1979.26.0020 (Print, photographic)

1979.26.0020 (Print, photographic) image

Seven Project Mercury Astronauts inspecting a console at NASA's Central Control facility; back of photograph labeled, "National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Photograph, for immediate release, NASA Photo No. 60-M-72 (M-#27), Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- The operation of a console in NASA's Project Mercury Control Central facility at Cape Canaveral is demonstrated by Christopher C. Craft of the Mercury Operations Division to the Mercury Astronauts. The Control Central Facility will monitor capsule location and attitude, the functioning of its systems, and flights from Cape Canaveral. The Astronauts are (left to right) Donald Slayton, Walter Schirra, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, John H. Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper." Color: BK,WH