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PROJECT MERCURY MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS POSTER EXHIBIT US Astronaut Orbits Earth Paper Show.
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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PROJECT MERCURY MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS POSTER EXHIBIT
US Astronaut Orbits Earth Paper Show.
8 linen-backed color posters, 33 x 38 inches, with original black & white exhibit instruction sheet, ca. 1963.
An excellent and rare collection of large exhibit posters apparently produced by the United States Information Agency to promote Project Mercury. This type of poster exhibit was never intended for sale to the public, and would have been sent by the USIA to U.S. Embassies around the world to showcase Project Mercury. We have not seen another complete set come to market. The first poster with portraits and information on the 6 flown Mercury Astronauts; the second with information and photos of the Project Mercury Mission Control Room at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962; the third with a photo of an unidentified Mercury astronaut in his silver spacesuit, as well as of the launch of the Mercury Atlas rocket; the fourth of an unidentified astronaut in his silver spacesuit floating against a black background; the fifth with an illustration of the Mercury capsule in flight around the Earth; the sixth with an illustration showing a cross section of the Mercury capsule; the seventh with an illustration with cross section of an astronaut in the capsule as it re-enters earth's atmosphere, the capsule glowing red with friction; the eighth with three photos showing the recovery of the capsule including it's return to earth via parachute, it floating in the ocean, and it being lifted by rescue helicopters to an aircraft carrier.
8 linen-backed color posters, 33 x 38 inches, with original black & white exhibit instruction sheet, ca. 1963.
An excellent and rare collection of large exhibit posters apparently produced by the United States Information Agency to promote Project Mercury. This type of poster exhibit was never intended for sale to the public, and would have been sent by the USIA to U.S. Embassies around the world to showcase Project Mercury. We have not seen another complete set come to market. The first poster with portraits and information on the 6 flown Mercury Astronauts; the second with information and photos of the Project Mercury Mission Control Room at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962; the third with a photo of an unidentified Mercury astronaut in his silver spacesuit, as well as of the launch of the Mercury Atlas rocket; the fourth of an unidentified astronaut in his silver spacesuit floating against a black background; the fifth with an illustration of the Mercury capsule in flight around the Earth; the sixth with an illustration showing a cross section of the Mercury capsule; the seventh with an illustration with cross section of an astronaut in the capsule as it re-enters earth's atmosphere, the capsule glowing red with friction; the eighth with three photos showing the recovery of the capsule including it's return to earth via parachute, it floating in the ocean, and it being lifted by rescue helicopters to an aircraft carrier.