haise
- Support:
- Brand, Mattingly, Carr
- CapComs:
- Collins, Mattingly, Carr, Armstrong, Aldrin, Brand, Haise
Apollo 9:
- Primecrew:
- McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart
- Backup:
- Bean, Conrad, Gordon
- Support:
- Lousma, Mitchell, Worden
- CapComs:
- Roosa, Evans, Worden, Conrad, Gordon, Bean
Apollo 10:
- Prime crew:
- Stafford, Young, Cernan
- Backup:
- Cooper, Eisele, Mitchell
- Support:
- Engle, Irwin, Duke
- CapComs:
- Duke, Engle, Lousma, McCandless
Apollo 11:
- Primecrew:
- Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin
- Backup:
- Lovell, Anders, Haise
- Support:
- Mattingly, Evans, Pogue, Swigert
- CapComs:
- Duke, Evans, McCandless, Lovell, Anders, Mattingly, Haise, Lind, Garriott,
Schmitt
Apollo 12:
- Prime crew:
- Conrad, Gordon, Bean
- Backup:
- Scott, Irwin, Worden
- Support:
- Carr, Weitz, Gibson
- Capcoms:
- Carr, Gibson, Weitz, Lind, Scott, Worden, Irwin, Wash*, Warren*, Rippey*,
Lewis*
*On this four-shift flight, Dickie K. Warren, James O. Rippey,
James L. Lewis, and Michael R. Wash were backup CapComs. This was the first time
in the American manned space flight program that this position was filled by
non-astronaut personnel.
Apollo 13:
- Prime crew:
- Lovell, Swigert**, Haise
- Backup:
- Young, Swigert, Duke
- Support:
- Lousma, Brand, Pogue
- Capcoms:
- Kerwin, Brand, Lousma, Young, Mattingly
**Swigert moved from the
backup to the prime crew at the last minute, when command module pilot Mattingly
was exposed to a contagious disease. SOURCE: Mission reports, news releases,
NASA Astronauts (NASA EP-34, Washington, 1967), and manning documents issued
before each mission by the JSC Flight Operations Directorate and written, for
the most part, by Cecil E. Dorsey.
Apollo 14:
- Prime crew:
- Shepard, Roosa, Mitchell
- Backup:
- Cernan, Evans, Engle
- Support:
- McCandless, Pogue, Fullerton, Chapman
- Capcoms:
- Fullerton, McCandless, Haise, Evans
Apollo 15:
- Prime crew:
- Scott, Worden, Irwin
- Backup:
- Gordon, Brand, Schmitt
- Support:
- Henize, Allen, Parker
- Capcoms:
- Allen, Fullerton, Henize, Mitchell, Parker, Schmitt, Shepard, Gordon,
Brand
Apollo 16:
- Prime crew:
- Young, Mattingly, Duke
- Backup:
- Haise, Roosa, Mitchell
- Support:
- Peterson, England, Hartsfield, Chapman
- Capcoms:
- Peterson, Fullerton, Irwin, Haise, Roosa, Mitchell, Hartsfield, England,
Overmyer
Apollo 17:
- Prime crew:
- Cernan, Evans, Schmitt
- Backup:
- Young, Roosa, Duke
- Support:
- Overmyer, Parker, Fullerton
- CapComs:
- Fullerton, Overmyer, Parker, Allen, Shepard, Mattingly, Duke, Roosa,
Young
NOTE:
Capcom (capsule communicator) assignments are listed as they
appeared in the manning documents (by shift), not as they might have been heard
in chronological sequence during flight.
