The astronauts who planted their feet on the moon were outfitted in the same glaring white as a wedding dress.” ...

The original seven astronauts selected in 1959 for the Mercury Program. Front row, left to right: Walter Schirra Jr., Donald Slayton, John Glenn Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter.

Before there was R2, however, there was Robonaut 1A, R2’s older sibling. Unlike R2, Robonaut 1A has no legs, but with its ...