Mercury Seven

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Not to be confused with Mercury-Atlas 7.
Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter). Note that Slayton and Glenn are wearing work boots that were spray-painted.
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Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter). Note that Slayton and Glenn are wearing work boots that were spray-painted.

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.

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