COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Record
Title:
Astronaut Shepard arrives at Grand Bahamas Island
Description:
Astronaut Alan Shepard arrives at Grand Bahamas Island and is greeted by Astronauts Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom (right) and Donald Slayton (left) and also by Keith Lindell (between Shepard and Grissom) after the first American suborbital flight. He will participate in a press conference with Grissom and Slayton.
Date Taken:
1961-07-05
Program:
Mercury
Mission:
Mercury III
Subject Terms:
ASTRONAUTS
facet_who:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Bahamas
Photo ID:
S61-02385
Film Type:
8x10
UID:
SPD-JSC-S61-02385
