Lot 86
- 86
[PROJECT MERCURY]. [DEKE SLAYTON]. PROJECT MERCURY NASA CAPSULE FLIGHT OPERATIONS MANUAL. ST. LOUIS, MO: 1961
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Project Mercury NASA Capsule Flight Operations Manual. St. Louis, MO: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1961
Flight manual, 7 ½ by 6 ½ inches, approximately 148 pages in 3-ring binder, printed in black and white, with red, green, and yellow accents, SIGNED "SLAYTON" on title-page; some toning and staining. Blue leatherette cover, pictorially printed in white, with label reading "DK. Slayton" added to cover; overall wear with loss to leatherette, rust stains.
Catalogue Note
DEKE SLAYTON'S PERSONAL FLIGHT MANUAL In 1959, Deke Slayton was one of 110 military test pilots selected as candidates for NASA's Project Mercury, the first U.S. manned space flight program.