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The 'Mercury Seven': The emotional anniversary of the first Americans chosen by NASA to fly into space
It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...
Deseret News archives: Mercury 7 crew introduced to the American public
On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald “Deke” Slayton, to ...
NASA astronaut arrives at International Space Station aboard Russian spacecraft
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky entered the ISS after a successful ...
NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again
NASA's celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again.
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Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore return to Earth; What’s next for the astronauts?
NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Returns To Earth NASA astronaut Suni Williams is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after she, NASA astronaut Nick Hague ...
Splashdown Time! 'Stranded' Astronauts Return to Earth After 9 Months in Space
The Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts touched down safely off the coast of Florida shortly before 6pm Tuesday ...
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Astronaut Wears 'Alien' Mask to Greet SpaceX Crew at the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut ... after they took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:03 p.m. on Friday, March 14. NASA ...