On 9 April 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7 Front row, left to right: Walter M Schirra, Jr, Donald K 'Deke' Slayton, John H Glenn, Jr, and M Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B Shepard, Jr, Virgil I 'Gus' Grissom, and L Gordon Cooper, Jr


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On 9 April 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7. Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. 'Deke' Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.


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