• Card with an image of a Mercury capsule stating that it is certifying the present of Capt. Jean T. McKay, with signatures at the bottom.
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    Air Force Missile Test Center's 'Certifying the Presence' authorization paper for Captain Jean T. McKay dated 5 May 1961. Card used at Cape Canaveral, Florida during the first launching of an American Astronaut into space.

  • Card with an image of a Mercury capsule stating that it is certifying the present of Capt. Jean T. McKay, with signatures at the bottom.

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