"Who will Be Space Man Number 1?" (May 4, 1959)

Some of my most popular posts have been from My Weekly Reader, a weekly newspaper that used to be distributed in many school classrooms when I was growing up. Here is the announcement of the Mercury Astronauts team, May 4 1959 issue.

"Each would give his left arm to be the first man in space"

I hope you were paying attention, here is a short quiz to test your comprehension (we really did have to do these in class after a shared reading of the article.)

"how could such an attitude help you in tackling your everyday assignments?"