1964 Topps : Popsicle Space Cards
Popsicle Space Cards were distributed by Popsicle in 1964. The 55-card
collection is a reprint of the 1963
Astronauts Pictures 3-D series from Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. The series features official NASA photographs of Project Mercury and the Mercury Seven astronauts. The cards were distributed in wax packs
with boxes of Popsicle. Each pack included a piece of bubble gum. The American Card Catalog reference is F253.
The Popsicle Space Card use the same blue back design as the Space Cards and Target: Moon series issued in 1958 by Topps.
| Popsicle Space Cards Checklist | |
| 1 | Picking the Astronaut Team |
| 2 | Floating Astronauts |
| 3 | Testing the Chimps |
| 4 | In Orbit |
| 5 | Recovery Training |
| 6 | Space Explorers |
| 7 | The Seven Astronauts |
| 8 | Takeoff Inspection |
| 9 | Training the Astronaut |
| 10 | Astronaut Alan Shepard |
| 11 | The First U.S. Astronaut |
| 12 | Awaiting the Take-off |
| 13 | Shepard in Space |
| 14 | Picking up Shepard |
| 15 | Successful Recovery |
| 16 | Carrying the Capsule |
| 17 | Back from Space |
| 18 | Astronaut Virgil Grissom |
| 19 | Reporting New Information |
| 20 | Spacesuit Checkup |
| 21 | Grissom in Spacesuit |
| 22 | Putting on a Space Helmet |
| 23 | Putting on His Parachute |
| 24 | Grissom in Pressure Suit |
| 25 | Final Checkup |
| 26 | Grissom Awaits Countdown |
| 27 | Grissom Gets Ready |
| 28 | 2nd U.S. Spaceman |
| 29 | Grissom Blasts Off |
| 30 | Grissom in Space |
| 31 | Mercury Atlas 4 |
| 32 | Astronaut John Glenn |
| 33 | Glenn and the F-106 |
| 34 | Space Hero |
| 35 | Glenn & Grissom |
| 36 | Taking a Break |
| 37 | Rest Day for Glenn |
| 38 | Getting into the Suit |
| 39 | Checking His Suit |
| 40 | Inside the Test Chamber |
| 41 | Glenn in Training |
| 42 | Posing for Photographers |
| 43 | Studying His Maps |
| 44 | Before Glenn's Take-off |
| 45 | Glenn in Space |
| 46 | 1st Man in Orbit |
| 47 | Glenn Meets the Present |
| 48 | Our 1st Spacemen |
| 49 | Astronaut Carpenter |
| 50 | Carpenter Checks His Suit |
| 51 | Astronaut Donald Slayton |
| 52 | Astronaut Gordon Cooper |
| 53 | Astronaut Walter Schirra |
| 54 | Astronauts In Flight Suits |
| 55 | Checklist |
