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1. Which of the following men was a member of the Mercury Seven group chosen in 1959?
2. Which one of the Mercury Seven was the first American in space?
3. Who was the only Mercury Seven astronaut who did not fly a mission during Project Mercury?
4. Who was the only one of the Mercury Seven to fly a mission in all of America's first three space programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo).
5. Who was the only member of the Mercury Seven to walk on the moon?
6. What academy award nominated 1983 film depicts the training and flights of the Mercury Seven?
7. What famous test pilot, the first to break the sound barrier, was not chosen to compete for consideration in the Mercury Seven because he did not have a college degree?
8. Which one of the Mercury Seven astronauts later became an "aquanaut" when he spent 30 days in Sealab II in 1964?
9. Which one of the Mercury Seven astronauts became the oldest human ever to travel in space when he flew on the space shuttle in 1998 at the age of 77?
10. How many of the Mercury Seven were chosen from the ranks of the military?
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