New Nine (1962)
James McDivitt
Commanded Gemini IV and Apollo 9, then managed the Apollo program.
James McDivitt, an Air Force test pilot with 145 combat missions in Korea, commanded Gemini IV in 1965 — the mission on which Ed White made America’s first spacewalk — and later Apollo 9, the crucial first crewed test of the lunar module in Earth orbit.
After Apollo 9 he became manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program, overseeing the missions from Apollo 12 through 16 before retiring as a brigadier general.