Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Original Seven Astronauts
Full Description:
The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front: Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter. Left to right at rear: Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Date of Image:
1959-04-27
Category:
Mercury Project
term:
Schirra
term:
Grissom
term:
Glenn
term:
Original Seven Astronauts
term:
Mercury Project
term:
Slayton
term:
Carpenter
term:
Shepard
term:
Cooper
facet_who:
Gordon Cooper
facet_who:
Wally Schirra
facet_who:
Deke Slayton
facet_who:
Scott Carpenter
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
April 27, 1959
facet_when_year:
1959
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
6413212
NIX #:
MSFC-6413212
MSFC Negative Number:
6413212
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6413212
original url:
http://mix.msfc.nas…
Image ID:
162889
Resolution Size:
5
Format:
JP2
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
6413212.jp2
Width:
2549
Height:
3000

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