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MEN OF MERCURY 
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 SUITING UP In 1959, as the seven original astronauts prepared for their missions in space, LIFE Magazine went along, producing four years of intimate coverage of their training, their historic flights and their heroic achievements. The Mercury Astronauts allowed LIFE into their homes and shared with the magazine's readers their thoughts before and after their journeys into space. LIFE Online presents the original text of the magazine's first-person reports, along with rare photographs by Ralph Morse and John Glenn's account of his first orbits around the Earth. |
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