The Mercury Seven were Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter.
The OG Shiny and Chrome.
When's the new album drop?
They are actually Earth astronauts.
Crazy to think how quickly they had to take that photo as their space suits melted right off of them within seconds.
Also crazy to think that it took NASA seven months to realize that aluminum-coated nylon was a far better choice for space suit material.
Only two of them can connect to the waste evac pipe at a time?
The boot discrepancy is interesting, I wonder if that has to do with fit, mission assignments, rank, role, or personal preference.
These are just regular construction work boots spray painted silver
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