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Project Mercury - AWT Gimbaling Rig

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

Photograph of John H. Glenn, Jr. during Centrifuge Testing

Photograph of John H. Glenn, Jr. during Centrifuge Testing

Original caption: This photograph of John H, Glenn, Jr., 39, was taken during centrifuge testing at the U.S. Navy installation at Johnsville, Pennsylvania. Glenn is one of three National Aeronautics and Space ... More

Project Mercury: AWT Gimbaling Rig Showing Motion

Project Mercury: AWT Gimbaling Rig Showing Motion

(December 16, 1959) This device is formally known as the MASTIF or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility and is located in the Altitude Wind Tunnel. It was built at the Lewis Research Center, now John H. Gl... More

Molded Astronaut Couches NASA history collection

Molded Astronaut Couches NASA history collection

(July 7, 1959) Molded astronaut couches line the NASA Langley Research Centers model shop wall. The names of the test subjects (Langley employees) are written on the back. The couches are similar to those made ... More

Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft

Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft

(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... More

Project Mercury - Capsule #2, NASA Mercury project

Project Mercury - Capsule #2, NASA Mercury project

(August 3, 1959) Project Mercury - Capsule #2. Capsule complete in Lewis Hangar near Cleveland, Ohio. Lewis is now known as the Glenn Research Center. ..Image # : C1959-51324

Little Joe Launch Vehicle, NASA Mercury project

Little Joe Launch Vehicle, NASA Mercury project

Launching of the Little Joe launch vehicle on November 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the LJ6... More

Mercury Spacecraft Boilerplate, NASA Mercury project

Mercury Spacecraft Boilerplate, NASA Mercury project

(July 30, 1959) Boilerplate Mercury spacecraft being manufactured "in-house" by Langley technicians. The capsules were designed to test spacecraft recovery systems. The escape tower and rocket motors shown on t... More

Little Joe on launcher at Wallops Island

Little Joe on launcher at Wallops Island

(August 21, 1959) Little Joe on launcher at Wallops Island. Little Joe was a major project for Langley. It was a test of the escape and recovery systems on the Mercury spacecraft...Image # : L-1959-05136

Project Mercury, 1959-1963, NASA Mercury project

Project Mercury, 1959-1963, NASA Mercury project

Image Credit: NASA..Description Less than a year after its birth, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency announced its first astronaut class, the Mercury Seven, on April 9, 1959. Project Mercury proved that ... More

Mercury Space Capsule NASA history collection

Mercury Space Capsule NASA history collection

(January 22, 1959) The Mercury space capsule undergoing tests in Full Scale Wind Tunnel, January 1959. ..Image # : L-1959-00336

Mercury Project, America Space Program

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

Little Joe (LJ6) Launch, NASA Mercury project

Little Joe (LJ6) Launch, NASA Mercury project

Description: Launching of the LJ6 Little Joe on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the L... More

Multi-Axis Gimble Rig in AWT with Pilot

Multi-Axis Gimble Rig in AWT with Pilot

(December 16, 1959) MASTIF - Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility - was developed for Project Mercury to train astronauts in gaining control over a spacecraft that could move in multiple directions at once... More

Project Mercury: M-1 model in the 11ft w.t. with engineer ARC-1959-A-24777

Project Mercury: M-1 model in the 11ft w.t. with engineer ARC-1959-A-2...

Project Mercury: M-1 model in the 11ft w.t. with engineer

Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training

Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training

B59-00570 (August 1959) --- Astronaut Scott Carpenter trains at the centrifuge procedures trainer at Wright Field, Johnsville, Pennsylvania, for project Mercury. Photo credit: NASA

Mercury Capsule Model in the 1- by 1-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel

Mercury Capsule Model in the 1- by 1-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers install a small-scale model of the capsule for Project Mercury in the 1- by 1-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the Lewis Research Center. NASA Lewi... More

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package

The Retro and Posigrade Package for the Mercury spacecraft. This was used to de-orbit the spacecraft at the end of mission...Image # : C1960-54344

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package

(September 16, 1960) The Retro and Posigrade Package for the Mercury spacecraft. This was used to de-orbit the spacecraft at the end of mission. ..Image # : C1960-54344

Visitors Viewing Friendship 7, Smithsonian Institution archives

Visitors Viewing Friendship 7, Smithsonian Institution archives

Photographer: Unknown..Date: late 1960s-c.1975..Type: Photographic print..Standard number: 82-3306..Summary: Visitors viewing "Friendship 7" in the Quonset Hut of the National Air and Space Museum in the South ... More

Ham Launch, NASA Mercury project

Ham Launch, NASA Mercury project

Full Description: (January 31, 1961) Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) Launch with chimpanzee Ham aboard. Monkeys had been flown into space before, but Ham was the first higher primate to test a spacecraft...Image # : 61C-1012

Mercury Redstone 3 Prelaunch Activities

Mercury Redstone 3 Prelaunch Activities

(April 21, 1961) Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) Prelaunch Activities on the Mercury 5 launch pad...Image # : 61-4022

Pig in Capsule Drawing - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pig in Capsule Drawing - Drawing. Public domain image.

This items contains a proposed Arrangement-Pig Capsule-“Little Joe” First Shot. Source Files on Project Mercury

Chimpanzee with Psychomotor Control Panel

Chimpanzee with Psychomotor Control Panel

This it is a photo of a Chimpanzee at the Psychomotor Control Panel. Source Files on Project Mercury

Chimpanzee Used in Animal Flight Program

Chimpanzee Used in Animal Flight Program

This item is a photo of a four-year-old, 40-pound Chimpanzee used for animal program. Source Files on Project Mercury

Alan Shepard in Space Suit before Mercury Launch

Alan Shepard in Space Suit before Mercury Launch

(May 5, 1961) Profile of astronaut Alan Shepard in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed as he prepares for his upcoming Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) launch. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. be... More

Launch of Freedom 7, NASA Mercury project

Launch of Freedom 7, NASA Mercury project

(May 5, 1961) Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5...Image # : 61C-0883

Photo of the Launch of Mercury-Atlas 7

Photo of the Launch of Mercury-Atlas 7

This item is a photograph of the launch of Mercury-Atlas 7. Source Files on Project Mercury

Rhesus Monkey in Molded Couch for Space Flight

Rhesus Monkey in Molded Couch for Space Flight

This item is a photograph is of one of the Rhesus Monkeys in a molded couch used in the Animal Flight program. Source Files on Project Mercury

Chimpanzee in Pressurized Couch

Chimpanzee in Pressurized Couch

This item is a photo of a pressurized animal couch with occupant looking down at psychomotor control panel. Source Files on Project Mercury

The Launch of Mercury-Redstone. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Launch of Mercury-Redstone. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 5, 1961) The launch of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3), Freedom 7. MR-3 placed the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in suborbit on May 5, 1961...UID: SPD-MARSH-6100884

Chimpanzee in Molded Couch - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Chimpanzee in Molded Couch - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

This item is photo of a Chimpanzee in molded couch with nylon net restraint garment. Source Files on Project Mercury

Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsule. NASA public domain image colelction.

Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsule. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 5, 1961) Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. Durin... More

Ham Checks Out Equipment. NASA public domain image colelction.

Ham Checks Out Equipment. NASA public domain image colelction.

Chimpanzee Ham and technician go over equipment in preparation for launch...Image # : 61C-0109

Astronaut John Glenn Undergoes Simulated Orbital Flight Training

Astronaut John Glenn Undergoes Simulated Orbital Flight Training

(November 29, 1961) Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., undergoes a simulated orbital flight as part of his training for Project Mercury in the Manned Spacecraft Center's procedure trainer at Langley Air Force Base, ... More

Military Personnel with Chimpanzee Used For Animal Flight Testing Program

Military Personnel with Chimpanzee Used For Animal Flight Testing Prog...

This item is a photo of a Chimpanzee used for animal flight testing program with military personnel. Source Files on Project Mercury

Shepard Hoisted from Mercury Capsule

Shepard Hoisted from Mercury Capsule

A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the f... More

Grissom Onboard the USS Randolph

Grissom Onboard the USS Randolph

Astronaut Virgil I. Gus Grissom, pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7 arrives aboard the recovery ship, U.S.S. Randolph, following his 15 minute 37 seconds suborbital space mission. He is flanked by ... More

Freedom 7 Prelaunch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Freedom 7 Prelaunch. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom wishes Alan B. Shepard a safe flight just before insertion into the Freedom 7 spacecraft mated on the Redstone rocket...Image # : 71P-0245

Freedom 7 and Shepard In flight

Freedom 7 and Shepard In flight

(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Alan Shepard photographed in flight by a 16mm movie camera inside the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Shepard is just about to raise the shield in front of his face during descent after opening of... More

Ham. NASA public domain image colelction.

Ham. NASA public domain image colelction.

Ham, the first chimpanzee ever to ride into space is shown off by his animal trainer at Cape Canaveral, Florida...Image # : 61-1923

Ham Retreival, NASA Mercury project

Ham Retreival, NASA Mercury project

The famous hand shake welcome. Chimpanzee Ham is greeted by recovery ship Commander after his flight on the Mercury Redstone rocket...Image # : 61C-0189

Shepard on Deck of Champlain after Recovery

Shepard on Deck of Champlain after Recovery

(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the U.S.S. Lake Champlain after the recovery of his Freedom 7 Mercury space capsule...Image # : S88-31380

Alan Shepard, NASA Mercury project

Alan Shepard, NASA Mercury project

(April 29, 1961) A closeup of astronaut Alan Shepard in his space suit seated inside the Mercury capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the capsule mated to the Redstone booster...Image # : 61-10515

Shepard Enters Cleanroom, NASA Mercury project

Shepard Enters Cleanroom, NASA Mercury project

(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., makes his way from the elevator to the cleanroom atop the service tower where he'll be inserted into his Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Freedom 7."..Image # : 71P-0270

Astronaut Escape Testing, NASA Mercury project

Astronaut Escape Testing, NASA Mercury project

Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight configuration with cherry picker, on one of many tests conducted to evaluate astronaut escape feasibility...Image # : 71P-0257

Photograph of Ham the Chimpanzee Reaching for an Apple after Landing Safely inside a Mercury Capsule

Photograph of Ham the Chimpanzee Reaching for an Apple after Landing S...

Original caption: Ham reaches out from his couch to take an apple from a crewman of the USS Donner. This was the first food for the chimpanzee following a 430 mile ride in a Mercury capsule launched by a Redsto... More

Photograph of Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Preparing for Testing in the Centrifuge

Photograph of Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Preparing for Testing in the...

Original caption: Being readied for testing in the U.S. Navy's centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania is Virgil I. Grissom, 35, one of three astronauts chosen for the first manned suborbital flight of Project M... More

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn Undergoing Respiratory Testing in Preparation for His Friendship 7 Flight

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn Undergoing Respiratory Testing i...

Original caption: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., 39, is shown undergoing certain respiratory testing as a part of the flight training program of Project Mercury. Pro... More

Project Mercury:  With Project Mercury, the United States gained its first experience in conducting human space missions that provided scientific and engineering knowledge of astronauts in space. Alan Shepard made history May 5, 1961, as America's first man in space. Less than a year later, John Glenn made the nation’s first orbital flight on Feb. 20, 1962.  After two suborbital and three orbital missions, Project Mercury ended with a 22-orbit spaceflight on May 16, 1963.    Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA KSC-2012-1858

Project Mercury: With Project Mercury, the United States gained its f...

Project Mercury: With Project Mercury, the United States gained its first experience in conducting human space missions that provided scientific and engineering knowledge of astronauts in space. Alan Shepard m... More

Carpenter in White Room, NASA Mercury project

Carpenter in White Room, NASA Mercury project

(March 6, 1962) Inside Hangar S at the White Room Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on the main pressure bulkhead (heat shield)... More

Astronaut John Glenn being Honored

Astronaut John Glenn being Honored

Full Description: On February 23, 1962, President John F. Kennedy honors John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar S, Cape Canaveral, Florida, after his historic three-orbit mission aboard Friendship 7.

Project Mercury:  With Project Mercury, the United States gained its first experience in conducting human space missions that provided scientific and engineering knowledge of astronauts in space. Alan Shepard made history May 5, 1961, as America's first man in space. Less than a year later, John Glenn made the nation’s first orbital flight on Feb. 20, 1962.  After two suborbital and three orbital missions, Project Mercury ended with a 22-orbit spaceflight on May 16, 1963.      Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA KSC-2012-1857

Project Mercury: With Project Mercury, the United States gained its f...

Project Mercury: With Project Mercury, the United States gained its first experience in conducting human space missions that provided scientific and engineering knowledge of astronauts in space. Alan Shepard m... More

Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

(February 20, 1962) On February 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7... More

Launch of Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

Launch of Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

Full Description: (February 20, 1962) Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14...Image # : 62PC-0011

John Glenn OK, NASA Mercury project

John Glenn OK, NASA Mercury project

Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn nicknamed his capsule "Friendship 7". On February 20, 1962 astronaut John H. Glenn ... More

John Glenn, Mercury -- February 1962

John Glenn, Mercury -- February 1962

Description: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit a... More

Mercury "Friendship 7" Spacecraft, NASA Mercury project

Mercury "Friendship 7" Spacecraft, NASA Mercury project

(February 20, 1962) Astronaut John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, enters the Mercury "Friendship 7" Spacecraft during prelaunch preparations. ..Image # : S62-00371

Mercury 8 in Hanger, NASA Mercury project

Mercury 8 in Hanger, NASA Mercury project

(September 10, 1962) Personnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to the launch pad to be mated to the Atlas launch vehicle. ..Imag... More

Glenn Suits-Up for Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Glenn Suits-Up for Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. dons his silver Mercury pressure suit in preparation for launch. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American... More

Mercury-Atlas Rocket on the Launch Pad

Mercury-Atlas Rocket on the Launch Pad

Pre-launch test of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida...Image # : 63C-1417 .May 14, 1963

Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit

Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch...Image # : 63-MA9-76 .April 30, 1963

Cooper Egressing Faith 7. NASA public domain image colelction.

Cooper Egressing Faith 7. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted in backing out of his Mecury capsule Faith 7 after a 600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the ... More

Cooper, NASA Mercury project. NASA public domain image colelction.

Cooper, NASA Mercury project. NASA public domain image colelction.

Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34... More

Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown

Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft Faith 7. Cooper is still... More

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval

A U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper inside, as his fellow team members bring up the floatation gear to be a... More

Mercury On Deck, NASA Mercury project

Mercury On Deck, NASA Mercury project

The crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge spell out the words Mercury on the ship's flight deck while on the way to the recovery area where astronaut Gordon Cooper is expected to splash down in his "Faith 7" Mercury spa... More

Cooper Departs Transfer Van, NASA Mercury project

Cooper Departs Transfer Van, NASA Mercury project

Astronaut Gordon Cooper departing the Transfer Van in his silver pressure suit and helmet, is greeted with applause from the assembled Pad 14 employees. When he arrives at the base of the service tower, he'll r... More

Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery. NASA public domain image colelction.

Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery. NASA public domain image colelction.

Navy Divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Cooper's Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Faith 7 shortly after splashdown...Image # : S63-07717 .May 16, 1963

Cooper, NASA Mercury project. NASA public domain image colelction.

Cooper, NASA Mercury project. NASA public domain image colelction.

Launch of Mercury Atlas 9 rocket with astronaut Gordon Cooper onboard from Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida...May 15, 1963

Glenn at the Cape, NASA Mercury project

Glenn at the Cape, NASA Mercury project

(February 27, 1964) Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. in his silver Mercury spacesuit during pre- flight training activities at Cape Canaveral. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atla... More

Project Mercury - Monument, NASA Mercury project

Project Mercury - Monument, NASA Mercury project

S66-59963 (9 Nov. 1966) --- Monument at Pad 14 honoring Project Mercury. The Arabic number seven represents the seven original astronauts. The other figure is the astronomical symbol of the Planet Mercury. In b... More

The Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin lifted off aboard a Titan launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1966, an hour and a half after their Agena target vehicle was orbited by an Atlas rocket. Launched atop an Atlas booster, the Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a spacecraft used by NASA to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. The objective was for Agena and Gemini to rendezvous in space and practice docking procedures. An intermediate step between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program, the Gemini Program's major objectives were to subject two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, to perfect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles, methods of reentry, and landing of the spacecraft. n/a

The Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin lifted off aboa...

The Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin lifted off aboard a Titan launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1966, an hour and a half after their Agena target vehicle was orbite... More

Launched atop an Atlas booster, the Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a spacecraft used by NASA to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. This particular launch preceded the Gemini 12, which launched aboard a Titan launch vehicle one and one half hours later. The objective was for Agena and Gemini to rendezvous in space and practice docking procedures. An intermediate step between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program, the Gemini Program's major objectives were to subject two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, to perfect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles, methods of reentry, and landing of the spacecraft. n/a

Launched atop an Atlas booster, the Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a s...

Launched atop an Atlas booster, the Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a spacecraft used by NASA to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the Apollo program lunar m... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The pair participated in 50th anniversary events at the launch site of Glenn's first orbital flight aboard NASA's Friendship 7 capsule, which launched Feb. 20, 1962, aboard an Atlas rocket. At right, is Jack King, who was chief of Kennedy's Public Information Office during Project Mercury.    Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1477

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scot...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, former astronaut Gordon Cooper is introduced as a previous inductee.  One of America’s original Mercury Seven astronauts, Cooper flew the last and longest Project Mercury orbital mission and spent eight days in space aboard Gemini 5. The ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC.  New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission; Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia’s Mir space station; the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission; Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space; and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. KSC-04pd1006

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five sp...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, former astronaut Gordon Cooper is introduced as a previous inductee. One of Americ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The pair participated in 50th anniversary events at the launch site of Glenn's first orbital flight aboard NASA's Friendship 7 capsule, which launched Feb. 20, 1962, aboard an Atlas rocket. At right, is Jack King, who was chief of Kennedy's Public Information Office during Project Mercury.      Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1476

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scot...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The pair participated in 50th anniversary events at the launch site of Glenn's first orbital flight aboard NASA's Friendship 7 capsule, which launched Feb. 20, 1962, aboard an Atlas rocket. At right, is Jack King, who was chief of Kennedy's Public Information Office during Project Mercury.            Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1473

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scot...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... More

Project Mercury, aluminum collapsible tube, capacity: 140ml, used for semisolid foods - fruits, meats

Project Mercury, aluminum collapsible tube, capacity: 140ml, used for ...

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in 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. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing KSC-97PC1728

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 i...

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Hangar AF is a building originally used for Project Mercury... More

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. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing KSC-97PC1727

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket boost...

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 ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The frustum of a forward skirt assembly of a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is transported into 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. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing KSC-97PC1729

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The frustum of a forward skirt assembly ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The frustum of a forward skirt assembly of a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is transported into the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station... More

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in 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. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing KSC-97PC1726

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 i...

A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Hangar AF is a building originally used for Project Mercury... More

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. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing KSC-97PC1725

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket boost...

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 ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, United States Postal Service official Steve Massey and Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter have the honor of unveiling the two new stamps that commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight. Applauding the unveiling is NASA Administrator, Charlie Bolden.            One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3300

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, United States Postal Service official Steve Massey and Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter have the honor of... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Laura Churchley (left), Alice Wackerman and Julie Jenkins, daughters of Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, speak to the audience in attendance for the United States Postal Service unveiling of two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight. Listening to them speak is Director of Education and External Relations for Kennedy, Cheryl Hurst (left), Kennedy Center Director, Bob Cabana and United States Postal Service official Steve Massey.            One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3297

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Laura Churchley (left), Alice Wackerman and Julie Jenkins, daughters of Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, sp... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter addresses the audience during an event unveiling two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight from the United States Postal Service.        One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3293

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter addresses the audience during an event unveiling two new stamps to comme... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Julie Jenkins, daughter of Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, and NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams, enjoy a light moment during an event unveiling two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight from the United States Postal Service.            One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3291

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Julie Jenkins, daughter of Mercury A... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams speaks to the audience in attendance for the United States Postal Service unveiling of two new stamps that commemorates the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.    One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3295

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams speaks to the audience in attendance for the Unite... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to the audience in attendance for the United States Postal Service unveiling of two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.          One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3298

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to the audience in attendance for the United States Postal Servic... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks to the audience gathered for the unveiling of two new stamps that commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight from the United States Postal Service. Listening to him speak is Director of Education and External Relations for Kennedy, Cheryl Hurst (left), Center Director, Bob Cabana and United States Postal Service Official Steve Massey.      One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3294

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks to the audience gathered for the unveiling of two new stamps that... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams speaks to the audience after the unveiling of the two new stamps that commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight designed by the United States Postal Service.         One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3303

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams speaks to the audience after the unveiling of the ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, the audience and speakers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the National Anthem by a member of the 45th Space Wing Honor Guard from Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. Also on stage are, from left, Director of Education and External Relations for Kennedy Cheryl Hurst, Center Director Bob Cabana and United States Postal Service official Steve Massey, Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, NASA Administrator, Charlie Bolden, Julie Jenkins and NASA's Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Jim Adams, all in attendance for the United States Postal Service unveiling of two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.              One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3299

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, the audience and speakers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the National Anthem by a m... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Laura Churchley (left), Alice Wackerman and Julie Jenkins, daughters of Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, applaud during an event unveiling two new stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight from the United States Postal Service.  One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3296

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Laura Churchley (left), Alice Wackerman and Julie Jenkins, daughters of Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, ap... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, United States Postal Service official Steve Massey addresses the audience during an event unveiling two new stamps that commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight from the United States Postal Service.          One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER, which reached Mercury in March to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet. The two missions frame a remarkable 50-year period in which America advanced space exploration through more than 1,500 crewed and uncrewed flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3292

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, United States Postal Service official Steve Massey addresses the audience during an event unveiling two ne... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Complex-14 LC-14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a memorial honors the 13 crew members of the U.S. Air Force's 32nd Air Division, 40th Troop Carrier and 317th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, who were killed in a C-130A transport plane crash near Nairobi, Kenya, during a contingency mission for NASA's Project Mercury in 1962. The crash happened 50 years ago, after John Glenn's orbital flight on Feb. 20, 1962, and before Scott Carpenter's on May 24, 1962. Glenn and Carpenter participated in 50th anniversary commemorative events at the Cape and NASA's Kennedy Space Center and stopped by the memorial to honor the Airmen who made the ultimate sacrifice making a distinctive service to their country. KSC-2012-1471

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Complex-14 LC-14 at Cape Canaveral A...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Complex-14 LC-14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a memorial honors the 13 crew members of the U.S. Air Force's 32nd Air Division, 40th Troop Carrier and 317th C... More

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