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.
# Malcolm Scott Carpenter # Leroy Gordon Cooper II # John Herschel Glenn II # Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom # Walter Marty (Wally) Schirra II # Alan Bartlett Shepard II # Donald Kent (Deke) Slayton
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* Scott Carpenter
* Gordon Cooper
* John H. Glenn Jr. * Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
* Walter M. "Wally" Schirra
* Alan B. Shepard
* Donald K. "Deke" Slayton
* M. Scott Carpenter * L. Gordon (Gordo) Cooper, Jr * John H. Glenn, Jr * Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom * Walter M. (Wally) Schirra * Alan B. Shepard, Jr * Donald K. (Deek) Slayton
The Mercury Seven are/were: John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Deke Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, and Alan Shepard.
The Original 7 (aka Mercury 7) were not all moon walkers. In fact, of the 7, only Alan Shepard walked on the moon.
Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe,Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik.
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.
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.
ASTRONAUTS=is person that train walking in the space
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.
No, Neil Armstrong was not the first astronaut, nor was he among the original seven astronauts. He was, however, the first astronaut to step foot on the moon.
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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.
A Russian cosmonaut was the very first person in space. His name was Yuri Gagarin. Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton are known as the seven original American astronauts. Alan Shepard was the first of them in space and John Glenn was the first to orbit the Earth.
Seven men were selected to be astronauts, only six actually went into space.
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Alan Shepard.