[PROJECT MERCURY]. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MERCURY FLYERS

FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB

VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS

THE MERCURY FLYERS POSING IN FRONT OF AN F-106 JET

Vintage "NASA Red Number" color photograph, image taken by Bill Taub, 8 by 10 inches, with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso. The identification number "NASA S-61-1250" is printed in red near the upper left corner.

An image of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair F-106B aircraft. They are, from left to right: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.