Mercury Seven

Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter)

The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven.

• Scott Carpenter - Mercury-Atlas 7 - Aurora 7
• Gordon Cooper - Mercury-Atlas 9 - Faith 7, Gemini 5
• John Glenn - Mercury-Atlas 6 - Friendship 7, Atlantis - STS-95
• Virgil Grissom - Mercury-Redstone 4 - Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3 - Molly Brown, Apollo 1
• Walter Schirra - Mercury-Atlas 8 - Sigma 7, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
• Alan Shepard - Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14
• Donald Slayton - Apollo Soyuz Test Project