Malcolm Scott Carpenter9 April 1959
NASA introduces Carpenter as one of the seven military test pilots selected for Project Mercury.
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NASA introduces Carpenter as one of the seven military test pilots selected for Project Mercury.
NASA introduces Cooper as one of the original seven astronauts selected for Project Mercury flight training.
NASA presents Grissom as one of the original seven astronauts chosen to train for Project Mercury missions.
NASA presents Shepard as one of the seven pilots selected for Project Mercury, America's first human spaceflight programme.
NASA names Slayton among the seven original astronauts selected for Project Mercury.
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