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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.
Pilotaron las naves de las seis misiones tripuladas del programa Mercury desde mayo de 1961 hasta mayo de 1963 y algunos también volaron en todos los programas de vuelos espaciales tripulados de la NASA del siglo XX: Mercury, Gemini, Apolo y el transbordador espacial.
22 de may. de 2014 · 1 min read. Looking Back: The Mercury 7. NASA. May 22, 2014. Image Article. On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7.
9 de abr. de 2019 · Apr 09, 2019. Article. 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.
5 de mar. de 2024 · NASA chose seven astronauts for Project Mercury in 1959. It was one of the first things NASA did. NASA was only six months old. Alan Shepard made the first Mercury flight. He was the first American in space. He named his spacecraft Freedom 7. The 15-minute flight went into space and came back down.
9 de oct. de 2020 · NASA's first seven astronauts, the Mercury 7, were chosen in 1959. The story of America's first astronauts is being retold in the TV series "The Right Stuff" on Disney Plus by National...
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.
