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The Mercury Seven

A sibling set for 7 agents. The first seven NASA astronauts, announced April 9, 1959, for Project Mercury. The first seven, each with a capsule name of their own, so this set comes with a second set inside it. Slayton was grounded and flew anyway, sixteen years later, which parents of a retried job will recognize.

  1. 1CarpenterFlew Mercury-Atlas 7, capsule Aurora 7
  2. 2CooperFlew Mercury-Atlas 9, capsule Faith 7
  3. 3GlennFlew Mercury-Atlas 6, capsule Friendship 7
  4. 4GrissomFlew Mercury-Redstone 4, capsule Liberty Bell 7
  5. 5SchirraFlew Mercury-Atlas 8, capsule Sigma 7
  6. 6ShepardFlew Mercury-Redstone 3, first American in space
  7. 7SlaytonGrounded for a heart condition; eventually flew Apollo-Soyuz in 1975

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Source: Mercury Seven (Wikipedia), linked.