NASA Astronaut Group 1

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NASA_Astronaut_Group_1

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Mercury_Seven
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria	gptkb:NASA Bachelor's degree U.S. citizen Military test pilots At least 1,500 hours flying time Qualified jet pilot Under 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Under age 40
gptkbp:firstSpaceflight	1961
gptkbp:formedIn	1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	NASA Astronaut Group 1
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(book) gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(film) gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(TV_series)
gptkbp:member	gptkb:Alan_Shepard gptkb:John_Glenn gptkb:Scott_Carpenter gptkb:Gus_Grissom gptkb:Deke_Slayton gptkb:Gordon_Cooper gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkbp:mission	gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkbp:notableAchievement	First group of American astronauts All members flew in space except Deke Slayton (medical disqualification, later flew on Apollo-Soyuz)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	7
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Project_Gemini gptkb:Apollo_program gptkb:Space_Shuttle_program
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4