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The Mercury Seven 
Astroprof's Page | by Astroprof | Thu, Apr 9
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The final astronaut of the initial seven was Deke Slayton. After being grounded midway through the Mercury program due to a heart arrhythmia, he went on to serve as NASA’s Director of Flight Crew Operations, essentially head of the astronaut corps. Slayton never left the astronaut corps,...
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