MERCURY 7-AURORA 7

Veteran U.S. spacemen await word from astronaut M. Scott Carpenter as he returns to Earth following three trips around globe.
May 24, 1962
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches

On the left, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, pilot of Mercury's second suborbital mission; on the right, John H. Glenn Jr., the first U.S. orbital astronaut. Grissom served as Capsule Communicator, assisted by Glenn during Carpenter's flight.

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