1963 Gelles-Widmer : Teach-Me Astronauts Space Cards
"The Exciting Story of Man in Space"
Teach-Me Astronauts Space Cards were released by the Gelles-Widmer Co.
in 1963. The series was sold in boxes of 48 flashcards. The card text was
authored by Frank O'Hasson. Each card measures 3 x 6 inches. The flashcard
series features official NASA photographs of Project Mercury and Project Gemini astronauts.
.png "1963 Teach-Me Astronauts Space Cards #5 - Virgil I. Grissom (Gus)")
A similar flashcard series, Astronauts I.D. Cards, was released in 1963 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company. Both sets include the earliest known appearance of Project Gemini astronauts in a collectible card series. NASA Astronaut Group 2, known as "The New Nine," appear in a press photograph from September 17, 1962.
"Second Group of Astronauts"
Back row, L–R: Elliot See, Jim McDivitt, Jim Lovell, Ed White, Tom Stafford. Front row: Pete Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, John Young.
| Checklist | |
| 1 | NASA |
| 2 | Project Mercury |
| 3 | The First Astronauts |
| 4 | Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. |
| 5 | Virgil I. Grissom (Gus) |
| 6 | John Herschel Glenn, Jr. |
| 7 | Malcolm Scott Carpenter |
| 8 | Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. |
| 9 | Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. |
| 10 | Donald Kent Slayton |
| 11 | Second Group of Astronauts |
| 12 | Our Air Ocean |
| 13 | Problems of Space |
| 14 | Mercury Spacecraft |
| 15 | The Rocket |
| 16 | Escape Velocity |
| 17 | Liquid Fuels |
| 18 | Solid Fuels |
| 19 | Cape Canaveral |
| 20 | Launching Pads |
| 21 | Little Joe |
| 22 | Redstone and Atlas |
| 23 | Unmanned Test Flights (Ham) |
| 24 | Satellites |
| 25 | Manned Ballistic Flight – Alan Shepard, Jr. |
| 26 | Manned Ballistic Flight – Virgil Grissom |
| 27 | Manned Orbit Problems |
| 28 | Communication |
| 29 | Tracking |
| 30 | Recovery |
| 31 | Manned Orbital – John Glenn, Jr. |
| 32 | Manned Orbital – Scott Carpenter |
| 33 | Manned Orbital Flight – Walter M. Schirra, Jr. |
| 34 | Manned Orbital – Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. |
| 35 | The Astronaut – Physical Forces |
| 36 | Are you an Astronaut? |
| 37 | The Astronaut – Space Navigation |
| 38 | The Astronaut – Living in Space |
| 39 | Our Next Step |
| 40 | Gemini's Other Tasks |
| 41 | Moon Exploration |
| 42 | Moon Surface Problems |
| 43 | Moon Landing |
| 44 | Our Solar System |
| 45 | Power from the Sun |
| 46 | Soaring into Space |
| 47 | Mariner II Trip to Venus |
| 48 | The Race to Space |
| NNO | Suggestions for use in Home and Classroom |