Mercury Seven a team and solo. Grissom, Cooper, and Slayton were Air Force pilots; Shepard, Carpenter, and Schirra were Navy pilots, and Glenn was a Marine Corps pilot. All seven had attended a variety of postsecondary institutions in the 1940s. Of the five astronauts who had completed undergraduate degrees before being selected, two (Shepard and Schirra) were graduates of the United States Naval Academy. Having earned a Master of Arts degree in 1957 at the Naval War College, Shepard was the only selectee who held an advanced degree. Following a decade of intermittent studies, Cooper completed his degree as a mid-career student
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival. Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven is a Canadian 2015 documentary film written by Nancy Lang and directed by Phyllis Ellis. It tells the daring story of three adventurers who travel through the Canadian terrain to arrive at different landscapes that have famously been painted before, and allows them to appreciate the spirituality and artistry behind the paintings, and their natural locations. The title refers to the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape artists who were active 1920-1933. The film was