Veterans Day Message from International Space Station

PHOTO: Selected in 1959, the Mercury astronauts, all military pilots, stand beside a Convair 106-B jet. From the left are: Lt. Scott Carpenter, U.S. Navy.; Capt. Gordon Cooper Jr., U.S. Air Force; Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr., U. S. Marine Corps; Capt. Virgil “Gus” Grissom, U.S. Air Force; Lt. Cdr. Walter Schirra Jr., U.S. Navy; Lt. Cdr. Alan Shepard, U.S. Navy; and Capt. Donald K. Slayton, U.S. Air Force. Credits: NASA
NASA Infographic.