A history of the initial Mercury astronauts in the development of the American space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the unfortunate astronaut for whom nothing goes right; John Glenn, the 'boy scout' who was the first American to orbit the planet; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra.
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A history of the initial Mercury astronauts in the development of the American space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the unfortunate astronaut for whom nothing goes right; John Glenn, the 'boy scout' who was the first American to orbit the planet; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra.
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