The Mercury Seven astronauts: Back row (L-R): Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper; Front row (L-R): Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter

9 April 1959: NASA announced the names of the United States' first seven astronauts. #History #Space #exploration #ProjectMercury

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Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta was disappointed that the initial tests of the study showed that people who stopped using Facebook “for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and social comparison.”

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Zuckerberg's Big Tobacco Moment: Unsealed Filings Reveal how Meta Buried Study Linking Facebook Usage to Addiction and Depression - WinBuzzer Unsealed court filings have exposed Meta's suppression of "Project Mercury," a study confirming Facebook's causal link to depression, and a "17-strike" trafficking rule.

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Zuckerberg’s Big Tobacco Moment: Unsealed Filings Reveal how Meta Buried Study Linking Facebook Usage to Addiction and Depression

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Photograph of astronaut Wally Schirra getting into the Sigma 7 capsule for the Mercury MA-8 mission.

3 October 1962: US astronaut Wally Schirra launched from Cape Canaveral in the Mercury capsule Sigma 7 atop an Atlas rocket for a six-orbit flight. #History #Space #exploration #ProjectMercury #MA-8

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Liberty Bell 7 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean.

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#JCKaelin: I became one of the few FB friends he allowed; I am grateful for the time he spent with me ❤️
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The mission aimed to test humans' aptitude in space and assess their ability to return home. As an integral part of the Freedom Seven mission, Shepard returned safely, marking the mission a success.

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The seven Project Mercury astronauts. Back row (left to right): Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper; Front row (left to right): Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter

9 April 1959: #NASA announced the names of the United States' first seven astronauts. #History #Space #exploration #ProjectMercury

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For more information here's data from #NASA on #ProjectMercury The program that put the US in the human spaceflight business - www.nasa.gov/project-merc...

On April 9, 1959 #NASA announced their first seven astronauts for #ProjectMercury: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton
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Ham the Astrochimp who orbited the Earth as part of #ProjectMercury would have made a better President. #uspoli #cndpoli

🚀 The Right Stuff & Project Mercury: A Tribute to Space Pioneers 🌍

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Ok, I have been following Krakens #projectmercury presentation today. Key takes.
1. Good to see so much energy for standards and making DSR interoperable and work internationally
2. But why aren’t they joining existing working groups like the PAS1878 or Connectivity standards alliance?
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Today in History:
Nov 29, 1961 – #ProjectMercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: #Enos, a #chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

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#HiddenFiguresMovie Anyone other than me would want a vintage #ProjectMercury articulating map in their media room. Very cool.

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