The film "Astronauts: United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the ...

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...

As soon as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration revealed last spring the identities of the seven Project Mercury astronauts (TIME, April 20), newspaper chains, magazines and radio-TV ...

On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced its first group of astronauts to the world. Known as the “Mercury 7,” these seven men were chosen to lead Project ...

With the death of John Glenn at the age of 95 on Dec. 8, none of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, whose names were announced in April 1959, remain alive.