The Mercury Seven, picked by NASA on April 9, 1959, was the only astronaut group whose members flew on all classes of NASA manned spacecraft of the 20th century, from Mercury through the Gemini and Apollo missions, and ending with John Glenn’s flight on the STS-95 space shuttle. Vintage 7 x 9.5 lightweight photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts posing in their pressure suits, taken during training at NASA’s Langley Research Center, signed in blue ballpoint by all seven: “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Scott Carpenter,” “John Glenn,” “D. K. Slayton,” and “W. M. Schirra.” This photo shoot was the only occasion on which all seven astronauts were captured together in their pressure suits. Note that Slayton and Glenn are wearing spray-painted work boots. Affixed to a same-sized sheet of heavy white cardstock, otherwise In fine condition. A wonderful example from this earliest chapter of manned space exploration! COA Scott Cornish and R&R COA.
