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| Mercury - MA-5 Launch with "Enos" the Chimp |
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| ASTRONAUT GROUPS ONE & TWO Description on back reads: The Late Mr. Elliot See, Jr., Included in this lithograph lost his life in an air mishap while training as a NASA astronaut. Colonel John Vintage NASA photo showing the first two selected groups Glenn, Jr., included, but has left the NASA program, but continues to serve NASA as a consultant. Front Row: Group 1 astronauts Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Slayton. Back row: Group 2 astronauts Edward White, James McDivitt, John Young, Elliott See, Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, James Lovell. |
| ASTRONAUT GROUP THREE Vintage NASA photo showing the third selected group of Astronaut. Description on back reads: The late Captain included in this lithograph, lost thier lives in aircraft mishaps while training as NASA astronauts. Front row: Edwin Aldrin, William Anders, Charles Bassett, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Roger Chaffee. Back row: Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Richard Gordon, Russell Schweickart, David Scott, Clifton Williams |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-2710 Description: Alan Shepard being hoisted onboard the recovery helicopter #44 after his successful first American space flight. 5 May 1961. Photo: 8X10 with blue NASA description on back, also with an official NASA stamp in black. Fiber based paper in near mint condition. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-86 Description: View of Astronaut Alan Shepard inside Freedom 7 spacecraft (Mercury capsule #7) in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone-3 flight. This shot was taken just before the hatch was sealed during final countdown at Launch Pad 5 at the Cape. Photo: 8X10 on fiber based paper in near mint condition. |
| MR-4, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-71(S) Description: Gus Grissom climbs into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft prior to MR-4 launch attempt the morning of July 19th. Backup Astronaut John Glenn assists in the operation. The mercury-Redstone 4 was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather conditions over the Cape. Photo: 8X10 with black NASA description on reverse. Fiber based paper and in excellent condition. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-2894 Description: MR-4 Pilot, Gus Grissom walks across the deck of the USS Randolph after being airlifted by helicopter from the Liberty Bell 7 impact area. Photo: 8X10 with blue NASA description on reverse. Fiber based paper in excellent to mint condition. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-103 Description: Astronaut Alan Shepard is being suited up in his space suit 2:45 A.M. May 5th, 1961, starting the long count down to launch time. After completing the suite pressure check, he will ride to Pad # 5 launch complex to the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Photo: Photo is in excellent condition with blue NASA detailed description on reverse. A fiber based paper. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-80 Description: Mercury sub-orbital mission. A very successful flight that gained an altitude of 118 statute miles and 303 statute miles down range. The spacecraft (No. 11) was not successfully recovered as it sank during recovery efforts. Photo: Excellent condition with black NASA detailed description on reverse. |
| Description: Mercury-Redstone 3, the U.S. first manned space flight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft designated "Freedom 7". The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 115.5 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles down-rage from Cape Canaveral. Photo (Left): 8x10 in excellent condition with NASA official photo stamp on reverse with description. A fiber based paper. NASA Photo ID: LOD 61-4732 Photo (Center): 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper. NASA Photo ID: S-61-1927 Photo (Right): 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple U.S. Air Force description on reverse. Photo ID: PL61-95191 |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-27 Description: Al Shepard is seen getting help into Freedom 7 by his back-up John Glenn. During the first Mercury suborbital flight the spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 115.5 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles down-rage from Cape Canaveral. Photo: In excellent condition with no text on reverse on a fiber based paper. |
FREEDOM 7 May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr. 15 minutes, 28 seconds Suborbital flight that successfully put the first American in space. |
LIBERTY BELL 7 July 21, 1961 Virgil I. Grissom 15 minutes, 37 seconds Also suborbital; successful flight but the spacecraft sank shortly after splashdown. |
| Mercury Redstone Team - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-239 Description: The 3 Mercury Redstone pilots, in full pressure suits, that participated in Mercury's first manned space flights from the cape. Left to right is John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard. Photo: 8x10 in with NASA blue description on back. Fiber based paper in mint condition. |
| MR-3, Vintage Color - USAF / NASA Photo ID: LOD 61C-923 Description: Mercury-Redstone 3, the U.S. first manned space flight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft designated "Freedom 7". The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 115.5 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles down-rage from the Cape. Photo: Vintage US Air Force Photo with purple description on reverse. Nice fiber based paper with RCA stamp in excellent condition. |
| MA-9, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: S-63-2077 Description: This photo was taken during Suiting Up Operations in Hangar S at the Cape when Alan Shepard was backup pilot for the MA-9 mission. Shepard is fully suited and Gordon Cooper is lending a hand with final adjustments to his suit. Photo: Photo in near mint condition with NASA detailed description in purple on reverse. 8 x 10 |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-2527 suborbital manned space flights chat in Hangar S during preflight preparations for the MR-3 mission flown successfully by Alan Shepard, Jr. (center) on May 5, 1961. Project Mercury astronauts selected to participate in NASA's initial To his left, Mercury Astronaut John Glenn, to his right astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Photo: Photo in excellent condition with purple NASA detailed description on reverse. Fiber based paper. |
| Little Joe LJ5A - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MLJ-VII (M#-308) Description: Little Joe was used to test the Mercury capsule launch escape system. The booster was designed by NASA Langley using existing components. Six to eight solid rocket motors were mounted in an aerodynamic finned fairing built by North American. Reverse reads, "Little Joe VII - gantry removed during dry-run countdown. Little Joe VII was launched from Wallops Island, VA. on 28 April 1961". Photo: Photo is in excellent condition with purple NASA description on reverse on a nice fiber based paper. |
Project Mercury Goals Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific: To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth; To investigate man's ability to function in space; To recover both man and spacecraft safely. |
| Alan Sherard - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: G-60-2742 Description: Portrait photo is astronaut Alan Shepard. Photo: The Photo is in excellent condition with purple NASA detailed description on reverse. |
| Original 7 Astronauts - Vintage Color & B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID's: Red # S-61-1250 & G-61-301 Description: Photo of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair F-106B aircraft. They are, left to right, M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Photo: Vintage 8 x 10 Color in excellent+ condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks & purple NASA descriptive text on reverse. |
| Original Seven - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-62-02704 Description: The original Mercury Astronauts are pictured around a table admiring and John H. Glenn, Jr.; sitting, left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Below the photo is a copy of each man's signature. Alternative photo number is B-59-41. Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with Purple NASA description on reverse and printed signatures on front. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-88 Description: Astronaut Alan Shepard arrives at Grand Bahamas Island and is greeted by Astronauts Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom (right) and Donald Slayton (left) and also by Keith Lindell (between Shepard and Grissom) after the first American suborbital flight. He will participate in a press conference with Grissom and Slayton. Photo: Nice vintage 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with purple NASA detailed description on reverse. |
| Grissom Family - Vintage B/W Glossy Photo Description: An informal family portrait of the Grissom family enjoying a relaxing night at home. Photo: 8 x 10, 1964 World Book Encyclopedia photo with detailed description taped to reverse. I received from a collection and the attached description was is signed by Betty Grissom. The photo is in excellent condition on fiber based paper with World Book encyclopedia's stamp on reverse. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-43 Description: Erect in its gantry at the Cape, a 58-foot mercury-Redstone launch vehicle is prepared for flight. later, mercury spacecraft number 11, which is to be used in NASA's second manned suborbital space flight, will be added. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with detailed NASA description on reverse. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-39 Description: Mercury-Redstone-4 is shown at Pad 5 at the Cape. Left of spacecraft is a "cherry picker" which can be used for emergency removal of the pilot in the final minutes of the countdown. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on black NASA detailed description on reverse on a fiber based paper. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA / USAF Photo ID: LOD 61-5804 Description: Gus at Pad 5 during the erection of vehicle MR-4. Photo: 8x10 in excellent condition with US Air Force Photo stamp on reverse with short description dated 6/22/61. Nice fiber based paper with RCA Inspector Acceptable stamp on reverse. |
| MR-4, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: M61-498-3 Description: A NASA-Marshall photo. Photo: 8x10 in good condition with a few handling creases on a fiber based paper with Marshall stamp on reverse. |
| The following images were scanned from my personal collection of vintage manned space exploration photographs. These photos were taken during the period of the "Golden Age" of manned space exploration covering the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. These are NOT modern reproductions, copies or reprints. |
| MR-4, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-5 Description: Suit Technician Joe Schmitt prepares Mercury Astronaut, Virgil "Gus" Grissom for a series of pressure suit test at NASA's Mercury Headquarters, Langley Field,VA. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with Black Nasa Stamp on reverse and detailed description in purple, on fiber based paper. |
| MR-4, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-77 Description: Gus Grissom climbs into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft the morning of July 21st. Backup Astronaut John Glenn assists in the operation and Gus was successfully launched at 7:20 EST. Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with detailed NASA description on reverse. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S88-31385 Description: 5 May 1961-- Alan Shepard inspects his spacecraft onboard the recovery carrier, Champlain, after his suborbital space flight. Looks like Al retrieved his clipboard from inside the capsule that must have held his notes and mission check list. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with black NASA text on reverse on fiber based paper. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: LOD-61C-938 Description: Close up view of Alan Shepard inside the Freedom 7 Spacecraft (Mercury Capsule #7) as he communicates with flight controllers in the blockhouse at Pad 5 during the final moments of the countdown for the first U.S. manned space flight. Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper. |
| MR-1A, Vintage B/W Glossy - US Air Force Photo ID: PL-60-90766.1 Description: NASA's third attempt to attain the objectives of the Mercury Redstone booster and Spacecraft was finally successful. The primary objectives of the MR-1A flight was to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and to qualify the flight system for a primate flight. Lift off from the Cape's LC 5 was at 16:15 GMT on 19 Dec. 1960. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with purple Air Force description on reverse from RCA Photo Lab, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida. Fiber based paper. |
| MA-5, Launch with Enos the Chimp - NASA Photo ID: S-62-8310 Description: 29 December 1961, Enos the 5 1/2 year old Chimp inside Mercury Spacecraft #9 atop the Atlas booster lifted off from the Cape at 10:07 a.m. EST. This flight was to qualify the Mercury Spacecraft and all its systems during orbit and re-entry. The Spacecraft and Enos splashed down safely around 1000 miles southeast of the Cape after a two-orbit flight. Scheduled for three orbits, the spacecraft was returned to earth after two orbits due to the failure of a roll reaction jet and to the overheating of an inverter in the electrical system. Photo (Left): 8 x 10 Vintage color in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Photo (Right): 8 x 10 Vintage B/W glossy on fiber based paper with NASA Photo release in purple on reverse. |
| Little Joe LJ1 - Vintage Color Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-64-28351 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: Little Joe was used to test the Mercury capsule launch escape system. The booster was designed by NASA Langley using existing components. Six to eight solid rocket motors were mounted in an aerodynamic finned fairing built by North American. |
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| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: LOD-61C-979 Description: Alan B. Shepard peers out of Capsule #7 door, just as it is being closed, prior to "FREEDOM 7" flight. Pad 5 Photo: 8 X 10 in good condition on fiber based paper with NASA description on reverse. |
| MR-1, Vintage Color - U.S. Air Force Photo ID: LOD-61C-180 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple NASA text on reverse. Description: Pre-Launch Activity on Test 4500. An early morning view of the MR-1 Launch Vehicle with Mercury Capsule #2 as the gantry moves back with liquid oxygen vapors steaming out as its fuelled for launch. MR-l Launch Attempt: 21 November 1960 - An attempt was made to launch Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) from the Cape: This unmanned mission was unsuccessful because premature cut-off of the launch vehicle engines activated the emergency escape system when the vehicle was only about 1 inch off the pad. Engine cut-off was caused by premature loss of electrical ground power to the booster. The launch vehicle settled back on the pad with only slight damage. The engine cut off after 1 second and then fell back to the pad from a about 5 inches high but did not explode. This faulty ground-support circuitry had not been noted on some 60 previous Redstone firings. Since the spacecraft received a cut-off signal, the escape tower and recovery sequence was initiated and launched the escape tower but not the capsule. The undamaged spacecraft was recovered for reuse. |
| MR-3 , Vintage Color Glossy - NASA Photo Red ID: S-61-1927 Description: Mercury-Redstone 3, the U.S. first manned space flight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft designated "Freedom 7". The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 115.5 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles down-rage from Cape Canaveral. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
| Little Joe LJ5A - Vintage B/W Glossy - NAA Photo ID: 4536-56-6 D Description: Little Joe was used to test the Mercury capsule launch escape system. The booster was designed by NASA Langley using existing components. Six to eight solid rocket motors were mounted in an aerodynamic finned fairing built by North American. Reverse reads, "Little Joe VII - gantry removed during dry-run countdown. Little Joe VII was launched from Wallops Island, VA. on 28 April 1961". Photo: 7.25 x 9.5 photo is in good condition on a nice fiber based paper. North American Aviation stamp on front with Photo ID. Crease in upper right corner. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 116-KSC-71P-260 Description: Marine helicopter hovers over impact are with Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., in body harness being hoisted to safety. The Freedom 7 spacecraft has also been hooked and both astronaut and capsule will be airlifted back to the deck of the USS Champlain. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with blue NASA text on reverse on fiber based paper. |
| MR-3 , Vintage B/W Glossy NASA Photo ID: PL-61-95191 Description: Mercury-Redstone 3, the U.S. first manned space flight, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard was the pilot of the Mercury spacecraft designated "Freedom 7". The spacecraft attained a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, reached an altitude of 115.5 statute miles, and landed 302 statute miles down-rage from Cape Canaveral. Photo 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple U.S. Air Force description on reverse. |
Description: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard looks up at the Redstone Rocket on the morning of May 5th just before he rides the gantry Elevator to the 3rd level. Astronaut Shepard was the first U.S. man to ride in the "Freedom 7" Spacecraft down the Altantic Missile Range. Photo (Left): 8 x 10 in excellent condition with blue NASA text on reverse on fiber based paper. Photo (Right): 8 x 10 vintage original on fiber based paper and in near mint condition. No text on reverse. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-49 Description: SUITING UP -- Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Project Mercury Astronaut, being helped into space suite by Joe W. Schmidt, suite specialist for the Space Task Force Group. They are in the Astronauts crew quarters located in the Mercury Hangar at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Photo: 8X10 with blue NASA description on reverse. Fiber based paper in excellent to mint condition. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-2860 Description: This vehicle will be used for removing the MR-4 pilot should trouble develop late in the countdown after the rocket's service structure has been rolled to the edge of the pad. The "cherry picker" occupies a position near the spacecraft's hatch from about T-55 to T-2 minutes. Photo: 8X10 with blue NASA description on reverse. Fiber based paper in excellent to mint condition. |
| Mercury Spacecraft - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-62-4799 Description: An Artist's concept mercury spacecraft with escape tower. Photo: Photo is in excellent condition on fiber based paper with blue NASA description on reverse. |
| Astronaut Selection - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-10 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. Description: July 16, 1961 -- Reverse Text Reads: One of these two Project Mercury Astronauts will soon follow the trail blazed by Astronaut Shepard, May 5, 1961. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second attempted during the week of July 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission pilot will be either John H. Glenn, Jr., (Left) or Virgil I. Grissom, posing here before a boiler plate replica of the Project Mercury spacecraft. Announcement of the pilots selection will be made 24 hours prior to the planned launch. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-91 Description: Text on reverse reads: View of the earth taken from the Freedom Spacecraft #7. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. first U.S. man in space saw this view at about peak altitude of his Mercury-Redstone flight down the Atlantic Missile Range. The original film from the earth sky camera was in color. The Florida coast can be seen in the color reproduction, Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with blue NASA text on reverse on fiber based paper. |
| MR-3, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S88-31385 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper. |
| MA-5, Launch with Enos the Chimp - NASA Photo ID: S-62-8310 Photo (Left): 8 x 10 Vintage B/W photo in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA descriptive text on reverse. The text reads: November 12, 1961 -- The Mercury spacecraft 9 is being raised for mating atop the Atlas 93D. The spacecraft will carry a chimpanzee on 3 orbits around the earth at an altitude of approximately 100 to 155 statute miles. The flight will last approximately 4.5 hours landing some 800 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. Photo (Right): 8 x 10 Vintage B/W photo in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA descriptive text on reverse. Text reads: November 30, 1961 -- CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- Enos the chimpanzee that orbited the earth twice in a Mercury spacecraft arrives back at Patrick Air Force Base. Enos landed some 220 nautical miles south of Bermuda and was picked up by the USS Stormes. His medical debriefing at Bermuda showed he has no ill effects from his space ride. |
| MR-1, B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 60-MR1-17 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple NASA descriptive text on reverse. Description: Text Reads: NASA/Mercury MR-1 escape tower which landed 1200 ft. from the launch pad Nov. 21, 1960. Due to pre-engine shut down which jetison the tower as programmed. |
| MR-1, B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 60-MR1-10 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple NASA descriptive text attached to reverse. Description: Text Reads: A production version of a Project Mercury spacecraft is hoisted into position above a Mercury Redstone vehicle at Cape Canaveral, Florida in preparation for a flight test designed to qualify the craft and its systems in the environment of space. Project Mercury is the initial manned space flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
| Big Joe - Atlas 628 10D - Vintage Color Glossy - U.S. Air Force Photo ID: PL-59-18623 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with purple descriptive text on reverse. Description: August 12,1959. Here is a wonderful over all view at Launch Complex 14 of the Atlas 628 10D with the Mercury boilerplate spacecraft as a payload at the Cape. This flight was to test and validate the Mercury concept of capsule re-entry and was named Big Joe, first booster flight of the Mercury program. |
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| MR-2, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 61-MR2-18 Description: Text on reverse reads: "Ham" reaches out from his couch to take an apple from a crewman of the USS Donner. This was the first food for the chimpanzee following a 420-mile ride in a Mercury capsule launched by a Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral, Jan. 31, 1961. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: Description: 19 July 1961 -- A striking early morning view at Pad 5 of the Mercury Redstone-4 and Liberty Bell 7 under spotlights during pre launch loxing. Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper. |
| MR-4: Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-61-2850 Description: Text on reverse reads: DESCENDS GANTRY -- Project Mercury Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom leaves the gantry elevator at the launch complex 56 following a flight simulation conducted about one week before the planning launch date for MR-4, Mercury's second suborbital astronaut training flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: 8X10 with blue NASA description on reverse. Fiber based paper in excellent to mint condition. |
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