NASA has captured the moment Mercury journeyed across the sun, a celestial spectacle that only happens 13 times a century. www.7News.com.au #Mercury #NASA #7News | 7NEWS Sydney

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its very first astronaut class. Discover space history 👉 https://trib.al/kMED5RR This dashing group of young men is known as the Mercury 7. They were all military test pilots before they were chosen for the job, and they had all "the right stuff" to take on such risky missions. But in a way, they essentially became guinea pigs for NASA's new human spaceflight program, because they didn't get to do much piloting inside the Mercury spacecraft. Some of the pilots

It’s going to take seven years and billions of dollars, but one of the most ambitious space missions in history is underway. www.7plus.com.au/news #7News | 7NEWS Brisbane