Category: Mercury Astronauts
Although he never flew in a Mercury spacecraft, Deke Slayton was chosen as one of the original 7 Astronauts.
More information on the project can be found on Wikipedia at Project Mercury.
Also see the Project Mercury freespace page.
Person Profiles (7)
Malcom Scott Carpenter
01 May 1925 Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States - 10 Oct 2013
Leroy Gordon Cooper
06 Mar 1927 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States - 04 Oct 2004
John Glenn
18 Jul 1921 Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States - 08 Dec 2016
Virgil Grissom
03 Apr 1926 Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, USA - 27 Jan 1967
Walter Marty Schirra
12 Mar 1923 Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States - 03 May 2007
Alan Shepard
18 Nov 1923 Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States - 21 Jul 1998
Donald Slayton
01 Mar 1924 Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States - 13 Jun 1993
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