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PROJECT MERCURY - NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH THE MERCURY SEVEN. Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, 1961, with red NASA indentification number in margin: S-61-1250, image 1
PROJECT MERCURY - NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH THE MERCURY SEVEN. Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, 1961, with red NASA indentification number in margin: S-61-1250, image 2
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PROJECT MERCURY - NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH
THE MERCURY SEVEN.
Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, 1961, with red NASA indentification number in margin: S-61-1250,

12 – 21 July 2021, 16:00 PDT
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PROJECT MERCURY - NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH

THE MERCURY SEVEN.
Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, 1961, with red NASA indentification number in margin: S-61-1250, "A Kodak Paper" watermarks on verso.

An F-106 fighter jet used for flight training is the back-drop for the seven Mercury astronauts wearing their respective military service flight suits. This single photograph was a major factor that prompted NASA to standardize flight suits to the now well-known light blue fabric. Standing left to right are Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald "Deke" Slayton.

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