Project Mercury - AWT Gimbaling Rig
Description (October 29, 1957) The Gimbal Rig, formally known as the MASTIF of Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, was engineered to simulate the tumbling and rolling motions of a space capsule and train... More
Jerrie Cobb Poses beside Mercury Capsule
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 ... More
Wernher von Braun, America Space Program
In this photo, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown briefing the seven original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication L... More
Mercury Project, America Space Program
Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, poses with the original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. In... More
ASTRONAUT GLENN - MISC., NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program
G60-02424 (1960) --- John H. Glenn Jr., one of the seven recently selected Mercury astronauts, participates in a suit-fitting session. Photo credit: NASA
Mercury astronauts participate in survivial training
S88-31375 (1960) --- Although more easily recognized in their spacesuits, these seven men are actually NASA astronauts participating in a U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. The or... More
John H Glenn Jr., NASA Mercury project
1961 -- The first three Americans in space, Mercury astronauts, from the left, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by Redstone rocket in their spacesuits.
ASTRONAUT GROUP - FLIGHT LINE, NASA Mercury project
S61-01250 (20 Jan. 1961) --- Photo of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft. They are, left to right, M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Wa... More
Original Mercury Astronauts - Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers
S61-00246 (25 July 1961) --- Photo of the original Mercury astronauts with Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers seated around a table talking to the news media. From left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, Donald K. Sla... More
SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program
S62-06783 (1962) --- Component of Mercury astronauts survival equipment backpack - water container holding 250 grams when full. Photo credit: NASA
HOUSTON WELCOME TO MSC, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program
S62-03725 (4 July 1962) --- Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., wearing a new cowboy hat and a badge in the shape of a star, leafs through his program as he is served his food at the Sam Houston Coliseum. A la... More
Survival Kit - Food Kit, NASA Mercury project
S62-08743 (1962) --- Food kit used by Mercury astronauts. Some is dehydrated and needs water, other packets are ready to eat. Size is measured relative to a ruler. Included are packets of mushroom soup, orange-... More
Survival Kit - Food Kit, NASA Mercury project
S62-08745 (1962) --- Group packets of ready to eat space food, with size being measured by a ruler, used by Mercury astronauts. Photo credit: NASA
Survival Kit - Food Kit, NASA Mercury project
S62-08742 (1962) --- Food kit used by Mercury astronauts. Some is dehydrated and needs water, other packets are ready to eat. Size is measured relative to a ruler. Included are packets of mushroom soup, orange-... More
Survival equipment for the Mercury astronauts
S62-06767 (1962) --- A radar reflector, survival equipment for the Mercury astronauts. Photo credit: NASA
S62-08744 (1962) --- Mechanism for connecting water dispensor to dehyd...
S62-08744 (1962) --- Mechanism for connecting water dispensor to dehydrated food containers to facilitate rehydration used by Mercury astronauts. Photo credit: NASA
S63-01419A (1963) --- Portrait of the first two groups of astronauts. ...
S63-01419A (1963) --- Portrait of the first two groups of astronauts. The seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members of the astronaut corps. Seated from left to right are: Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Sc... More
Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy
Dsecription NASA Administrator James E. Webb (center) cites the space achievements of the Project Mercury Astronauts who received the 1963 Collier Trophy Award in a ceremony held at the White House on October 1... More
Mercury Astronauts - Group, NASA Mercury project
S63-18853 (1963) --- Group shot of the original Mercury astronauts taken at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. The astronauts are left-to-right: L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Walter M. Schirra, Alan B.... More
MERCURY ASTRONAUTS - ATLAS - AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE
S62-02704 (1959) --- The original Mercury astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right, are Alan B. Shepard Jr., Walter M. Schirra Jr., and John H. Glenn Jr.; sitting,... More
Portrait - Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom
S64-32343 (10 Sept. 1964) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Editor's Note: Grissom, one of the Original Seven or Mercury astronauts, lost his life in the Apollo 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on Jan. 27, 1967, along... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Hugh Harris, the former director of Public Aff...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Hugh Harris, the former director of Public Affairs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, talks to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Five of the Mercury astronauts gathered ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Five of the Mercury astronauts gathered on the stage of KSC's Apollo/Saturn V Center during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of American spaceflight. From left are former a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa's famil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa's family recently was presented with the NASA Ambassador of Exploration Award, recognizing the sacrifices and dedication of the Apollo, Gemini and ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a cavalcade of veteran Apollo and Mer...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a cavalcade of veteran Apollo and Mercury astronauts, John Glenn rides in the back of a Corvette driven by Al Worden. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "F... More