NASA Astronaut Group 1
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NASA Astronaut Group 1 was the original group of seven U.S. astronauts selected in 1959, known as the Mercury Seven, who pioneered America’s first human spaceflights.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Original Seven Mercury astronauts | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NASA astronaut group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mercury Seven
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Original Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedAt | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedOn | 1959-04-09 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Soviet–American space competition
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Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | inspired widespread public interest in space exploration ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
The Right Stuff (book)
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The Right Stuff (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| followedBy | NASA Astronaut Group 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first group of NASA astronauts
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pioneered U.S. human spaceflight ⓘ |
| launchVehicleUsed |
Atlas rocket
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Redstone rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaNickname | Mercury Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Alan Shepard
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Deke Slayton NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Gus Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFirst |
first American in space (Alan Shepard)
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first American to orbit Earth (John Glenn) ⓘ |
| numberOfAstronauts | 7 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | crew America’s first human spaceflights ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Apollo program
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Gemini program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionAgency | NASA Space Task Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
U.S. citizenship
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engineering or equivalent technical degree ⓘ height under 5 feet 11 inches ⓘ jet aircraft flight experience ⓘ military test pilots ⓘ |
| selectionYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| spacecraftUsed | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceflightsConductedUnder |
Mercury-Atlas missions
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Mercury-Redstone missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| trainingLocation |
Cape Canaveral
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Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Original Seven Mercury astronauts