PORTRAIT- ASTRONAUT GROUP 16 (NEW AND OLD)

Portrait of Astronaut Groups 1 and 2. The original seven Mercury Astronauts selected by NASA in 04/1959, are seated (L-R): L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Water M. Schirra Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. The second group of NASA Astronauts, which were named in 09/1962, are standing (L-R): Edward H. White II, James A. McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See Jr., Charles Conrad Jr., Frank Borman, Neil A. Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford, and James A. Lovell Jr. B&W/CN
NASA Identifier: S63-00562