Vintage RCA U.S. Air Force Photo, NASA Alan Shepard MR-3, LOD 61C-923, 5/5/61

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Vintage RCA U.S. Air Force Photo, NASA Alan Shepard MR-3, LOD 61C-923, 5/5/61
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In good condition for the age. From Personal Collection Of Original Redstone Worker.
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You are buying the photo and his personal sticky note only! The retirement letter is for reference purposes only! The retirement letter is not included!
The copy of the newspaper article is not included either. You can save them on your computer for your own records.
This is a original vintage photo of Alan Shepard on 5-5-1961 lifting off of MR-3.
This photo is the "Man in Space" project. From RCA Inspector No. 1,
U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center Photographic Laboratory.
Photo number LOD 61C-923. After much research, we believe this is a gelatin silver photo.
There is one in a gallery similar to this that I was able to reference.
There is purple and black ink on the back of the photo with the
inscription of information. Photo measures approx. 8" x 10" but not exact.
This is one of many items in the personal collection
of James K. Davidson. His personal notes are on a sticky note attached to the
photo. This is an original engineer recruited by Dr. Werner Von Braun from
Redstone Arsenal.
I included a newspaper article that shows Mr. Davidson did in fact program this flight
as well as others. The article copy of the newspaper is not included but you are welcome to save them
on your computer for your records.
More items from Mr. Davidson's NASA career will be added to our store daily.
This came from a prominent employee that helped with the development for Kennedy Space Center. James “Jim” K. Davidson was born in 1927 in Vicksburg, MS. He attended St. Aloysius Boys School where he graduated in 1945. He went on to attend Mississippi State University and graduated with an Engineering Degree in 1949. He briefly worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in Hattiesburg, MS, where he was one of five young men personally recruited by Dr. Werner Von Braun for his Missile Ballistics Program at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. After launching Explorer I from Cape Canaveral in 1958, Mr. Davidson was then asked to help with the development of what would eventually become John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the 1960's, Mr. Davidson began his career at John F. Kennedy Space Center where his achievements soared far beyond his greatest dreams. As a pioneer of both unmanned and manned space flight, he was a member of the select "100 Missile Club" and the original Redstone team, as well as programming missions for Alan Sheppard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom. After countless launches during the Redstone, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle programs, Mr. Davidson retired from NASA with 32 years of service in 1982.
His retirement letter that is pictured helps show proof of provenance. The letter IS NOT included.
It the second paragraph, Richard “Dick” Smith write, “Your involvement in the space program dates back to the early Redstone launches and marks you as a true space pioneer. Your excellent work with Saturn/Apollo flight and ground support electrical systems contributed significantly to the success of those programs and the historic lunar landing series”. Also included are a few articles that can be found on google to help show the provenance once again.
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