The Mercury Seven

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Mercury_Seven
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:astronaut_group
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1963
gptkbp:firstAmericanInSpace gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkbp:firstAmericanToOrbitEarth gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkbp:firstSpaceflight 1961
gptkbp:formationYear 1959
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:influenced NASA astronaut selection
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Soviet_space_program
gptkbp:lastFlight 1963
gptkbp:legacy Inspired subsequent astronaut groups
gptkbp:locationOfSelection gptkb:Langley_Research_Center
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Life magazine exclusive
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:nickname gptkb:Original_Seven
gptkbp:notableAchievement First group of American astronauts
Pioneered human spaceflight for the United States
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Gus_Grissom
gptkb:Deke_Slayton
gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 7
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gemini_program
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkbp:selectionDate April 9, 1959
gptkbp:selectionProcess military test pilots
gptkbp:status disbanded
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(book)
gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(film)
gptkb:The_Right_Stuff_(TV_series)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gus_Grissom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Mercury Seven