"50 Years Ago Today - Mercury 7 Astronauts Visit the White House (From L-R): Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. ""Gus"" Grissom, Major Donald K. ""Deke"" Slayton, Lieutenant Commander Walter Schirra, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Commander Alan B. Shepard, and their wives visit the White House"
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