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Ordinary supermen mostly out of space jobs
AP photo essay notes NASA's seven first astronauts as ordinary men from small towns. It recalls their ages 34 to 38, marriages, and 5 foot 11 inch tops, and traces later careers at Disney, Johns Manville, and Maxon. It reflects on space shuttle plans and life after flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Adams
Ny Ro
Air Force
NASA
Washington
John Herschel Glenn
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr
Walter Marty Schirra Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper
Donald Kent Slayton
Virgil Ivan Grissom
Gus” Grissom
Roger Chaffee
Edward White
Deke
Slayton
Edwards Air Force Base
Scott Carpenter
Maxon Industries
Huntington Park
Calif
Gordon Cooper
Walt Disney Productions
Glendale
Alan Shepard
Windward Company
Deer Park
Texas
Earth
Walter Shirra
Johns Manville Corp
Denver
Colorado
Mars