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heng44
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posted 08-02-2005 02:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

On February 21, 1961, astronauts Grissom, Glenn and Shepard (left to right) were selected by the Space Task Group to begin special training for the first manned Mercury Redstone flight (MR-3). Although Project Mercury Director Robert Gilruth told the astronauts as early as January 19 that Shepard would be the prime pilot, that decision was not announced until May 2, after the MR-3 launch was scrubbed. Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961.

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posted 09-06-2009 12:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just so sad to think only Glenn is still alive. A truly great group. Gus would have made an awesome first man on the moon.

Lou Chinal
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posted 09-06-2009 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ed, is that the date for this photo (Feb. 21, 1961)? Or is it earlier or later then that?

heng44
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posted 09-07-2009 12:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lou, I don't think that photo has a date, other than 1961. I will check.

Philip
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posted 09-07-2009 10:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I just wonder, was there a difference in helmet size? I know pilot helmets come in different sizes...

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Looks to me that they were not all photographed together. They look like they were taken from several different angles and matched up in the dark room (in the days before Photoshop).

I can't imagine why a photographer would have them line up so tightly like that.

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