The Mercury Project Astronauts – 1959
May 24, 2009
Here are some more incredible images of the Mercury Project astronauts. I’m obsessed with the old space suits!

The original Mercury astronauts - John Glenn, Virgil Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Donald Deke Slayton, Gordon Cooper.

LIFE Magazine September 14, 1959

LIFE Magazine Space Wives - September 21, 1959
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