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The Mercury program |
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Back to index |
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On to Gemini |
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The Magnificent seven |
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April 9 1959 Mercury 7 introduced to world press |
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Alan Shepard: First American to fly a sub orbital flight in Freedom 7 on May 5th 1961 |
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Virgil I"Gus" Grissom:The 2nd American to fly a sub orbital flight in Liberty 7 on July 21 1961 |
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John Glenn:Was the 3rd American into space for an orbital flight in Friendship 7 on Feb 20th 1962 |
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Scott Carpenter:flew the 4th Mercury flight in Aurora 7 on May 24th 1962 |
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Walter "WALLY"Schirra:flew the 5th Mercury mission Sigma 7 in Oct 1962 |
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Gordon Cooper :flew the 6th and final manned Mercury in Faith 7 on May 15th 1965 |
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Deke Slayton:sadly he did not fly a Mercury mission and has to wait untill the ASTP to get his space flight |
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