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RMMR3W9T–Photograph taken during the launch of Mercury-Atlas 9, the final manned space mission of the U.S. Mercury program. Dated 20th century
RMC3RRF8–The Mercury program's 'Little Joe' launch vehicles were constructed at NASA Langley Research Center in 1959.
RMPBM70E–(July 24, 1950) A new chapter in space flight began in July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida: the Bumper 8. Shown above, Bumper 8 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program that topped a V-2 missile base with a WAC Corporal rocket.
RMGE4G71–Ham tries out his combination couch and life support system in preparation for his flight in Mercury Redstone-2 (MR-2). The couch is plugged into the circuit that normally would supply the astronaut's full pressure suit. The MR-2 flight was one in a series of flights that led to the manned orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. Image # : 61-MR2-7A
RMPCAT8K–View of the launch of Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida. September 13, 1961
RF2G65CAX–NASA Mercury program astronaut candidate Wallace 'Wally' Funk has been chosen to launch on Jeff Bezos' suborbital flight on Blue Origin. In 1995 Funk joined fellow female Mercury candidates (referred to as First Lady Astronaut Trainees or FLATs at Cape Canaveral's launch pad 39B with the Space Shuttle - STS-63 - poised for lift off. Left to right are: Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Ratley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman at NASAs Launch Pad 39B
RMP896W5–Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., Dr. William Douglas, astronauts Flight Surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leave crew quarters prior to Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission
![President John F. Kennedy honors astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral on February 23, 1962. This welcoming ceremony came immediately after Glenn's historic 3 orbit mission in Friendship 7. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on that mission. James Modarelli’s NASA insignia (affectionately known as the "Meatball") is proudly displayed on Hangar S. The hangar was the home for the Mercury Program at Cape Canaveral. It included processing facilities for the Mercury spacecraft, training facilities, offices and sleeping quarters for the astronauts. Image #: KSC-62PC-00 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GE4H5W/president-john-f-kennedy-honors-astronaut-john-glenn-at-cape-canaveral-GE4H5W.jpg "President John F. Kennedy honors astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral on February 23, 1962. This welcoming ceremony came immediately after Glenn's historic 3 orbit mission in Friendship 7. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on that mission. James Modarelli’s NASA insignia (affectionately known as the "Meatball") is proudly displayed on Hangar S. The hangar was the home for the Mercury Program at Cape Canaveral. It included processing facilities for the Mercury spacecraft, training facilities, offices and sleeping quarters for the astronauts. Image #: KSC-62PC-00 Stock Photo")
RMGE4H5W–President John F. Kennedy honors astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral on February 23, 1962. This welcoming ceremony came immediately after Glenn's historic 3 orbit mission in Friendship 7. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on that mission. James Modarelli’s NASA insignia (affectionately known as the "Meatball") is proudly displayed on Hangar S. The hangar was the home for the Mercury Program at Cape Canaveral. It included processing facilities for the Mercury spacecraft, training facilities, offices and sleeping quarters for the astronauts. Image #: KSC-62PC-00
RMP8880R–Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the Marine helicopter dropping a recovery line to the capsule
RMKRJ8FE–Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at
RMPYH1RJ–These seven men, wearing spacesuits in this portrait, composed the first group of astronauts announced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They were selected in April of 1959 for the Mercury Program. Front row, left to right, are Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter. Back row, left to right, are Alan B. Shepard Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
RMGE4HA5–(December 4, 1959) Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe co
RME125GW–Oct 04, 2004; Cape Canaveral, FL, USA; (File Photo: 07/26/1065) Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., ) an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died October 10, 2004 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini V. Pictured: American astronaut LT. COLONEL GORDON COOPER, will be in the Gemini V space-craft, which will be in orbit for eight days . LT. COOPER has already done twenty-two orbits on his own.. (Credit Image: KEYSTONE Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)
RM2BF4BB9–Capsule Mercury. On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes. Its launch was the second in the Mercury program and the first using an Atlas booster.
RMM94KB2–College women watch TV coverage of Mercury orbital space flight with Scott Carpenter in 1962.
RM2KYTWT0–Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at
RMGE4GD2–Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with twenty-four other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts with the belief that she might become an astronaut trainee. All the women who participated in the program, known as First Lady Astronaut Trainees, were skilled pilots. Dr. Randy Lovelace, a NASA scientist who had conducted the official Mercury program physicals, administered the tests at his private clinic without official NASA sanction. Cobb passed all the training exercises, ranking in the
RMW0M5R0–Gordon Cooper Jr., one of America's first seven astronauts, died on October 4, 2004 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5. (UPI Photo/NASA)
![Shuttle technicians examine the open parachute door (C) just above the engines of Discovery upon its return to Kennedy Space Center November 7. The cover to the parachute door fell off nine days ago during the launch.The orbiter carried a crew of seven, [including John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D59P3D/shuttle-technicians-examine-the-open-parachute-door-c-just-above-the-engines-of-discovery-upon-its-return-to-kennedy-space-center-november-7-the-cover-to-the-parachute-door-fell-off-nine-days-ago-during-the-launchthe-orbiter-carried-a-crew-of-seven-including-john-glenn-who-is-on-the-second-mission-into-space-of-his-career-having-first-flown-on-the-friendship-7-mercury-program-orbital-flight-on-february-20-1962-2D59P3D.jpg "Shuttle technicians examine the open parachute door (C) just above the engines of Discovery upon its return to Kennedy Space Center November 7. The cover to the parachute door fell off nine days ago during the launch.The orbiter carried a crew of seven, [including John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Stock Photo")
RM2D59P3D–Shuttle technicians examine the open parachute door (C) just above the engines of Discovery upon its return to Kennedy Space Center November 7. The cover to the parachute door fell off nine days ago during the launch.The orbiter carried a crew of seven, [including John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
RMGE4F3R–(August 14, 1967) Three astronauts participating in Apollo desert survival training in Washington state pose with Air Force Col. Chester Bohart (second from left). Standing from left to right are John L. Swigert, Col. Bohart, Thomas K Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke, Jr. Since the Mercury Program, astronauts have taken survival courses in case they are forced to land on a remote part of the Earth where they may need to do without human help for several weeks
RMHCHMR4–STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. (left) greets baseball legend Ted Williams at a reception at the Double Tree Oceanfront Hotel following a parade down State Road A1A in nearby Cocoa Beach on December 11, 1998. Organizers of the parade included the Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the Brevard County Tourist Development Council, and the cities of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach. The parade is reminiscent of those held after missions during the Mercury Program.Credit: NASA via CNP /MediaPunch
RMMR3W92–Diagram of the Mercury Spacecraft. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. Dated 20th century
RM2CF70MT–Three astronauts participating in Apollo desert survival training in Washington state pose with Air Force Col. Chester Bohart (second from right). Standing from left to right are Charles M. Duke, Jr., Thomas K Mattingly, Col. Bohart, and John L. Swigert. Since the Mercury Program, astronauts have taken survival courses in case they are forced to land on a remote part of the Earth where they may need to do without human help for several weeks
RMMR3W9Y–Photograph taken during the launch of Mercury-Atlas 6, the third human spaceflight for the U.S. and part of Project Mercury. Dated 20th century
RM2CF73GD–Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at
RMHCHT5H–STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. (left) greets baseball legend Ted Williams at a reception at the Double Tree Oceanfront Hotel following a parade down State Road A1A in nearby Cocoa Beach on December 11, 1998. Organizers of the parade included the Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the Brevard County Tourist Development Council, and the cities of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach. The parade is reminiscent of those held after missions during the Mercury Program..Credit: NASA via CNP - NO WIRE SERVICE - Photo: Nasa/Consolidated News Photos/NASA via CNP
RM2BE19XK–These seven men, wearing spacesuits in this portrait, composed the first group of astronauts announced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They were selected in April of 1959 for the Mercury Program. Front row, left to right, are Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter. Back row, left to right, are Alan B. Shepard Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
RMK71C10–President John F. Kennedy watching the lift-off of the first American in space, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., on May 5, 1961. Also pictured (L-R) are Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Adm. Arleigh Burke, and Mrs. Kennedy beside her husband. Photo by Cecil Stoughton in the Office of the President's Secretary in the White House.
RMHFF7TG–Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at
![On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes. Its launch was the second in the Mercury program and the first using an Atlas booster. The flight helped NASA evaluate the booster, the new ablative heat shield, the capsule's flight dynamics and aerodynamic shape, and spacecraft recovery systems and procedures. The heavily instrumented "Big Joe" was the most massive American spacecraft launched up to that time. It weighed about as much as a manned version would, and its success paved the Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GGBNKW/on-september-9-1959-nasa-launched-this-unoccupied-mercury-spacecraft-from-cape-canaveral-florida-on-a-suborbital-flight-that-lasted-13-minutes-its-launch-was-the-second-in-the-mercury-program-and-the-first-using-an-atlas-booster-the-flight-helped-nasa-evaluate-the-booster-the-new-ablative-heat-shield-the-capsules-flight-dynamics-and-aerodynamic-shape-and-spacecraft-recovery-systems-and-procedures-the-heavily-instrumented-quotbig-joequot-was-the-most-massive-american-spacecraft-launched-up-to-that-time-it-weighed-about-as-much-as-a-manned-version-would-and-its-success-paved-the-2GGBNKW.jpg "On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes. Its launch was the second in the Mercury program and the first using an Atlas booster. The flight helped NASA evaluate the booster, the new ablative heat shield, the capsule's flight dynamics and aerodynamic shape, and spacecraft recovery systems and procedures. The heavily instrumented "Big Joe" was the most massive American spacecraft launched up to that time. It weighed about as much as a manned version would, and its success paved the Stock Photo")
RM2GGBNKW–On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes. Its launch was the second in the Mercury program and the first using an Atlas booster. The flight helped NASA evaluate the booster, the new ablative heat shield, the capsule's flight dynamics and aerodynamic shape, and spacecraft recovery systems and procedures. The heavily instrumented "Big Joe" was the most massive American spacecraft launched up to that time. It weighed about as much as a manned version would, and its success paved the
RMMXR8B4–Geraldyn 'Jerrie' Cobb participated in the non-NASA, privately-funded Lovelace Foundation's short-lived Woman in Space Program, successfully completing a grueling series of physical and psychological test to assess the fitness of women for space travel, Albuquerque, NM, February, 1960.
RM2AJKTJB–American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) looking into a space globe known as a 'Celestial Training Device' at the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is shown here in February 1962, the same month he became the first American to orbit Earth on NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission.
RM2KXX9H7–errie Cobb, a well-known woman pilot in the 1950s, flies the Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, (AWT) in April 1960 at the Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center). The Gimbal Rig, formally called MASTIF or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, was used to train the Mercury 7 astronauts to control the spin of a tumbling spacecraft. As part of a privately funded initiative Jerrie Cobb was the first woman to pass all three phases of the Mercury astronaut screening program. April 6, 1960
RMW0M5R4–Gordon Cooper Jr., one of America's first seven astronauts, died on October 4, 2004 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5. The file image shows the 'Original Seven' Mercury astronauts. From left: Scott Carpenter, Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. (UPI Photo/NASA)
RM2D58GEN–Astronaut John Glenn (C) and colleagues Chiaki Mukai of Japan (upper L) and Steve Lindsey (lower R) are congratulated after returning to Earth from a nine-day mission aborad the space shuttle Discovery, at Kennedy Space Center November 7. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including Glenn, who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
RMW0M868–Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule in an undated NASA image from the early 1960's. Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with 24 other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts in what was known as the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLAT). Dr. Randy Lovelace, a NASA scientist who had conducted the official Mercury program physicals, administered the tests at his private clinic without official NASA sanction. Cobb passed all the training exercises, ranking in the top 2 percent of all astronaut candidates. While she was sworn
RMJ7ETRB–Roscoe, Illinois, USA. 24th May, 2017. A ful-size mock-up of the Mercury Program Freedom 7 spacecraft is displayed at the Historic Auto Attractions Museum. The museum's holdings include the world's largest collection of presidential and world leaders' automobiles, and 36,000 square feet worth of displays of cultural artifacts and historical oddities from the 20th Century. Credit: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
RMW0M5PY–Gordon Cooper Jr., one of America's first seven astronauts, died on October 4, 2004 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5. In this file photo, Cooper emerges from his Mercury capsule after the record-setting Faith 7 flight. (UPI Photo/NASA)
RM2EC3FF8–Television and radio address to the nation following the flight of Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 8:15PM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers a television and radio address to the nation following the successful completion of astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooperu0027s Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight (also known as Faith 7), as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationu0027s (NASA) Project Mercury program. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
RM2G46HJD–The Mercury Seven, also known as the Original Seven, were American astronauts Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton shown photographed on 17 March 1960.
RMHEHJF1–NASA Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the On Shoulders of Giants program at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Rocket Garden February 17, 2012 in Titusville, Florida. The event celebrates 50 years of Americans in space orbit which began with Glenns MA-6 mission in 1962.
RM2G63K6J–KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE - 1995 - Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the 'Mercury 13'), these seven women who once aspired
RFRD36AD–A message on a LINK NYC screen with the fun fact that Staten Island has seven streets named after the first seven Mercury astronauts. In Queens, NYC
RF2DFPE42–Malcolm Scott Carpenter, AKA Scott Carpenter, naval officer, aviator, test pilot, NASA astronaut, aquanaut, Mercury Seven, 4th American in space
RM2AJKTJE–American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) looking into a space globe known as a 'Celestial Training Device' at the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is shown here in February 1962, the same month he became the first American to orbit Earth on NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission.
RF2M05602–Flight couch that contained Enos the chimpanzee aboard Mercury-Atlas 5 which orbited the Earth on November 29, 1961. The Cosmos Discovery exhibition.
RFMF86CC–KN-C20243 23FEB1962 President John F. Kennedy and astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mercury Control Center, for the Presentation of NASA DSM to Glenn. Please credit 'Robert Knudsen, White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston'
RM2D5C484–Seventy-seven-year-old astronaut John Glenn gets a hug from NASA Administrator Dan Goldin (L-partially obscured) after returning to Earth from a nine-day mission aborad the Space Shuttle Discovery, at Kennedy Space Center November 7. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including Glenn, who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
RMPM4J9H–Astronaut John Glenn inspects artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft, which he nicknamed Friendship 7. On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket to become the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown File Reference # 1003 623THA
![Spanish Prince Felipe de Borbon looks at the sky prior to the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-95, at the Kennedy Space Centre October 29.[ The orbiter, which was launched successfully, carries a crew of seven, including John Glenn, who is on the second mission into space, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque is also a crewmember on the shuttle. ] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D5G5D4/spanish-prince-felipe-de-borbon-looks-at-the-sky-prior-to-the-launch-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-on-mission-sts-95-at-the-kennedy-space-centre-october-29-the-orbiter-which-was-launched-successfully-carries-a-crew-of-seven-including-john-glenn-who-is-on-the-second-mission-into-space-having-first-flown-on-the-friendship-7-mercury-program-orbital-flight-on-february-20-1962-spanish-astronaut-pedro-duque-is-also-a-crewmember-on-the-shuttle-2D5G5D4.jpg "Spanish Prince Felipe de Borbon looks at the sky prior to the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-95, at the Kennedy Space Centre October 29.[ The orbiter, which was launched successfully, carries a crew of seven, including John Glenn, who is on the second mission into space, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque is also a crewmember on the shuttle. ] Stock Photo")
RM2D5G5D4–Spanish Prince Felipe de Borbon looks at the sky prior to the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-95, at the Kennedy Space Centre October 29.[ The orbiter, which was launched successfully, carries a crew of seven, including John Glenn, who is on the second mission into space, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque is also a crewmember on the shuttle. ]
RM2M9777C–Ham - a 37-pound chimpanzee - became America’s first ‘astronaut’ when he was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Redstone (MR-2) suborbital flight on 31 January 1961. In a memo written the next day, NASA’s Warren J. North noted: “Ham appeared to be in good physiological condition but sometime later when he was shown the spacecraft it was visually apparent that he had no further interest in co-operating with the space-flight program.”
![Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque walks with his infant son Marc to an awaiting plane at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station November 8, prior to departing to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-95 was the first flight into space for Duque. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including [77-year-old John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D564D1/spanish-astronaut-pedro-duque-walks-with-his-infant-son-marc-to-an-awaiting-plane-at-the-cape-canaveral-air-force-station-november-8-prior-to-departing-to-the-johnson-space-center-in-houston-space-shuttle-discoverys-mission-sts-95-was-the-first-flight-into-space-for-duque-the-orbiter-carried-a-crew-of-seven-including-77-year-old-john-glenn-who-is-on-the-second-mission-into-space-of-his-career-having-first-flown-on-the-friendship-7-mercury-program-orbital-flight-on-february-20-1962-2D564D1.jpg "Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque walks with his infant son Marc to an awaiting plane at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station November 8, prior to departing to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-95 was the first flight into space for Duque. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including [77-year-old John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962. Stock Photo")
RM2D564D1–Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque walks with his infant son Marc to an awaiting plane at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station November 8, prior to departing to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-95 was the first flight into space for Duque. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including [77-year-old John Glenn], who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
RM2EC3FEG–President Kennedy telephones Astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard USS Kearsarge (CVS-33), after recovery of u0022Faith 7u0022. President John F. Kennedy (standing at his desk) speaks on the telephone with astronaut, Major L. Gordon Cooper, following the successful completion of Major Cooperu0027s Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationu0027s (NASA) Project Mercury program. Major Cooper was aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) after splashdown and recovery of the Mercury capsule (also known as Faith 7) in the Paci
RM2CF75YY–Ham tries out his combination couch and life support system in preparation for his flight in Mercury Redstone-2 (MR-2). The couch is plugged into the circuit that normally would supply the astronaut's full pressure suit. The MR-2 flight was one in a series of flights that led to the manned orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program.
RMHFD04N–Sailors and NASA engineers prepare to conduct a Stationary (in port) Recovery Test of NASA's crew module aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) at Naval Station Norfolk. The tests are part of Navy's support to NASA's Orion program. The Navy has worked closely with NASA to safely recover astronauts and spacecraft since the Mercury program. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Davis) Sailors and NASA engineers prepare to conduct a Stationary (in port) Recovery Test of NASA's crew module aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) at Naval Station Norfolk 130812-N-VJ183-146
RM2CF77CC–Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with twenty-four other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts with the belief that she might become an astronaut trainee. All the women who participated in the program, known as First Lady Astronaut Trainees, were skilled pilots. Dr. Randy Lovelace, a NASA scientist who had conducted the official Mercury program physicals, administered the tests at his private clinic without official NASA sanction. Cobb passed all the training exercises, ranking in the
RME123WB–Jul. 07, 1984 - Group 10 Astronaut candidates: These 17 astronaut candidates lined up for photographs on their first official day of duty at the Johnson Space Center on July 2, 1984. They represent the tenth group of astronaut trainees in the NASA program since the Original Seven Mercury Astronauts were named in 1959. They are (seated l-r) Lloyd B. Hammond Jr., Mark C.Lee, James C. Adamson, Mark N. Brown, Kenneth D. Cameron, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Ellen L. Shulman and William M. Shepherd; and (standing l-r) Sidney M. Gutierrez, John H. Casper, James D. Metherbee, George D. Low, Manley L
RF2G2MK6A–Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States - July 21 2012: NASA Mercury Redstone Rocket in the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center
RMK7DCT5–Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in his space suit and helmet inside the Mecury capsule where he is undergoing a flight simulation test for the first attempt to put a man into space. (April 29, 1961, NASA.)
RM2A59ETE–(4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article.
RMG15NCK–Sam, a rhesus monkey who, on December 4, 1959, flew on the Little Joe 2 in the Mercury program to 53 miles high. The Little Joe 2 was a test of the Mercury space capsule, and Sam was sent to test the adverse effects of space on humans. The monkey returned
RFMF86F0–KN-C20243 23FEB1962 President John F. Kennedy and astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mercury Control Center, for the Presentation of NASA DSM to Glenn. Please credit 'Robert Knudsen, White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston'
RM2A59D5A–Side view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet closed, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight
RM2AJKTRC–American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) looking into a space globe known as a 'Celestial Training Device' at the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is shown here in February 1962, the same month he became the first American to orbit Earth on NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission.
RM2A59EKX–(1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, participates in a strict physical training program, as he exemplifies by frequent running.
RM2D5GEHY–77-year-old John Glenn (R) describes how he was able to sleep in space, as Chiaki Mukai of Japan looks on, during a news conference at Kennedy Space Center November 8. The crew of the space shuttle Discovery spoke to the media for the first time after completing their nine-day mission. The orbiter carried a crew of seven, including Glenn, who is on the second mission into space of his career, having first flown on the Friendship 7 Mercury Program orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
RMPYJ9B7–(4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article.
RMP89AN6–Side view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet closed, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight
RMHFD04M–Sailors and NASA engineers prepare to conduct a Stationary (in port) Recovery Test of NASA's crew module aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) at Naval Station Norfolk. The tests are part of Navy's support to NASA's Orion program. The Navy has worked closely with NASA to safely recover astronauts and spacecraft since the Mercury program. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Davis) Sailors and NASA engineers prepare to conduct a Stationary (in port) Recovery Test of NASA's crew module aboard USS Arlington (LPD 24) at Naval Station Norfolk 130812-N-VJ183-040
RMPYJ8P6–(1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, participates in a strict physical training program, as he exemplifies by frequent running.
RMGD9BFP–The Mercury Atlas rocket (officially designated the Atlas LV-3 B) was an Atlas D missile modified for Project Mercury launches.
RMPYJ932–(1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, participates in a strict physical training program, as he exemplifies by frequent running. Here he pauses during an exercise period on the beach near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
RM2C6NC10–KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is the solid rocket booster recovery ship Liberty Star as it reenters the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Hangar AF is a building originally used for Project Mercury, the first U.S. manned space program.
RM2DYRJ0P–Virgil Ivan 'Gus' Grissom (1926 – January 27, 1967) United States Air Force (USAF) pilot and a member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) as Project Mercury astronauts to be the first Americans in outer space. He was a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, beaten only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.
RMBNFY74–USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, low angle view of a rocket taking off from a launch pad, Mercury-Atlas 5, November 29, 1961
RF2DFPEBC–Malcolm Scott Carpenter AKA Scott Carpenter, naval officer, aviator, test pilot, aquanaut engineer NASA astronaut Mercury Seven, 4th American in space
RMKRNA7G–1962 -- Running along the beach at Cape Canaveral, Florida, astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, participates in a strict physical training program, as he exemplifies by frequent running. Photo credit: NASA KSC-JohnGlenn-0005 (31144829360)
RMGE4JEW–(September 1, 1961) As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique aircraft does a low fly-by overhead. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights over a period of nearly 10 years from 1959 to 1968, and set unofficial world speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 feet. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. Image # : EC-61-0034
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