Of the 7 original Mercury astronauts, he was the only member of the U.S. Marine Corps
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The Mercury Astronauts | NASA  Apr 9, 2015 ... Original Mercury astronauts stand in group for photo in front of spacecraft ... along with Marine Corps aviator John H. Glenn Jr. This group photo of the original Mercury ... Shepard's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule lifted off at 9:34 a.m. from Launch Complex 5 at ... He became the first American to fly into space.
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Looking Back: The Mercury 7 | NASA  On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7. ... He became the first American to fly into space. .... with Marine Corps aviator John H. Glenn Jr. This group photo of the original Mercury ..... Among the original Mercury 7 astronauts, only Deke Slayton didn't make a Mercury flight, but he did go on to...
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Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia  Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. (March 6, 1927  October 4, 2004), (Col, USAF), better known as Gordon Cooper, was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned .... He was the first American astronaut to sleep not only in orbit but on the...
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John Glenn - Wikipedia  John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a former aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States senator. He was one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected in ... A member of the Democratic Party, he finally won election to the Senate in 1974 and served through January 3,...
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Mercury Seven - Wikipedia  This was the only time they would appear together in pressure suits. Slayton and Glenn are wearing spray-painted work boots. The Mercury Seven were the group of seven Mercury astronauts announced by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1. ... These seven original American astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon...
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Mercury Crewed Flights Summary | NASA  Nov 30, 2006 ... May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in Spacesuit Before Mercury Launch ... He became the first American to fly into space. .... Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. .... Among the original Mercury 7 astronauts, only Deke Slayton didn't make a Mercury flight, but...
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List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia  This is a list of astronauts by year of selection, people selected for training for a human ... Note: The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project Mercury ... Note: On March 12, 1962, a group of five civilian women with parachuting ..... Apollo mission and the first flight of the Space Shuttle in 1981, few astronauts...
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Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia  Cooper piloted the longest and final Mercury spaceflight in 1963. He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission. In 1965, Cooper flew as Command Pilot of Gemini 5.
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Astronaut Bio: John L. Swigert - Johnson Space Center - NASA  Mr. Swigert was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 7 mission. Mr. Swigert was next assigned to the Apollo 13 backup crew and subsequently called upon to replace prime crewman Thomas K. Mattingly as command module pilot.
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Gus Grissom - Wikipedia  Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926  January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the ... In March 1951 Grissom received his pilot wings and commission as a...
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Apollo 7 - Wikipedia  Apollo 7 was a 1968 human spaceflight mission carried out by the United States. It was the first mission in the United States' Apollo program to carry a crew into space. It was also the first U.S. spaceflight to carry astronauts since the flight of Gemini XII in November ... Schirra thus became the only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo...
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NASA - The History of Mercury Mission Control  May 1, 2013 ... With the eyes on the sky and the future of space exploration beyond the ... there, Mercury led into Gemini, going into the Apollo Program where we went to the moon. .... communicator, or CAPCOM position, one held only by an astronaut. ... I met all the original seven astronauts because they would come...
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Project Mercury - Wikipedia  Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth ... When Mercury ended in May 1963, both nations had sent six people into space, but the Soviets led the U.S. in total time spent in space.
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Deke Slayton - Wikipedia  Donald Kent Slayton (March 1, 1924  June 13, 1993), (Major, USAF), better known as Deke Slayton, was an American World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut...
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NASA and Project Mercury - Scott Carpenter  The new space agency had, however, inherited its core mission, ethos and staff from the ... The Project Mercury astronauts were chosen after a five-phase, three-month .... At 7:43 a.m. on May 24, 1962, Carpenter became only the second human to ride .... that he could expect forces to pick him up an hour after splashdown.
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Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and the Controversy Surrounding ...  Oct 13, 2013 ... That man was Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth. ... Deke Slayton, grounded in 1962 with a heart condition, led the astronaut ... more than just a passenger in space, so with its second orbital mission NASA .... It wasn't really until the Gemini program when astronauts got a more central...
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Alan B. Shepard Jr. Is Dead at 74; First American to Travel in Space ...  Jul 23, 1998 ... By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD JULY 23, 1998 ... Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first American to fly in space, lifting national ... 31, 1971, he took off for the Moon in Apollo 14, the first lunar mission since the near-disaster of Apollo 13 the year before. ... Mr. Shepard was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts...
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Deke Slayton Biography: Mercury Astronaut Who Waited To Fly  Jan 30, 2014 ... Donald "Deke" Slayton was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts ... the United States was engaged in what became known as a "Space...
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Origins of NASA Names - NASA History Homepage  As the first U.S. manned spaceflight project, Project Mercury-which included two manned ... Early advanced studies grew into the Space Shuttle program. ... Apollo 11 Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. setting up an experiment on the .... was the messenger of the gods in ancient Roman and (as Hermes) Greek mythology.
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John Glenn - Wikipedia  John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a former aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States senator. He was selected as one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots ... A member of the Democratic Party, he finally won election to the Senate in 1974 ..... Retrieved August 30, 2013.
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Today's ORB-3 Cygnus Mission to Honor Legendary Astronaut Deke ...  Oct 27, 2014 ... Deke Slayton, one of the Original Seven Mercury astronauts, will be ... Almost universally known as Dekea nickname he earned as a test...