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Scott Carpenter Signed Photo with Desirable and Extensive Handwritten Description....
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photo with Desirable and Extensive Handwritten Description. An unusual 10" x 8" silk finish B&W photo of Carpenter in his spacesuit (sans helmet), talking on the telephone after his orbital flight. It is signed in blue felt tip: "Speaking with President Kennedy/ on board USS Intrepid after/ 24 May, 1962 flight of/ Aurora 7/ Scott Carpenter". JFK, of course, was a major advocate of the U.S. space program; it was almost exactly one year before Carpenter's flight that JFK announced to Congress his goal of sending an American to the moon by the end of the decade and asked for the finances to support such an accelerated program. Excellent.Auction Info
2015 May 22 Space Exploration Signature Auction - Dallas #6139 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2015
22nd
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