Detail View: NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection: Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits
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Title:
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Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits
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Full Description:
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Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper.
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Date:
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09/13/1968
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NASA Center:
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Langley Research Center
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Subject Category:
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Mercury-Astronaut
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Keywords:
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Alan
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Keywords:
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Astronauts
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Keywords:
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Carpenter
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Keywords:
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Cooper
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Keywords:
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Deke
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Keywords:
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Donald
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Keywords:
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Glenn
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Keywords:
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Gordo
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Keywords:
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Gordon
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Keywords:
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Grissom
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Keywords:
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Gus
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Keywords:
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John
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Keywords:
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Mercury
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Keywords:
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Schirra
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Keywords:
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Scott
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Keywords:
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Shepard
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Keywords:
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Slayton
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Keywords:
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Virgil
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Keywords:
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Wally
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Keywords:
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Walter
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Audience:
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General Public
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facet_what:
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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facet_where:
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Mercury
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facet_who:
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Gordon Cooper
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facet_who:
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Scott Carpenter
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facet_when:
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09-13-1968
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facet_when:
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April 9, 1959
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facet_when:
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October 1, 1958
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facet_when_year:
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1958
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facet_when_year:
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1959
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facet_when_year:
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1968
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Image #:
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L-1989-00361
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original url:
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http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001293.html
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-001293
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Center:
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LARC
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Center Number:
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L-1989-00361
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-001293
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
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