NASA astronauts: The place extraordinary turns into the usual.
It began in 1959, when NASA started its seek for the primary American astronauts. The area company wished navy pilots with engineering backgrounds, they usually needed to be below 5 ft 11 inches tall to suit contained in the Mercury area capsule. After rigorous testing, seven males have been chosen. They have been L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Donald Ok. “Deke” Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
