Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits
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. Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper.
Date:
09/13/1968
NASA Center:
Langley Research Center
Subject Category:
Mercury-Astronaut
Keywords:
John
Keywords:
Alan
Keywords:
Shepard
Keywords:
Glenn
Keywords:
Mercury
Keywords:
Virgil
Keywords:
Grissom
Keywords:
Gus
Keywords:
Gordon
Keywords:
Cooper
Keywords:
Gordo
Keywords:
Slayton
Keywords:
Carpenter
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:
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
facet_who:
Gordon Cooper
facet_who:
Scott Carpenter
facet_when:
April 9, 1959
facet_when:
October 1, 1958
facet_when:
09-13-1968
facet_when_year:
1968
facet_when_year:
1959
facet_when_year:
1958
Image #:
L-1989-00361
orignial url:
http://grin.hq.nasa…
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1293
Center:
LARC
Center Number:
L-1989-00361
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001293
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
Image ID:
127221
Resolution Size:
5
Format:
JP2
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
GPN-2000-001293.jp2
Width:
2341
Height:
3000

Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits

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