Q597154

The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their names were publicly announced by NASA on April 9, 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. The Mercury Seven created a new profession in the United States, and established the image of the American astronaut for decades to come.

MainWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

Wikimedia, Wikidata

Deke Slayton, 

​

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

Frameless

Mercury missions with signatures

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mercury missions with signatures		Commons