Photographs of Alan Shepard Being Suited up in His Space Gear for a Test Simulation Flight

Original caption: Alan Shepard, one of the three Prime Astronauts selected to take the first space ride in a Mercury Capsule, is being suited up in his space gear for a test simulation flight. The first attempt to put a man into space by the U.S. aboard a Mercury capsule will be launched atop a Redstone Rocket. This will be a sub-orbital trajectory shot down the Atlantic Missile Range.























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