Mercury Atlas-8 And Wally Schirra New Photos Added 12 June 2007 |
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Mercury Atlas-8 And Wally Schirra New Photos Added 12 June 2007 |
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SOLD MA-8 Walter Schirra PR Pose 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-16 13 August 1962 Mercury Astronaut Walter M. Schirra in full pressure suit with a model of the spacecraft and air conditioning unit. This fine vintage glossy photograph is in good condition. Would be in very good condition but has a bent lower left corner that can be seen in the scan. |
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SOLD Walter M. Schirra 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-3835 1962 A fine portrait of Wally with the Mercury Spacecraft in the background. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. Has a slight crease across the upper left corner and a few other very minor flaws but still well worth having. |
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£6.95 Wally Schirra Entering Centrifuge 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 60-M-80 January 1960 A haunting view of Wally about to enter the gondola of a centrifuge which is used to test gravitational stress on astronauts training for space flight. Absolutely my favourite Mercury training photograph. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. G- |
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£8.95 Wally Suits Up For Training 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1431 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 Wally Suits Up For Training #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1428 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Mercury Control Centre 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-12 1962 Overall view of Mercury Control Centre prior to the Mercury-Atlas 8 flight of the Sigma 7 as seen from the visitors viewing area. The large board indicated the planned six orbital flight path of Wally Schirra. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 MA-8 Mercury Control Centre #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-5139 1962 Overall view of Mercury Control Centre prior to the Mercury-Atlas 8 flight of the Sigma 7 as seen from the visitors viewing area. The large board indicated the planned six orbital flight path of Wally Schirra. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. Very slightly bent lower right corner. |
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£8.95 Schirra During MA-9 Pre-flight Checks 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-95 11 May 1963 Capsule Communicator Walter Schirra turns from his console in Mercury Control Centre during one of the many pre-flight checks. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Schirra During MA-9 Recovery 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-159 16 May 1963 Capsule Communicator Walter Schirra during the MA-9 mission talks from Mercury Control to Trudy Cooper moments after Gordon Cooper splashdown. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 Wally Enters Altitude Chamber 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1434 1962 Walter Schirra stands in the entrance to the altitude chamber a the Cape. He is holding his portable air conditioner used to maintain constant temperatures in his suit prior to being connected to the spacecraft environmental system. the Mercury spacecraft used can be seen just through the chambers door. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG++ |
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SOLD Wally Enters Spacecraft For Training 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1415 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted in the Mercury Spacecraft for training and check-out procedures. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Wally Suits Up For Training 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1440 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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£9.95 Wally Suits Up For Training #1 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1443 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, putting his helmet on for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Wally Suits Up For Training #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1444 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Wally Suits Up For Training #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1445 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, with his gloves for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 Wally Suits Up For Training #4 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1446 1962 Walter Schirra is assisted by Al Rochford, Suit Technician, with his instruments mirror for another day of training and spacecraft check-out. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Wally Schirra In Contour Couch 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1450 1962 Walter Schirra has the lip microphone in his helmet adjusted by Suit Technician Joe Schmitt in preparation for pressure tests on his suit in the contour couch at MSC's facility at Langley AFB in Virginia. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Wally's Spacesuit Pressure Checks 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1451 1962 Walter Schirra undergoes pressure checks on his suit in the contour couch at Langley AFB prior to training on the procedures trainer facility. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Wally's Spacesuit Pressure Checks #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1452 1962 Walter Schirra undergoes pressure checks on his suit in the contour couch at Langley AFB prior to training on the procedures trainer facility. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 Wally's Spacesuit Pressure Checks #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1454 1962 A very nice close up shot of Wally Schirra as he undergoes pressure checks on his suit in the contour couch at Langley AFB prior to training in the procedures trainer facility. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD Wally's Spacesuit Pressure Checks #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-1455 1962 A very nice close up shot of Wally Schirra as he undergoes pressure checks on his suit in the contour couch at Langley AFB prior to training in the procedures trainer facility. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 MA-7 Back-Up Wally & Capsule Check Out 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA7-46 1962 Wally Schirra prepares for Capsule Check Out exercise high atop the gantry for the. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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£9.95 MA-7 Back-Up Wally Entering Spacecraft 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA7-48 1962 Wally Schirra is seen entering the Mercury spacecraft for Check Out exercises high atop the gantry. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 Wally's Water Egress Training 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA7-45 1962 Wally Schirra is seen just after completing his practice capsule egress test. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Walter Schirra And His Space Helmet 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-3353 13 August 1962 Walter Schirra is seen discussing his helmet with Ron Schutz, Communications technician, and Herb Wilson (centre) a Communications engineer. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 MA-8 Wally Schirra Pre-Flight Test 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62-7254 19 September 1962 Astronaut Walter Schirra is seen going through Pre-flight Tests in spacecraft #16 in the White Room atop Pad 14 at the Cape. Spacecraft #16 was named "Sigma 7". This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Schirra Flight Camera Briefing 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62-7273 20 September 1962 MA-8 Pilot Walter Schirra and Deke Slayton are seen being briefed by Red Williams on the use of the new modified Flight Camera. Roland "Red" Williams did the modifications on the 70mm camera. This fine vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£7.95 Wally's Weight & Balance Test 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-5164 1962 Walter Schirra is seen on the weight and balance scale during pre-flight checks for the MA-8 spacecraft in Hangar "S" at the Cape. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good to very good condition. |
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£9.95 Sigma 7 Being Re-mated With Atlas 113D 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-80 26 September 1962 The MA-8 spacecraft Sigma 7 is seen being hoisted atop the gantry at Pad 14 to be mated with the Atlas Booster #113-D after it was removed for repairs. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Sigma 7 Being Re-mated With Atlas 113D #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62C-7353 26 September 1962 The MA-8 spacecraft Sigma 7 is seen being hoisted atop the gantry at Pad 14 to be mated with the Atlas Booster #113-D after it was removed for repairs. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good to very good condition. |
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SOLD Wally Watching Sigma 7 Mating 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62-7361 26 September 1962 Wally Schirra watches his spacecraft, Sigma 7 as it is re-mated to the Atlas booster after repairs. Looking in the adapter section, you can see a pair of legs. Someone is in their making some adjustments to the spacecraft's adapter connections with the spacecraft just a couple of feet away. This fine vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 Atlas Booster 113D And Sigma 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-56 28 September 1962 The MA-8 spacecraft Sigma 7 is seen atop the Atlas Booster #113-D during simulated flight test. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 Atlas Booster 113D And Sigma 7 #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-5997 28 September 1962 The MA-8 spacecraft Sigma 7 is seen atop the Atlas Booster #113-D during simulated flight test. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-8 Wally Schirra And Sigma 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62-7464 28 September 1962 Astronaut Walter Schirra is seen going through Pre-flight Tests in spacecraft #16 atop Pad 14 at the Cape. Schirra is seen talking with a technician from inside Sigma 7. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-8 Schirra Suits-Up For Flight 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-84 3 October 1962 Astronaut Walter Schirra is seen being helped into his pressure suit by suit technician Al Rochford in preparation for his 6-orbit space flight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Schirra Suits-Up For Flight #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-85 3 October 1962 Astronaut Walter Schirra is seen being helped into his pressure suit by suit technician Al Rochford in preparation for his 6-orbit space flight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 Schirra Leave Hangar S For Pad 14 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-104 3 October 1962 Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 Earth orbital space flight, leaves Hanger "S" at Cape Canaveral on his way to his scheduled October 3, 1962 flight onboard Sigma 7. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good to very good condition. |
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£8.95 Cooper Helps Schirra In Sigma 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-99 3 October 1962 Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the beginning of the MA-8 mission. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Cooper Helps Schirra In Sigma 7 #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC-62C-1516 3 October 1962 Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the beginning of the MA-8 mission. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 Cooper Chats With Schirra In Sigma 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-98 3 October 1962 Gordon Cooper is seen talking to Wally just after helping him into Sigma 7 on launch day. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. |
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£8.95 Atlas MA-8 And Sigma 7 In Gantry 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-6007 3 October 1962 Early Morning view at Launch Complex 14 with the Atlas launch vehicle #113D and Sigma 7 in the Gantry ready for launch. Note the Stop Light on the left, it is yellow for caution as the final count down is under way and Wally is onboard Sigma 7 and ready to go. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Atlas MA-8 And Sigma 7 In Gantry #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-83 3 October 1962 Early Morning view at Launch Complex 14 with the Atlas launch vehicle #113D and Sigma 7 in the Gantry ready for launch. Note the Stop Light on the left, it is yellow for caution as the final count down is under way and Wally is onboard Sigma 7 and ready to go. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG- |
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SOLD MA-8 Sigma 7 And Schirra Lift Off 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 62PC-78 3 October 1962 The Mercury Atlas 9, Sigma 7 and Walter Schirra are lifted off into the beautiful blue Florida sky. This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Sigma 7 Lift Off 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-100 3 October 1962 The Mercury Atlas 9, Sigma 7 and Walter Schirra are lifted off into the beautiful blue Florida sky. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 USS Kearsarge Crew Spell MERCURY 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA NO. S-62-6142 3 October 1962 The crew members of the USS Kearsarge spell-out MERCURY while steaming towards the recovery area. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£4.95 USS Kearsarge Crew Spell MERCURY #2 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA NO. S-62-6122 3 October 1962 The crew members of the USS Kearsarge spell-out MERCURY while steaming towards the recovery area. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. G- |
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£8.95 MA-8 Sigma 7 Splashdown 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 62-MA8-113 3 October 1962 Splashdown in the Pacific marks the end of the six-orbit flight of Sigma 7 with Walter Schirra onboard. The spacecraft, with almost pinpoint accuracy, hit the water within sight of the prime recovery ship, the carrier Kearsarge. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-8 Sigma 7 Splashdown Close Up 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-6113 3 October 1962 Splashdown in the Pacific marks the end of the six-orbit flight of Sigma 7 with Walter Schirra onboard. The spacecraft, with almost pinpoint accuracy, hit the water within sight of the prime recovery ship, the carrier Kearsarge. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Sigma 7 After Splashdown 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 3 October 1962 The MA-8 Spacecraft, Sigma 7, is seen bobbing in the swells of the Pacific ocean just moments after splashdown that was seen from the prime recovery carrier. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-8 Sigma 7 After Splashdown 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-6147 3 October 1962 Recovery team from the USS Kearsarge Recovery carrier shortly after impact of Spacecraft Sigma 7 with Wally Schirra still inside. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Sigma 7 Ready To Take Onboard 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-62-6149 3 October 1962 The MA-8 Spacecraft, Sigma 7, is seen bobbing in the swells of the Pacific ocean and appears like a miniature compared to the huge aircraft carrier. Flotation collars is attached and Schirra is still inside Sigma 7 waiting for the recovery team to hoist them onboard the carrier Kearsarge. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-8 Wally Schirra & Sigma 7 Recovery 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA N |
