life:58 years ago today, on April 9, 1959, NASA announced the first seven astronauts that would beco
life:58 years ago today, on April 9, 1959, NASA announced the first seven astronauts that would become known as the “Mercury Seven” for Project Mercury. Pictured here from right to left are the astronauts: Walter Schirra, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Donald Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Malcolm Carpenter and Alan Shepard at the Langley Research Center, VA. in 1959. (Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Gety Images) #NASA #ProjectMercury #MercurySeven -- source link