Mercury Seven part-time student at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1956 to 1959. Both astronauts were ultimately awarded their bachelor's degrees after their 1962 space flights. NASA introduced the astronauts in Washington on April 9, 1959. Although the agency viewed Project Mercury's purpose as an experiment to determine whether humans could survive space travel, the seven men immediately became national heroes and were compared by "Time" magazine to "Columbus, Magellan, Daniel Boone, and the Wright brothers." Two hundred reporters overflowed the room used for the announcement and alarmed the astronauts, who were unused to such a large audience. Because they
Seven Souls (album) as per the original release Material Additional personnel "The Western Lands" [a Dangerous Road Mix] "The Seven Souls" [The Secret Name] The track "Seven Souls" is featured in the opening scene and in the closing credits of "The Sopranos" Season 6 episode, "Members Only". Seven Souls (album) Seven Souls is a 1989 album by New York based music group Material. A collaboration with author William S. Burroughs, the album features his narration of passages from his novel "The Western Lands" (1987) set to musical accompaniment. The album was re-released in 1997 with bonus tracks, three re-mixes that were added to