A chronicle of the Mercury astronauts at the creation of America's space program: the first American in space, Alan Shepherd. Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for. John Glenn, the straight-arrow'boyscout' of this group who was the very first American to orbit the earth. And the pilots: Wally Schirra and Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter.
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A chronicle of the Mercury astronauts at the creation of America's space program: the first American in space, Alan Shepherd. Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for. John Glenn, the straight-arrow'boyscout' of this group who was the very first American to orbit the earth. And the pilots: Wally Schirra and Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter.
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