NASA Photo ID: S62-02704          File Name: 10073465.jpg

Film Type: 8x10 b&w               Date Taken: 07/12/62

Title: Original Mercury Astronauts

Description:

The original Mercury Astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an
Atlas  model. Standing, left to right are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter M.
Schirra,  Jr., and John H. Glenn, Jr.; sitting, left to right are Virgil I.
Grissom, M.  Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Below the photo is  a copy of each man's signature. Alternative photo
number is B-59-41.