Fantastic original vintage 1959 NASA newsletter detailing progress on the Mercury program, four pages, 8 x 10.5, vertically signed in ballpoint on the front page by all seven original Mercury astronauts, each next to his respective photo, and all signing with their less common ‘formal’ signatures: “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter Schirra,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “Donald K. Slayton.” In fine condition, with an unobtrusive central horizontal fold, and just moderate contrast to small portions of a couple signatures.
Dated April 1959, this newsletter was one of the first introductions of Project Mercury and its seven original astronauts to staff members at Langley Field, Virginia. The black-and-white imagery that fill the pages including paintings (no high-tech simulations here!) showing a manned capsule, perched atop an Atlas rocket, during lift-off. The cover also reveals an artist’s rendition of the cramped quarters that awaited the astronauts in their capsule. Pre-certified Scott Cornish and RRAuction COA.
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