Mercury 16 MA-8 press conference at Rice University. James Webb, Walter Schirra, Dr Robert Gilruth take seats. Dr.Robert Rowe Gilruth addresses the press conference. James Webb speaks. 7 October 1962
Walter Schirra addresses Mercury Spacecraft 16 MA-8 press conference at Rice University. Dr. Robert Rowe Gilruth and James Webb sit at either side of Walter Schirra. View of the reporters and crowd present at press conference. Walter Schirra introduces man in the crowd. Man stands up in acknowledgement.7 October 1962.
Walter Schirra answers reporters questions at NASA Mercury press conference held at the Rice Institute (Rice University). Also present at the conference are Dr. Robert Gilruth, James Webb, Jules Bergman and Shorty Powers.
Jules Bergman, Walter Schirra, James Webb, Dr. Robert Gilruth and Shorty Powers at NASA's Mercury Spacecraft press conference held at the Rice Institute (later Rice University) in Houston Texas. Walter Schirra answers questions. Walter Schirra and other NASA officials stand up for a photo session and exchange greeting with press reporters after press conference
United States Space Team in Houston, Texas. A banner reads Manned Spacecraft Center. The civilians welcome and greet the astronauts as they pass through the streets of Houston in cars. American astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior leads the gala parade. His fellow astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper Junior, Scott Carpenter, Gus Grissom and John Hershel Glenn Junior also attended the parade. The astronauts receive cowboy hats also known as ten-gallon hats and Deputy Sheriff Badges during the welcome ceremony at Sam Houston Coliseum (800 Bagby Street Houston, Texas United States).