Description: The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Pictured from left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter Schirra and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area.
Image credit: NASA
Pyrhan on
Looks like they’re training them to operate a drilling rig. ^^
cashiu on
So Arabs are astronauts in survival training exercises /s
martzgregpaul on
Actually the middle one looks a bit like Alan Shepherd 😄
cowgod247 on
Me before I read the comments
Distinguishedflyer on
they had a gay old time!
cozmicraven on
SEAL Team 1
One-Positive309 on
Looks like they found some hallucinogenics out there on their ‘survival’ course !
Silence-Dogood2024 on
I thought it was an old rock band out on a bender. 🤣😂
TheBikebeastTM on
looks like the Ringo Starr fan club
odaniel99 on
A scene from Lawrence of ~~Arabia~~ NASA.
Pillsburydinosaur on
They look like an Ohio Players album cover.
02meepmeep on
Habibi had the iPhone negative 17 on a chain.
ComicsEtAl on
Of course, this was *before* the Iranian Revolution…
TC_Meteorite_Co on
The field portion of SERE is good times!
alex_zk on
They look like they’re auditioning for Jesus Christ Superstar
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Description: The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Pictured from left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter Schirra and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area.
Image credit: NASA
Looks like they’re training them to operate a drilling rig. ^^
So Arabs are astronauts in survival training exercises /s
Actually the middle one looks a bit like Alan Shepherd 😄
Me before I read the comments
they had a gay old time!
SEAL Team 1
Looks like they found some hallucinogenics out there on their ‘survival’ course !
I thought it was an old rock band out on a bender. 🤣😂
looks like the Ringo Starr fan club
A scene from Lawrence of ~~Arabia~~ NASA.
They look like an Ohio Players album cover.
Habibi had the iPhone negative 17 on a chain.
Of course, this was *before* the Iranian Revolution…
The field portion of SERE is good times!
They look like they’re auditioning for Jesus Christ Superstar
Stinky.
They had the right stuff