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 of Seven The ending theme is "Birdie, birdie" by Nana Mizuki. "Sgt. Frog"s manga artist, Mine Yoshizaki, created the character concept designs for "Seven of Seven". As such, various crossovers exist between the series. The character of Mutsumi Hojo, who appears as "Examinee 623" and the host of his own radio program in "7 of 7", is a major character in "Sgt. Frog". Melody Honey, a minor character in "Sgt. Frog", appears and even receives a backstory. "Yuurei"-chan also appears in episode 12 of "Nana". In addition, episode 89 of Sgt. Frog features a plot that splits Corporal Giroro into seven personalities,