NASA Photo ID: S61-00246          File Name: 10073464.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 b&w                Date Taken: 07/25/61

Title: Original Mercury Astronauts with Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers

Description:

Photo of the original Mercury Astronauts with Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers 
seated around a table talking to the news media. From left to right are: L. 
Gordon Cooper, Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., Col. Powers, Alan B. 
Shepard Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, and Walter M. Schirra Jr. Virgil I.
Grissom  is out of the frame.