Wednesday 17 October 2012

Mercury 3 - Alan Shepard (1961)

Alan Shepard first American in Space,  May 1961.
When Shepard was asked why he thought he had been selected for this historical flight, he grinned and said: “I guess they just ran out of monkeys!”
 
 
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  1. MichaelG31 August 2022 at 02:58

    Paul McCartney in a Mercury space suit by Richard Avedon, 1965

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    1. MichaelG31 August 2022 at 02:59

      https://semioticapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/31722266536/paul-mccartney-in-a-mercury-space-suit-by-richard/amp

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    2. Steve2 October 2022 at 16:00

      Thankyou for that. Ive seen the picture a while back but that gave me the nudge to post

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