CARPENTER, Scott; Gordon Cooper; John Glenn Jr.; Alan Shepard; Wally Schirra; D.K. Slayton.
Project Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph.
Rare official NASA color photograph of the Project Mercury Astronauts; signed by Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton
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Item Number: RRB-148458
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Rare official NASA photograph of the Project Mercury astronauts, signed by six of the Mercury Seven. Official NASA color glossy photograph of the Mercury Seven astronauts in their silver space suits. Boldly signed by Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton. Official NASA text caption in purple to verso with "This Paper Manufactured by Kodak" watermarks. In near fine condition with two light tape marks to the top edge. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
In response to the Soviet Union's launch Sputnik 1 satellite on October 4, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower created a new civilian space agency whose primary goal would be to compete with the Soviets in space. The following year Project Mercury was announced, with the stated aim of launching a man into Earth's orbit and returning him safely. The seven astronauts selected for the program, all members of the United States armed forces, were Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Jr., Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, and D.K. Slayton. In 1962 Glenn would become the first American to orbit the earth, while Grissom would tragically lose his life in the Apollo 1 disaster on January 27, 1967.
Project Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph.
$3,000.00
Out of Stock