Astronaut

Astronaut card game published by Pepys Series (Castell Bros Ltd) with colour pictures of Russian and American spacecraft, celebrating the arrival of space travel, 1960s. The illustrations depict aspects of space exploration such as astronaut training, take-off, booster rockets, landing on the moon, sputniks and computers being checked.

Above: Astronaut card game published by Pepys Series in the 1960s with pictures of spacecraft. 44 cards in box. Images courtesy Rex Pitts. The game has been re-issued by The Lagoon Group since 2011►