Individually hand-signed by SIX of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, plus Betty Grissom (Gus’ widow), this beautiful print features a Mercury-Redstone launch, shadowy portraits of the seven astronauts in the exhaust cloud, and detailed images of the patches of the six flown missions.

The five astronauts who flew, and Betty, all signed largely and clearly in pencil (that won’t fade) next to their respective mission patches, while Deke Slayton (who did not fly a Mercury mission) signed above the NASA logo. Signers are Alan Shepard, Betty Grissom (Gus’s widow), John Glenn, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.

This print and its companion Apollo Soyuz were published originally to inaugurate and finance the Mercury Seven Foundation (now the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation), a non-profit national scholarship fund formed by the Mercury astronauts for promising young students in science and technology.

Print #1255 out of an edition of 1500. Signed and numbered.

COA included.

Framed as shown: 40.25”x30.25”