Original journal of NASA Project Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra, 1960 SIGNED

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Original journal of NASA Project Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra, 1960 SIGNED:
$2000.00

Handwritten training journal of Project Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra while completing survival training in the Nevada desert, beginning July 12, 1960, with twenty pages of pencil entries, and five additional sheets of paper, previously laid in to the journal. Small (3.25" x 2.25") sheet size in leather wallet, with "Desert Survival Trng, 12 July" in Schirra's hand to front cover.

As part of their NASA training, the Mercury Seven were left in the Nevada desert in order to prepare for the possibility that their capsule might land off-course in the desert at the end of a mission. The present journal accompanied Schirra and the rest of the astronauts as they were flown to a remote point in the Nevada desert and made their way back to base camp. The entries in the journal detail the preparations for this mission and his notes while traveling through the desert.

With later signed accompanying note on Schirra's letterhead, providing provenance and his description of the origins of the journal: "The Project Mercury desert survival training diary (including five loose annotated slips of paper), that accompany this letter, come from my personal collection of space memorabilia. It was entirely annotated by my hand during my desert survival training at Stead AFB in Nevada, which commenced on July 12, 1960."