Mercury Seven The Mercury Seven were given the Collier Trophy in 1962. Mercury Seven The Mercury Seven were the group of seven Mercury astronauts announced by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1. They piloted the manned spaceflights of the Mercury program from May 1961 to May 1963. These seven original American astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Members of the group flew on all classes of NASA manned orbital spacecraft of the 20th century — Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and
Seven Sisters Group McGuire). The work is devised in collaboration with the group – current and previous performance members include Domingo Bermudez, Claire Burrell, Robert Cook, Carolyn Deby, Marie-Louise Flexen, Louise Hedley, Fred Gehrig, Chantal McCormick, Kristin McGuire, Glyn Pritchard, Emma Teixidor, Heidi Rustgaard, Alice Sara, Esther Weisskopf. Seven Sisters Group Seven Sisters Group are a British performance company, formed in 1994. The group focuses on communicating contemporary issues through new and idiosyncratic works that defy labelling. Their highly acclaimed projects are often site specific and combine contemporary dance, installation art, performance art and spoken word. The company's artistic director is founder Susanne