[PROJECT MERCURY]. VINTAGE PHOTOLITHOGRAPH OF ROCKET LAUNCH, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY GUS GRISSOM TO BILL TAUB
Estimate:
1,500 - 2,500 USD
FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
Estimate:
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot sold:
4,375
USD
FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
ROCKET LAUNCH AT CAPE CANAVERAL
MERCURY-REDSTONE 4 LIFTOFF
Vintage color photolithograph, image taken by Bill Taub, 8 by 10 inches.
SIGNED and INSCRIBED by GUS GRISSOM: "WARMEST PERSONAL REGARDS | TO "TWO MORE" TAUB. | GUS GRISSOM".
On 21 July 1961, Liberty Bell 7 was launched from Cape Canaveral, with Grissom as its pilot. The sub-orbital flight lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds.
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