50th Anniversary of the Mercury 7

April 10th, 2009

2009 is a big year for NASA’s history.  Following their 50th Anniversary last year they are celebrating the 50th Anniverssary of the Mercury 7.  The Mercury 7 were the first 7 Astronauts(John Glenn, Alan Shepard, “Guss” Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton and Gordon Cooper) picked to fly on the Mercury missions(Deke Slayton actually flew on the Apollo mission).  Later this summer NASA will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first moon landings.  You should check out the official NASA web site for a complete history of the Mercury program and learn more about these pioneers!

mercury7

Via Gizmodo


12 comments
« Back to the blog

12 Comments so far

  1. MartianNerd April 10th, 2009 12:34 pm

    Billionaire Boys Club should make a completely silver jacket like that!

  2. Flow April 10th, 2009 1:22 pm

    hahah this should be featured on a bbc shirt :P

  3. dick goodnuts April 10th, 2009 3:34 pm

    I loved those suits!

  4. ELECTRIFYINGELECTRA April 10th, 2009 3:55 pm

    Wow! You Dudes truly are NERDS. Thank you for the info, I love learning new things. Knowledge is power!!!

  5. lilblackfan April 10th, 2009 4:31 pm

    astronaut suits by the bbc :D

  6. kid charlemagne April 10th, 2009 6:00 pm

    very interesting stuff. Now look at the boots of the astronauts on the end…new release: bbc silver space boot :)

  7. ACEB00GIE April 10th, 2009 6:21 pm

    that guy bottom second from the right kinda looks like sting

  8. na73r April 10th, 2009 6:23 pm

    cool!!

  9. DR.B April 11th, 2009 3:59 am

    I WANT A SPACE HELMET..I would rock that with a BBC Tee..Hahahaha

    Don’t FORGET to ADD:

    http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/STARTRAKSUPPORT

    Check out Exclusive N.E.R.D Vids and More below !

    http://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/DRBVIDZ
    http://WWW.RICHKIDACADEMY.BLOGSPOT.COM
    http://WWW.RICHKIDACADEMY.COM
    MYSPACE.COM/DRB3000
    http://WWW.TWITTER.COM/DRB3000

  10. elle April 11th, 2009 6:51 am

    and the neptune mission? (smile)

  11. Life Is What U Make It April 11th, 2009 9:05 pm

    i would of been to damn scared 2 go out of space just seein nothin but blackness in stars (which i love 2 see) but it wouldnt be 4 me.. but glad they got 2 do it..

    yessurr

  12. milo mel April 12th, 2009 6:24 am

    LOL @ ‘lilblackfan’ I was thinking the same thing!

    This is cool these guys are real hero’s. I’ve always dreamed of going into space….one day, one day…..

Leave a reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.