Elliot See Sometime After His Selection For NASA Astronaut Group 2 (The New Nine), Possibly August 1963.

Jim McDivitt, Ed White, and Neil Armstrong link arms & test eating in zero gravity while aboard the Vomit Comet (unspecified date)

Today, I rode my bike to the Ed White Memorial hospital in St Petersburg, Florida. Established in the late 1970’s by his family members and community support, the lobby displays some information on his life in space, most notably, and logically, his Gemini 4 flight. Also on display is one of his training jumpsuits for the Apollo 1 mission. For those wondering why St Pete has this, it’s because his family relocated here after Ed left home. His brother was rather acquainted with the area though. Soon, Emily and I are going to go back here, as well as check out their former home. In a non-creepy way.

Neil Armstrong, 1964 

a lonely space boy

First Man (2018)

Jim Lovell & Frank Borman in TO THE MOON

Jim Lovell: “Just to be confined in there like a sardine in a can, that was a real trial. And, of course, you’re sitting right next to your companion, and for two weeks, being with Frank Borman… Two weeks being with Frank Borman any place was a real challenge. *laughs*”

Lovell: “Frank had a book called ‘Roughing it’ which we tried to read. We also sang to each other.”

Frank Borman: “Nat King Cole, at that time, had a very popular song: ‘Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone’.”

Lovell: “*singing* Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone, let’s pretend that you and I are all alone.”

Borman: “That got on our minds and we sang that damn song for two weeks. *laughs*”

Lovell, laughing: “We still sing it, occasionally.”

“Garbed as vaudevillians, Grissom and Shepard engage in a bit of horseplay during the early days of the Mercury program. When Grissom gave the photos to [NASA artist] Cece Bibby, she asked him what they were up to. He just said, ‘Fun and games, baby, fun and games.’”

–Ray E. Boomhower, Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut

Neil Armstrong at the Purdue University Gala Week Banquet May 1966