Beschreibung:

22 a NASA / Unidentified Photographer Unmanned test launch of the Mercury spacecraft Mercury Atlas 2, February 21, 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with RCA Quality control stamp and NASA Cape Canaveral caption on the verso 22 b NASA / Unidentified Photographer Recovery of the unmanned Mercury spacecraft after its successful suborbital flight Mercury Atlas 2, February 21, 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “61- MA2-8” on the verso and “61-MA2-8” label affixed to the recto at the bottom right 22 c NASA / Unidentified Photographer Portrait of the Original Seven Project Mercury astronauts with a mock-up of the Mercury spacecraft at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation Project Mercury, 1961 Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21.8 x 27.8cm, with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / McDonnell Aircraft Corporation) 22 d Ralph Morse Portrait of Project Mercury astronauts and three first Americans in space Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and John Glenn Project Mercury, February - March 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption (indicating the print was made in 1962-1963) on the verso, numbered “NASA S-61-1907” in black in top margin 22 e Jim McNearny Test launch of the Mercury spacecraft with a robotic mechanical astronaut on-board Mercury Atlas 3, April 25, 1961 Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral caption, RCA Quality Control stamp and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso 21.8 x 27.8cm (81⁄2 x 11in) Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.