Around the time Charlie finished his degree at MIT, NASA was setting the stage for the Apollo program and began taking applications for what became known as NASA Astronaut Group 5.
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Stuart BarefootHOST
5:23
He was one of some 5,000 people to throw his hat in the ring and ultimately became one of just 19 people chosen for the program.
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Charlie DukeGUEST
5:33
The qualifications were sort of generic.
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