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ALAN! SCOTT! VIRGIL! GORDON! JOHN!
Thunderbirds...are GO!
What does a family of puppets do when they are incredibly wealthy and super cool? Why save the world, of course! Every week a new crisis would arise, and it was THUNDERBIRDS to the rescue. Each son had his own rescue rocketship; each ship had its own unique features. Thunderbird 2 above, piloted by Virgil, was the most versatile, and as "carrier" was the workhorse of the fleet.
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They were all named after Mercury Astronauts