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[b]Space Cover #614: Mercury 7[/b] On April 1, 1959, NASA's Astronaut Selection Committee headed by Project Mercury director, Robert Gilruth, selects the "Mercury Seven," America's first astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Walter "Wally" M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. At a subsequent NASA press conference held in Washington, D.C., the "Mercury Seven" are introduced to the press and to the public. The cover pictured is signed by all seven of the Project Mercury astronauts as well as Project Mercury Public Affairs Officer, Shorty Powers, more popularly known as the "Voice of Mission Control." The cover is cancelled on the afternoon of February 20, 1962, at Cocoa Beach, Florida, the closest viewing area for the public to witness astronaut John Glenn blast into space in Mercury Atlas-6 and Friendship 7, and to become America's first astronaut to orbit the Earth. If you are on a budget, collect all seven astronauts' signatures separately on Project Mercury first day covers using the Scott number 1193 first day cover as the cover of choice.
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