The Astronauts Pioneers in Space Author:Gordon Cooper, Walter Schirra Jr., John Glenn Jr., Donald Slayton, M. Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom with Loudon Wainwright Alan Shepard "The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space". Also probably written by Loudon Wainwright of Life magazine, but credit is given to the 7 Mercury astronauts: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John Glenn, Jr., Virgil I, Grissom, Walter M Schirra, Jr., and Donald Keith Slayton. Published by Golden Press and Life magazine in 1961. There are many pic... more »tures and this is an entertaining read.« less