Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

male, deceased (2007) (Hackensack, New Jersey, United States)
astronaut, death by myocardial infarction, United States Naval Academy graduate, American military personnel of World War II, from Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee…MercurySeven, mercury, The Mercury Seven, Project Mercury, Mercury 7
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's...
Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter

male, 84 years old
astronaut, MercurySeven, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Autobiographer, University of Colorado alumni, United States Naval Aviator…original seven, Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter is a retired American Naval officer and was one of the original seven astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury....
Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper

male, deceased (2004)
MercurySeven, astronaut, University of Hawaii alumni, Space burials, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Death from Parkinson's Disease…Project Mercury, The Mercury Seven, selected as a Mercury astronaut in April 1959
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. was an American astronaut. He was one of the original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned-space effort...
Deke Slayton

Deke Slayton

male, deceased (1993)
astronaut, American military personnel of World War II, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, American, United States Air Force officer, world war ii veteran…MercurySeven
Donald Kent 'Deke' Slayton was one of the original "Mercury Seven" NASA astronauts. Initially grounded by a heart condition, he would serve as...
Jerrie Cobb

Jerrie Cobb

female, 78 years old
lyndon johnson, Geraldyn, from Oklahoma, Mercury 13, MercurySeven, Geraldyn ("Jerrie") M. Cobb
Geraldyn ("Jerrie") M. Cobb (a.k.a. Jerri Truhill) (b. 1931 in Norman, Oklahoma) is an American aviator. She was also part of the Mercury 13, a...