The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 1
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 2
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 3
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 4
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 5
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 6
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 7
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 8
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 9
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 10
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961 - photo 1

The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961

Lot 22
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 2 375
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 22 | The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
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)
Art style:Color photo
Auction house category:Photography
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