Title
PORTRAIT - ASTRONAUT GROUP 16 (NEW AND OLD) - MSC
Caption
(1963) The first two groups of astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The original seven Mercury astronauts, selected in April 1959, are seated left to right, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Donald K. Slayton. The second group of NASA astronauts, named in September 1962 are, standing left to right, Edward H. White II, James A. McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See Jr., Charles Conrad Jr., Frank Borman, Neil A. Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford and James A. Lovell Jr.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images
Reference
UMG22A32_177
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45,5Mb (2,8Mb) / 19,8in x 8,9in / 5942 x 2678 (300dpi)