“Hahaha, guys, that was so funny…you duct-taped Buzz to the flight simulator upside down, good job.” Deke Slayton, Alan Shepard, Jim Lovell, and Wally Schirra
This picture probably dates around 1963. Three Mercury 7 vets – Slayton, Shepard, and Schirra – look like they’re sharing a joke with then-rookie Jim Lovell. My (hopeful) guess is that they were actively hazing the new class of astronauts coming in.
Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This Space Available space blog, published since 2010. In January 2019, Emily’s This Space Available blog was incorporated into the National Space Society’s blog. The content of Emily’s blog can be accessed via the This Space Available blog category.
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