Astronaut Group 7 was announced by NASA on August 14, 1969, and was the last group to be selected during the Apollo era. After the USAFManned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project was cancelled, NASA hired seven of the astronauts selected for that program to form this "Group 7", roughly the younger half of the MOL astronauts. By the time they joined NASA, all Apollo flight assignments had been lined up, but four were given non-flying support assignments for Apollo. Group 7 went on to form the core of shuttle pilots, upgrading to commander after their first flight, flying 17 STS missions between them, plus the Approach and Landing Tests of Enterprise (OV-101).
A chart showing Group 7 assignments in relation to other astronaut groups up through the Apollo era. It clearly shows that by the time they were transferred from the military program to NASA, all flight assignments for Apollo had already been filled.
