The Right Stuff. President JFK With The Original Mercury 7, Oct 1963. These Group 1 Astronauts Were Chosen

“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

Some of the Astronaut Air Force boys and girls during General McConnell’s visit to NASA, 1966. Wow, they clean up well.

Warning: This photo is BIG when clicked!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE!!! <3

Elliot See sometime after his selection for NASA Astronaut Group 2 (The New Nine), possibly August 1963. Amazing to see so much high-quality footage of him since it’s so rare 💙

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I just can't get Neil out of my head but I don't mind anyway (*´ω｀*)

D’AWWWWWW

Models being supermodels, 1965

December 1966 - January 1967  NASA astronaut Edward White LtColonel Ed White and his wife Pat after a relaxing Christmas holiday as the astronaut would start preparations for the first mission of NASA’s manned Apollo Moon program. The couple spent Christmas time and New Year at their home near Houston - Texas. However, on January 27, 1967 a cabin fire destroyed the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test killing the three astronauts; Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee. Photo shows Ed White wearing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 chronograph on a steel mesh JB champion bracelet… note that the chronograph hand was running ! (Photo: NASA/WBESS)

Commander John Young after STS-1, the first orbital flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program aboard the shuttle Columbia, April 1981

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