Project MercuryS63-18853 (1963) --- Group shot of the original Mercury astronauts taken at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. The...S62-06040 (20 Feb. 1962) --- Orbital sunset photographed by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" during his...CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch of Friendship 7, the first manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas...S62-03907 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter looks into his Mercury-Atlas 7 spacecraft, the Aurora 7, before being...In preparation for the Mercury Atlas 8 flight of NASA Astronaut Walter Schirra, the spacecraft is moved into the altitude...Astronaut John Glenn Jr. is honored by President John F. Kennedy after Glenn's historical first manned orbital flight, Mercury-Atlas 6....Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. (left), Dr. William Douglas, astronauts flight surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leave crew quarters...Project Mercury Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., prime pilot for the MA-6 mission, takes a work-out in the procedures trainer...Prime astronaut John Glenn and backup pilot Scott Carpenter check over notes after a simulated flight prior to the Mercury-Atlas...Donning a spacesuit for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission, astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom chats with spaceflight equipment specialist Joe...Project Mercury astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, assisted by McDonnell technicians, leaves the Mercury spacecraft, dubbed Liberty Bell 7, following...In Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. participates...Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, primary pilot for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) flight, gets an assist from...Project Mercury pressure suit specialist Joseph W. Schmitt adjusts a respirometer attached to the helmet of astronaut Virgil I. Grissom...In the crew quarters of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, astronaut John Glenn (left) makes last minute...The Mercury Capsule for the Mercury Atlas 7 mission of NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter undergoes testing in the White Room...Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during...NASA Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves the Hangar S altitude chamber following a five-Hour training session in January 1963. . The...Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, leaves Hanger S after completing the day's simulated flight tests.Astronaut Wally Schirra, pilot of the Mercury Atlas-8 mission, goes through a suiting-up exercise in Hanger S at Cape Canaveral...Astronaut Gus Grissom relaxes before his flight in the crew quarters at Hangar S. Grissom became the second American in...Astronaut John Glenn, suited with hose to suit ventilation unit attached, is seen preparing to board his Mercury spacecraft inside...Following ceremonies at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Hangar S on Feb. 23, 1962, astronaut John Glenn, left, describes his...Astronaut Scott Carpenter at the Mercury Control CenterScott Carpenter's Aurora 7 capsule on Mercury Atlas 7 lifts off from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24,...Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight...Mercury astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, left, and Wally Schirra check out the Mercury Atlas-8 spacecraft in the Hangar S white...Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during...Alan Shepard prepares his sub-orbital spaceflight in the procedures trainer before launch of Freedom 7.Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. lays in his flight couch for final check before insertion into capsule for his Mercury-Redstone...Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is assisted by a technician in getting into his space suit at 2:45 a.m. in the...Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. is helped into the lower half of his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3)...Astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn at breakfast before Shepard’s Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spaceflight.
