Other Astronauts Who Trained For Apollo But Did Not Fly
- Edward Givens – was on the support crew of Apollo 7, but died in a car crash near Houston, Texas on June 6, 1967 (from Group 5).
- Clifton Williams – was named as Schweickart's Lunar Module Pilot backup crew, but was killed in a T-38 plane crash near Tallahassee, Florida on October 5, 1967. He was replaced with Bean, who flew on Apollo 12 (from Group 3).
- L. Gordon Cooper – veteran of Mercury Faith 7 and commander of Gemini 5, was replaced as Apollo 14 commander by Alan Shepard and resigned from NASA in 1970 (from Mercury Seven).
- Joe Engle - was originally named as Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot, lost his slot to Schmitt. After Apollo, he flew several Space Shuttle missions (from Group 5).
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