A portrait of the NASA Astronaut Group 2, also known as the New Nine, gathered around a large rocket model together with Walter Schirra and John Glenn from the original Mercury Seven groupMercury Programme, 1962Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 22.7 x 28 cm (9 x 11 in), with Culver Pictures stamps on versoProvenance: from Tim Furniss collectionFootnotes:The New Nine, selected in September 1962 to face the new technical challenges of the Gemini Programme, were: Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim Lovell, James McDivitt, Elliot See, Tom Stafford, Ed White and John Young. The group included two civilian pilots, Neil Armstrong and Elliot See. Seven astronauts from this group went to the Moon and three of them walked on its surface