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 ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn blasted into space aboard Mercury's Friendship 7 capsule, then traveled around the planet three times, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.

On April 9, 1959, NASA formally introduced to the nation and the world its seven Mercury astronauts. The event took place in the ballroom of the Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, which then served as the first headquarters of the new space agency.

2024年6月18日 · Mercury, America's first human space flight program, introduced the nation to its first astronauts. There were six total flights with six astronauts flown. Total flight time for these missions was 53 hours, 55 minutes and 27 seconds.

On October 7, 1958, the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Project Mercury, its first major undertaking. The objectives were threefold: to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions, and recover the human and the spacecraft safely.

2018年10月17日 · Who Were the Mercury Seven? Mercury Seven were the seven US astronauts selected for Project Mercury by NASA on April 9, 1959. Also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1, the Mercury Seven included the following astronauts: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.

1997年8月19日 · In February 1962—just nine months after President John F. Kennedy called for the U.S. to put a man on the moon before 1970—Mercury astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

2024年5月9日 · The Mercury Seven astronauts made it conceivable for other astronauts, like Neil Armstrong, to dream that they could experience space travel one day. America’s first pioneers of the stars. BOOKS

The Mercury 7 were a group of astronauts selected by NASA to undertake crewed missions as part of Project Mercury, which would help boost the American space programme and prove …

2016年12月8日 · On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class: the Mercury 7. The seven members made history, and became the subject of fascination and adoration.