Happy Birthday Jim Lovell! (Credit To The Owners)

Spending this Sunday evening thinking abt how Gus and Deke were best friends, wore matching shirts, built fences and played with bunny rabbits together, flew cross country for fun and played handball and carried bears seven miles through the woods. Deke needed Gus’ help learning to swim, Gus wanted Deke’s help when he almost drowned after Liberty Bell 7, Deke titled his memoir after a Gus-attributed quote in The Right Stuff and also used the same style as Gus’ book title (Gemini! and Deke!). Thinking about these absolute buddies.

The New Nine, together again.

Veterans Day: New Nine Edition

Lieutenant Neil A. Armstrong, U.S. Navy (1949-1960)

Colonel Frank F. Borman II, U.S. Air Force (1950-1970)

Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., U.S. Navy (1952-1973)

Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, U.S. Air Force (1952-1979)

Commander Elliot M. See, Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve (1953-1956)

Captain Charles Conrad, Jr., U.S. Navy (1953-1973)

Captain John W. Young, U.S. Navy (1952-1976)

Brigadier General James A. McDivitt, U.S. Air Force (1951-1972)

Lieutenant Colonel Edward H. White II, U.S. Air Force (1952-1967)

OH HOLY FUCK THIS IS HUGE. Anyways, I think I missed your birthday but, happy birthday @guidanceofficer!!! Here’s your guy <3

Astronaut Ed White walks in space, June 3, 1965.

(ASU/NASA)

January 27th, 1967 – 1 p.m.

Doodling some boys at work ☺️☺️☺️

FINALLY found an HQ version of this photo, I’ve been searching for ages! All of the Mercury and New Nine astronauts (with instructors) at survival training in Panama, June 1963.

Standing, from left to right: Wally Schirra, Neil Armstrong, Gordo Cooper, Deke Slayton, Tom Stafford, Jim Lovell, John Young, John Glenn (mostly hidden behind Pete), Pete Conrad, Ed White, Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, Jim McDivitt, Frank Borman, and Elliot See.

I love love love this photo! Must’ve been on the last day of training–everyone looks adequately filthy (except Ed, who, as usual, looks like a model). Even Frank is smiling! And Gus… well, Gus is being his typical mischievous self ;)

Ed White, Eddie, and Bonnie hang from monkey bars!