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Where are the space pioneers
Vanessa Shelton recounts the dawn of the U S space era and the lives of early astronauts. The article covers Shepard Grissom Glenn Armstrong and the original seven as they shaped NASA, detailing missions, fatalities, milestones, and postflight paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
John Glenn Jr
Glenn
Shepard
Virgil Grissom
Ground Control Center
Atlantic Ocean
West Indies
New York City
Stock Exchange
U.S
Grissom
Scott Carpenter
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Walter Schirra
Donald Slayton
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark
Coors Distributing Company
Marathon Construction Co
Houston
Texas
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Armstrong
University of Cincinnati
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Roger Chaffee
Edward White
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Navy
Carpenter
Canoga Park
Calif
Donald K. Slayton