Mercury Seven
Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter)
The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven.
- Scott Carpenter – Mercury-Atlas 7 – Aurora 7
- Gordon Cooper – Mercury-Atlas 9 – Faith 7, Gemini 5
- John Glenn – Mercury-Atlas 6 – Friendship 7, Atlantis – STS-95
- Virgil Grissom – Mercury-Redstone 4 – Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3 – Molly Brown, Apollo 1
- Walter Schirra – Mercury-Atlas 8 – Sigma 7, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
- Alan Shepard – Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14
- Donald Slayton – Apollo Soyuz Test Project