Francis R. Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; mission specialists Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, and Judith A. Resnik; and payload specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe. You can read all about the Challenger disaster, and find links to the biographies of the seven astronauts at the link to your right.
Gus Grissom.
NASA's seven original astronauts were: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. Look under "What are the names of all the Astronauts" for a more complete list.
Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, and Deke Slayton were all Air Force pilots. They were all selected at the same time as members of the Original Seven astronauts.
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Project Mercury. Only seven astronauts were chosen for this. They're called " The original seven " because they were the first astronauts.
As of September 2021, John H. Glenn Jr. is the only surviving member of the original Mercury Seven astronauts.
Gus Grissom.
The first seven astronauts in the United States were part of the Mercury program. They are:Alan Shepard jr.Virgil (Gus) GrissomJohn Glenn jr.Walter Schirra jr.M. Scott CarpenterDonald "Deke" SlaytonL. Gordon Cooper jr.
NASA's seven original astronauts were: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. Look under "What are the names of all the Astronauts" for a more complete list.
NASA first recruited astronauts in 1959 as part of the Mercury program, with the aim of selecting and training individuals to participate in human spaceflights. The original group of astronauts, known as the "Mercury Seven," were selected based on their experience as military test pilots.
The first astronauts were called the Mercury 7 because they were the first group of astronauts selected for Project Mercury, the United States' first manned spaceflight program. The "7" refers to the seven original astronauts chosen by NASA.
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Seven astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, and Deke Slayton were all Air Force pilots. They were all selected at the same time as members of the Original Seven astronauts.
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None of the seven Mercury astronauts flew to the moon. The Mercury program focused on sending astronauts into space for short periods of time and did not involve missions to the moon. The Apollo program, which followed the Mercury program, was responsible for sending astronauts to the moon.