Beschreibung:

18 a NASA / Unidentified Photographer John Glenn in the Gimbal Rig Mercury Astronaut Trainer Mercury Project, February-March 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with a later March 1961 press caption affixed to the verso, numbered “NASA C-52741” (NASA Lewis Research Center) in black in top margin 18 b NASA / Unidentified Photographer The first Project Mercury space capsule Mercury Atlas 1, July 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “60- MA1-4” on the verso and “60-MA1-4” label affixed to the recto at the bottom right, numbered “NASA B-60-1513” in black in top margin 18 c NASA / Unidentified Photographer Liftoff of the Atlas rocket carrying the first Mercury spacecraft Mercury Atlas 1, July 29, 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “60- MA1-6” on the verso and “60-MA1-6” label affixed to the recto at the top left 18 d NASA / Unidentified Photographer Gordon Cooper in an early spacecraft simulator Project Mercury, June - October 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on the verso, numbered “NASA B-60-1509” in black in top margin 18 e NASA / Unidentified Photographer Project Mercury astronaut Donald Slayton preparing for centrifugeuse training Project Mercury, October 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso, numbered “NASA G-60-1961” in black in top margin 18 f NASA / Unidentified Photographer Liftoff Mercury Redstone 1-A, December 19, 1960 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption numbered “PL 6-90766.1.” on the verso 18 g NASA / Unidentified Photographer Portrait of Walter Schirra in the Environmental Test Spacecraft Project Mercury, January 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 21.5 x 25.6cm, with NASA HQ caption on the verso, numbered “NASA G-61-331” in black in top margin 21.5 x 25.6cm (81⁄2 x 10in) Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.