Gus Grissom inside the Liberty 7 spacecraft; prelaunch activities, launch and recovery of the second American in space, May-July 21, 1961

Lot 29
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 29 | Gus Grissom inside the Liberty 7 spacecraft; prelaunch activities, launch and recovery of the second American in space, May-July 21, 1961
Valeur estimée
£ 2 000 – 2 500
29 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Portrait of Gus Grissom inside the Liberty 7 spacecraft

Mercury Redstone 4, July 1961

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “61- MR4-29” on the verso

29 b
Fred Santomassino

Gus Grissom checking out the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft

Mercury Redstone 4, May 25, 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

29 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Gus Grissom checking out his Mercury spacesuit before his suborbital flight

Mercury Redstone 4, July 20, 1961

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

29 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Photomontage of the liftoff of the Redstone rocket carrying Gus Grissom on a suborbital flight together with a portrait of the second US spaceman

Mercury Redstone 4, July 21, 1961, 000:00:08 GET

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-62-1152” in black in top margin, with a stain at the top of image above Grissom’s portrait

29 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Astronaut and capsule communicator (CapCom) Gordon Cooper in Mercury Control Center during Gus Grissom’s suborbital flight

Mercury Redstone 4, July 21, 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-61-3824” in black in top margin

29 f
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The second US spaceman Gus Grissom back from space aboard the Navy carrier USS Randolph after the unsuccessful recovery of the Liberty 7 spacecraft

Mercury Redstone 4, July 21, 1961

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA captions numbered “61-MR4-95” and “61-MR4-108” on the versos
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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