Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Project Mercury Astronauts
Full Description:
Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. They are: front row, left to right, Walter H. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper.
Date:
9/13/1968
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Mercury-Astronaut
Keywords:
John
Keywords:
Alan
Keywords:
Shepard
Keywords:
Glenn
Keywords:
Mercury
Keywords:
Project
Keywords:
Virgil
Keywords:
Grissom
Keywords:
Gus
Keywords:
Gordon
Keywords:
Cooper
Keywords:
Gordo
Keywords:
Slayton
Keywords:
Carpenter
Keywords:
Al
Keywords:
Astronauts
Keywords:
Scott
Keywords:
Walter
Keywords:
Schirra
Keywords:
Wally
Keywords:
Donald
Keywords:
Deke
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_who:
Gordon Cooper
facet_who:
Scott Carpenter
facet_when:
April 9, 1959
facet_when:
October 1, 1958
facet_when:
9-13-1968
facet_when_year:
1968
facet_when_year:
1959
facet_when_year:
1958
Image #:
84PC-0022
orignial url:
http://grin.hq.nasa…
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0651
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
84PC-0022
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000651
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
Image ID:
125833
Resolution Size:
5
Format:
JP2
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
GPN-2000-000651.jp2
Width:
2400
Height:
3000

Project Mercury Astronauts

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