In this week’s episode we speak to JL Pickering and John Bisney about their latest book: “ Photographing America’s First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub.” It features over 600 photos and is the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. What makes it different from other Mercury books is that these photos are from the collection of NASA’s first staff photographer. JL and John have published 6 photo books in total now after becoming known for their online archive: Retro Space Images.

Retro Space Images: https://retrospaceimages.com/

Get the Books: https://retrospaceimages.com/books

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JL Pickering:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-l-pickering-b9760632/

John Bisney:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bisney-8907938/ 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp148-photographing-americas-first-astronauts-with-jl-pickering-and-john-bisney

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