Mercury Seven
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- Not to be confused with Mercury-Atlas 7.
The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. This was the only astronaut group that flew on all NASA manned spacecraft of the 20th century.
- M. Scott Carpenter - Mercury-Atlas 7
- L. Gordon Cooper - Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5 (deceased)
- John H. Glenn Jr. - Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95
- Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom - Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 (deceased)
- Walter M. Schirra - Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
- Alan B. Shepard - Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14 (deceased)
- Donald K. "Deke" Slayton - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (deceased)
