Set of 3 photos: - Lot 42

Set of 3 photos: - 1 photo of Gordon exiting his Mercury capsule after a problem occurred 12 minutes before launch, which was originally scheduled for May 14 but was postponed to May 15. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) with a caption on the back, bearing the number 63-MA9-128. -1 photo from launch day: Donald Slayton (astronaut director), Gordon Cooper, and his backup, Walter Schirra, having breakfast before the launch. -1 photo of Cooper in his spacesuit on the launch pad on launch day, May 15, 1963. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm), with a barely legible caption on the back. MERCURY MISSIONS - First U.S. manned space program: Six flights took place between May 5, 1961, and May 15, 1963: -Alan Shepard (first American in space): May 5, 1961 -Gus Grissom, Mercury Redstone-4 mission (July 21, 1961) -John Glenn, Mercury Atlas-6 mission (February 20, 1962) -Scott Carpenter, Mercury Atlas-7 mission (May 24, 1962) -Walter Schirra, Mercury Atlas-8 mission (October 3, 1962) -Gordon Cooper, Mercury Atlas-9 mission (May 15, 1963)