April 9
Posted in White History on Apr 9th, 2011
1959 NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven” to the public. They were the United States’ first seven astronauts, who would participate in the Mercury program. The group consisted of Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom, John Herschel Glenn Jr., Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Walter Marty (Wally) Schirra Jr., Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr., and Donald Kent [...]