The We Three Trio: Music from the Space Race
(photo: NASA)
In the 1960s, astronaut fever turned a tiny Florida beach town into a Cold War-era tourist trap. A lounge act called the We Three Trio capitalized on this trend, earning their fifteen minutes of fame with a song about the Mercury Seven astronauts.
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February 1962 - Following the successful MA-6 mission, astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., seen here with President John F. Kennedy and General Leighton I. Davis, took part in a whirlwind of activities celebrating the event. This appearance was in Cocoa Beach. (photo: NASA)
May 24 1962 - The Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), carrying astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (photo: NASA)