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Mercury Seven

Mercury Seven proper noun: NASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

mercury seven: nASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon...
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Proper noun

the Mercury Seven

  1. NASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

Questions about Mercury Seven

What does Mercury Seven mean?
Mercury Seven means NASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.
What part of speech is Mercury Seven?
Mercury Seven is a proper noun.

Words near Mercury Seven in the dictionary

  1. mercury fulminate
  2. mercury gilding
  3. mercury of life
  4. Mercury retrograde problem
  5. Mercury retrograde problems
  6. Mercury Seven
  7. mercury soap
  8. mercury sulfide
  9. mercury sulphide
  10. mercury switch
  11. mercury switches

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