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 (6)

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 East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA - 21 Jul 1998

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