John Glenn Scott Carpenter 1962 Mercury Rocket Space Flight Poster
A Czech matchbox honoring John Glenn and Scott Carpenter’s 1962 Mercury flights: ‘OBLETĚLI 3KRÁT ZEMĚKOULI’ — they orbited the Earth three times. Pure space-race history.
Description
This 1962 Czech matchbox design celebrates the Mercury missions of John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, each of whom orbited the Earth three times. A striped Mercury-Atlas rocket rises through a starry night with the Czech text along the sides. A wonderful collectible for space-race and NASA history fans.
