<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASA">NASA</a> announces the selection of the United States' first seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Astronaut">astronauts</a>, whom the news media quickly dub the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a>".