Guess Who These Guys Are

By Miss Cellania in Pictures on Jul 31, 2011 at 5:36 am

Do you recognize them? You can highlight the following invisible text for a spoiler, or go to the link for the full story. Or both. (RSS text is not invisible)

In this 1960 photograph, the seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Pictured from left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter Schirra and Donald K. Slayton.

Even telling you what website the link goes to would be spoil the surprise, but it’s a site we’ve sent you to before. Link -via Nag on the Lake

Tags: History, Mystery, Photography

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Raf3
Jul 31st, 2011 at 6:04 am
Pretty funny…puts the lie to racial profiling…
toodles
Jul 31st, 2011 at 6:39 am
The invisible text is not invisible in the RSS feed. I was kinda confused.
Miss Cellania
Jul 31st, 2011 at 7:49 am
Sorry about that toodles! Thanks to your comment, I updated the info.
ted
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:14 am
Not sure how it puts a lie to racial profiling. I thought showed a little more about the temper of the time, and that they felt it wouldn’t be offensive to dress like that.
But really, that guy should really clean his underwear.
Dave H
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:36 am
Those are the original7 Mercury astronauts in desert survival training.
L to R: Gordon Cooper, M Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Walter Schirra, & Donald Slayton.
Dave H
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:40 am
And no, they were not being racially offensive. They were taught to use their parachutes to construct practical clothing for the environment they were in.
Souterain
Jul 31st, 2011 at 9:56 am
The Judean Peoples’ Front?
Dougert
Jul 31st, 2011 at 10:19 am
i was gonna say “dexies midnight runner”
Miss Cellania
Jul 31st, 2011 at 11:25 am
When I first saw this, I looked at the faces and expected to recognize a rock band. The quality of the color and the lack of any time period reference caused me to be surprised at how old the picture is.
Will L
Jul 31st, 2011 at 2:12 pm
The Muslim Village People?
Hedgecore
Jul 31st, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I recognized Gus Grissom. Mike Collins, in his book Carrying the Fire, talks about their survival training in which they were dumped into inhospitable environments and had to make due with the equipment they had and their surroundings. Poor guy had bug bites on his butt for weeks after a stint in the jungle. (They spent most of their time going after heart of palms to eat.)
rudy.elgato
Aug 1st, 2011 at 8:47 am
The Right Stuff…
Egbert
Aug 1st, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Gus Grissom had a really distinctive face. Knew they were Mercury/Gemini astronauts from his face

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