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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1971-02971
Date : 01/20/1971

Title

The Mercury Seven Astronauts

Full Description

The Original Mercury Seven astronauts with a U.S. Air Force F-106B jet aircraft. From left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Jr., Walter M. Wally Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Donald K. Deke Slayton.

Keywords

Project Mercury Astronauts F-106B Scott Carpenter Gordon Cooper Gordo Cooper John Glenn Virgil Grissom Gus Grissom Walter Schirra Wally Schirra Alan Shepard Donald Slayton Deke Slayton

Subject Category

Mercury-Astronaut,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1971-02971
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001286

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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(Pixels)		Height
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(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 69 15
Small .jpg 640 492 354
Medium .jpg 1500 1152 1,374
Large .jpg 3000 2303 3,439

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